Steve Darcis (, born 13 March 1984) is a Belgian tennis coach and former professional player. Darcis won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 38 on 22 May 2017.

Personal life Steve Darcis was born in Liège the son of Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. He has a sister named Céline. Growing up, he looked up at Pete Sampras. On 29 May 2013, his girlfriend Lauranne gave birth to daughter Camille.

Professional career Juniors As a junior, Darcis compiled a singles win–loss record of 73–32, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002 (and No. 15 in doubles). He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles event.

2007–2009 Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first top-100 ranking on 26 November 2007 after winning a Challenger event in Finland.

Darcis competed at the 2008 Australian Open and the French Open, losing in the first round in both. He and Olivier Rochus, however, reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament at the French Open. He reached the second round at the US Open. He won a second ATP event at Memphis in March, defeating Robin Söderling in the final. He reached the final of the Dutch Open again, but lost to Albert Montañés.

In 2009, Darcis played in three Grand Slam tournaments, the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, reaching the second round only at Wimbledon. He also reached the quarterfinals at Queen's Club.

2010–present Darcis qualified for the 2010 Qatar Open, retiring in his third-round match against Rafael Nadal. He failed to qualify for the Australian Open.

At the 2011 French Open, Darcis advanced to the main draw as a qualifier, and in the first round pulled off a shock victory over 22nd seed Michaël Llodra. Darcis followed this up by beating Philipp Petzschner, to advance into the third round, where he was defeated by Frenchman Gaël Monfils in straight sets.

Darcis made the quarterfinals in Vienna, beating Nikolay Davydenko on the way, but was defeated by Daniel Brands.

In 2012, Darcis made the final of the Dallas Challenger tournament but lost to Jesse Levine. At the Eastbourne International, he defeated Matthew Ebden, Marcos Baghdatis, and Marinko Matosevic to face Andy Roddick in the semifinals. Darcis retired a set down at 1–3 due to a back injury.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Darcis beat Tomáš Berdych in the first round.

In the first round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships on 24 June, Darcis defeated fifth-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets. This made him the first player ever to defeat Nadal in the first round of any major tournament. Darcis was ranked 130 places lower than Nadal. At the time, he was the lowest-ranked player ever to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament. It was announced prior to his second-round match that he had withdrawn due to a shoulder injury sustained in the Nadal match.

In the 2017 Australian Open, Darcis defeated Sam Groth and Diego Schwartzman both in four sets to reach the third round, tying his best Grand Slam result to date (in singles). He was taken out by Andreas Seppi despite winning the first set of the match.

In October 2019, Darcis confirmed his plans to retire after the 2020 Australian Open due to elbow pain since the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Coaching career He is currently coaching Belgian players Raphael Collignon and Gauthier Onclin.

ATP career finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–1)Indoor (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0Dutch Open, Netherlands250 SeriesClay Werner Eschauer6–1, 7–6(7–1)Win 2–0U.S. National Indoor Championships, United States500 SeriesHard (i) Robin Söderling6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss2–1Dutch Open, Netherlands250 SeriesClay Albert Montañés6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 39 (19–20) LegendATP Challenger Tour (10–13)ITF Futures Tour (9–7)Finals by surfaceHard (5–8)Clay (12–10)Carpet (2–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F10, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Andy Murray3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win1–1Czech Rep. F6, HrotoviceFuturesCarpet Jan Mašík3–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss1–2Italy F5, PadovaFuturesClay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(8–10)Loss1–3Germany F11, TrierFuturesClay Éric Prodon3–6, 3–6Loss1–4Germany F1, NußlochFuturesCarpet (i) Robin Vik2–6, 3–6Win2–4France F1, DeauvilleFuturesClay (i) Olivier Vandewiele6–2, 6–1Win3–4France F2, FeucherollesFuturesHard (i) Jean-Michel Péquery6–4, 7–6(7–1)Win4–4France F4, LilleFuturesHard (i) Roman Valent7–5, 6–3Loss4–5Kolding, DenmarkChallengerHard (i) Dmitry Tursunov3–6, 4–6Loss4–6Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet (i) Michael Berrer3–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss4–7France F7, AngersFuturesClay (i) Stéphane Bohli6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6Win5–7France F6, AngersFuturesClay (i) Xavier Pujo3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win6–7Turkey F3, BelekFuturesClay Dušan Karol6–3, 6–3Win7–7Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Tobias Kamke6–3, 1–6, 6–4Loss7–8Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jan Hájek2–6, 6–1, 4–6Loss7–9Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Pere Riba3–6, 0–0 ret.Win8–9Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava6–2, 6–4Loss8–10Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Adrian Mannarino5–7, 2–6Win9–10Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Marsel İlhan6–3, 4–6, 6–2Win10–10Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Leonardo Mayer4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss10–11Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Jesse Levine4–6, 4–6Loss10–12Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jiří Veselý4–6, 4–6Win11–12Netherlands F5, EnschedeFuturesClay Thomas Schoorel7–6(7–2), 6–1Loss11–13Belgium F1, DammeFuturesClay Joris De Loore5–7, 3–6Loss11–14Belgium F7, MiddelkerkeFuturesClay Niels Desein3–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)Win12–14Belgium F10, EupenFuturesClay Richard Becker7–6(7–5), 6–1Win13–14Belgium F14, ArlonFuturesClay Scott Griekspoor6–2, 6–2Loss13–15Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) David Goffin3–6, 3–6Win14–15Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Nicolas Mahut6–2, 6–4Win15–15Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Adrián Menéndez Maceiras6–3, 6–2Win16–15Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Thiago Monteiro3–6, 6–2, 6–0Loss16–16Blois, FranceChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq2–6, 0–6Loss16–17Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Arthur De Greef6–7(4–7), 3–6Win17–17Trnava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Jordi Samper Montaña6–3, 6–4Loss17–18Budapest, HungaryChallengerHard (i) Marius Copil4–6, 2–6Win18–18Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet (i) Alex de Minaur6–4, 6–2Win19–18Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Rogério Dutra Silva7–6(7–2), 4–6, 7–5Loss19–19Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Ugo Humbert7–6(8–6), 3–6, 3–6Loss19–20Eckental, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Jiří Veselý4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (6–4) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–2)ITF Futures Tour (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (5–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Czech Rep. F5, Frýdlant nad OstravicíFuturesHard Bart de Gier Flavio Cipolla Alessandro da Col7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3Loss1–1France F8, BloisFuturesClay Stefan Wauters Brian Dabul Diego Hartfield5–7, 4–6Win2–1France F1, DeauvilleFuturesClay (i) Stefan Wauters Steven Korteling Nick van der Meer6–4, 6–4Win3–1Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Stefan Wauters Gabriel Trujillo Soler Lovro Zovko6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4Loss3–2Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Kristof Vliegen Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)Win4–2Turkey F2, ManavgatFuturesClay Fred Hemmes Brett Ross Arnar Sigurdsson6–2, 6–4Loss4–3Turkey F3, BelekFuturesClay Fred Hemmes Dušan Karol Jeroen Masson3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss4–4San Remo, ItalyChallengerClay Stefan Wauters Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana6–7(3–7), 3–6Win5–4Tanger, MoroccoChallengerClay Dominik Meffert Uladzimir Ignatik Martin Kližan5–7, 7–5, [10–7]Win6–4Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Olivier Rochus Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk7–5, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles Current through the 2019 Swiss Open Gstaad. Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ2A1R1RQ3A1R1RAQ31R3RA1RQ10 / 72–8French OpenAAQ1Q3A1R1R2R3R1R1RA1R2R1RAQ3A0 / 94–9WimbledonAAQ2AA1R2RAQ21R2R*Q21RA2RA2RNH0 / 74–6US OpenAAAQ11R2R1RA2R2RA1R2R2R1RA1RA0 / 105–10Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–11–41–41–13–21–41–20–11–32–33–40–01–30–00 / 3315–33National representationSummer OlympicsNHNot HeldNH1RNot Held3RNot HeldANot Held0 / 22–2Davis CupAAPOAA1RPO1R1RPO1RPOFPOFAGSA 0 / 6 23–12Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–01–42–02–02–05–13–00–24–21–04–30–01–10–00 / 725–14ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAA2RAA2RQ1AAAAAANH0 / 22–2Miami OpenAAAAAQ11RAA1RQ1A3RAAAANH0 / 32–3Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAQ2AAQ2Q1AAA1RAANH0 / 10–1Madrid OpenAAAAA1RAAAAAAAAAAANH0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAAA2RAAAAAAAAAAANH0 / 11–1Canadian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNMSAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0German OpenAAAAA1RNot Masters Series0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–31–20–00–01–20–00–02–10–00–10–00–00–00 / 95–9Career statistics200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020CareerTournaments000132118661871115180122128Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 01 / 11 / 20 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 02 / 3Overall win–loss0–00–00–10–16–221–236–186–69–622–175–60–312–134–520–200–05–122–2119–136Year-end ranking48236815348386611221098893164160868677n/a157n/a * Darcis withdrew before the second round match at the 2013 Wimbledon.

Doubles Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian Open1R1R2RAAAAAAAAA0 / 31–3 French OpenQFAAA1RAA1RA1RAA0 / 43–4 Wimbledon1RAAA3RAAAAAAA0 / 22–2 US Open1RAAA1RAA1RA3RAA0 / 42–4Win–loss3–40–11–10–02–30–00–00–20–02–20–00–00 / 138–13

Wins over top-10 opponents No.OpponentRankEventSurfaceRoundScore20121. Tomáš Berdych7Olympics, United KingdomGrass1R6–4, 6–47520132. Rafael Nadal5Wimbledon, United KingdomGrass1R7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8), 6–413520173. Pablo Carreño Busta10China Open, ChinaHard1R6–0, 6–473

References

External links

Darcis Recent Match Results Darcis World Ranking History