Peter Wessels

Summary

Peter Wessels (born 7 May 1978) is a former tour professional male tennis player and a coach from the Netherlands. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 72 in February 2005.

Peter Wessels
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceAmsterdam, Netherlands
Born (1978-05-07) 7 May 1978 (age 45)
Zwolle, Netherlands
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$928,863
Singles
Career record45–60
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 72 (7 February 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2005)
French Open2R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2001, 2005)
US Open3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record12–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 111 (26 October 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999)
Last updated on: 10 June 2022.

Biography edit

Wessels had an excellent junior career, finishing No. 5 in singles and No. 18 in doubles in the 1995 world junior rankings. In that year he reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon and US Open juniors and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title with fellow countryman Raemon Sluiter.

His best result on the professional tour was winning the 2000 ATP tournament in Newport beating German Jens Knippschild in the final 7–6, 6–3.

He started 2006 by qualifying for the Hopman Cup tournament in Perth with Michaëlla Krajicek where the Dutch went all the way to the final only to be beaten in a very close mixed doubles by the American team of Taylor Dent and Lisa Raymond. Despite this, Wessels and Krajicek proved that they were a force to be reckoned with. At the Hopman Cup, he won 4 out of his 5 singles matches (def. Peng Sun, Gastón Gaudio, Todd Reid and Nicolas Kiefer; lost to Taylor Dent). In mixed doubles, they had a 3–2 record (def. Reid/Stosur, Peng/Sun, Grönefeld/Kiefer; lost to Raymond/Dent, Dulko/Gaudio).

In June 2007 Wessels qualified for the Ordina Open grass tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch. Ranked 488 he caused an upset in the quarterfinals by beating the number one seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo, in two sets: 6–3, 6–3. He subsequently reached the final but narrowly lost against Croat Ivan Ljubičić 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(4).

Since 2024, he is coaching Sorana Cirstea.[1]

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2000 Newport, United States International Series Grass   Jens Knippschild 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 2007 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands International Series Grass   Ivan Ljubičić 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(4–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 17 (8-9) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–9)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1998 Lübeck, Germany Challenger Carpet   Michael Kohlmann 7–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 1998 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 1998 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard   Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Dec 1998 Nümbrecht, Germany Challenger Carpet   Christian Vinck 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 May 2001 Antwerp, Belgium Challenger Clay   Dick Norman 3–5 ret.
Loss 1–5 Nov 2001 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet   Alexander Popp 4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 2–5 Mar 2003 France F8, Melun Futures Carpet   Thierry Ascione walkover
Win 3–5 Oct 2003 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard   Fred Hemmes 6–0, 6–2
Loss 3–6 Mar 2004 Sanremo, Italy Challenger Clay   Potito Starace 4–6, 4–6
Win 4–6 Jul 2004 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Raemon Sluiter 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 4–7 Aug 2004 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard   Julien Jeanpierre 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Win 5–7 Sep 2004 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Daniele Bracciali 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–8 Oct 2004 Bolton, United Kingdom Challenger Hard   Marcos Baghdatis 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 6–8 Nov 2004 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard   Lukáš Dlouhý 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–8 Nov 2004 Groningen, Netherlands Challenger Hard   Ivo Minář 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–9 Apr 2006 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Hard   Marc Gicquel 3–6, 1–6
Win 8–9 Mar 2007 Portugal F2, Lagos Futures Hard   Clément Morel 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (5–7) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–7)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1997 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Raemon Sluiter   Álex Calatrava
  Tom Vanhoudt
7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Feb 1998 Lippstadt, Germany Challenger Carpet   Raemon Sluiter   Andrew Richardson
  Myles Wakefield
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Apr 1998 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Edwin Kempes   José Frontera
  Bobby Kokavec
7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win 2–2 Jun 1998 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Edwin Kempes   Tomáš Cibulec
  Tomáš Krupa
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–2 Sep 1998 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Challenger Clay   Edwin Kempes   Marcos Ondruska
  Chris Wilkinson
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Oct 1998 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Edwin Kempes   Ota Fukárek
  Attila Sávolt
6–7, 4–6
Loss 3–4 Oct 1998 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Edwin Kempes   Diego del Río
  Martín Rodríguez
6–7, 3–6
Win 4–4 Jan 2003 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Carpet   Edwin Kempes   Marco Chiudinelli
  Wesley Moodie
2–6, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4–5 Oct 2003 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard   Fred Hemmes   Federico Browne
  Rogier Wassen
1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss 4–6 Oct 2004 Bolton, United Kingdom Challenger Hard   Melle van Gemerden   Jeff Coetzee
  Jim Thomas
5–7, 3–6
Win 5–6 Jul 2007 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Raemon Sluiter   Rohan Bopanna
  Pablo Cuevas
7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss 5–7 Mar 2008 Sunrise, United States Challenger Hard   Kristof Vliegen   Janko Tipsarević
  Dušan Vemić
2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1995 French Open Clay   Raemon Sluiter   Justin Gimelstob
  Ryan Wolters
7–6, 7–5
Loss 1995 US Open Hard   Raemon Sluiter   Lee Jong-Min
  Jocelyn Robichaud
6–7, 2–6

Performance timeline 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.

Singles edit

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 2R Q1 A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 A A Q2 2R Q1 A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon Q3 A A 1R A 1R A A A 1R Q2 A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A 1R Q1 3R 1R Q1 Q1 A Q3 2R Q3 Q1 A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 12 5–12 29%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A Q2 A Q1 Q2 A A 1R A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

References edit

  1. ^ "Sorana Cirstea – QF Press Conference – 2024 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships". 23 February 2024.

External links edit