Kristof Vliegen

Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.

Kristof Vliegen

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Maaseik, Belgium
Born	(1982-06-22) 22 June 1982 (age 43) Maaseik, Belgium
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,964,020
Singles
Career record	89–122
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 30 (30 October 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
US Open	1R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	40–51
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 49 (11 June 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006, 2007, 2008)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2007)
US Open	3R (2006)
Last updated on: 21 August 2021.

He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus.

He is not related to fellow Belgian tennis player Joran Vliegen.^[1]

He coached Zizou Bergs until May 2025.

Career

2006

He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.

2009

In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6–3, 3–6 and 6–4.

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 (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2003	Adelaide, Australia	International Series	Hard	Nikolay Davydenko	2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–2	May 2006	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Olivier Rochus	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 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 (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	International Series	Hard	Olivier Rochus	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2010	Atlanta, United States	250 Series	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (11–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (9–4) ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (6–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2001	Luxembourg F2, Luxembourg	Futures	Clay	Jordane Doble	4–4 ret.
Win	1–1	Mar 2002	France F6, Lille	Futures	Hard	Jérôme Haehnel	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–1	Jun 2002	Germany F6, Oberweier	Futures	Clay	Daniel Elsner	6–1, 1–0 ret.
Win	3–1	Aug 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–1	May 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win	5–1	Oct 2003	Groningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Hard	Joachim Johansson	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Apr 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–3	Apr 2005	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss	5–4	Jul 2005	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Melle van Gemerden	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5	Oct 2007	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Ernests Gulbis	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–5	Feb 2008	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7–5	Aug 2008	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Yuri Schukin	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–5	Sep 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andreas Beck	6–0, 6–3
Win	9–5	Sep 2008	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexandre Sidorenko	6–4, 6–3
Win	10–5	Mar 2009	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Andreas Beck	6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win	11–5	Jul 2009	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Albert Montañés	4–2 ret.

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–3) ITF Futures (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (6–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2001	France F2, Angers	Futures	Clay	Wim Neefs	Vitali Shvets Relja Dulic-Fiser	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–0	Feb 2001	France F4, Deauville	Futures	Clay	Wim Neefs	Kim Tiilikainen Jan Weinzierl	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–0	Aug 2001	Netherlands F1, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Stefan Wauters	Bart De Gier Michel Koning	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	4–0	Mar 2005	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Yuri Schukin Lukáš Dlouhý	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	4–1	Jul 2005	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Steve Darcis	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	5–1	Mar 2007	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Konstantinos Economidis	Sebastián Prieto Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Aug 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Dick Norman	James Auckland Ross Hutchins	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Loss	5–3	Mar 2008	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Peter Wessels	Janko Tipsarević Dušan Vemić	2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	6–3	Aug 2008	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dick Norman	Rainer Eitzinger Armin Sandbichler	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–3	May 2010	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	7–6(7–3), 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2000	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Dominique Coene	Andrew Banks Benjamin Riby	6–3, 1–6, 6–3

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	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q3	Q1	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
French Open	Q1	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q1	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	33%
US Open	1R	1R	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 5	0–5	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–4	3–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0 / 23	9–23	28%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami	Q2	A	A	3R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	3R	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Madrid	A	1R	A	3R	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Rome	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Hamburg	A	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	NMS		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris	A	Q1	2R	2R	Q2	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	10–8	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–0	0 / 17	14–17	45%

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
French Open	2R	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	1R	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	1R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	0–0	5–4	5–4	1–3	0–1	0–4	0 / 17	12–17	41%