Laurence Tieleman

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Laurence Tieleman
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Residence Brussels, Belgium
Born (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 50)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money $773,130
Singles
Career record41–61
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2000)
French Open 1R (1999)
Wimbledon 3R (1993)
US Open 3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record21–34
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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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 3 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. 76 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jun 1998 Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Sep 1998 Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pescosolido Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 1994 Brasília, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Frederic Vitoux 2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss1–1Aug 1994 Fortaleza, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Mexico.svg Óscar Ortiz 6–7, 1–6
Win2–1Oct 1994 Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Wekesa 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win3–1Jan 1999 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Markus Hantschk 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss3–2Jun 2000 Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 1992 Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Martin Blackman Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Groen
6–4, 1–6, 7–6
Loss1–1Feb 1993 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Merinov Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mark Koevermans
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Feb 1993 Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Merinov Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Rebolledo
Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Rodríguez
3–6, 6–7
Loss1–3Oct 1993 Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Maurice Ruah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sébastien Lareau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win2–3Oct 1993 Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Maurice Ruah Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss2–4Sep 1994 Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of Mexico.svg Óscar Ortiz Flag of the United States.svg Bill Barber
Flag of the United States.svg Ari Nathan
6–7, 2–6
Loss2–5Nov 1995Beijing, ChinaChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Martin Zumpft Flag of the United States.svg Ivan Baron
Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha-Silva
4–6, 4–6
Loss2–6Mar 1996 Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Orsanic Flag of Venezuela.svg Juan Carlos Bianchi
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Claude N'Goran
5–7, 4–6
Loss2–7May 1996 Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Marques
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt
4–6, 1–6
Loss2–8Sep 1996 Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Cherkasov Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas
Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Charpentier
1–6, 2–6
Win3–8Feb 1997 Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Bruno Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Holm
Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Holm
7–6, 6–4
Win4–8Feb 1998 West Bloomfield, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Hernández
Flag of Mexico.svg David Roditi
7–6, 6–4
Win5–8Feb 1998 Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Holmes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win6–8Aug 2000 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta Flag of South Africa.svg Grant Stafford
Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Whitehouse
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss6–9Aug 2000 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Bower
Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee
3–6, 5–7
Win7–9Nov 2000 Brest, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Ketola Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ota Fukárek
7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Loss7–10Mar 2002 Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Van Lottum Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck
Flag of France.svg Cedric Kauffmann
5–7, 1–6

Performance timelines

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 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 AAAAA Q1 1R 2R Q1 A0 / 21–233%
French Open A Q3 Q1 Q2 AA Q1 1R Q2 AA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon Q1 3R 1R Q2 Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 42–433%
US Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R Q2 3R Q2 A Q1 0 / 22–250%
Win–loss0–02–10–10–00–00–10–02–41–20–00–00 / 95–936%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA Q1 Q1 AAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Miami A Q2 Q1 Q1 AAA 1R Q1 Q1 A0 / 10–10%
Rome AA Q2 Q1 Q1 AAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Canada AAAAAA 1R 2R AAA0 / 21–233%
Cincinnati AAAAAA Q1 AAAA0 / 00–0  
Stuttgart AAAAAAA 1R AAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–11–30–10–00–00 / 51–517%

Doubles

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAA 1R A 1R A0 / 20–20%
French Open AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A Q2 AAAA Q2 0 / 10–10%
US Open AAAAAAA 1R 2R AA0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–21–10–10–00 / 51–517%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami AA Q2 AA Q1 AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Rome AA Q2 AAAAA Q2 AA0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati AAAAAA Q2 AAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0  

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