Dutch tennis player
Igor Sijsling (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈiɡɔr ˈsɛi̯slɪŋ] ; 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]
Personal life [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 .
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.
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 [ edit ] Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (0–1) [ edit ] ATP Tour finals [ edit ] Doubles: 4 (1–3) [ edit ] 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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 38 (20–18) [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Doubles [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]