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Filip Dewulf

{{short description|Belgian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Filip Dewulf

|image =

|country = {{flagu|Belgium}}

|residence = Leopoldsburg, Belgium

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|03|15}}

|birth_place = Mol, Belgium

|height = {{height|m=1.93}}

|turnedpro = 1990

|retired = 2001

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = $1,503,987

|singlesrecord = 96–125

|singlestitles = 2

|highestsinglesranking = No. 39 (15 September 1997)

|AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1994, 1996, 1997)

|FrenchOpenresult = SF (1997)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (1996, 1998)

|USOpenresult = 1R (1996, 1997, 1998)

| Othertournaments = yes

|GrandSlamCupresult= 1R (1997)

|doublesrecord = 12–41

|doublestitles = 1

|highestdoublesranking = No. 125 (4 October 1993)

|updated = 3 April 2022

}}

Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.

In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Cristiano Caratti, Fernando Meligeni, Albert Portas, Àlex Corretja and Magnus Norman before he was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion, Gustavo Kuerten. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open, and only the third time in Grand Slam history that a qualifier had reached a semi-final.[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis-nervous-graf-tripped-up-again-by-coetzer-1254157.html Tennis: 'Nervous' Graf tripped up again by Coetzer] Dewulf would also reach the quarter-finals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up Àlex Corretja in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 39, achieved in September 1997; he became the first Belgian in ATP Top 50, overall finishing four seasons as the top-ranked Belgian player.[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/De/F/Filip-Dewulf.aspx ATP Tour profiles]

ATP career finals

=Singles: 2 (2 titles)=

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|1995 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles

|Vienna, Austria

|World Series

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Muster

|7–5, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–0

|1997 Generali Open

|Kitzbühel, Austria

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Julian Alonso

|7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–1

=Doubles: 1 (1 title)=

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|1997 Marbella Open – Doubles

|Umag, Croatia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Arrese
{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Roig

|6–4, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 6 (1–5)=

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0-1

|{{dts|Aug 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Geneva, Switzerland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Sergio Cortés

|7–6, 2–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0-2

|{{dts|May 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Jerusalem, Israel

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GER}} Arne Thoms

|6–4, 1–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0-3

|{{dts|Jun 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chuck Adams

|4–6, 6–4, 6–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1-3

|{{dts|Jan 2000}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F1, Grasse

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Coutelot

|6–2, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1-4

|{{dts|May 2000}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Edinburgh, United Kingdom

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Charpentier

|walkover

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1-5

|{{dts|Jun 2000}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Weiden, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Elsner

|1–6, 6–7(5–7>

=Doubles: 10 (6–4)=

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jul 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Oberstaufen, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Johan Anderson
{{flagicon|SWE}} Lars-Anders Wahlgren

|6–2, 6–7, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Aug 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Geneva, Switzerland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora
{{flagicon|CHI}} Marcelo Rebolledo

|6–3, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|Sep 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Casablanca, Morocco

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Karol Kučera
{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Merinov

|7–5, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–2

|{{dts|Nov 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Owen Casey
{{flagicon|USA}} Donald Johnson

|2–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–2

|{{dts|Feb 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lippstadt, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Martin Laurendeau

|{{flagicon|SWE}} David Engel
{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Nyborg

|7–6, 4–6, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–3

|{{dts|Mar 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Garmisch, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bauer
{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Mronz

|6–7, 6–3, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–3

|{{dts|Aug 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Graz, Austria

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Arrese
{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Roig

|6–7, 6–2, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–3

|{{dts|Sep 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Budapest, Hungary

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Pescosolido
{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Valeri

|7–5, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–4

|{{dts|May 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Jerusalem, Israel

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Dick Norman

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Ellis Ferreira
{{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Ullyett

|6–7, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6–4

|{{dts|Jul 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Prague, Czech Republic

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vojtěch Flégl

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Pála
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Škoch

|6–7, 7–5, 6–2

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

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!Tournament!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

!0 / 5

!3–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

!0 / 3

!9–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=9|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 4

!2–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!0–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=3|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!1–1

!0–2

!2–4

!6–4

!5–4

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 15

!14–15

!{{tennis win percentage|won=14|lost=15|integer=yes}}

colspan=25 style=text-align:left|ATP Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Miami

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!2–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Hamburg

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!1–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|Rome

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!1–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Canada

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Paris

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Stuttgart

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!0–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–4

!1–4

!3–3

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 11

!4–11

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=11|integer=yes}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Davis Cup player}}

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