Olivier Rochus (; born 18 January 1981) is a former Belgian tennis player. Rochus won two singles titles in his career and in 2004 won the French Open doubles title, partnering fellow Belgian Xavier Malisse. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 24.
Personal information He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a former top-40 tennis player.
At tall, he was the shortest player on the ATP World Tour.
Career Juniors Rochus was a partner of Roger 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).
1999–2008 He won his first title in Palermo in 2000, defeating his brother in the semifinals and Diego Nargiso in the final. In 2003, he achieved his greatest Master Series result, reaching the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Masters.
He has represented Belgium at two Olympic Games in both the singles and the doubles competitions at Athens and Beijing.
In May 2006, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Kristof Vliegen. He won that final in straight sets.
In June, Rochus faced world No. 1, Roger Federer, in the quarterfinals of the Gerry 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.
2009 He reached the final of the Stockholm Open, after winning to Swede Andreas Vinciguerra in the first round, eighth seed Feliciano López, and Jarkko Nieminen. In the semifinals, he beat best Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. In the final, he met former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, but lost in two sets.
One week later at the Grand Prix de Lyon, he won his first match against French qualifier Vincent Millot. He faced world No. 8, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but lost in two short sets.
His next tournament was the Swiss 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 compatriot Steve Darcis in the semifinal.
2010 At the Sony Ericsson Open he defeated Richard Gasquet and the 2007 titlist and second seed Novak Djokovic.
In the Nice tournament, one week prior to Roland Garros, he pulled off another upset, defeating 2009 French Open finalist Robin Söderling.
He defeated Raven Klaasen of South Africa at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championship, but lost to Mardy Fish in the final in three sets.
2011 In March, Rochus lost in the fourth round in Miami to Federer, after defeating Blaž Kavčič, Marcos Baghdatis, and Mikhail Youzhny in the first three rounds. In July, he made it to the final in Newport, where he was defeated by John Isner in straight sets.
2012–13 Rochus had his best success earlier in 2012, reaching the final in Auckland. He lost to Nicolás Almagro in the first round of Wimbledon.
In 2013, he played mostly on the Challenger Tour, never advancing beyond the second round of an ATP event.
ATP career finals Singles: 10 (2 wins, 8 losses) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 series (2–8)Finals by surfaceHard (0–6)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–2)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Sep 2000Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, ItalyClay Diego Nargiso7–6(16–14), 6–1Loss1–1 Feb 2002Copenhagen Open, DenmarkHard (i) Lars Burgsmüller3–6, 3–6Loss1–2Mar 2003Copenhagen Open, Denmark Hard (i) Karol Kučera6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss1–3Jan 2005Heineken Open, New Zealand Hard Fernando González4–6, 2–6Win2–3May 2006BMW Open, GermanyClay Kristof Vliegen6–4, 6–2Loss2–4Sep 2007Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, IndiaHard Richard Gasquet3–6, 4–6Loss2–5Oct 2009Stockholm Open, SwedenHard (i) Marcos Baghdatis1–6, 5–7Loss2–6Jul 2010Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, U.S.Grass Mardy Fish7–5, 3–6, 4–6Loss2–7Jul 2011Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, U.S.Grass John Isner3–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss2–8Jan 2012Heineken Open, New ZealandHard David Ferrer3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 7 (2 wins, 5 losses) LegendGrand Slam tournament (1–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 series (0–2)ATP World Tour 250 series (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1. Jun 2004French Open, ParisClay Xavier Malisse Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro7–5, 7–5Win2. Jan 2005Adelaide International, AustraliaHard Xavier Malisse Simon Aspelin Todd Perry7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss1.Jul 2005Generali Open, AustriaClay Christophe Rochus Leoš Friedl Andrei Pavel2–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6Loss2. Jan 2006Qatar Open, DohaHard Christophe Rochus Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi6–2, 3–6, [8–10]Loss3. Oct 2006Stockholm Open, SwedenHard (i) Kristof Vliegen Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss4. Jul 2008Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Lucas Arnold Ker James Cerretani Victor Hănescu3–6, 5–7Loss5. Feb 2010PBZ Zagreb Indoors, CroatiaHard (i) Arnaud Clément Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenA1R1R2R1R4R2R2R1RA1RA2R1RA7–11 French OpenLQ3R2R1R1R2R3R1R1RQ32R1R1RAA7–11 Wimbledon3R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2RQ11R2R1R1RA13–13 US Open1R1R1R1R4R3R3R1R1R2R1R1R1RQ2A8–13Win–loss2–23–43–44–43–47–47–41–41–41–11–41–31–40–20–035–48ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian WellsAA1R3R1R2R3R3R2RA1RA1RQ2A6–9 MiamiAA1R2R2R2R4R3R1RQ13R4R1R2RA12–10Monte CarloAAA1R1R3R2R1R2RQ11R2R1RAA5–9Madrid1AA1RQF2R1R1R1R2RAA1R1RAA5–9 RomeAAA1RA1R1R2RAAAAAAA1–4Toronto / MontrealAAAAA3RAAAAAAAAA2–1 CincinnatiAAAAA3RA1RAAAQ1Q2AA2–2 Shanghai2A1RA1RA3R1RA1RAAAAAA2–5ParisAA2RAA1R2RQ1Q2AAAAAA2–3Win–loss0–00–11–46–62–410–95–73–53–50–02–34–30–41–10–037–52Career statisticsTitles / Finals1–10–00–10–10–00–11–10–10–00–10–00–10–10–00–02–10Year-end ranking68114644866273648122571136790200580
1Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present. 2Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.
Doubles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian Open1R2R2R2R2R1RAAA2R1R5–8 French Open1RW3R3R3RQFA1R1R1RA15–8 WimbledonA2R3R2R2RAA1RA3RA7–6US Open2R1R1R3R1R1R3R1R1RAA5–9Win–loss1–38–35–46–44–43–32–10–30–23–30–132–31
Top 10 wins Season20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013TotalWins1013221100200013
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20001. Magnus Norman2Wimbledon, United KingdomGrass2R6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–120022. Marat Safin2Wimbledon, United KingdomGrass2R6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)20033. Albert Costa9Indian Wells, United StatesHard2R5–7, 6–4, 6–44. Albert Costa8Hamburg, GermanyClay2R3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)5. Guillermo Coria7Wimbledon, United KingdomGrass1R7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–320046. Mark Philippoussis10Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard1R6–2, 7–6(10–8)7. Carlos Moyá4US Open, New YorkHard3R4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–520058. Guillermo Coria6Auckland, New ZealandHardQF6–4, 6–49. Mariano Puerta9Lyon, FranceCarpet (i)1R4–6, 7–5, 6–3200610. Guillermo Coria7Miami Open, United StatesHard3R6–4, 6–3200711. Nikolay Davydenko4Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard2R4–6, 6–4, 6–2201012. Novak Djokovic2Miami Open, United StatesHard2R6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–413. Robin Söderling7Nice, FranceClay2R2–6, 6–4, 6–4
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