Tim van Rijthoven

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Tim van Rijthoven
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Van Rijthoven at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Residence Amstelveen, Netherlands
Born (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 26)
Roosendaal, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachJean-Baptiste Blanc (2007–15)
Richard Krajicek (2017–18)
Paul Haarhuis
Igor Sijsling (2022–)
Prize moneyUS $736,961
Singles
Career record12–10 (54.5% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 101 (18 July 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2022)
French Open Q3 (2022)
Wimbledon 4R (2022)
US Open 2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (33.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 225 (9 May 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 2–1
Last updated on: 12 March 2024.

Tim van Rijthoven [1] (born 24 April 1997) is an inactive Dutch professional tennis player.

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Van Rijthoven has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101, which he first achieved on 18 July 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 225, attained in May 2022. [2] As a junior, he reached a high of world No. 13 in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles tournament and semifinals of the boys' doubles. [3] In June 2022, he claimed his first five ATP Tour wins (including over world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev) en route to his maiden Rosmalen Grass Court Championships title. [4]

Van Rijthoven has represented Netherlands at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 2–1. He has won 13 Futures tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour, including eight singles titles and five doubles titles.

Professional career

2016: ATP debut and top 300

In 2016 he made his debut on the ATP World Tour by qualifying as a lucky loser for the Winston-Salem Open after Thanasi Kokkinakis withdrew due to a recurring shoulder injury, where he lost to Jiří Veselý in the first round. [5] Van Rijthoven described the match as "a great experience". [6]

2022: Maiden ATP title with win over World No. 2, Major debut and fourth round, top 105

He made his top 250 debut in doubles on 17 January 2022 after a quarterfinal in Challenger in Traralgon, Australia partnering with Nino Serdarušić. He made his top 200 debut in singles on 21 February 2022 after reaching his second singles Challenger final as a qualifier in Forli, Italy. At the same tournament, seeded third, he reached the quarterfinals in doubles with Robin Haase and improved his doubles ranking to No. 235.

Ranked No. 205 on his debut at the 2022 Libéma Open as a wildcard, he defeated Matthew Ebden and world No. 14 and third seed Taylor Fritz to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in his career. [7] Next, he beat Hugo Gaston in straight sets to reach his first semifinal. [8] [9] There, he won against a top 10 player for the first time in his career by upsetting world No. 9 and second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals. [10] Van Rijthoven pulled off another upset by defeating world no. 2 and top seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the final, becoming the lowest ranked player to win an ATP title in 2022, the lowest-ranked player to win a title since the 335th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in 2021 Córdoba and the first Dutchman to win the ATP 250 event since Sjeng Schalken in 2003. [11] He moved to just outside the top 100 at World No. 106 on 13 June 2022 climbing 99 positions up in the rankings. [12] [13]

As a result of his title run, van Rijthoven received a wildcard into Wimbledon where he made his Grand Slam debut. [14] On his Major debut he won his first Grand Slam match at Wimbledon in three straight sets defeating Federico Delbonis. In the second round he defeated 15th seed Reilly Opelka, [15] then in the third round, he defeated 22nd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili to advance to the fourth round of a major on his debut, becoming the seventh ATP player to achieve that feat since 2000 [16] [17] [18] and only the third player in the past two years to do so after Aslan Karatsev and Lorenzo Musetti, as well as the first wildcard since Nick Kyrgios to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.[ citation needed ] In the round of 16, he lost to the top seed and eventual champion, Novak Djokovic in four sets. [19] [20]

Due to a back injury sustained in Indianapolis, van Rijthoven did not play any tournaments until his debut at the US Open. He beat qualifier Zhang Zhizhen in the first round, saving 7 match points in the third set. [21] He was beaten by 5th seed and eventual runner up, Casper Ruud, in the second round.

2023: Loss of form, hiatus

He reached the second round at the 2023 Maharashtra Open. [22]

He played his last match of the season in February at his home tournament the 2023 ABN AMRO Open as a wildcard where he lost to Maxime Cressy. [23] Due to not being able to defend his title at the 2023 Libéma Open he fell out of the top 350 to No. 390 on 12 June 2023.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Hall of Fame Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAA Q2 Q1 0 / 00–0
French Open AAAAAAA Q3 A0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AAAAANHA 4R A0 / 13–1
US Open AAAAAAA 2R A0 / 11–1
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–04–20–00 / 24–2
National representation
Davis Cup PO Z1 AAAAAA0 / 02–1
Career statistics
Tournaments0100000326
Titles0000000101
Finals0000000101
Overall win–loss0–11–10–00–00–00–00–08–22–211–6
Year-end ranking591381412291344261115

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2022 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands250 SeriesGrassFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2015Turkey F40, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss1–1Nov 2015Greece F10, Heraklion FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric James Johnson4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win2–1Nov 2015Greece F11, HeraklionFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Gonzales Austin4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss2–2Mar 2016Canada F1, Gatineau FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kuznetsov 5–7, 3–6
Loss2–3Apr 2016Italy F7, Pula FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Laurent Lokoli 3–6, 2–6
Loss2–4Sep 2016Canada F6, Calgary FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brayden Schnur 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win3–4Feb 2018Usa F6, Palm Coast FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Maxime Chazal 6–4, 6–4
Win4–4Jul 2018Netherlands F3, Amstelveen FuturesClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sidane Pontjodikromo6–2, 6–4
Win5–4Feb 2019M25 Barnstaple, UKWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Flag of Ukraine.svg Danylo Kalenichenko 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–1
Loss5–5Mar 2019M15 Manama, BahreinWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Macháč 3–6, 3–6
Win6–5Apr 2019M25 Andijan, UzbekistanWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win7–5May 2019M25 Namangan, UzbekistanWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Roman Safiullin 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
Win8–5Apr 2021M25 Biel World Tennis TourHard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Lehečka 6–2, 6–1
Loss8–6 Aug 2021 Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Benjamin Bonzi 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 4–6
Loss8–7 Feb 2022 Forlí, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Draper 1–6, 2–6

Record against other players

Record against top-10 players

Van Rijthoven's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast Match
Number 1 ranked players
Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Medvedev 1–0100%1–0Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 0–10%0–1Lost (2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Number 2 ranked players
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 0–10%0–1Lost (7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 5 ranked players
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 1–0100%1–0Won (6–7(9–11), 7–5, 6–4) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
Number 6 ranked players
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 1–0100%1–0Won (6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune 0–10%0–1Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)) at 2022 Sofia
Total3–350%0–2
(0%)
0–0
(  )
3–1
(75%)
* Statistics correct as of 10 October 2022

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 11 July 2022

Wins over top-10 players

Season2022Total
Wins22
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreTvRR
2022
1. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 9 's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrassSF6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)205
2.Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 2's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrassF6–4, 6–1205
*As of 3 July 2022

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