Bart Beks (born 4 July 1973) is a retired Dutch professional tennis player.

Bart Beks
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1973-07-04) 4 July 1973 (age 50)
Netherlands
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$58,315
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 595 (15 November 2004)
Doubles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 10 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 174 (8 August 2005)
Last updated on: 22 May 2021.

Beks reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 595 achieved on 15 November 2004. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 174 achieved on 8 August 2005.[1]

Beks made his ATP Tour main draw debut in doubles at the 2006 Ordina Open held on grass courts in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Partnering up with compatriot Martijn van Haasteren, the pair received a wild-card entry into the main doubles draw. They were defeated in the first round by French duo Florent Serra and Julien Benneteau in straight sets 2–6, 6–7(7–9). Again with van Haasteren, the pair received a direct entry into the 2007 Swedish Open main doubles draw, but also lost in the first round to Swedish pair Robin Söderling and Johan Brunström 3–6, 2–6.

Beks reached two career singles finals with a record of 0 wins and 2 losses both occurring on the ITF Futures circuit on clay courts. Additionally, he has reached 25 career doubles finals, with a record of 11 wins and 14 losses which includes a 1–5 record in ATP Challenger finals.[2] In 2007 he won the Chiasso Challenger doubles title with Matwé Middelkoop defeating Romanians Teodor-Dacian Crăciun and Victor Crivoi 7–6(7–2), 7–5 in the final match to claim his first and what would become the only ATP Challenger title of his career.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 2 (0–2) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2004 Estonia F1, Tallinn Futures Clay   Janne Ojala 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2008 Macedonia F2, Skopje Futures Clay   Sinisa Markovic 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 25 (11–14) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–5)
ITF Futures (10–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (11–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2002 Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo Futures Clay   Raoul Snijders   Jose Bernard
  Rodrigo Vallejo
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jun 2003 Estonia F1A, Tallinn Futures Clay   Mait Künnap   Andis Juška
  Stian Boretti
4–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2003 Netherlands F3, Heerhugowaard Futures Clay   Remco Pondman   Jun Kato
  Stefan Wauters
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–1 Aug 2003 Poland F1, Poznań Futures Clay   Petr Dezort   Tomasz Bednarek
  Filip Aniola
7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss 3–2 Sep 2003 Kenya F1, Mombasa Futures Hard   Matwé Middelkoop   Wesley Whitehouse
  Willem-Petrus Meyer
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–3 Nov 2003 Aruba F1, Oranjestad Futures Hard   Paul Logtens   Alessandro Motti
  Stéphane Robert
4–6, 0–6
Loss 3–4 Jun 2004 Finland F2, Vierumäki Futures Clay   Rick Schalkers   Frederik Nielsen
  Rasmus Nørby
6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 4–4 Jul 2004 Denmark F3, Lyngby Futures Clay   Stefano Ianni   Iouri Barkov
  Juho Paukku
6–2, 6–1
Loss 4–5 Aug 2004 Estonia F1, Tallinn Futures Clay   Mait Künnap   Alexander Hartman
  Johan Brunström
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win 5–5 Aug 2004 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay   Mait Künnap   Jasper Smit
  Simon Stadler
6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
Win 6–5 Aug 2004 Lithuania F2, Vilnius Futures Clay   Mait Künnap   Marcin Maszczyk
  Radoslav Nijaki
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Aug 2004 Poland F4, Poznań Futures Clay   Tomasz Bednarek   Filip Urban
  Filip Aniola
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 7–6 Oct 2004 Georgia F1, Tbilisi Futures Clay   Mait Künnap   KirillI vanov-Smolenskii
  Philipp Mukhometov
6–4, 6–4
Win 8–6 Oct 2004 Georgia F2, Tbilisi Futures Clay   Mait Künnap   Bastian Knittel
  Peter Mayer-Tischer
6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3
Loss 8–7 May 2005 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay   Martijn van Haasteren   Christopher Kas
  Philipp Petzschner
7–6(7–2), 2–6, 4–6
Win 9–7 Jun 2005 France F8, Blois Futures Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Stéphane Robert
  Esteban Carril
4–6 6–2, 6–3
Loss 9–8 Oct 2005 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Martijn van Haasteren   David Marrero
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
4–6, 4–6
Loss 9–9 Jan 2006 Germany F4, Kaarst Futures Carpet   Matwé Middelkoop   Bastian Knittel
  Ralph Grambow
6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 9–10 Mar 2006 Portugal F1, Faro Futures Hard   Matwé Middelkoop   Alessandro da Col
  Marcel Granollers
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 9–11 May 2006 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay   Martijn van Haasteren   Iván Navarro
  Daniel Gimeno Traver
2–6, 5–7
Win 10–11 Apr 2007 Chiasso, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
  Victor Crivoi
7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win 11–11 Nov 2007 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Clay   Michael Quintero Aguilar   Brad Pomeroy
  Raian Luchici
6–3, 0–6, [10–8]
Loss 11–12 Nov 2007 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Michael Quintero Aguilar   Brian Dabul
  Juan Pablo Guzmán
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 11–13 May 2008 Greece F3, Kalamata Futures Hard   Tristan Farron-Mahon   Neil Bamford
  Matthew Illingworth
3–6, 1–6
Loss 11–14 Sep 2008 Alphen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Philipp Marx
  Rameez Junaid
3–6, 2–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Bart Beks Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Bart Beks Men's Doubles Overview". ITF Tour. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

External links edit