Wesley Koolhof
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 Koolhof at the 2016 US Open | |
| Country (sports) |  Netherlands |
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| Residence | Duiven, Netherlands |
| Born | 17 April 1989 Zevenaar, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Marco Kroes |
| Prize money | US$1,719,240 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 462 (5 August 2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 156–127 (55.1%) |
| Career titles | 7 |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (23 November 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 21 (8 November 2021) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2021) |
| French Open | SF (2020) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2019) |
| US Open | F (2020) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (2020) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2019, 2020, 2021) |
| French Open | SF (2021) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2019) |
| US Open | QF (2018, 2019) |
| Last updated on: 8 November 2021. | |
Wesley Koolhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛsli ˈkoːlɦɔf];[1] born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 5 achieved on 23 November 2020.
Koolhof reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2020 US Open alongside Nikola Mektić, and the pair also won the 2020 ATP Finals. In mixed doubles, Koolhof is a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist.
He has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, also finishing runner-up at three Masters 1000 tournaments. Koolhof made his Davis Cup debut for the Netherlands in 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, partnering Jean-Julien Rojer. He is the son of the late Dutch international footballer Jurrie Koolhof.
Career[]
2019: First Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal and mixed doubles semifinal, Three Masters 1000 finals[]
2020: ATP Finals title and US Open doubles final, top 5 year-end doubles ranking[]
2020 was the most successful year for Koolhof in his career thus far. He won the 2020 ATP Finals in doubles partnering Nikola Mektić. He also reached the doubles semifinal of the 2020 French Open and the final at the 2020 US Open partnering again with Nikola Mektić. As a result he finished the year at No. 5 in the top 10 rankings in doubles and No. 3 in the doubles race with his partner Nikola Mektić.
2021: Seventh ATP doubles title, Second mixed doubles semifinal[]
In May, Koolhof won his seventh title at the 2021 Bavarian Championships with Kevin Krawietz. He also reached his 7th and 8th consecutive Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open with Łukasz Kubot and at the 2021 Italian Open (tennis) with compatriot Jean-Julien Rojer.[2]
Significant finals[]
Grand Slam tournament finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2020 | US Open | Hard |  Nikola Mektić
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Mate Pavić Bruno Soares
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5–7, 3–6 |
Year-end championships[]
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2020 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | Nikola Mektić
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 Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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2–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Masters 1000[]
Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)[]
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2019 | Miami Open | Hard |  Stefanos Tsitsipas |
 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
5–7, 6–7(8–10) |
| Loss | 2019 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Robin Haase |
Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor |
7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [9–11] |
| Loss | 2019 | Canadian Open | Hard | Robin Haase |
 Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
5–7, 5–7 |
ATP career finals[]
Doubles: 23 (7 titles, 16 runners-up)[]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Matwé Middelkoop
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Philipp Oswald Adil Shamasdin
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5–7, 7–6(11–9), [10–6] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2016 | Austrian Open, Austria |
250 Series | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Dennis Novak Dominic Thiem
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2–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Win | 3–0 | Jan 2017 | Sydney International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | Matwé Middelkoop
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 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
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6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Feb 2017 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands |
500 Series | Hard (i) | Matwé Middelkoop
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Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers
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6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2017 | Atlanta Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard |  Artem Sitak
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Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2017 | Moselle Open, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Artem Sitak
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Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2018 | New York Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Artem Sitak
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 Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald
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4–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2018 | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay (i) | Artem Sitak
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Federico Delbonis Máximo González
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | May 2018 | Estoril Open, Portugal |
250 Series | Clay | Artem Sitak
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Kyle Edmund Cameron Norrie
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Oct 2018 | Stockholm Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Marcus Daniell
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Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara
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5–7, 6–7(8–10) |
| Win | 4–7 | Jan 2019 | Brisbane International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | Marcus Daniell
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Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
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6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| Loss | 4–8 | Mar 2019 | Miami Open, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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5–7, 6–7(8–10) |
| Loss | 4–9 | Apr 2019 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco |
Masters 1000 | Clay | Robin Haase
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Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor
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7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [9–11] |
| Loss | 4–10 | Apr 2019 | Hungarian Open, Hungary |
250 Series | Clay | Marcus Daniell
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Ken Skupski Neal Skupski
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–11 | May 2019 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands |
250 Series | Grass | Marcus Daniell
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Dominic Inglot Austin Krajicek
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4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
| Loss | 4–12 | Jul 2019 | German Open, Germany |
500 Series | Clay | Robin Haase
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Oliver Marach Jürgen Melzer
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2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 4–13 | Aug 2019 | Canadian Open, Canada |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Robin Haase
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Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos
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5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–13 | Jan 2020 | Qatar Open, Qatar |
250 Series | Hard |  Rohan Bopanna
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Luke Bambridge Santiago González
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3–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Loss | 5–14 | Feb 2020 | Open 13, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Nikola Mektić
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Nicolas Mahut Vasek Pospisil
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–15 | Sep 2020 | US Open, United States |
Grand Slam | Hard | Nikola Mektić
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Mate Pavić Bruno Soares
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–15 | Nov 2020 | ATP Finals, United Kingdom |
Tour Finals | Hard (i) | Nikola Mektić
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Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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2–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Win | 7–15 | May 2021 | Bavarian Championships, Germany |
250 Series | Clay |  Kevin Krawietz
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 Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen
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4–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
| Loss | 7–16 | Oct 2021 | European Open, Belgium |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Jean-Julien Rojer
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Nicolas Mahut Fabrice Martin
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0–6, 1–6 |
ATP Challenger Tour titles[]
Doubles: 14[]
| Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 17 November 2013 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Stephan Fransen
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 Roman Borvanov Alexander Satschko
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1–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
| 27 July 2014 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Clay |  Alessandro Motti
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Radu Albot  Mateusz Kowalczyk
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7–6(9–7), 6–3 |
| 6 February 2015 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Matwé Middelkoop
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 Sergei Bubka  Aleksandr Nedovyesov
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6–1, 6–4 |
| 2 May 2015 | Turin, Italy | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić
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4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| 4. July 2015 | Marburg, Germany | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Tobias Kamke Simon Stadler
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6–1, 7–5 |
| 15 August 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Sergey Betov  Mikhail Elgin
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6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
| 11 September 2015 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Marco Bortolotti Kamil Majchrzak
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7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| 26 September 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Kamil Majchrzak Stéphane Robert
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6–4, 6–2 |
| 25 October 2015 | Brest, France | Hard (i) | Matwé Middelkoop
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Ken Skupski Neal Skupski
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3–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| 16 January 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Matwé Middelkoop
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Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko
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6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
| 19 June 2016 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Grass | Matwé Middelkoop
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Marcelo Demoliner  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
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7–6(7–5), 0–6, [10–8] |
| 31 July 2016 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Tallon Griekspoor Tim van Rijthoven
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6–1, 3–6, [13–11] |
| 26 November 2016 | Andria, Italy | Carpet (i) | Matwé Middelkoop
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 Roman Jebavý Zdeněk Kolář
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6–3, 6–3 |
| 13 May 2017 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | Matwé Middelkoop
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Andre Begemann Jérémy Chardy
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2–6, 6–4, [16–14] |
Doubles performance timeline[]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current after the 2021 Paris Masters.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | 0 / 6 | 9–6 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | NH | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | F | 3R | 0 / 6 | 9–6 |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 0 / 22 | 28–22 |
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| ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | W | DNQ | 1 / 1 | 4–1 | ||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | 1R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | NH | 2R | 0 / 2 | 5–2 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| Win–Loss | |||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 137 | |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 13–15 | 18–21 | 29–27 | 42–27 | 28–13 | 24–19 | 156–127 | |
| Year-end ranking | 161 | 221 | 67 | 60 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 55.12% | |
References[]
- ^ "The pronunciation by Wesley Koolhof himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Splitsville: Why Doubles Break Ups Can be Smart to do | ATP Tour | Tennis".
External links[]
- Wesley Koolhof at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Wesley Koolhof at the International Tennis Federation
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Dutch male doubles tennis players | |
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