Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.
In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Cristiano Caratti, Fernando Meligeni, Albert Portas, Àlex Corretja and Magnus Norman before he was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion, Gustavo Kuerten. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open, and only the third time in Grand Slam history that a qualifier had reached a semi-final.Tennis: 'Nervous' Graf tripped up again by Coetzer Dewulf would also reach the quarter-finals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up Àlex Corretja in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 39, achieved in September 1997; he became the first Belgian in ATP Top 50, overall finishing four seasons as the top-ranked Belgian player.ATP Tour profiles
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Vienna, AustriaWorld SeriesCarpet Thomas Muster7–5, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 Win2–0Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Julian Alonso7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–1
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Tom Vanhoudt Jordi Arrese Francisco Roig6–4, 7–5
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (1–5) LegendATP Challenger (0–5)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Sergio Cortés7–6, 2–6, 4–6Loss0-2Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Arne Thoms6–4, 1–6, 4–6Loss0-3Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Chuck Adams4–6, 6–4, 6–7Win1-3France F1, GrasseFuturesClay Nicolas Coutelot6–2, 6–2Loss1-4Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Marcelo CharpentierwalkoverLoss1-5Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Daniel Elsner1–6, 6–7(5–7>
Doubles: 10 (6–4) LegendATP Challenger (6–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (5–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Johan Anderson Lars-Anders Wahlgren6–2, 6–7, 4–6Win1–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora Marcelo Rebolledo6–3, 6–2Win2–1Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Karol Kučera Andrey Merinov7–5, 6–3Loss2–2Bandar Seri Begawan, BruneiChallengerHard Tom Vanhoudt Owen Casey Donald Johnson2–6, 3–6Win3–2Lippstadt, GermanyChallengerCarpet Martin Laurendeau David Engel Peter Nyborg7–6, 4–6, 7–6Loss3–3Garmisch, GermanyChallengerCarpet Tom Vanhoudt Mike Bauer Alexander Mronz6–7, 6–3, 2–6Win4–3Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Jordi Arrese Francisco Roig6–7, 6–2, 6–3Win5–3Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Stefano Pescosolido Massimo Valeri7–5, 6–3Loss5–4Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Dick Norman Ellis Ferreira Kevin Ullyett6–7, 3–6Win6–4Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Vojtěch Flégl Petr Pála David Škoch6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2R1R2R2R1RAA0 / 53–5French OpenQ3AQ31RSFQFAQ20 / 39–3WimbledonAA1R2R1R2RAA0 / 42–4US OpenAAA1R1R1RAA0 / 30–3Win–loss0–01–10–22–46–45–40–00–00 / 1514–15ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAA2R2RAA0 / 22–2Monte CarloAQ3A1RAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAA1R2RAA0 / 21–2RomeAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1CanadaAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAQ11RAAA0 / 10–1StuttgartAAA1R1RAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–41–43–30–00–00 / 114–11
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