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Gilles Elseneer

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Gilles Elseneer
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
Born (1978-03-06) 6 March 1978 (age 46)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$477,809
Singles
Career record18–24
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 97 (12 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2002, 2004)
French Open2R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2004, 2005)
US Open1R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record3–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (2 August 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ2 (2002)
Last updated on: 27 July 2022.

Gilles Valere Jacque Elseneer (born 6 March 1978 in Brussels) is a retired professional tennis player from Belgium. He is mostly known for his grass court game, and has achieved his best results on this surface, including a quarterfinal appearance at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2001.

Tennis career

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Pro tour

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He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 97 in July 2004. This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the French Open (l. to Gustavo Kuerten) and Wimbledon (l. to Ivo Karlović), and won the challengers of Heilbronn and Sarajevo.

Elseneer made a claim in September 2007 that he was offered money to throw a match against Potito Starace at Wimbledon 2005.[1]

Coaching

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He is now coaching and teaching tennis within his father's tennis academy (royal tennis club de Belgique) in Brussels.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 9 (6–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–2)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2000 Great Britain F2, Chigwell Futures Carpet United Kingdom Arvind Parmar 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jun 2000 Ireland F2, Dublin Futures Carpet Republic of Ireland Owen Casey 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2–1 Oct 2000 France F22, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard Belgium Timothy Aerts 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–1 Nov 2002 Nottingham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard United Kingdom Arvind Parmar 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Apr 2003 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard France Gregory Carraz 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–3 Jul 2003 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Hard France Nicolas Mahut 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–3 Feb 2004 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Lars Burgsmüller 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 5–3 Mar 2004 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Netherlands Dennis Van Scheppingen 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 6–3 Feb 2006 Andrézieux, France Challenger Hard France Gilles Simon 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (5–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1998 Greece F4, Corfu Futures Carpet Belgium Wim Neefs Greece Niko Karagiannis
Greece Anastasios Vasiliadis
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jul 1998 Greece F7, Athens Futures Clay Belgium Wim Neefs Israel Harel Levy
Israel Lior Mor
3–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win 2–1 Apr 1999 France F4, Clermont-Ferrand Futures Carpet Austria Gerald Mandl Sweden Daniel Pahlsson
Australia Steven Randjelovic
7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–2 May 1999 Greece F2, Filippiada Futures Hard Israel Eyal Erlich Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt
Germany Markus Menzler
7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2000 France F6, Douai Futures Carpet Belgium Arnaud Fontaine Israel Andy Ram
Croatia Lovro Zovko
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–2 Jun 2000 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet France Jean-Michel Pequery Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Denmark Kristian Pless
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Jul 2001 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Finland Tuomas Ketola South Africa Wesley Moodie
South Africa Shaun Rudman
4–6, 3–6
Win 5–3 Aug 2001 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Germany Alexander Popp Australia Luke Bourgeois
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win 6–3 Sep 2001 France F17, Plaisir Futures Hard Belgium Wim Neefs Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
Canada Andrew Nisker
6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win 7–3 Nov 2001 Bolton, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Belgium Wim Neefs United Kingdom Lee Childs
United Kingdom Mark Hilton
6–4, 6–3
Win 8–3 Feb 2002 Hull, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet Canada Frédéric Niemeyer Switzerland Yves Allegro
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Mar 2004 Besançon, France Challenger Hard Denmark Kenneth Carlsen Germany Alexander Waske
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 8–5 Jan 2005 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Luxembourg Gilles Müller France Sébastien de Chaunac
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A Q1 Q2 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon Q2 A A Q3 2R 2R 2R Q2 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open A A Q2 Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 0 / 6 4–6 40%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Rome A A A A A Q1 A Q1 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  – 

References

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Notes
  1. ^ "Groups out to ace corruption". Jamaica Gleaner News. 10 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
Sources
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