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| Country (sports) |  Belgium |
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| Residence | Dion-Valmont, Belgium |
| Born | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (age 44) Namur, Belgium |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $4,809,475 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 238–276 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 24 (17 October 2005) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2005) |
| French Open | 3R (2001,2006) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2003) |
| US Open | 4R (2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 98–121 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (5 July 2004) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
| French Open | W (2004) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2005) |
| US Open | 3R (2006, 2009) |
Olivier Rochus (French pronunciation:[ɔlivjeʁɔkys]; born 18 January 1981) is a former Belgiantennis player.Rochus won two singles titles in his career and in2004 won theFrench Open doubles title, partnering fellow BelgianXavier Malisse. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 24.
At 1.68 metres (5 ft 6 in) tall, he was the shortest player on theATP World Tour.[1]
He is the younger brother ofChristophe Rochus, also a former top-40 tennis player.
Rochus was a partner ofRoger Federer on the junior circuit, winning the boys' doubles title at Wimbledon in 1998.
As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 81–30 (42–20 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 11 in the world in 1997 (and No. 16 in doubles the following year). Rochus reached at least the quarterfinals of all four junior Grand Slam tournaments (including the semifinals of the French Open and Wimbledon).
He won his first title in Palermo in 2000, defeating his brother in the semifinals andDiego Nargiso in the final. In 2003, he achieved his greatestMaster Series result, reaching the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Masters.[2]
He has represented Belgium at two Olympic Games in both the singles and the doubles competitions atAthens andBeijing.[3]
In May 2006, he reached the final of the ATP tournament inMunich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final againstKristof Vliegen. He won that final in straight sets.
In June, Rochus faced world No. 1, Roger Federer, in the quarterfinals of theGerry Weber Open. Rochus held four match points in the second set at 5–6 and in the tie-break. He could not close out the match and eventually lost in three tiebreaks.
He reached the final of theStockholm Open, after winning to SwedeAndreas Vinciguerra in the first round, eighth seedFeliciano López, andJarkko Nieminen. In the semifinals, he beat best BrazilianThomaz Bellucci. In the final, he met formerAustralian Open finalistMarcos Baghdatis, but lost in two sets.
One week later at theGrand Prix de Lyon, he won his first match against French qualifierVincent Millot. He faced world No. 8,Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but lost in two short sets.
His next tournament was theSwiss Indoors, where he first won his three qualifying matches. In the first round of the tournament, he lost to his former double partner and world No. 1, Roger Federer.
The last tournament of his tennis season was the AXA Belgian Masters (Challenger), where he met compatriotSteve Darcis in the semifinal.
At theSony Ericsson Open he defeatedRichard Gasquet and the 2007 titlist and second seedNovak Djokovic.
In the Nice tournament, one week prior toRoland Garros, he pulled off another upset, defeating2009 French Open finalistRobin Söderling.
He defeatedRaven Klaasen of South Africa at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championship, but lost toMardy Fish in the final in three sets.
In March, Rochus lost in the fourth round in Miami to Federer, after defeatingBlaž Kavčič,Marcos Baghdatis, andMikhail Youzhny in the first three rounds. In July, he made it to the final in Newport, where he was defeated byJohn Isner in straight sets.
Rochus had his best success earlier in 2012, reaching the final in Auckland. He lost toNicolás Almagro in the first round of Wimbledon.[4]
In 2013, he played mostly on theChallenger Tour, never advancing beyond the second round of an ATP event.
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1. | Sep 2000 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy | Clay |  Diego Nargiso | 7–6(16–14), 6–1 |
| Loss | 1. | Feb 2002 | Copenhagen Open, Denmark | Hard (i) |  Lars Burgsmüller | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Mar 2003 | Copenhagen Open, Denmark | Hard (i) |  Karol Kučera | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Jan 2005 | Heineken Open, New Zealand | Hard |  Fernando González | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2. | May 2006 | BMW Open, Germany | Clay | Kristof Vliegen | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | Sep 2007 | Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, India | Hard |  Richard Gasquet | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 2009 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard (i) |  Marcos Baghdatis | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 6. | Jul 2010 | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, U.S. | Grass |  Mardy Fish | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7. | Jul 2011 | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, U.S. | Grass | John Isner | 3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Loss | 8. | Jan 2012 | Heineken Open, New Zealand | Hard |  David Ferrer | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | Jun 2004 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Xavier Malisse | Michaël LlodraFabrice Santoro | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | Jan 2005 | Adelaide International, Australia | Hard | Xavier Malisse |  Simon Aspelin Todd Perry | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | Jul 2005 | Generali Open, Austria | Clay | Christophe Rochus |  Leoš Friedl Andrei Pavel | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Jan 2006 | Qatar Open, Doha | Hard | Christophe Rochus | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 3. | Oct 2006 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard (i) | Kristof Vliegen | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Jul 2008 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay |  Lucas Arnold Ker | James CerretaniVictor Hănescu | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5. | Feb 2010 | PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément |  Jürgen MelzerPhilipp Petzschner | 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 7–11 |
| French Open | LQ | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 7–11 |
| Wimbledon | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 13–13 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | 8–13 |
| Win–loss | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 35–48 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | Q2 | A | 6–9 |
| Miami | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | A | 12–10 |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 5–9 |
| Madrid1 | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 5–9 |
| Rome | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1–4 |
| Toronto / Montreal | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–1 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | 2–2 |
| Shanghai2 | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–5 |
| Paris | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 6–6 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 37–52 |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| Titles / Finals | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–10 |
| Year-end ranking | 68 | 114 | 64 | 48 | 66 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 122 | 57 | 113 | 67 | 90 | 200 | 580 | |
1Held asHamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008,Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
2Held asStuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001,Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, andShanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | ||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 5–8 | ||
| French Open | 1R | W | 3R | 3R | 3R | QF | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 15–8 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | A | 7–6 | ||
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 5–9 | ||
| Win–loss | 1–3 | 8–3 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 32–31 | ||
| Season | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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| 2000 | ||||||
| 1. | Magnus Norman | 2 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 |
| 2002 | ||||||
| 2. |  Marat Safin | 2 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1) |
| 2003 | ||||||
| 3. | Albert Costa | 9 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 2R | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 4. | Albert Costa | 8 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 2R | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
| 5. | Guillermo Coria | 7 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 1R | 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| 6. | Mark Philippoussis | 10 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 1R | 6–2, 7–6(10–8) |
| 7. | Carlos Moyá | 4 | US Open, New York | Hard | 3R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 8. | Guillermo Coria | 6 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | QF | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 9. | Mariano Puerta | 9 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | 1R | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| 10. | Guillermo Coria | 7 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2007 | ||||||
| 11. | Nikolay Davydenko | 4 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 2R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 12. |  Novak Djokovic | 2 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 |
| 13. | Robin Söderling | 7 | Nice, France | Clay | 2R | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Preceded by | ATP Newcomer of the Year 2000 | Succeeded by |
