Hendrik Jan Davids

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Hendrik Jan Davids Tennis player
Nation: NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Birthday: January 30, 1969
Size: 183 cm
Weight: 78 kg
1st professional season: 1988
Playing hand: Left
Prize money: $ 923,459
singles
Career record: 7:27
Highest ranking: 171 (June 17 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 157: 156
Career title: 7th
Highest ranking: 26 (April 18 1994)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Hendrik Jan Davids (born January 30, 1969 in De Bilt ) is a former Dutch tennis player .

Career

Davids became a professional tennis player in 1988. He wasn't particularly successful in singles. In the course of his career he could not win a tournament on the ATP World Tour , on the ATP Challenger Tour he won a tournament in Malta in 1994 through the final victory over Martin Sinner . In contrast, he was significantly more successful in doubles, winning a total of seven double titles; he was also in a double-final twelve times, including the 1994 ATP Championship Series tournament in Milan . He reached his highest ranking in the ATP world rankings in 1996 with place 171 in singles and in 1994 with place 26 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was his first round participation in 1997 at Wimbledon , when he lost to Neville Godwin in three straight sets. In doubles, he reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1993 and the round of 16 at Wimbledon, the round of 16 of the Australian Open in 1994 and the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1996 . At the side of Miriam Oremans , he also made it to the quarter-finals of the US Open mixed competition in 1997 .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (7)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. 1990 RussiaRussia Moscow Carpet (i) NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis AustraliaAustralia John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd
SwedenSweden 
6: 4, 7: 6
2. 1991 NetherlandsNetherlands Rose painting race NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis NetherlandsNetherlands Richard Krajicek Jan Siemerink
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 3, 7: 6
3. 1992 PortugalPortugal Estoril sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Libor Pimek United StatesUnited States Luke Jensen Laurie Warder
AustraliaAustralia 
3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
4th 1992 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gstaad sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Libor Pimek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Korda Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Where
5. 1993 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Libor Pimek MexicoMexico Jorge Lozano Jaime Oncins
BrazilBrazil 
6: 3, 7: 6
6th 1993 ItalyItaly Bolzano Carpet (i) South Africa 1961South Africa Piet Norval South Africa 1961South Africa David Adams Andrei Olchowski
Russia 1991Russia 
6: 3, 6: 2
7th 1997 ChileChile Santiago de Chile sand AustraliaAustralia Andrew Kratzmann SpainSpain Julián Alonso Nicolás Lapentti
EcuadorEcuador 
7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4

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