Country (sports) | Belgium |
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Residence | Neerpelt, Belgium |
Born | Lommel, Belgium | 3 June 1999
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2018 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Ruben Bemelmans |
Prize money | US $1,473,644 |
Singles | |
Career record | 23–37 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 61 (4 November 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 61 (4 November 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
French Open | 3R (2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2024) |
US Open | 2R (2024) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 265 (27 November 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 851 (11 November 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2024) |
Last updated on: 16 November 2024. |
Zizou Bergs (born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 61 achieved on 4 November 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 27 November 2023. [1] He is currently the No. 2 Belgian singles player. [2]
Bergs was born in Lommel, his parents named him Zizou after French football player Zinedine Zidane, whose nickname is Zizou. [3]
Bergs made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2020 European Open. In the first round, he recorded his first ATP victory by defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in straight sets, [4] [5] before pushing world No. 17 Karen Khachanov to three sets in the second round. [6]
In March 2021, Bergs won his first Challenger title at the Saint Petersburg Challenger. Later that month, he won his second Challenger title at the Lille Challenger. [7] In June, he won his third Challenger title at the Almaty Challenger. [8]
After defeating fellow qualifier Oscar Otte in the first round of the Swiss Open Gstaad, [9] he reached the top 200 at World No. 196 on 26 July 2021. [10] In October, he again received a wildcard into the European Open, but lost in the first round to Lloyd Harris. [11] [12]
Bergs reached his first final of the season at the Saint-Brieuc Challenger, losing to Jack Draper. [13] In May, he reached his second Challenger final of the season at the Saturn Oil Open in Troisdorf, Germany, where he lost to Lukáš Klein. [14]
Ranked No. 207, he won the Ilkley Trophy as a qualifier, defeating lucky loser Alexei Popyrin in the semifinals [15] [16] [17] [18] and Jack Sock in the final. [19] As a result, he received a wildcard into Wimbledon, where he made his Grand Slam debut. [20] He also climbed more than 60 positions up the rankings to a new career-high of world No. 146 on 20 June 2022. [1]
At the inaugural 2023 United Cup, Bergs lost his two singles matches against Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov and Greek Stefanos Sakellaridis. [21] He then qualifed for the main draw at the Australian Open, defeating another Bulgarian, Adrian Andreev, [22] but lost in the first round to Laslo Djere. [23]
He received a wildcard for the Miami Open, [24] but lost in the first round to lucky loser Thanasi Kokkinakis. [25] He entered the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as a lucky loser directly into the second round, but lost to Cristian Garín. [26] As the defending champion, he entered the Ilkley Trophy Challenger, but lost to Denis Kudla in the second round.
Bergs missed several months playing on the ATP Tour, due to a torn ligament in his left wrist, but returned in September at the Chengdu Open as a wildcard. [27] In November, at the Calgary Challenger, he reached the quarterfinals [28] and won his sixth Challenger title in Drummondville, and in December, his seventh in Yokkaichi. [29] [30]
In April, Bergs won his first match of the season on the ATP Tour in Houston, defeating qualifier Patrick Kypson in the first round, [31] before losing to top seed and eventual champion Ben Shelton in the second round. [32] Bergs then reached back-to-back finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, in Sarasota where he lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis [33] and in Tallahassee where he defended his title and defeated Mitchell Krueger to win his eighth Challenger title. [34]
He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Madrid Open, where he made his debut [35] but lost in the first round to Luca Van Assche. [36] In May, Bergs qualified for the main draw of the Italian Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round. [37] [38] [39] Ranked No. 102, Bergs made his French Open debut after qualifying for the main draw. [40] He upset 24th seed Alejandro Tabilo for his first win at a Major [41] and defeated Maximilian Marterer to reach the third round of a Major for the first time where he lost to 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov. [42] As a result, he reached the top 85 in the rankings on 10 June 2024. [43]
In the beginning of the grass court season he entered the main draw of the Libéma Open as a lucky loser and defeated local wildcard Tim van Rijthoven, [44] before losing to top seed Alex de Minaur in the second round. [45] He also entered the main draw at the Wimbledon after qualifying but lost to Arthur Cazaux in five sets with a super tiebreaker in the fifth. [46] As a result he reached the top 75 in the singles rankings in 15 July 2024. [1]
At the US Open, Bergs also played a first round match with a super tiebreaker in the fifth, but won it this time defeating Pavel Kotov. [47] He lost his next match against 31st seed Flavio Cobolli. [48] In October, Bergs reached the quarterfinals at the European Open in Antwerp with wins over Facundo Díaz Acosta [49] and fourth seed Sebastián Báez, [50] before his run was ended by eighth seed Marcos Giron. [51] The following month, ranked No. 61, Bergs also made it through to the quarterfinals at the Moselle Open, defeating lucky loser Manuel Guinard [52] and Hugo Gaston. [53] Bergs lost in the last eight to Cameron Norrie. [54]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 Rolex Paris Masters.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||||||
French Open | A | Q1 | Q2 | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||||||
US Open | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% | ||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Miami Open | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Shanghai Masters | NH | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2021 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Altuğ Çelikbilek | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Mar 2021 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Grégoire Barrère | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 3–0 | Jun 2021 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | Timofey Skatov | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–1 | Mar 2022 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jack Draper | 2–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | May 2022 | Troisdorf, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Klein | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2022 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Jack Sock | 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6) |
Loss | 4–3 | Aug 2022 | Manacor, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Luca Nardi | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 5–7 |
Win | 5–3 | Apr 2023 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay (green) | Wu Tung-lin | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Nov 2023 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Duckworth | 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 7–3 | Nov 2023 | Yokkaichi, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Michael Mmoh | 6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 7–4 | Apr 2024 | Sarasota, USA | Challenger | Clay (green) | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 3–6, 6–1, 0–6 |
Win | 8–4 | Apr 2024 | Tallahassee, USA (2) | Challenger | Clay (green) | Mitchell Krueger | 6–4, 7–6(11–9) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2018 | Turkey F2, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Dimitar Kuzmanov | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2018 | Poland F1, Wisła | Futures | Clay | Michael Vrbenský | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2018 | Belgium F2, Arlon | Futures | Clay | Juan Pablo Varillas | 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2018 | Belgium F5, Duinbergen | Futures | Clay | Jeroen Vanneste | 6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Mar 2019 | M15 Doha, Qatar | WTT | Hard | Adrian Obert | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jan 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Nuno Borges | 4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Clement Geens | 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Nov 2020 | M15 Bratislava, Slovakia | WTT | Hard (i) | Bogdan Bobrov | 6–4, 6–2 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2018 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | Scott Griekspoor | Jonas Merckx Fred Simonsson | 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [4–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2018 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Fred Simonsson | Matěj Vocel Marek Gengel | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2018 | Italy F12, Reggio Emilia | Futures | Clay | Maxime Tabatruong | Tuna Altuna Alexandar Lazov | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Mar 2019 | M15 Doha, Qatar | WTT | Hard | Geoffrey Blancaneaux | Arnaud Bovy Jesper de Jong | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Aug 2019 | M15 Koksijde, Belgium | WTT | Clay | Dan Added | Romain Barbosa Arnaud Bovy | 6–4, 3–6, [10–3] |
Loss | 3–3 | Oct 2019 | M15 Benicarló, Spain | WTT | Clay | Tiago Cação | Benjamín Winter López Pablo Llamas Ruiz | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Nov 2019 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | Francesco Vilardo | Aziz Dougaz Benjamin Lock | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–4 | Dec 2019 | M15 Doha, Qatar | WTT | Hard | Zura Tkemaladze | Simon Freund Jonathan Mridha | 1–6, 0–6 |
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