Thomas Schoorel (born 8 April 1989) is a retired Dutch tennis player.

Schoorel has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 94, achieved on 4 July 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 299, achieved on 30 August 2010.

Career

Schoorel made his ATP Tour singles main draw debut at the 2010 If Stockholm Open on hard courts in Sweden. Having to earn his spot in the main draw by advancing through three qualifying rounds, Thomas proceeded to beat Patrik Rosenholm 6–4, 6–4, followed by Erling Tveit 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4 and finally Marcel Granollers 6–4, 7–5 to secure a main draw birth. In the first round, he would go on to be defeated by German Benjamin Becker in straight sets 3–6, 0–6. He made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut at the 2008 Dutch Open in Amersfoort, Netherlands when he was gifted entry as an alternate pair alongside compatriot Huib Troost. They were defeated in the first round by Russian duo Teimuraz Gabashvili and Denis Matsukevitch in straight sets 2–6, 4–6.

Schoorel won the Dutch Tennis Masters in December 2010, beating Thiemo de Bakker in the final. His two ATP Challenger singles titles both came in April 2011 back to back on clay courts in Italy. First he defeated Martin Klizan of Slovakia 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 to capture the Rome Challenger title, and then he defeated Filippo Volandri of Italy 6–2, 7–6(7–4) to claim the Naples Challenger championship.

Schoorel has reached 19 career singles finals, with a record of 10 wins and 9 losses which includes a 2–4 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 8 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 4 losses which includes a 1–1 record in ATP Challenger tour finals. He represents his native country Netherlands when competing in the Davis Cup, where he has a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in singles play.

Schoorel is also student at the Johan Cruyff College.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (10–9)

LegendATP Challenger (2–4)ITF Futures (8–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (9–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Netherlands F1, ApeldoornFuturesClay Vincent Millot7–5, 4–6, 7–5Win2–0Germany F10, AschaffenburgFuturesClay Kristijan Mesaros6–2, 6–0Loss2–1Spain F32, MadridFuturesHard Roberto Bautista Agut4–6, 3–6Loss2–2Germany F4, NusslochFuturesCarpet Niels Desein7–6(7–2), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)Loss2–3Portugal F3, AlbufeiraFuturesHard Benoit Paire6–7(5–7), 4–6Win3–3Italy F4, VercelliFuturesClay Martin Fischer6–4, 6–3Win4–3Netherlands F3, RotterdamFuturesClay Johannes Ager6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win5–3Netherlands F4, BredaFuturesClay Jesse Huta Galung6–2, 7–6(7–5)Loss5–4Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Denis Gremelmayr5–7, 4–6Loss5–5Alphen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Jesse Huta Galung7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6Win6–5Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Martin Kližan7–5, 1–6, 6–3Win7–5Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Filippo Volandri6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss7–6Dortmund, GermanyChallengerClay Leonardo Mayer3–6, 2–6Win8–6Netherlands F3, BredaFuturesClay Matwe Middelkoop6–4, 6–4Win9–6Netherlands F4, MiddelburgFuturesClay Niels Desein6–3, 6–4Loss9–7Netherlands F5, EnschedeFuturesClay Steve Darcis6–7(2–7), 1–6Loss9–8Alphen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Daniel Gimeno-Traver2–6, 4–6Win10–8Germany F4, NusslochFuturesCarpet Jan Mertl6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4Loss10–9Great Britain F7, PrestonFuturesHard Antal Van Der Duim6–7(1–7), 2–6

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Netherlands F1, ApeldoornFuturesClay Roy Bruggeling Stephan Fransen Romano Frantzen6–7(3–7), 6–4, [7–10]Loss0–2Turkey F5, AntalyaFuturesHard Antal Van Der Duim Martin Pedersen Sebastian Rieschick5–7, 3–6Loss0–3Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Nick van der Meer Lucas Arnold Ker Maximo Gonzalez5–7, 2–6Win1–3Spain F32, MadridFuturesHard Romano Frantzen David Canudas-Fernandez Komlavi Loglo6–4, 6–4Win2–3Netherlands F4, BredaFuturesClay Matwe Middelkoop Aleksandr Agafonov Marcel Felder4–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win3–3Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Robin Haase Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Diego Junqueira6–4, 6–4Win4–3Netherlands F4, MiddelburgFuturesClay Romano Frantzen Wesley Koolhof Stephan Fransen6–4, 1–6, [10–8]Loss4–4Germany F4, NusslochFuturesCarpet Romano Frantzen Roman Jebavy Marek Michalicka6–7(6–8), 5–7

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