Zizou Bergs

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Zizou Bergs
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Bergs at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Residence Neerpelt, Belgium
Born (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 24)
Lommel, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Ruben Bemelmans
Prize money$815,880
Singles
Career record9–23 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 103 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2023, 2024)
French Open Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open Q3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record3–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (27 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 487 (15 April 2024)
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Zizou Bergs (born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 103 achieved on 22 April 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 265 achieved on 27 November 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Belgian singles tennis player. [1]

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Professional career

2020: ATP debut and first win

Bergs made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. In the first round, he recorded his first ATP victory by defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in straight sets, [2] [3] before pushing world No. 17 Karen Khachanov to three sets. [4]

2021: Three ATP Challenger titles, top 200 debut

Bergs won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger in March and later on in the month, would win his second Challenger title at the 2021 Lille Challenger. In June, he won his third Challenger title at the 2021 Almaty Challenger. [5]

After a second round showing at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad where he defeated fellow qualifier Oscar Otte in the first round, he reached the top 200 at World No. 196 on 26 July 2021.

2022: Fourth Challenger title, Grand Slam & top 150 debut

He reached his first final of the season at the Saint-Brieuc Challenger losing to Jack Draper. [6]

In May, he reached his second Challenger final of the season at the 2022 Saturn Oil Open in Troisdorf, Germany, where he lost to Lukáš Klein. [7]

Ranked No. 207, he won the 2022 Ilkley Trophy as a qualifier defeating lucky loser Alexei Popyrin in the semifinals [8] [9] [10] and Jack Sock in the final. As a result he won the last 2022 Wimbledon wildcard where he made his Grand Slam debut. [11] He also climbed more than 60 positions up the rankings to a new career-high of World No. 146 on 20 June 2022.

2023: United Cup, Australian Open and Masters debuts, top 125

On his debut as the No. 2 player from Belgium, he lost his two singles matches at the inaugural 2023 United Cup against world No. 196 Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov and world No. 803 Greek Stefanos Sakellaridis. [12] He made his debut by qualifying for the main draw at the 2023 Australian Open defeating another Bulgarian Adrian Andreev. [13] In the first round, he lost to Serbian Laslo Djere.

He received a wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open main draw but lost to lucky loser Thanasi Kokkinakis. [14] He entered the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships also as a lucky loser into the second round after the late withdrawal of third seed Brandon Nakashima but lost to Cristian Garin. He entered the 2023 Ilkley Trophy Challenger as the defending champion [15] but lost to Denis Kudla in the second round.

After a couple of months away from the Tour due to a torn ligament in his left wrist, he returned at the 2023 Chengdu Open after he received a wildcard, but lost to Dušan Lajović. He also played at his home tournament, the 2023 European Open in singles qualifying and in doubles with Tibo Colson, and at the Calgary Challenger, Canada where he reached the quarterfinals. [16] He won his sixth Challenger in Drummondville, Canada and his seventh in Yokkaichi, Japan.

2024: Eighth Challenger title

In April, Bergs won his first match of the season on the ATP Tour in Houston, defeating qualifier Patrick Kypson in the first round before losing to top seed and eventual champion Ben Shelton in the second round. [17] [18] Bergs then reached back-to-back finals on the ATP Challenger Tour in Sarasota, losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final [19] and then as the defending champion in Tallahassee, defeating Mitchell Krueger in the final to win his eighth Challenger title. [20]

He received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open. [21]

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–4)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jan 2018Turkey F2, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–3, 6–4
Win2–0May 2018Poland F1, WisłaFuturesClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michael Vrbenský 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss2–1Jul 2018Belgium F2, ArlonFuturesClay Flag of Peru.svg Juan Pablo Varillas 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 1–6
Loss2–2Jul 2018Belgium F5, DuinbergenFuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeroen Vanneste6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win3–2Mar 2019M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Obert6–4, 6–1
Loss3–3Jan 2020M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss3–4Feb 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Clement Geens6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win4–4Nov 2020M15 Bratislava, SlovakiaWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Bogdan Bobrov 6–4, 6–2
Win5–4 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg, RussiaChallengerHard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg Altuğ Çelikbilek 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win6–4 Mar 2021 Lille, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Grégoire Barrère 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win7–4 Jun 2021 Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Timofey Skatov 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss7–5 Mar 2022 Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Draper 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss7–6 May 2022 Troisdorf, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Klein 2–6, 4–6
Win8–6 Jun 2022 Ilkley, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss8–7 Aug 2022 Mallorca, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Luca Nardi 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 5–7
Win9–7 Apr 2023 Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Tung-lin 7–5, 6–2
Win10–7 Nov 2023 Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Duckworth 6–4, 7–5
Win11–7 Nov 2023 Yokkaichi, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Michael Mmoh 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss11–8 Apr 2024 Sarasota, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thanasi Kokkinakis 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
Win12–8 Apr 2024 Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Krueger 6–4, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2018Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Scott Griekspoor Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jonas Merckx
Flag of Sweden.svg Fred Simonsson 		7–6(7–3), 3–6, [4–10]
Win1–1Mar 2018Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Fred Simonsson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Gengel
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matěj Vocel		6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss1–2Jul 2018Italy F12, Reggio Emilia FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Maxime Tabatruong Flag of Turkey.svg Tuna Altuna
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandar Lazov 		4–6, 2–6
Win2–2Mar 2019M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Bovy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesper de Jong 		6–2, 6–4
Win3–2Aug 2019M15 Koksijde, BelgiumWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Dan Added Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romain Barbosa
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Bovy 		6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss3–3Oct 2019M15 Benicarló, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Cação Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Flag of Spain.svg Benjamín Winter López		3–6, 4–6
Win4–3Nov 2019M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Vilardo Flag of Tunisia.svg Aziz Dougaz
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Benjamin Lock 		6–3, 6–4
Loss4–4Dec 2019M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Georgia.svg Zura Tkemaladze Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Freund
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonathan Mridha 		1–6, 0–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 1R 1R 0 / 20–20%
French Open A Q1 Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon A 1R Q2 0 / 10–10%
US Open Q2 Q3 Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–10–10–10 / 30–30%

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