Christophe Rochus

Christophe Rochus (French: [kʁis.tɔf ʁɔkys]; born 15 December 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.

Christophe Rochus

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Auvelais, Belgium
Born	(1978-12-15) 15 December 1978 (age 46) Namur, Belgium
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,753,294
Singles
Career record	118–219
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 38 (1 May 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2000)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	34–73
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 62 (15 May 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2006, 2009)
US Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2009)
Last updated on: 19 August 2021.

Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam. Rochus' career-high singles ranking was world No. 38, achieved in May 2006.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2003	Valencia, Spain	250 Series	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2006	Rotterdam, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	0–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–2) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2000	Chennai, India	250 Series	Hard	Julien Boutter	Saurav Panja Srinath Prahlad	7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Jul 2005	Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Olivier Rochus	Leoš Friedl Andrei Pavel	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2006	Doha, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Olivier Rochus	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	4R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	Q2	1R	1R	0 / 10	8–10	44%
French Open	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	3R	Q1	0 / 10	5–10	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q3	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 9	1–9	10%
US Open	A	Q3	1R	2R	Q1	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	4–4	3–4	1–3	2–4	1–3	1–4	1–4	0–2	0–1	2–4	0–1	0 / 35	15–35	30%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Miami	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	4R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 8	4–8	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Madrid	Not Held				A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Rome	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	SF	2R	A	A	NMS		0 / 2	5–2	71%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	Q1	Not Held									0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	3R	A	Q2	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	5–7	5–5	0–2	0–0	1–4	0–3	0 / 28	15–28	35%

Doubles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 3	2–3	25%
French Open	1R	1R	A	A	2R	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
US Open	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–3	2–4	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–1	0 / 12	3–12	20%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (6–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–10) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (5–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1998	Great Britain F5, Hatfield	Futures	Clay	Luke Milligan	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Nov 1998	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Vladimir Voltchkov	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1999	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Karim Alami	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Aug 2000	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Voinea	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2–3	Jun 2001	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Voinea	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2001	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Coutelot	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Mar 2004	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Olivier Mutis	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Aug 2004	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	6–4, 4–6, ret.
Loss	3–6	Feb 2005	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Gaël Monfils	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	4–6	Nov 2005	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Challenger	Hard	George Bastl	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	4–7	Sep 2007	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	5–7	Apr 2008	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Marcel Granollers	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	5–8	May 2008	Rijeka, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Massú	2–6, 2–6
Win	6–8	May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–9	Aug 2008	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Victor Crivoi	6–7(10–12), 2–6
Loss	6–10	Sep 2008	Orleans, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 1–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–3) ITF Futures (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1998	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Julian Knowle	Tobias Hildebrand Fredrik Lovén	6–7, 6–1, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1998	Belgium F1, Louvain-la-Neuve	Futures	Clay	Olivier Rochus	Nicolas Coutelot Johann Potron	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 2003	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Amir Hadad	Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2004	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	David Škoch Jiří Vaněk	6–0, 6–1
Loss	1–4	Aug 2004	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Merati	Leonardo Azzaro Kornél Bardóczky	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–4	Jun 2010	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Fred Gil	Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–4	Oct 2011	Chile F9, Talca	Futures	Clay	Germain Gigounon	Guillermo Hormazábal Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán	7–5, 6–2

External links

• Christophe Rochus at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Christophe Rochus at the International Tennis Federation
• Christophe Rochus at the Davis Cup