Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was founded on 23 July 1902 and was formerly known as "Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior". Excelsior's home stadium is the Stadion Woudestein – for sponsorship reasons known as the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion – which has a capacity of about 4,500, one of the smallest stadiums hosting professional football in the Netherlands.
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996, he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, and remains the only Dutch male player to have won a major singles title. In the quarterfinals of that tournament, he delivered Pete Sampras's only defeat at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000. Krajicek reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in March 1999. Since 2004, he has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. He is also the author of various sports books.
Raemon Sluiter is a Dutch former professional tennis player and current coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 46, achieved in February 2003. Though he achieved only limited success during his professional career, Sluiter reached four ATP finals in his native Netherlands, and also reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup with the Dutch team in 2001.
Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink is a retired tennis player from the Netherlands. The former Dutch Davis Cup captain reached a career-high ATP ranking of 14.
Fatima Moreira de Melo is a former Dutch field hockey player and professional poker player of Portuguese descent. She has played 191 international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. De Melo's debut match was on 21 October 1997 against Germany, which ended in a 2–1 victory for The Netherlands. She plays on the position of striker. In the Dutch national competition she has played for Tempo '34, HGC and HC Rotterdam. De Melo was part of the Dutch squad that became World Champion at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy. In December 2006, she became Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year and became the new face of the Rabobank in their Dutch TV advertisements.
The ABN AMRO Open, also known as the Rotterdam Open, and formerly known as: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (1991-2021), is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour and has been held annually at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker is a Dutch professional tennis player. Considered a top prospect of his generation as a junior, he also made an impressive breakthrough as a young pro, reaching a career-high ranking in singles of World No. 40 achieved on 19 July 2010, before his career became largely marked by injuries, inconsistencies and a decline in his performances which coincided with the death of his father in 2011.
Robin Haase is a Dutch professional tennis player.
Matwé Middelkoop is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open alongside Robin Haase, and reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 18 on 6 February 2023.
Igor Sijsling is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014. His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Doubles with countryman Robin Haase in 2013, where they lost to the Bryan brothers. In singles, he reached the third round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and has victories over top players including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic and Mikhail Youzhny. After the end of his career, Sijsling became coach to Tim van Rijthoven.
The 2012 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the event known as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 13 February through 19 February 2012. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.
The 2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 11 and 17 February 2013. It was the 41st edition of the Rotterdam Open, whose official name is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The competition was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. Second-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.
The 2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 10 and 16 February 2014. It was the 41st edition of the Rotterdam Open, whose official name is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The competition was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. Third-seeded Tomáš Berdych won the singles title.
The 2015 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 9–15 February 2015. It was the 42nd edition of the Rotterdam Open, whose official name is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The competition was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2015 ATP World Tour. Stan Wawrinka won the singles.
The 2016 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 8–14 February 2016. It was the 43rd edition of the Rotterdam Open, whose official name is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The competition was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour.
Tallon Griekspoor is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 21, achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 86 achieved on 18 September 2023. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 1 men's singles player. He has won a record eight Challenger titles in one season (2021), and became also the first player in history to win five consecutive such titles.
Petros Tsitsipas is a Greek professional tennis player. He has won one ATP doubles title and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 81, achieved on 23 October 2023. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 727, achieved on 30 August 2021. Tsitsipas represents Greece at the Davis Cup, where he has a W–L record of 10–9. Petros is the younger brother of Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Jesper de Jong is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 160 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 23 May 2022. De Jong has won one singles and five ATP Challenger doubles titles.
Bart Stevens is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. Stevens reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 on 30 October 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of world No. 736 achieved on 14 October 2019.
Gijs Brouwer is a Dutch tennis player.
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