Filip Dewulf

Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.

In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Cristiano Caratti, Fernando Meligeni, Albert Portas, Àlex Corretja and Magnus Norman before he was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion, Gustavo Kuerten. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open, and only the third time in Grand Slam history that a qualifier had reached a semi-final. Dewulf would also reach the quarter-finals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up Àlex Corretja in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 39, achieved in September 1997; he became the first Belgian in ATP Top 50, overall finishing four seasons as the top-ranked Belgian player.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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 (2–0)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[1995 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Vienna, Austria	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster	7–5, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5
Win	2–0	[[1997 Generali Open|Template:Dts]]	Kitzbühel, Austria	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Julian Alonso	7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[1997 Marbella Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig	6–4, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–5) ITF Futures (1–0)

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

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergio Cortés	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	0-2	Template:Dts	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Arne Thoms	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	0-3	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Chuck Adams	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	1-3	Template:Dts	France F1, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Coutelot	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1-4	Template:Dts	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Charpentier	walkover
Loss	1-5	Template:Dts	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elsner	1–6, 6–7(5–7>

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Johan Anderson Template:Flagicon Lars-Anders Wahlgren	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora Template:Flagicon Marcelo Rebolledo	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Karol Kučera Template:Flagicon Andrey Merinov	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Owen Casey Template:Flagicon Donald Johnson	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Martin Laurendeau	Template:Flagicon David Engel Template:Flagicon Peter Nyborg	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Garmisch, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Mike Bauer Template:Flagicon Alexander Mronz	6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	5–3	Template:Dts	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	Template:Flagicon Stefano Pescosolido Template:Flagicon Massimo Valeri	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Template:Dts	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dick Norman	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 3–6
Win	6–4	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl	Template:Flagicon Petr Pála Template:Flagicon David Škoch	6–7, 7–5, 6–2

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	Q3	A	Q3	1R	SF	QF	A	Q2	0 / 3	9–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–4	6–4	5–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 15	14–15	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	Q3	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–4	3–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	4–11	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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