David Pel

David Pel (born 9 July 1991) is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 14 July 2025. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 885 achieved on 1 May 2017. He has won one doubles ATP title with Sander Arends.

David Pel

Pel in 2021
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Aalsmeer, Netherlands
Born	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 34) Amstelveen, Netherlands
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Marc Duncker
Prize money	$ 388,891
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 885 (1 May 2017)
Doubles
Career record	29–46 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 19 Challenger, 11 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 70 (2 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 37 (14 July 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2025)
French Open	2R (2025)
Wimbledon	F (2025)
US Open	1R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Pel competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's circuit where he has a 19–16 win-loss record in Challenger finals and a 11–12 record in ITF career doubles finals.

Career

2017: ATP debut

Pel made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Ricoh Open in the doubles draw partnering Tallon Griekspoor.^[1] They were defeated by Santiago González and Adil Shamasdin in the first round.

2021: First ATP doubles title

Partnering Sander Arends, he won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swedish Open, defeating Andre Begemann and Albano Olivetti in the final.^[2]

2025: Wimbledon finalist

At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships Hijikata reached the final with Rinky Hijikata as alternate pair, defeating third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz^[3] and top seeds and world No. 1 duo Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic en route.^[4] They lost the championship match to fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.^[5]

Coaching team

Pel was trained from 2014 to 2021 by Dennis van Scheppingen.^[6]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2025	Wimbledon	Grass	Rinky Hijikata	Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool	2–6, 6–7(3–7)

ATP career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) 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 (1–1)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2021	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	1–1	Jul 2021	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Sander Arends	Andre Begemann Albano Olivetti	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 2025	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Rinky Hijikata	Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool	2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 58 (30–28)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (19–16) ITF Futures Tour (11–12)

Titles by surface Hard (14–16) Clay (15–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2011	Switzerland F1, Fällanden	Futures	Carpet (i)	Gaëtan de Lovinfosse	Nils Langer Marc Rath	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–2	Aug 2013	Poland F1, Ślęza	Futures	Hard	Jeroen Benard	Stefan Seifert Torsten Wietoska	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Loss	0–3	Oct 2013	Great Britain F20, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Vijay Sundar Prashanth	Josh Goodall Harry Meehan	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	1–3	Jul 2014	Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf	Futures	Clay	Jan Blecha	Mario Haider-Maurer Jan Poskocil	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–3	Aug 2014	Germany F10, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Julian Lenz Lars Pörschke	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	2–4	May 2015	Spain F10, Vic	Futures	Clay	Maxime Tabatruong	Sergio Martos Gornés Pol Toledo Bagué	6–3, 6–7(7–4), [15–17]
Loss	2–5	May 2015	Italy F12, Lecco	Futures	Clay	Maxime Tabatruong	Peter Luczak Marc Polmans	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–5	Oct 2015	Germany F17, Oberhaching	Futures	Hard (i)	Niels Lootsma	Johannes Härteis Hannes Wagner	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	4–5	Dec 2015	Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Antal van der Duim	Lloyd Harris Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–6	Dec 2015	Nigeria F4, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Antal van der Duim	Lloyd Harris Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	4–7	Mar 2016	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard (i)	Antal van der Duim	Denis Matsukevitch Daniil Medvedev	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [9–11]
Win	5–7	Mar 2016	Italy F2, Basiglio	Futures	Hard (i)	Antal van der Duim	Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–7	Apr 2016	Nigeria F2, Abuja	Futures	Hard	Antal van der Duim	Luca Margaroli Ilija Vučić	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–8	May 2016	Nigeria F3, Abuja	Futures	Hard	Antal van der Duim	Nicolas Meister David Pérez Sanz	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [9–11]
Win	7–8	Jul 2016	Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	José Pereira	Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	8–8	Jul 2016	Austria F2, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Maximilian Neuchrist	Sebastian Bader Matthias Haim	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Win	9–8	Jul 2016	Germany F8, Kassel	Futures	Clay	Maximilian Neuchrist	Petr Nouza David Škoch	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	10–8	Aug 2016	Poland F5, Bydgoszcz	Futures	Clay	Maximilian Neuchrist	Michał Dembek Grzegorz Panfil	6–1, 7–5
Loss	10–9	Nov 2016	Finland F4, Helsinki	Futures	Hard (i)	Andreas Mies	Jeremy Jahn Adam Majchrowicz	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Loss	10–10	Jan 2017	Germany F2, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet (i)	Joran Vliegen	Jannis Kahlke Oscar Otte	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	10–11	Feb 2017	Switzerland F2, Bellevue	Futures	Carpet (i)	Maximilian Neuchrist	Daniel Altmaier Marvin Netuschil	5–7, 6–1, [9–11]
Loss	10–12	May 2017	Sweden F1, Karlskrona	Futures	Clay	Botic van de Zandschulp	Martín Cuevas Christian Lindell	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [9–11]
Win	11–12	Jul 2017	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Filippo Baldi Omar Giacalone	6–1, 6–1
Loss	11–13	Aug 2017	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Laurynas Grigelis Zdeněk Kolář	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–13	Aug 2017	Italy F25, Cornaiano	Futures	Clay	Gonçalo Oliveira	Gianluca Di Nicola Lorenzo Sonego	6–3, 6–2
Loss	12–14	Nov 2017	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tomasz Bednarek	Andre Begemann Jonathan Eysseric	3–6, 4–6
Win	13–14	May 2018	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6–2, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	13–15	Sep 2018	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	4–6, 2–6
Win	14–15	Oct 2018	Florence, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Filippo Baldi Salvatore Caruso	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	14–16	Oct 2018	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Marcelo Demoliner David Vega Hernández	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	14–17	Oct 2018	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Rameez Junaid	Purav Raja Antonio Šančić	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	14–18	Nov 2018	Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków	6–7(10–12), 6–2, [9–11]
Loss	14–19	Jan 2019	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Antonio Šančić	Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	4–6, 4–6
Loss	14–20	Feb 2019	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Antonio Šančić	Fabrice Martin Hugo Nys	4–6, 2–6
Loss	14–21	Apr 2019	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 5–7, [5–10]
Win	15-21	Jul 2019	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Sander Arends	Ivan Nedelko Alexander Zhurbin	6–0, 6–2
Win	16-21	Aug 2019	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Orlando Luz Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	17-21	Sep 2019	Mallorca, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków	7–5, 6–4
Loss	17–22	Sep 2019	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	6-7(6-8), 6–4, [9-11]
Loss	17–23	Oct 2019	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Jonny O'Mara Ken Skupski	1–6, 4-6
Loss	17–24	Nov 2019	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Sander Arends	Nikola Cacic Antonio Sancic	7-6(5-7), 6-7(3-7), [7-10]
Win	18-24	Feb 2020	Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Julian Lenz Yannick Maden	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Win	19-24	Aug 2020	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Sander Arends	André Göransson Gonçalo Oliveira	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win	20-24	Oct 2020	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Andre Begemann	Alex Lawson Lloyd Glasspool	5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–4]
Win	21-24	Jan 2021	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard (i)	André Göransson	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	21–25	Oct 2021	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jonathan Eysseric Quentin Halys	6-4, 6-7(5-7), [8-10]
Loss	21–26	Jan 2022	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Albano Olivetti David Vega Hernández	6-3, 4–6, [8-10]
Loss	21–27	Feb 2022	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur	6-3, 3–6, [8-10]
Win	22–27	Apr 2022	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Jonathan Eysseric Robin Haase	6–3, 6–3
Win	23–27	May 2022	Mauthausen, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Sander Arends	Johannes Härteis Benjamin Hassan	6–4, 6–3
Loss	23–28	Jun 2022	Lyon, France	Challenger	Clay	Sander Arends	Romain Arneodo Jonathan Eysseric	5-7, 6–4, [4-10]
Win	24–28	Aug 2022	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Szymon Walków	Neil Oberleitner Philipp Oswald	7–5, 6–1
Win	25–28	Sep 2022	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jonathan Eysseric	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	6–4, 6–4
Win	26–28	Oct 2022	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7–6(7–1), 6–7(6–8), [6–10]
Win	27–28	Jan 2023	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sander Arends	Patrik Niklas-Salminen Bart Stevens	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	28–28	Mar 2023	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zizou Bergs	Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win	29–28	Aug 2024	Sauerland, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Bart Stevens	Matwé Middelkoop Denys Molchanov	6–4, 2–6, [10-8]
Win	30–28	Oct 2024	Roanne, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Nicolas Barrientos	Jakub Paul Matěj Vocel	4–6, 6–3, [10-6]