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Laurence Tieleman

Laurence Tieleman (born 14 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Laurence Tieleman
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
Born (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 51)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money$773,130
Singles
Career record41–61
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000)
French Open1R (1999)
Wimbledon3R (1993)
US Open3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record21–34
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 117 (23 August 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon1R (1993)
US Open2R (2000)
Last updated on: 21 May 2022.

Personal life edit

Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community.[1] He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL, United States from ages 13 to 17.[2]

Tieleman resided in both Assisi and Brussels during his playing career.

Tennis career edit

Laurence turned professional in 1993. He won one tour-level doubles title (in Tashkent in 1998), and 3 Challenger events in singles during his career. Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing as the runner-up at Queen's in 1998. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1999.

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1998 Queen's, United Kingdom World Series Grass   Scott Draper 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title) 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 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
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 Sep 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan International Series Hard   Stefano Pescosolido   Kenneth Carlsen
  Sjeng Schalken 		7–5, 4–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 5 (3–2) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1994 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Hard   Frederic Vitoux 2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1994 Fortaleza, Brazil Challenger Hard   Óscar Ortiz 6–7, 1–6
Win 2–1 Oct 1994 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard   Paul Wekesa 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 1999 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Markus Hantschk 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jun 2000 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Wayne Arthurs 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7–10) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–10)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1992 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard   Martin Blackman   Patrick Baur
  Sander Groen 		6–4, 1–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Feb 1993 Mar del Plata, Argentina Challenger Clay   Andrey Merinov   Jean-Philippe Fleurian
  Mark Koevermans 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 1993 Viña del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay   Andrey Merinov   Marcelo Rebolledo
  Martín Rodríguez 		3–6, 6–7
Loss 1–3 Oct 1993 Ponte Vedra, United States Challenger Hard   Maurice Ruah   Sébastien Lareau
  Daniel Nestor 		6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Oct 1993 Caracas, Venezuela Challenger Hard   Maurice Ruah   Mark Knowles
  Alex O'Brien 		5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 1994 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard   Óscar Ortiz   Bill Barber
  Ari Nathan 		6–7, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Nov 1995 Beijing, China Challenger Hard   Martin Zumpft   Ivan Baron
  João Cunha-Silva 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 1996 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Daniel Orsanic   Juan Carlos Bianchi
  Claude N'Goran 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–7 May 1996 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Eyal Ran   Nuno Marques
  Tom Vanhoudt 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–8 Sep 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Andrei Cherkasov   Albert Portas
  Marcelo Charpentier 		1–6, 2–6
Win 3–8 Feb 1997 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Nicola Bruno   Henrik Holm
  Nils Holm 		7–6, 6–4
Win 4–8 Feb 1998 West Bloomfield, United States Challenger Hard   Jim Thomas   Alejandro Hernández
  David Roditi 		7–6, 6–4
Win 5–8 Feb 1998 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard   Jim Thomas   James Holmes
  Andrew Painter 		6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win 6–8 Aug 2000 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard   Lorenzo Manta   Grant Stafford
  Wesley Whitehouse 		7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–9 Aug 2000 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard   Lorenzo Manta   Justin Bower
  Jeff Coetzee 		3–6, 5–7
Win 7–9 Nov 2000 Brest, France Challenger Hard   Tuomas Ketola   František Čermák
  Ota Fukárek 		7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Loss 7–10 Mar 2002 Osaka, Japan Challenger Hard   John Van Lottum   Karol Beck
  Cedric Kauffmann 		5–7, 1–6

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.

Singles edit

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A A A A A Q1 1R 2R Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A Q3 Q1 Q2 A A Q1 1R Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 3R 1R Q2 Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R Q2 3R Q2 A Q1 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 9 5–9 36%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q1 Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A 1R Q1 Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A 1R 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Stuttgart A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%

Doubles edit

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A Q2 A A A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A A A 1R 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A Q2 A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A Q2 A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A A A A Q2 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 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

References edit

  1. ^ Martucci Vincenzo (31 March 1999). "Tieleman, il figlio d' Europa". Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ "ATP Player Profile". ATP.

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