Igor Sijsling

Igor Sijsling (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈiɡɔr ˈsɛislɪŋ]; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.^[1] Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014.^[2] His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Doubles with countryman Robin Haase in 2013, where they lost to the Bryan brothers.^[3] In singles, he reached the third round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and has victories over top players including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic and Mikhail Youzhny.^[4] He has also coached Tim van Rijthoven.^[5]

Igor Sijsling

Sijsling at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born	(1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 37) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Dennis Schenk
Prize money	$2,215,589
Singles
Career record	50–90
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 52 (17 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 473 (18 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
French Open	2R (2013, 2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2013)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	27–44
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 37 (6 January 2014)
Current ranking	No. 490 (28 June 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Last updated on: 10 July 2021.

Personal life

Sijsling grew up in Amsterdam, where his Serbian mother tried to instill her love of sports in her son. He played all kinds of sports as a young child, street football, basketball, and tennis. He even studied ballet.^[6]

He started playing tennis at the age of five with his parents, studying at the Amstelpark tennis school. By the time he was 12, tennis was clearly his sport. He was chosen for the Dutch national youth team. He won the Dutch under-18 championship twice and was runner-up at the European under-18 championships in Switzerland.^[6]

He received his diploma from the Vossius Gymnasium and began to play on the Futures and Challenger tours in 2006.^[7]

He was coached by Dennis Schenk.

Professional career

2012

Igor Sijsling at the Nice Open 2012.

Sijsling's first success on the ATP tour came in 2011, when he reached the quarterfinals in Metz, losing to Ivan Ljubičić.

In 2012, he again reached the quarterfinals in s-Hertogenbosch, after beating Jarkko Nieminen and Olivier Rochus in the first two rounds. He was beaten by David Ferrer. He qualified for the US Open that year and reached the second round of the main draw, where he again lost to Ferrer. In Kuala Lumpur, he again reached the quarterfinals, falling yet again to Ferrer. He reached the second round in Moscow and Paris-Bercy, falling to Andreas Seppi and Janko Tipsarević, respectively. In doubles, he reached the quarterfinals in Rotterdam, partnering Thomas Schoorel. He also reached the quarterfinals in Moscow, partnered with Roberto Bautista Agut.

2013

Igor Sijsling in 2013.

In 2013, he qualified in Auckland and beat Dutch no. 1 Robin Haase in the first round, only to fall to Tommy Haas in the second. He also reached the second round in Zagreb. At the Australian Open, he teamed with Robin Haase to reach the doubles final, losing to the Bryan brothers. In Rotterdam, Sijsling beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round for his first top-10 victory. At Wimbledon, Sijsling had his best showing in the singles tournament of a Grand Slam event by reaching the third round, beating seeded player Grigor Dimitrov in the process.

2014

Igor prepared for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season with two warm-up tournaments, in Brisbane, where he lost in the first round to Nicolas Mahut, followed by the Heineken Open, where he again lost in the first round, this time to eventual finalist Lu Yen-hsun. At the Australian Open, he lost to Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first round. The following week he played in a Challenger event in Heilbronn, where he made the final, losing to home favourite Peter Gojowczyk in straight sets. In Zagreb he entered the tournament as the eighth seed. He beat Kavčič in the first round, but lost to Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov in the second.

Sijsling played his first ATP World Tour 500 series event of the year as a wildcard in Rotterdam, beating seventh seed and world no. 15 Mikhail Youzhny in the first round, losing just four games in the process.^[4] He defeated qualifier Michael Berrer and Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the semifinals.

Career finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Robin Haase	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

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 (1–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–3) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2008	Dutch Open, Netherlands	International	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	František Čermák Rogier Wassen	5–7, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jan 2013	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Robin Haase	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2013	Colombia Open, Colombia	250 Series	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–3	Jul 2013	Atlanta Open, US	250 Series	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	7–6(8–6), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 38 (20–18)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (7–10) ITF Futures Tour (13–8)

Finals by surface Hard (10–14) Clay (5–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (5–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2006	Netherlands F3, Heerhugowaard	Futures	Clay	Stefan Wauters	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2006	Belgium F2, Sint-Katelijne-Waver	Futures	Clay	Stefan Wauters	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Aug 2006	Saransk, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Farrukh Dustov	7–6(10–8), 6–4
Loss	3–1	Apr 2007	Italy F10, Cremona	Futures	Hard	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	Nov 2007	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Nov 2008	USA F29, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Daniel Yoo	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	5–2	Nov 2008	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Andrey Kumantsov	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
Loss	5–3	May 2009	Italy F8, Vicenza	Futures	Clay	Francesco Aldi	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Jul 2009	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Olivier Rochus	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	5–5	Nov 2009	Chuncheon, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–6	Mar 2010	Great Britain F4, Bath	Futures	Hard	Andrej Martin	6–2, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	6–6	Jun 2010	Norway F1, Gausdal	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	7–5, ret.
Win	7–6	Nov 2010	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Ruben Bemelmans	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	7–7	Nov 2010	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Dustin Brown	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	8–7	Sep 2011	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	9–7	Feb 2012	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard	Malek Jaziri	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–7	Feb 2012	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jerzy Janowicz	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
Loss	10–8	Jul 2012	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	11–8	Aug 2012	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Sergey Bubka	6–1, 7–5
Loss	11–9	Oct 2013	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	3–6, 5–7
Loss	11–10	Jan 2014	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Peter Gojowczyk	4–6, 5–7
Loss	11–11	Sep 2015	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Damir Džumhur	1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	11–12	Oct 2015	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard	Malek Jaziri	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	12–12	Nov 2015	Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Mirza Bašić	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12–13	Apr 2016	Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexandre Sidorenko	6–2, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	12–14	Sep 2017	France F20, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Antoine Hoang	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	13–14	Feb 2018	Germany F3, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet	Marvin Moeller	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win	14–14	Mar 2018	France F4, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Botic Van de Zandschulp	6–3, ret.
Loss	14–15	Mar 2018	France F5, Poitiers	Futures	Hard	Antoine Hoang	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	15–15	Feb 2019	M15 Kaarst, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Botic Van de Zandschulp	6–1, 6–4
Win	16–15	Mar 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gilbert Klier Junior	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	16–16	Apr 2019	M25 Bolton, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Botic Van de Zandschulp	6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Win	17–16	Aug 2019	M25 Dublin, Ireland	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Ryan Peniston	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	17–17	Aug 2019	M25 Chiswick, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jack Draper	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	17–18	Mar 2020	M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jack Draper	2–6, 0–6
Win	18–18	Aug 2020	M15 Alkmaar, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jacopo Berrettini	6–2, 6–1
Win	19–18	Sep 2020	M25+H Plaisir, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Johan Sebastien Tatlot	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win	20–18	Oct 2020	M25+H Rodez, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jelle Sels	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 24 (11–13)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–3) ITF Futures Tour (7–10)

Finals by surface Hard (5–7) Clay (4–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2005	Italy F24, L'Aquila	Futures	Clay	Robin Haase	Frederic Nussbaum B.-David Rufer	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	1–1	Sep 2005	Netherlands F4, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	Ralph Grambow Sascha Kloer	walkover
Loss	1–2	Nov 2005	Israel F1, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Robin Haase	Roman Vögeli Michal Navrátil	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2006	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Robin Haase	Petar Jelenić Vilim Visak	4–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2–3	May 2006	Spain F14, Lleida	Futures	Clay	Antal van der Duim	C. Rexach-Itoiz H. Ruiz-Cadenas	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–4	Sep 2006	Netherlands F7, Almere	Futures	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	Thiemo de Bakker A. Van Der Duim	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Nov 2006	Louisville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robin Haase	Amer Delić Robert Kendrick	walkover
Win	4–4	Apr 2007	Italy F10, Cremona	Futures	Hard	Ivan Cerović	Alejandro Fabbri Gabriel Trujillo Soler	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	4–5	May 2007	Italy F15, Parma	Futures	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	Alberto Brizzi Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–6	Aug 2007	Vigo, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Santos	Leonardo Azzaro Lamine Ouahab	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	5–6	Aug 2007	Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen	Futures	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	D. Spierenburg S. Wijdenbosch	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	5–7	Oct 2007	France F18, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Vladimir Obradović	Raphael Durek Lukáš Rosol	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Nov 2008	USA F29, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Matt Reid	James Ludlow Andreas Siljeström	0–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	5–9	May 2009	Italy F8, Vicenza	Futures	Clay	Nick van der Meer	Andrej Kračman Guillermo Carry	1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	5–10	Apr 2010	Athens, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Robin Haase	Rik de Voest Lu Yen-hsun	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–10	Nov 2010	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Ruben Bemelmans	Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	6–11	Sep 2011	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Thiemo de Bakker A. van der Duim	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Win	7–11	Oct 2013	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Jesse Huta Galung	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Loss	7–12	Mar 2018	France F4, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Botic Van de Zandschulp	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	3–6, 5–7
Win	8–12	Feb 2019	M15 Kaarst, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Botic Van de Zandschulp	Mats Rosenkranz Mark Whitehouse	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–12	Mar 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Botic Van de Zandschulp	S D Prajwal Dev Adil Kalyanpur	7–6(10–8), 2–6, [10–6]
Win	10–12	May 2019	M25 Prijedor, Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Botic Van de Zandschulp	Ljubomir Čelebić Nerman Fatić	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	10–13	Oct 2020	M25+H Rodez, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Glenn Smits	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Rebul	3–6, 5–7
Win	11–13	Jul 2021	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	Diego Hidalgo Sergio Martos Gornés	5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–5]
Win	12–13	Apr 2023	M15 Singapore	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Justin Barki	Francis Alcantara Sun Fajing	6–1, 6–1

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	1R	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	Q2	Q3	Q2	2R	1R	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–4	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 16	5–16	24%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Miami Open	A	A	Q1	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	A	2R	1R	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–5	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	5–10	33%

Doubles

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	F	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	Q1	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	5–4	2–3	0–1	0–0	0 / 10	8–10	44%