Sem Verbeek

Semual Verbeek

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of the Pacific [1]
Prize money	$308,412
Singles
Career record	0–0
Highest ranking	No. 531 (15 April 2019)
Doubles
Career record	21–22
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 40 (27 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 42 (10 February 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2025)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Sem Verbeek (born 12 April 1994) is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 40 achieved on 27 January 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 531 achieved on 15 April 2019. ^[2] He is the current No. 1 Dutch doubles player. ^[3]

Personal info

He is the son of Frank Verbeek and Cora Albers, cousin of Lonneke Smit. ^{[ citation needed ]}

College career

He played NCAA Division I college tennis at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California from 2012 to 2016. ^[1]

Professional career

2018-2023: First ATP final

Verbeek won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2018 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger with Marc-Andrea Hüsler.^{[ citation needed ]}

In July 2021 he reached his first ATP final at the 2021 Los Cabos Open partnering with Hunter Reese. ^[4]

2024: Top 100, Masters, Major debuts and first wins, ATP title

He reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings at world No. 98 on 5 February 2024. ^[2] In March, ranked No. 89 at the 2024 Miami Open he reached the quarterfinals with John-Patrick Smith as an alternate pair. ^[5] As a result he improved his best ranking climbing more than 15 positions up into the top 75 at world No. 73 on 1 April 2024. ^[2]

He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2024 French Open partnering Reese Stalder as an alternate pair. He recorded his first Major win at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships with Romain Arneodo as an alternate pair. ^[6]

He won his first ATP title with André Göransson at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open. ^{[7] [8] [6]} As a result he improved his best ranking climbing 11 positions up into the top 60 on 22 July 2024. ^[2] Verbeek also competed for the first time in the main draw of the 2024 US Open with Göransson, his third Grand Slam appearance of the season after playing in the French Open and Wimbledon. ^[6]

2025: Grand Slam semifinal, top 50

Verbeek made his debut at the 2025 Australian Open thus completing the set of appearances at all the Majors. He reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time with Göransson on his debut, defeating local wildcards Li Tu and Luke Saville, who played his last match before retirement. ^[9] Next Verbeek and Göransson upset top pair Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in their careers. ^{[10] [11]}

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) Summer Olympics (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 Series (1–2)

Titles by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0)

Titles by location Outdoors (1–2) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2021	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Hunter Reese	Hans Hach Verdugo John Isner	7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Win	1–1	Jul 2024	Hall of Fame Open, United States	250 Series	Grass	André Göransson	Robert Cash JJ Tracy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2024	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	André Göransson	Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow	6–4, 4–6, [10–12]

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 51 (32–19)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (15–12) ITF Futures Tour (17–7)

Titles by surface Hard (28–14) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2016	USA F33, Berkeley	Futures	Hard	André Göransson	Connor Smith Rhyne Williams	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Dec 2016	Israel F16, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	John Lamble	Martin Beran Bernardo Saraiva	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Feb 2017	Egypt F5, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Nathan Eshmade	Jonas Lütjen Nicolaas Scholtz	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	3–1	Feb 2017	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Colin van Beem	Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–1	Apr 2017	Bahrain F2, Manama	Futures	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Florian Fallert Jonas Merckx	6–3, 6–0
Win	5–1	Apr 2017	Qatar F1, Doha	Futures	Hard	Jorge Montero	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Loss	5–2	Apr 2017	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Anderson Reed	Hubert Hurkacz Milos Sekulic	6–1, 3–3 ret.
Win	6–2	May 2017	Singapore F1, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Francis Casey Alcantara	Hiroyasu Ehara Sho Katayama	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–2	Jun 2017	Singapore F2, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Francis Casey Alcantara	Soichiro Moritani Masato Shiga	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–2	Jun 2017	Singapore F3, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Francis Casey Alcantara	Yuichi Ito Lý Hoàng Nam	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	8–3	Jul 2017	Netherlands F3, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Michiel de Krom	Evan King Hunter Reese	2–6, 1–6
Loss	8–4	Aug 2017	Romania F10, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Nathan Eshmade	Victor-Mugurel Anagnastopol Victor Vlad Cornea	5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	8–5	Oct 2017	Australia F7, Cairns	Futures	Hard	Francis Casey Alcantara	Nathan Pasha Darren Polkinghorne	2–6, 6–2, [2–10]
Win	9–5	Dec 2017	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo Este	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Adrian Bodmer Matthias Haim	7–5, 6–4
Win	10–5	Dec 2017	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Este	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Nick Hardt José Olivares	6–3, 6–4
Win	11–5	Mar 2018	USA F7, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss	11–6	Mar 2018	USA F8, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	André Göransson Florian Lakat	2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	12–6	Apr 2018	Tunisia F16, Jerba	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Domagoj Bilješko Altuğ Çelikbilek	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–6	May 2018	Tunisia F17, Jerba	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Ignacio Carou Diego Hidalgo	7–5, 6–3
Win	14–6	May 2018	Tunisia F18, Jerba	Futures	Hard	Diego Hidalgo	Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov	6–2, 6–4
Win	15–6	Jun 2018	USA F13, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Trevor Allen Johnson Ronnie Schneider	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win	16–6	Jul 2018	Canada F5, Saskatoon	Futures	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Alexis Galarneau Benjamin Sigouin	6–3, 6–3
Win	17–6	Jul 2018	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Marcel Granollers Gerard Granollers Pujol	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [14–12]
Win	18–6	Aug 2018	Portugal F16, Sintra	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Gonçalo Falcão Diego Matos	6–3, 6–0
Loss	18–7	Jan 2019	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Dustin Brown Donald Young	5–7, 4–6
Loss	18–8	Jan 2019	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Marcelo Demoliner Hugo Nys	6–3, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	19–8	Jul 2019	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Li Zhe Hugo Nys	6–2, 6–4
Win	20–8	Sep 2019	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Sander Arends David Pel	7–6(8–6), 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	20-9	Oct 2019	Fairfield, USA	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Peter Polansky Darian King	4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss	20-10	Nov 2019	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Bradley Klahn	Hans Hach Verdugo Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [5–10]
Win	21–10	Jan 2020	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	Luca Margaroli Andrea Vavassori	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	21–11	Aug 2020	M15 Alkmaar, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Mats Hermans	Max Houkes Sidane Pontjodikromo	1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	21-12	Mar 2021	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jesper de Jong	Christopher Eubanks Roberto Quiroz	4-6, 3-6
Win	22-12	Mar 2021	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jesper de Jong	Konstantin Kravchuk Denis Yevseyev	6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	22-13	May 2021	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	André Göransson	Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	23-13	May 2021	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Hunter Reese	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	23-14	Apr 2022	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Hunter Reese	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	24-14	Jul 2022	Lüdenscheid, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Robin Haase	Fabian Fallert Hendrik Jebens	6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	25-14	Jul 2022	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Robin Haase	Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	25–15	Feb 2023	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Luke Johnson	Andrew Harris Christian Harrison	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Win	26-15	Feb 2023	Rome, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luke Johnson	Gabriel Décamps Alex Rybakov	6–2, 6–2
Win	27-15	May 2023	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Luke Johnson	Jaime Faria Henrique Rocha	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–6]
Win	28–15	Nov 2023	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Denis Kudla Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	29–15	Nov 2023	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Lucas Horve Oliver Okonkwo	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	29–16	Jan 2023	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Luke Johnson Skander Mansouri	5–7, 3–6
Win	30–16	Feb 2023	Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner	6–4, 6–2
Loss	30–17	Feb 2024	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Petr Nouza Patrik Rikl	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	31–17	Mar 2024	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Marco Bortolotti Sergio Martos Gornes	6–4, 6–4
Win	32–17	Aug 2024	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Y Shimizu J Trotter	6–4, 6–3
Loss	32–18	Sep 2024	Saint-Tropez, France	Challenger	Hard	André Göransson	Luke Johnson Sander Arends	6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	32–19	Nov 2024	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	André Göransson	Nicolás Barrientos Julian Cash	3–6, 4–6

References

1. "Sem Verbeek, 2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster, Pacific Tigers".
2. "SV | Ranking history | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Netherlands Rankings | Doubles | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "Neighbours Hans Hach Verdugo/John Isner Win los Cabos Doubles Title". ATP Tour.
5. "Bopanna/Ebden enter Miami quarter-finals". 26 March 2024.
6. "Former tennis walk-on Sem Verbeek '16 wins Wimbledon match, qualifies for U.S. Open". 22 August 2024.
7. "Giron gets first ATP Tour singles victory in Tennis Hall of Fame Open". The Providence Journal. 21 July 2024.
8. "Home favourites Krawietz/Puetz defend Hamburg crown; Legend Paes presents Goransson/Verbeek Newport trophy". 21 July 2024.
9. "Luke Saville's heart-warming tribute to family and supporters after final match". 19 January 2025.
10. "Pair pulls off doubles upset". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 January 2025.
11. "Bolelli/Vavassori seal SF return at Australian Open; 2024 finalists advance, Goransson/Verbeek stun top seeds Arevalo/Pavic". 21 January 2025.

External links

• Sem Verbeek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sem Verbeek at the International Tennis Federation