Olivier Rochus

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Olivier Rochus Tennis player
Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus 2008 in Hamburg
Nickname: Olli
Nation: BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Birthday: January 18, 1981
Size: 168 cm
Weight: 65 kg
1st professional season: 1999
Resignation: 2014
Playing hand: Right, one-handed backhand
Trainer: Reginald Willems
Prize money: $ 4,905,754
singles
Career record: 238: 276
Career title: 2
Highest ranking: 24 (October 17, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2005)
French Open 3R (2001, 2006)
Wimbledon AF (2003)
US Open AF (2004)
Double
Career record: 100: 122
Career title: 2
Highest ranking: 29 (July 5, 2004)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open 2R (2004-2007, 2012)
French Open S (2004)
Wimbledon AF (2005)
US Open AF (2006, 2009)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon VF (2005)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Olivier Laurent Pierre Rochus (born January 18, 1981 in Namur ) is a former Belgian tennis player . His older brother Christophe Rochus was also a tennis player.

Career

After Olivier Rochus began his professional career in the 1999 season , he achieved his international breakthrough in 2000 . He celebrated his first title win on the ATP series in the International Series tournament in Palermo . He was also in the finals in Auckland and Copenhagen and was voted ATP Newcomer of the Year .

However, he celebrated his greatest success in the 2004 season . In the final of the French Open he defeated the French doubles consisting of Fabrice Santoro and Michaël Llodra alongside his compatriot Xavier Malisse . This made them the first Belgians to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era .

With Malisse he had another double success in Adelaide in 2005 . In the same year he reached his previous highest place in the tennis world rankings with the 24th place on October 17th.

In 2006 Rochus once again won a single tournament. He won the BMW Open in Munich , beating his compatriot Kristof Viegen 6: 4, 6: 2 in the first purely Belgian final on the ATP tour .

It was not until July 2010 that Rochus reached an ATP final. In this, however, he lost to Mardy Fish in three sets with 7: 5, 3: 6 and 4: 6.

On September 22, Rochus announced his retirement from professional tennis after the Challenger Ethias Trophy 2014 in Mons .

Since then he has worked as a trainer, for example for Arthur De Greef .

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP Masters Series
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 500 Series
ATP International Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3)
ATP Challenger Tour (8)
ATP title by topping
Hard Court (1)
Sand (3)
Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. October 1, 2000 ItalyItaly Palermo sand ItalyItaly Diego Nargiso 7: 6, 6: 1
2. May 7, 2006 GermanyGermany Munich sand BelgiumBelgium Kristof Viegen 6: 4, 6: 2
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 16, 2000 BelgiumBelgium East End sand BelgiumBelgium Johan van Herck 6: 4, 6: 4
2. November 3, 2001 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bolton Hard court (i) NetherlandsNetherlands Dennis van Scheppingen 6: 4, 7: 6 3
3. October 9, 2005 BelgiumBelgium Mons Hard court (i) BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse 6: 2, 6: 0
4th 17th September 2006 FranceFrance Orleans (1) Hard court (i) FranceFrance Michaël Llodra 7: 6 0 , 7: 6 6
5. September 16, 2007 United KingdomUnited KingdomOrleans (2) Hard court (i) FranceFrance Nicolas Mahut 6: 4, 6: 4
6th July 19, 2009 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manchester race NetherlandsNetherlands Igor Sijsling 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
7th March 19, 2011 GuadeloupeGuadeloupe Le Gosier Hard court FranceFrance Stéphane Robert 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. February 17, 2002 DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen (1) Hard court (i) GermanyGermany Lars Burgsmüller 3: 6, 3: 6
2. March 9, 2003 DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen (2) Hard court (i) SlovakiaSlovakia Karol Kučera 6: 7, 4: 6
3. January 21, 2005 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland (1) Hard court ChileChile Fernando González 4: 6, 2: 6
4th September 30, 2007 IndiaIndia Mumbai Hard court FranceFrance Richard Gasquet 3: 6, 4: 6
5. October 25, 2009 SwedenSweden Stockholm Hard court (i) Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 1: 6, 5: 7
6th July 11, 2010 United StatesUnited States Newport (1) race United StatesUnited States Mardy Fish 7: 5, 3: 6, 4: 6
7th July 10, 2011 United StatesUnited States Newport (2) race United StatesUnited States John Isner 3: 6, 6: 7 6
8th. January 14, 2012 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland (2) Hard court SpainSpain David Ferrer 3: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. June 6, 2004 FranceFrance French Open sand BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse FranceFrance Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro
FranceFrance  		7: 5, 7: 5
2. January 15, 2005 AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Hard court BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Todd Perry
AustraliaAustralia  		7: 6, 6: 4
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. 4th May 2013 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ostrava sand BelgiumBelgium Steve Darcis PolandPoland Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk
PolandPoland  		7: 5, 7: 5

Final participation

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. July 31, 2005 AustriaAustria Kitzbuhel (1) sand BelgiumBelgium Christophe Rochus Czech RepublicCzech Republic Leoš Friedl Andrei Pavel
RomaniaRomania  		2: 6, 7: 6, 0: 6
2. January 2, 2006 QatarQatar Doha Hard court BelgiumBelgium Christophe Rochus SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus  		2: 6, 6: 3, [8:10]
3. October 9, 2006 SwedenSweden Stockholm Hard court BelgiumBelgium Kristof Viegen AustraliaAustralia Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 		6: 7 2 , 4: 6
4th July 20, 2008 AustriaAustria Kitzbuhel (2) sand ArgentinaArgentina Lucas Arnold Ker United StatesUnited States James Cerretani Victor Hănescu
RomaniaRomania  		3: 6, 5: 7
5. February 7, 2010 CroatiaCroatia Zagreb Hard court (i) FranceFrance Arnaud Clément AustriaAustria Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner
GermanyGermany  		6: 3, 3: 6, [8:10]

Grand Slam record individual

competition 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Australian Open 1 2 - 1 - 1 2 2 AF 1 2 1 1 -
French Open - 1 1 2 - 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 -
Wimbledon 1 1 2 1 - 2 1 3 2 1 AF 3 2 3
US Open - 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 AF 1 1 1 1

AF = round of 16 VF = quarter finals HF = semi-finals F = final S = victory digit = preliminary round

Web links

Commons : Olivier Rochus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olivier Rochus ritiro challenger mons (ubitennis.com from September 21, 2014, accessed on September 30, 2014)
  2. ↑ Rochus Bids Farewell On Home Soil (atpworldtour.com October 2, 2014, accessed October 5, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Rochus, Olivier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rochus, Olivier Laurent Pierre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Namur , Belgium