Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Genk, Belgium | 12 July 2000
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Christopher Heyman Ruben Bemelmans [1] |
Prize money | $50,945 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 395 (20 November 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 485 (21 April 2025) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Highest ranking | No. 465 (31 March 2025) |
Current ranking | No. 466 (21 April 2025) |
Last updated on: 27 April 2025. |
Tibo Colson (born 12 July 2000) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ranking of No. 395 achieved on 20 November 2023. [2]
Since 2016, Colson has been training at the Topsportcentrum Tennis Vlaanderen in Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium alongside Zizou Bergs and later also alongside 2023 Australian Open Junior champion Alexander Blockx. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Colson has won six junior titles in 2016 and 2017. [7]
The start of his professional career was beset by knee injuries, and it was not until he was 22 years-old that he won his first ITF level professional tournament, in October 2022 in Maputo, Mozambique. [7] [8] [9] In October 2023, he received a wildcard in doubles for the European Open in Antwerp, alongside compatriot Zizou Bergs. [10]
He teamed up with Dutchman Thijmen Loof to beat Shintaro Imai and Moerani Bouzige in the final of 2024 Amman Mineral Men's World Tennis Championship in Bali, in straight sets. [11]