Joran Vliegen
Joran Vliegen (born 7 July 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 36 achieved on 2 March 2020.[1] He also has a career high singles ranking of 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen won two singles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit, but now focuses on doubles. Vliegen has with partner Sander Gillé claimed 3 ATP tour doubles titles.[2]
_(48199069647).jpg) Vliegen at the 2019 French Open | |
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| Residence | Maaseik, Belgium |
| Born | 7 July 1993 Maaseik, Belgium |
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Prize money | $ 364,470 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 508 (1 August 2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 38-29 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 36 (2 March 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 36 (16 March 2020) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2020) |
| French Open | QF (2019) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2019) |
| US Open | 1R (2019) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2020) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2019) |
| US Open | 1R (2019) |
| Last updated on: 22 March 2020. | |
Early life and background
Vliegen was born in Maaseik, Belgium to parents Ivo Vliegen and Annick Desender. He has a brother named Warre. He started playing tennis at the age of five.[3] In 2011 he moved to the United States to play college tennis at East Carolina University. He was named 2014 Conference USA Player of the Year.[4] He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in business.[3]
Career
2018
Vliegen made his debut with the Belgium Davis Cup team in 2018. In the quarter finals against the United States, he and Sander Gillé lost against Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock.[5]
2019
In 2019 he and Gillé managed to pull off a surprise win over Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in the Belgium-Brazil Davis cup tie contributing to Belgium qualifying for the 2019 Davis Cup Finals held in November.[6]
Vliegen made his Grand Slam debut in the 2019 French Open. Partnering Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan he managed to reach the quarter finals.[4] At Wimbledon 2019, Vliegen made his debut in a mixed doubles event, and reached the third round with Zheng Saisai from China.[7]
Vliegen won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2019 Swedish Open with fellow Belgian Sander Gillé.[8] One week later, again partnering with Gillé, he also won the title at the Swiss Open.[9] The duo continued their winning streak by reaching the final of the Austrian Open, losing to Philipp Oswald and Filip Polášek.[10] Two months later, Vliegen and Gillé picked up their third title of 2019 at the Zhuhai Championships.[2]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2019 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | |
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6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–5] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2019 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | |
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | Austrian Open, Austria | 250 Series | Clay | |
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2019 | Zhuhai Championships, China | 250 Series | Hard | |
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7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) |
Challenger and Futures Finals
Singles: 3 (2–1)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2015 | Belgium F8, Middelkerke | Futures | Hard | |
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2015 | Belgium F14, Middelkerke | Futures | Clay |  |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2016 | Belgium F11, Huy | Futures | Clay | |
6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 50 (36–14)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2013 | Belgium F6, Heist | Futures | Clay | |
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7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2013 | Belgium F8, Eupen | Futures | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2014 | Belgium F11, Koksijde | Futures | Clay | |
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3–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
| Win | 4–0 | Jun 2015 | Belgium F2, Damme | Futures | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jun 2015 | Belgium F3, Havré | Futures | Clay | |
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6–2, 4–6, [2–10] |
| Win | 5–1 | Jul 2015 | Belgium F7, Duinbergen | Futures | Clay | |
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6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6] |
| Loss | 5–2 | Aug 2015 | Belgium F8, Middelkerke | Futures | Hard | |
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7–6(7–1), 4–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 5–3 | Aug 2015 | Belgium F9, Eupen | Futures | Clay | |
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6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Aug 2015 | Belgium F10, Koksijde | Futures | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–3 | Aug 2015 | Belgium F11, Jupille-sur-Meuse | Futures | Clay | |
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6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–3 | Aug 2015 | Belgium F12, Ostend | Futures | Clay | |
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6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 9–3 | Sep 2015 | Belgium F14, Middelkerke | Futures | Clay |  |
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6–3, 3–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 10–3 | Oct 2015 | Norway F2, Oslo | Futures | Hard (i) | |
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6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8] |
| Win | 11–3 | Nov 2015 | Norway F3, Oslo | Futures | Hard (i) | |
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7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Win | 12–3 | Jan 2016 | France F2, Bressuire | Futures | Hard (i) | |
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7–6(7–1), 7–5 |
| Win | 13–3 | Jan 2016 | France F3, Veigy-Foncenex | Futures | Carpet (i) | |
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6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7] |
| Loss | 13–4 | Mar 2016 | Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | |
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6–3, 3–6, [11–13] |
| Win | 14–4 | Mar 2016 | Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | |
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6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
| Win | 15–4 | Apr 2016 | Uzbekistan F2, Bukhara | Futures | Hard | |
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 16–4 | May 2016 | Ukraine F1, Cherkasy | Futures | Clay | |
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6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Win | 17–4 | Jun 2016 | Belgium F2, Havré | Futures | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 18–4 | Jul 2016 | Belgium F3, Nieuwpoort | Futures | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 19–4 | Jul 2016 | Belgium F6, Knokke | Futures | Clay | |
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 20–4 | Jul 2016 | Belgium F7, Duinbergen | Futures | Clay | |
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6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–4] |
| Win | 21–4 | Aug 2016 | Trnava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 21–5 | Aug 2016 | Meerbusch, Germany | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
| Loss | 21–6 | Aug 2016 | Belgium F11, Huy | Futures | Clay | |
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 21–7 | Jan 2017 | Germany F2, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet (i) | |
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3–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Win | 22–7 | Jan 2017 | France F3, Veigy-Foncenex | Futures | Carpet (i) | |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
| Loss | 22–8 | Mar 2017 | Turkey F10, Antalya | Futures | Clay | |
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6–0, 2–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 23–8 | May 2017 | Italy F12, Naples | Futures | Clay | |
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 24–8 | May 2017 | Romania F1, Bucharest | Futures | Clay | |
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Win | 25–8 | Jun 2017 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), [14–12] |
| Win | 26–8 | Jun 2017 | Blois, France | Challenger | Clay | |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Win | 27–8 | Jul 2017 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–2, 4–6, [12–10] |
| Win | 28–8 | Jul 2017 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–3] |
| Loss | 28–9 | Sep 2017 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | |
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 28–10 | Sep 2017 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | |
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3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 29–10 | Jan 2018 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | |
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6–3, 6–7(1–7), [10–7] |
| Loss | 29–11 | Feb 2018 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | |
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3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 29–12 | May 2018 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | |
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3–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
| Win | 30–12 | Jul 2018 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 31–12 | Aug 2018 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 32–12 | Aug 2018 | Pullach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 33–12 | Oct 2018 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| Win | 34–12 | Oct 2018 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–2] |
| Win | 35–12 | Nov 2018 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | |
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6–3, 4–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 35–13 | Jan 2019 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | |
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2–6, 7–6(8–6), [8–10] |
| Loss | 35–14 | Mar 2019 | Marbella, Spain | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–7(6–8), 6–2, [6–10] |
| Win | 36–14 | Jun 2019 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (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.
Doubles
Current through the 2020 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0 / 4 | 5–4 |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| National representation | ||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 22 | |
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 4 | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 31–16 | 3–3 | 34–24 | |
| Year-end ranking | 360 | 159 | 117 | 85 | 39 | 59% | ||
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References
- "Joran Vliegen | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "ATP Doubles: Sander Gille & Joran Vliegen claim third title of 2019". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "Joran Vliegen | Bio | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- Athletics, E. C. U. "ECU Tennis Alum Joran Vliegen reaches French Open quarterfinals". www.witn.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "Team USA Sweeps Belgium to Reach First World Group Semifinal Since 2012". www.tennisnow.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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- "Wimbledon 2019: Evan Hoyt's dream ends in quarter-finals". 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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