Sander Groen

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Sander Groen
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1968-06-16) 16 June 1968 (age 57)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2019 (last match)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$ 503,164
Singles
Career record3–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (4 March 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q3 (1991)
Wimbledon Q3 (1990)
Doubles
Career record47–98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 61 (20 October 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1998, 1999, 2001)
French Open 3R (1997)
Wimbledon 3R (1997)
US Open 1R (1993, 1997)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (1997)
Wimbledon 1R (1997)

Sander Groen (born 16 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

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Groen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 ATP doubles title and 12 Challenger doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 61 in 1997 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177 in 1996.

Groen is known for being the doubles partner of many top-5 singles players like Pat Cash, Goran Ivanišević, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Ríos, Marat Safin, Magnus Norman, Greg Rusedski, Alex Corretja, Marc Rosset and Roger Federer. Federer won his first-ever professional title on the tour playing together with Groen in Segovia 1999. Groen recorded doubles wins over Federer, Safin, Rios, Patrick Rafter and world number 1 teams Eltingh/ Haarhuis (with Fredrik Bergh), Bhupathi/ Paes (with Jan Siemerink and with Andrei Pavel) and Knowles/ Nestor (with Laurence Tieleman) In singles Groen qualified for 9 ATP Tour events reaching the second round in 3 events and he recorded wins over Tim Henman, Richard Krajicek Felix Mantilla and Andrei Chesnokov. He won the dutch national masters in 1992 beating Fernon Wibier in the finals and was runner-up to Jan Siemerink in 1994.

In 2004 Sander Groen made his mark on the ITF senior tour by winning the men's singles over 35 world championships followed by finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006. He also won the men's singles over 35 European championships in 2005. Up to 2016 Groen won 11 medals at ITF seniors world championships.

Doubles titles (13)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (12)
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1991 Cherbourg, FranceHard (i) Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Byron Talbot Flag of Israel.svg Michael Daniel
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Devening
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.1992 Meran, ItalyClay Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil Flag of France.svg Lionel Barthez
Flag of France.svg Aloïs Beust
6–4, 6–4
3.1992 Dublin, IrelandHard Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms Flag of Sweden.svg Douglas Geiwald
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Robbie Koenig
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
4.1992 Munich, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Marcos Ondruska
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Grant Stafford
6–4, 7–6
5.1993 Munich, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jon Ireland
Flag of the United States.svg John Yancey
6–3, 6–3
6.1994 Singapore Hard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Devening Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Marcelino
6–2, 7–6
7.1997 Dubai, UAE Hard Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanišević Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk
7–6, 6–3
8.1998 Dresden, GermanyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Holmes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter
6–4, 6–3
9.1998 Guadalajara, MexicoClay Flag of Lebanon.svg Ali Hamadeh Flag of Argentina.svg Martín García
Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Prieto
6–4, 6–2
10.1999 Segovia, SpainClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ota Fukárek
Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Hernández
6–4, 7–6
11.2000 Aachen, GermanyCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg Franz Stauder
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
12.2001 Heilbronn, GermanyCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Jack Waite Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Luxa
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Škoch
1–6, 6–3, 7–6
13.2001 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Gaudenzi Flag of the United States.svg Devin Bowen
Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Hood
7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (15)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1992 Heilbronn, GermanyCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Nydahl Flag of the United States.svg Doug Eisenman
Flag of Norway.svg Bent-Ove Pedersen
1–6, 3–6
2.1992 Umag, Croatia Clay Flag of Germany.svg Lars Koslowski Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Richard Vogel
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
3.1992 Singapore Hard Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur Flag of the United States.svg Martin Blackman
Flag of Italy.svg Laurence Tieleman
4–6, 6–1, 6–7
4.1993 Bergamo, ItalyHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Brandi
Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Caratti
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
5.1993 Riemerling, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms Flag of Venezuela.svg Maurice Ruah
Flag of Cuba.svg Mario Tabares
3–6, 3–6
6.1993 Singapore Hard Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Grant Stafford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeremy Bates
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Christo van Rensburg
3–6, 4–6
7.1995 Bristol, EnglandGrass Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms Flag of France.svg Lionel Barthez
Flag of France.svg Stephane Simian
5–7, 5–7
8.1996 Madras, IndiaHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Oleg Ogorodov Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
5–7, 1–6
9.1996 Mauritius Island Grass Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Winnink
1–0, RET.
10.1997 Eilat, Israel Hard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Cherkasov
3–6, 6–7
11.1998 Venice, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Bertolini Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Nebojsa Djordjevic
Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska
6–1, 1–6, 2–6
12.2001 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of France.svg Michaël Llodra
W/O
13.2002 Segovia, SpainHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Crichton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Perry
7–5, 6–7, 4–6
14.2006 Eckental, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Torsten Popp Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Goodall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins
5–7, 3–6
15.2007 Heilbronn, GermanyHard (i) Flag of France.svg Michaël Llodra Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler
W/O