Tallon Griekspoor

Tallon Griekspoor

Griekspoor at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands
Born	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 25) Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Dennis Schenk
Prize money	US$784,695
Singles
Career record	7–15 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 64 (22 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 64 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	1–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 287 (1 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 346 (8 November 2021)
Last updated on: 15 November 2021.

Tallon Griekspoor (born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65 achieved on 15 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 287 achieved on 1 August 2016. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 2 men's singles player.^[1] He has won a record eight Challenger titles in one season, more than any other player on the ATP Challenger tour and became the first player to win five straight titles in history.^[2]

Professional career[]

2017-2019: ATP debut[]

Griekspoor made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2017 Rotterdam Open in the singles draw against Gilles Müller.^[3] In 2018, at the same tournament a year later, he defeated Grand Slam champion and 5th seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in three sets to reach the second round as a wildcard. And in 2019, Griekspoor defeated the World No.11 and 2nd seed Karen Khachanov in the first round again as a wildcard.

2020-2021: Grand Slam debut, Record eight Challenger tour titles and top 65 debut[]

Griekspoor qualified for the first time in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2020 Australian Open. He made his top 150 debut on 31 August 2020.

In 2021, Griekspoor won two Challengers tour titles at the 2021 Prague Open and at the 2021 Slovak Open in Bratislava. As a result, he reached a career high ranking of No. 120 on 14 June 2021.

In June 2021, he also qualified for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships for the first time in his career. In July following Wimbledon, as the top seed, he reached also the final of the Challenger 2021 Dutch Open in Amersfoort. He defeated his compatriot and No. 2 seed Botic van de Zandschulp in the final, winning his fifth Challenger.^[4] He reached a career-high of No. 105 on 19 July 2021.

At the 2021 US Open he reached the second round of a Major for the first time in his career defeating Jan-Lennard Struff in five sets.^[5][6] He lost to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round. In September following the US Open, he won his sixth Challenger title and fourth of the year at the 2021 Murcia Open in Spain defeating top seed Roberto Carballes Baena. The following month he won his fifth Challenger of the year at the 2021 Tennis Napoli Cup in Naples, Italy defeating Andrea Pellegrino. The following week also in Naples, he won his sixth Challenger title at the 2021 Vesuvio Cup defeating Alexander Ritschard.^[7] With this victory Griekspoor tied Benjamin Bonzi for the most Challenger titles in 2021. In addition, he joined Facundo Bagnis (2016), Juan Ignacio Chela (2001) and Younes El Aynaoui (1998) as the only players to lift six singles trophies in one season in ATP Challenger history. As a result, he moved 29 positions up in the rankings into the top 100, for the first time in his career, at World No. 89 on 18 October 2021. He won his seventh Challenger title of the season in Tenerife defeating Feliciano Lopez in the final ^[8] and becoming the sole record holder for most trophies at that level in a single year.^[9][10] As a result, moved another 16 positions up to a new career high of No. 72 on 8 November 2021. He won his eight Challenger at the 2021 Slovak Open II and moved to a new career high ranking of No. 65 on 15 November 2021.

Personal life[]

He is the younger brother of twin brothers and retired tennis players Scott Griekspoor and Kevin Griekspoor who are five years older and peaked at No. 205 and No. 655 respectively in the ATP Rankings.^[5]

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 25 (17–8)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	Finland F1, Vierumäki	Futures	Clay	Alexander Vasilenko	6–7(9–11), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Oct 2015	Tunisia F26, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2016	Finland F2, Hyvinkää	Futures	Clay	Ivan Nedelko	1–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–3	Aug 2016	Belgium F10, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Thomas Bréchemier	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1–4	Oct 2016	Turkey F42, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Artem Smirnov	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2016	Turkey F43, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Dimitar Kuzmanov	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Jan 2017	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Aleksandar Lazov	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–6	Jan 2017	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	3–6	Mar 2017	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–6	Sep 2017	Sweden F3, Jönköping	Futures	Hard (i)	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	5–6	Oct 2017	Sweden F4, Falun	Futures	Hard (i)	Jürgen Zopp	6–4, 6–1
Win	6–6	Oct 2017	Greece F6, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Matteo Viola	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	7–6	Nov 2017	Greece F8, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–6	Jul 2018	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Juan Ignacio Londero	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	8–7	Jul 2019	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Ymer	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	9–7	Sep 2019	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Sumit Nagal	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9-8	Aug 2020	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Aslan Karatsev	4-6, 6-7(6-8)
Win	10–8	May 2021	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Oscar Otte	5-7, 6–4, 6-4
Win	11–8	June 2021	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Báez	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	12–8	Jul 2021	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Botic van de Zandschulp	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Win	13–8	Oct 2021	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	14–8	Oct 2021	Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–3, 6–2
Win	15–8	Oct 2021	Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Ritschard	6–3, 6–2
Win	16–8	Nov 2021	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Feliciano López	6-4, 6-4
Win	17–8	Nov 2021	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zsombor Piros	6-3, 6-2

Doubles: 16 (7–9)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2014	Belgium F13, De Panne	Futures	Clay	Scott Griekspoor	Michael Geerts James Junior Storme	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 2015	Finland F1, Vierumäki	Futures	Clay	Bobbie De Goeijen	Herkko Pöllänen Mikael Torpegaard	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–1	Oct 2015	Norway F1, Oslo	Futures	Hard (i)	Scott Griekspoor	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jan 2016	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	Martin Blaško Paul Monteban	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Mar 2016	France F6, Poitiers	Futures	Hard (i)	Scott Griekspoor	Maxime Authom Jonathan Eysseric	6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	3–3	Apr 2016	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Scott Griekspoor	Cameron Silverman Quinton Vega	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	May 2016	Croatia F5, Bol	Futures	Clay	Tobias Simon	Omar Jasika Bradley Mousley	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–4	Jun 2016	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Ruben Gonzales Connor Smith	7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
Win	5–4	Jul 2016	Netherlands F3, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Bobbie De Goeijen Yanais Laurent	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Jul 2016	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Loss	5–6	Jan 2017	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sidney de Boer	Petar Čonkić Goran Marković	6–2, 6–7(6–8), [3–10]
Win	6–6	Mar 2017	Greece F1, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Kevin Griekspoor	Richard Gabb Luke Johnson	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–6	Aug 2017	Turkey F31, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Sidney de Boer	Anis Ghorbel Filip Horanský	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	7–7	Sep 2017	Sweden F3, Jönköping	Futures	Hard (i)	Kevin Griekspoor	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	0–6, 2–6
Loss	7–8	Mar 2018	Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Maxime Authom	Adrian Bodmer Mark Vervoort	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–12]
Loss	7–9	May 2019	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	Luca Margaroli Filip Polášek	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]

Record against top 10 players[]

Griekspoor's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–6(9-7), 4–6, 6–7(5-7)) at 2019 Davis Cup Finals
Novak Djokovic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6, 2–6) at 2021 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
Stan Wawrinka	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2018 Rotterdam
Alexander Zverev	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Number 5 ranked players
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(5-7), 1–6) at 2019 Rotterdam
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (3–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2019 Rotterdam
Casper Ruud	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3-7)) at 2021 Acapulco
Total	2–5	28.57%	2–4 (33%)	0–0 ( – )	0–1 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 3 November 2021

References[]

External links[]

• Tallon Griekspoor at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tallon Griekspoor at the International Tennis Federation