Laurence Tieleman

Laurence Tieleman

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Brussels, Belgium
Born	(1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 52) Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$968,450
Singles
Career record	41–61
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 72 (26 April 1999) Finalist London Queen’s Club Championship 1998 Semi-Finalist Newport Hall of Fame Championship (1993;1998;1999;2000) Quarter Finalist Hong-Kong Heineken Open (1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	1R (1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1993) 1R (1994; 1995; 1999)
US Open	3R (1999) 1R (1995) 4 Challengers Titles in Singles 6 Challengers Titles in Doubles
Doubles
Career record	21–34
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 117 (23 August 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (1993)
US Open	2R (2000)
Last updated on: 21 May 2022.

Laurence Tieleman (born 14 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Personal life

Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. ^[1] He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL, United States from ages 13 to 17. ^[2]

Tieleman resided in both Assisi and Brussels during his playing career.

Tennis career

Laurence turned professional in 1993. He won one tour-level doubles title (in Tashkent in 1998), and 4 Challenger events in singles during his career. Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing as the runner-up at Queen's in 1998. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72 in April 1999.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1998	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Scott Draper	6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1998	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	International Series	Hard	Stefano Pescosolido	Kenneth Carlsen Sjeng Schalken	7–5, 4–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1994	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Frederic Vitoux	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 1994	Fortaleza, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	6–7, 1–6
Win	2–1	Oct 1994	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Paul Wekesa	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win	3–1	Jan 1999	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Markus Hantschk	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Jun 2000	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Wayne Arthurs	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–10) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (6–6) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1992	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Martin Blackman	Patrick Baur Sander Groen	6–4, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Feb 1993	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Merinov	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Mark Koevermans	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 1993	Viña del Mar, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Merinov	Marcelo Rebolledo Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	Oct 1993	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Oct 1993	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 1994	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	Bill Barber Ari Nathan	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 1995	Beijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Martin Zumpft	Ivan Baron João Cunha-Silva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–6	Mar 1996	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Orsanic	Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–7	May 1996	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Eyal Ran	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–8	Sep 1996	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Cherkasov	Albert Portas Marcelo Charpentier	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–8	Feb 1997	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Nicola Bruno	Henrik Holm Nils Holm	7–6, 6–4
Win	4–8	Feb 1998	West Bloomfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	Alejandro Hernández David Roditi	7–6, 6–4
Win	5–8	Feb 1998	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	James Holmes Andrew Painter	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win	6–8	Aug 2000	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lorenzo Manta	Grant Stafford Wesley Whitehouse	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	6–9	Aug 2000	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lorenzo Manta	Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee	3–6, 5–7
Win	7–9	Nov 2000	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Tuomas Ketola	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Loss	7–10	Mar 2002	Osaka, Japan	Challenger	Hard	John Van Lottum	Karol Beck Cedric Kauffmann	5–7, 1–6

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	Q1	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	Q3	Q1	Q2	A	A	Q1	1R	Q2	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	3R	1R	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	1R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	1R	Q2	3R	Q2	A	Q1	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 9	5–9	36%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	1–5	17%

Doubles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q2	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 5	1–5	17%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	Q2	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Rome	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

References

1. Martucci Vincenzo (31 March 1999). "Tieleman, il figlio d' Europa". Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
2. "ATP Player Profile". ATP.

External links

• Laurence Tieleman at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Laurence Tieleman at the International Tennis Federation
• Laurence Tieleman at the Davis Cup