Peter Wessels

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.

Biography

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.

ATP career finals

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

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	[[2000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jens Knippschild	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	1–1	[[2007 Ordina Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(4–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8-9)

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	Template:Dts	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michael Kohlmann	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sebastián Prieto	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Nümbrecht, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Christian Vinck	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Antwerp, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dick Norman	3–5 ret.
Loss	1–5	Template:Dts	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Alexander Popp	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	2–5	Template:Dts	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Thierry Ascione	walkover
Win	3–5	Template:Dts	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Fred Hemmes	6–0, 6–2
Loss	3–6	Template:Dts	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Potito Starace	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–6	Template:Dts	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	4–7	Template:Dts	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Julien Jeanpierre	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Win	5–7	Template:Dts	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daniele Bracciali	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–8	Template:Dts	Bolton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marcos Baghdatis	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	6–8	Template:Dts	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	7–8	Template:Dts	Groningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ivo Minář	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–9	Template:Dts	Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel	3–6, 1–6
Win	8–9	Template:Dts	Portugal F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Clément Morel	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

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	Template:Dts	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter	Template:Flagicon Álex Calatrava Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter	Template:Flagicon Andrew Richardson Template:Flagicon Myles Wakefield	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edwin Kempes	Template:Flagicon José Frontera Template:Flagicon Bobby Kokavec	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edwin Kempes	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec Template:Flagicon Tomáš Krupa	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edwin Kempes	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ondruska Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edwin Kempes	Template:Flagicon Ota Fukárek Template:Flagicon Attila Sávolt	6–7, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edwin Kempes	Template:Flagicon Diego del Río Template:Flagicon Martín Rodríguez	6–7, 3–6
Win	4–4	Template:Dts	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Edwin Kempes	Template:Flagicon Marco Chiudinelli Template:Flagicon Wesley Moodie	2–6, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	4–5	Template:Dts	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Fred Hemmes	Template:Flagicon Federico Browne Template:Flagicon Rogier Wassen	1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss	4–6	Template:Dts	Bolton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Melle van Gemerden	Template:Flagicon Jeff Coetzee Template:Flagicon Jim Thomas	5–7, 3–6
Win	5–6	Template:Dts	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter	Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna Template:Flagicon Pablo Cuevas	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss	5–7	Template:Dts	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kristof Vliegen	Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević Template:Flagicon Dušan Vemić	2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

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

Performance timeline

Singles

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q2	2R	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q3	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	Q2	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	Q1	3R	1R	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	2R	Q3	Q1	A	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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