Dick Norman

Dick Norman
Dick Norman 2007
Nickname:	Big D
Nation:	Belgium
Birthday:	March 1, 1971
Size:	203 cm
Weight:	95 kg
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	2013
Playing hand:	Left
Trainer:	Jan de Witt
Prize money:	$ 2,019,581
singles
Career record:	30:69
Highest ranking:	85 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	119: 121
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	10 (April 26, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Dick Norman (born March 1, 1971 in Waregem ) is a former Belgian tennis player .

Career

The left-hander began his professional career in 1991 and was able to win four double titles on the ATP World Tour as well as two other finals, including the final of the French Open 2009 with partner Wesley Moodie . He reached his highest single placement in the tennis world rankings with rank 85 in November 2006, in doubles with rank 10 in April 2010. On June 17, 2013 he ended his career in 's-Hertogenbosch .

After his active career, he became tournament director of the European Open in 2018 .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (4) ATP Challenger Tour (23)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (3) Sand (0) Grass (1) Carpet (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 30, 1995	Newcastle	Hard court	David Nainkin	6: 1, 6: 4
2.	November 9, 1997	Dresden	sand	Julián Alonso	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	1997	Neumunster	Carpet (i)	John van Lottum	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
4th	May 20, 2001	Antwerp	sand	Peter Wessels	5: 3 up.
5.	March 10, 2002	Magdeburg	Carpet (i)	Axel Pretzsch	7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 4
6th	March 31, 2002	San Luis Potosi (1)	sand	Paul-Henri Mathieu	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
7th	June 29, 2002	Andorra	Hard court	Ivo Karlović	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	October 13, 2002	Quito	sand	Giovanni Lapentti	6: 4, 6: 3
9.	April 20, 2003	San Luis Potosi (2)	sand	Federico Browne	7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 4
10.	December 12, 2004	Ischgl	Carpet (i)	Daniele Bracciali	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 1
11.	February 13, 2005	Belgrade	Carpet (i)	Jeroen Masson	6: 2, 6: 3
12.	November 20, 2005	Dnipro	Hard court (i)	Raemon Sluiter	7: 6 2 , 6: 7 2 , 6: 3
13.	April 19, 2009	Mexico city	Hard court	Marcel Felder	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , 7: 5

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 7, 2007	Chennai	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 4
2.	February 8, 2009	Johannesburg	Hard court	James Cerretani	Rik De Voest Ashley Fisher	6: 7 7 , 6: 2, [14:12]
3.	June 21, 2009	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Wesley Moodie	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	7: 6 3 , 6: 7 8 , [10: 5]
4th	February 6, 2011	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Horia Tecau	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6: 3, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	2nd August 1992	Poses	sand	Tomasz Iwański	Sergio Cortés Vicente Solves	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
2.	December 18, 1994	Adelaide	race	Mahesh Bhupathi	Scott Draper Peter Tramacchi	7: 6, 7: 6
3.	March 31, 2002	San Luis Potosí	sand	Orlin Stanoichev	Ignacio Hirigoyen Sebastián Prieto	without a fight
4th	May 19, 2002	Zagreb	sand	Tom Vanhoudt	Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
5.	17th September 2006	Orleans	Hard court (i)	Grégory Carraz	Jérôme Haehnel Jean-René Lisnard	7: 6 6 , 6: 1
6th	August 31, 2008	Freudenstadt	sand	Kristof Viegen	Rainer Eitzinger Armin Sandbichler	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	September 14, 2008	Donetsk	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	Harel Levy Noam Okun	4: 6, 6: 1, [13:11]
8th.	October 12, 2008	Rennes	Carpet (i)	James Auckland	Yves Allegro Horia Tecau	6: 3, 6: 4
9.	April 8, 2012	Barletta	sand	Johan Brunström	Jonathan Marray Igor Zelenay	6: 4, 7: 5
10.	2012	Pétange	Hard court (i)	Christopher Kas	Jamie Murray André Sá	2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 22, 1995	Beijing	Carpet (i)	Fernon Wibier	Tommy Ho Sébastien Lareau	6: 7, 6: 7
2.	June 6, 2009	French Open	sand	Wesley Moodie	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6
3.	May 6, 2012	Munich	sand	Xavier Malisse	František Čermák Filip Polášek	4: 6, 5: 7

Web links

Commons : Dick Norman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Dick Norman (English)
• ITF profile for Dick Norman (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Dick Norman (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dick Norman retires. In: tennis.com. June 18, 2013, accessed November 20, 2018 .