Dutch tennis player
Peter WesselsCountry (sports) | Netherlands |
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Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Born | (1978-05-07)7 May 1978 (age 46) Zwolle, Netherlands |
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Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
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Turned pro | 1996 |
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Retired | 2009 |
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Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
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Prize money | $928,863 |
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Singles |
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Career record | 45–60 |
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Career titles | 1 |
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Highest ranking | No. 72 (7 February 2005) |
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Grand Slam singles results |
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Australian Open | 2R (2005) |
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French Open | 2R (2005) |
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Wimbledon | 1R (1999,2001,2005) |
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US Open | 3R (1999) |
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Doubles |
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Career record | 12–21 |
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Career titles | 0 |
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Highest ranking | No. 111 (26 October 1998) |
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Grand Slam doubles results |
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Australian Open | 1R (1999) |
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Last updated on: 10 June 2022. |
Peter Wessels (Dutch pronunciation:[peːtərʋɛsəls]; born 7 May 1978) is a formertour professional maletennis player and a coach from the Netherlands. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 72 in February 2005.
Wessels had an excellent junior career, finishing No. 5 in singles and No. 18 in doubles in the 1995 world junior rankings. In that year he reached the singles semifinals atWimbledon andUS Open juniors and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title with fellow countrymanRaemon Sluiter.
His best result on the professional tour was winning the 2000 ATP tournament inNewport beating German Jens Knippschild in the final 7–6, 6–3.
He started 2006 by qualifying for theHopman Cup tournament in Perth withMichaëlla Krajicek where the Dutch went all the way to the final only to be beaten in a very close mixed doubles by the American team ofTaylor Dent andLisa Raymond. Despite this, Wessels and Krajicek proved that they were a force to be reckoned with. At the Hopman Cup, he won 4 out of his 5 singles matches (def. Peng Sun, Gastón Gaudio, Todd Reid and Nicolas Kiefer; lost to Taylor Dent). In mixed doubles, they had a 3–2 record (def. Reid/Stosur, Peng/Sun, Grönefeld/Kiefer; lost to Raymond/Dent, Dulko/Gaudio).
In June 2007 Wessels qualified for theOrdina Open grass tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch. Ranked 488 he caused an upset in the quarterfinals by beating the number one seeded SpaniardTommy Robredo, in two sets: 6–3, 6–3. He subsequently reached the final but narrowly lost against CroatIvan Ljubičić 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(4).
Since 2024, he is coachingSorana Cirstea.[1]
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Legend |
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Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | ATP World Series (1–1) |
| Finals by surface |
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Hard (0–0) | Clay (0–0) | Grass (1–1) | Carpet (0–0) |
| Finals by setting |
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Outdoors (1–1) | Indoors (0–0) |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit]Legend |
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ATP Challenger (6–9) | ITF Futures (2–0) |
| Finals by surface |
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Hard (5–4) | Clay (1–3) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (2–2) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 1998 | Lübeck, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Michael Kohlmann | 7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1998 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1998 | Portorož, Slovenia | Challenger | Hard | Rainer Schüttler | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Dec 1998 | Nümbrecht, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Christian Vinck | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | May 2001 | Antwerp, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Dick Norman | 3–5 ret. |
Loss | 1–5 | Nov 2001 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Alexander Popp | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Win | 2–5 | Mar 2003 | France F8,Melun | Futures | Carpet | Thierry Ascione | walkover |
Win | 3–5 | Oct 2003 | Réunion Island, Réunion | Challenger | Hard | Fred Hemmes | 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–6 | Mar 2004 | Sanremo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Potito Starace | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–6 | Jul 2004 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Raemon Sluiter | 7–5, 7–6(9–7) |
Loss | 4–7 | Aug 2004 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julien Jeanpierre | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 5–7 | Sep 2004 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Daniele Bracciali | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–8 | Oct 2004 | Bolton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Marcos Baghdatis | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Win | 6–8 | Nov 2004 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 7–8 | Nov 2004 | Groningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Hard | Ivo Minář | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–9 | Apr 2006 | Saint Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard | Marc Gicquel | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 8–9 | Mar 2007 | Portugal F2,Lagos | Futures | Hard | Clément Morel | 6–3, 6–2 |
Legend |
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ATP Challenger (4–7) | ITF Futures (1–0) |
| Finals by surface |
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Hard (0–3) | Clay (4–3) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (1–1) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1997 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Raemon Sluiter | Álex Calatrava
Tom Vanhoudt | 7–6, 2–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Feb 1998 | Lippstadt, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Raemon Sluiter | Andrew Richardson
Myles Wakefield | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Apr 1998 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Edwin Kempes | José Frontera
Bobby Kokavec | 7–6, 4–6, 7–5 |
Win | 2–2 | Jun 1998 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Edwin Kempes | Tomáš Cibulec
Tomáš Krupa | 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 3–2 | Sep 1998 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | Edwin Kempes | Marcos Ondruska
Chris Wilkinson | 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–3 | Oct 1998 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Edwin Kempes | Ota Fukárek
Attila Sávolt | 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Oct 1998 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Edwin Kempes | Diego del Río
Martín Rodríguez | 6–7, 3–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Jan 2003 | Great Britain F1,Glasgow | Futures | Carpet | Edwin Kempes | Marco Chiudinelli
Wesley Moodie | 2–6, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2003 | Réunion Island, Réunion | Challenger | Hard | Fred Hemmes | Federico Browne
Rogier Wassen | 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6 |
Loss | 4–6 | Oct 2004 | Bolton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Melle van Gemerden | Jeff Coetzee
Jim Thomas | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 5–6 | Jul 2007 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Raemon Sluiter | Rohan Bopanna
Pablo Cuevas | 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
Loss | 5–7 | Mar 2008 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | Kristof Vliegen | Janko Tipsarević
Dušan Vemić | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]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.