John van Lottum

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John van Lottum
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Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Residence Antwerp, Belgium
Born (1976-04-10) 10 April 1976 (age 47)
Antananarivo, Democratic Republic of Madagascar
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (2-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,188,163
Singles
Career record62–99
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1999, 2000, 2004)
French Open 2R (1998, 2003)
Wimbledon 4R (1998)
US Open 3R (1997, 1999)
Doubles
Career record13–32
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 233 (27 January 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2003)
French Open 2R (2004)
US Open 1R (2003)

John van Lottum (born 10 April 1976) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994 to 2007. During his career, he won 5 Challenger titles in singles; notably defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Todd Martin; and reached the 4th round of Wimbledon in 1998.

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The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour in April 1999, when he became world No. 62. He has an older sister, Noëlle van Lottum, who played on the WTA Tour for France circuit from 1987 to 1999, with a career-high ranking of world No. 57 in singles.

After his tennis career he was considered as a coach for Michaëlla Krajicek, but instead joined TV channel Eurosport as a tennis commentator. In June 2008, he coached Elena Dementieva during the Ordina Open and Wimbledon.

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q1 1R 1R A Q1 Q2 1R A Q2 0 / 30–30%
French Open AAA 2R 1R 1R 1R Q2 2R 1R A Q2 0 / 62–625%
Wimbledon AA 3R 4R 1R AAA 1R 1R AA0 / 55–550%
US Open Q1 A 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R AAA0 / 76–746%
Win–loss0–00–04–24–32–40–30–21–12–30–30–00–00 / 2113–2138%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAAA Q2 AAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Miami AAAA 1R 1R AAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Monte Carlo AAAA 2R Q1 Q2 A Q1 Q1 AA0 / 11–150%
Rome AAA Q2 1R Q2 AA Q2 AAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Masters AAAA 2R AAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Stuttgart AA Q2 Q1 Q1 AANot Held0 / 00–0  
Paris Masters AAA Q1 3R AAAAAAA0 / 12–167%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–04–50–10–00–00–00–10–00–00 / 74–736%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 1997 Neumünster, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman 7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win1–1Feb 1999 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Flag of Austria.svg Markus Hipfl 7–6, 6–2
Win2–1Mar 2001 Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–5
Win3–1Oct 2001 Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Oleg Ogorodov 6–1, 6–1
Loss3–2Dec 2001 San José, Costa Rica ChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann 3–6, 4–6
Loss3–3Dec 2001 Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Flag of Thailand.svg Paradorn Srichaphan 2–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Sep 2002 Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Mazarakis 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 1–6
Win4–4Oct 2002 Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Mazarakis 7–6, 6–1
Loss4–5Dec 2002 Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-taik 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win5–5Dec 2002 Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Frank Moser 7–5, 6–4
Loss5–6Jul 2003 Hilversum, NetherlandsChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Verkerk 3–6, 1–6
Loss5–7Nov 2003 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Joachim Johansson 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6
Loss5–8Nov 2003 Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Rosset 6–3, 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 2000 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lovén
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Loss1–1Mar 2002 Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Laurence Tieleman Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck
Flag of France.svg Cedric Kauffmann
5–7, 1–6


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