Filip Dewulf

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Filip Dewulf
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Residence Leopoldsburg, Belgium
Born (1972-03-15) 15 March 1972 (age 51)
Mol, Belgium
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,503,987
Singles
Career record96–125
Career titles2
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 39 (15 September 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1994, 1996, 1997)
French Open SF (1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1996, 1998)
US Open 1R (1996, 1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record12–41
Career titles1
6 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 125 (4 October 1993)
Last updated on: 3 April 2022.

Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.

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In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Cristiano Caratti, Fernando Meligeni, Albert Portas, Àlex Corretja and Magnus Norman before he was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion, Gustavo Kuerten. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open, and only the third time in Grand Slam history that a qualifier had reached a semi-final. [1] Dewulf would also reach the quarter-finals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up Àlex Corretja in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 39, achieved in September 1997; he became the first Belgian in ATP Top 50, overall finishing four seasons as the top-ranked Belgian player. [2]

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Oct 1995 Vienna, AustriaWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster 7–5, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5
Win2–0 Jul 1997 Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Julian Alonso 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Aug 1993 Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig
6–4, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–5)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Aug 1992 Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Sergio Cortés 7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss0-2May 1994 Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss0-3Jun 1994 Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Adams 4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win1-3Jan 2000France F1, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Nicolas Coutelot 6–2, 6–2
Loss1-4May 2000 Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Charpentier walkover
Loss1-5Jun 2000 Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Elsner 1–6, 6–7(5–7>

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1992 Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson
Flag of Sweden.svg Lars-Anders Wahlgren
6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win1–1Aug 1992 Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Venezuela.svg Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora
Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Rebolledo
6–3, 6–2
Win2–1Sep 1992 Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kučera
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Merinov
7–5, 6–3
Loss2–2Nov 1992 Bandar Seri Begawan, BruneiChallengerHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Ireland.svg Owen Casey
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson
2–6, 3–6
Win3–2Feb 1993 Lippstadt, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Martin Laurendeau Flag of Sweden.svg David Engel
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nyborg
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss3–3Mar 1993 Garmisch, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bauer
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Mronz
6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win4–3Aug 1993 Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig
6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win5–3Sep 1993 Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pescosolido
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Valeri
7–5, 6–3
Loss5–4May 1994 Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira
Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 3–6
Win6–4Jul 1995 Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vojtěch Flégl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Pála
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Škoch
6–7, 7–5, 6–2

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.

Singles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R AA0 / 53–538%
French Open Q3 A Q3 1R SF QF A Q2 0 / 39–375%
Wimbledon AA 1R 2R 1R 2R AA0 / 42–433%
US Open AAA 1R 1R 1R AA0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–01–10–22–46–45–40–00–00 / 1514–1548%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami AAAA 2R 2R AA0 / 22–250%
Monte Carlo A Q3 A 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAAA 1R 2R AA0 / 21–233%
Rome AAAAA 2R AA0 / 11–150%
Canada AAA 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati AAA 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Paris AAA Q1 1R AAA0 / 10–10%
Stuttgart AAA 1R 1R AAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–41–43–30–00–00 / 114–1127%

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