Dutch tennis player
John van Lottum (born 10 April 1976) is a formertennis player from the Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994 to 2007. During his career, he won 5Challenger titles in singles; notably defeatedLleyton Hewitt andTodd Martin; and reached the 4th round ofWimbledon in1998.
The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on theATP Tour in April 1999, when he became world No. 62. He has an older sister,Noëlle van Lottum, who played on theWTA Tour for France circuit from 1987 to 1999, with a career-high ranking of world No. 57 in singles.
After his tennis career he was considered as a coach forMichaëlla Krajicek, but instead joined TV channelEurosport as a tennis commentator. In June 2008, he coachedElena Dementieva during theOrdina Open andWimbledon.
Performance timeline
[edit](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.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit]| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (5–8) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (4–4) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–2) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1997 | Neumünster, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Dick Norman | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 1999 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Markus Hipfl | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Michael Kohlmann | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2001 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Oleg Ogorodov | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Dec 2001 | San José, Costa Rica | Challenger | Hard | Michael Kohlmann | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Dec 2001 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Paradorn Srichaphan | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2002 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2002 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Vasilis Mazarakis | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Dec 2002 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Lee Hyung-taik | 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 5–5 | Dec 2002 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Frank Moser | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Jul 2003 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Martin Verkerk | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Nov 2003 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Joachim Johansson | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Nov 2003 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Marc Rosset | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (1–1) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
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