Sjeng Schalken

Sjeng Schalken
Nation:	Netherlands
Birthday:	September 8, 1976
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	1994
Resignation:	2007
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Willem Jan van Huls
Prize money:	$ 5,192,798
singles
Career record:	292: 267
Career title:	9
Highest ranking:	11 (April 21, 2003)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	128: 133
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	21 (May 20 2002)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sjeng Schalken (born September 8, 1976 in Weert ) is a former Dutch tennis player .

Career

Schalken began professional tennis in 1994 and was a member of the Dutch Davis Cup team from 1996 .

His sporting most successful year was 2003 when he won the ATP tournaments in Rosmalen and Costa do Sauípe and rose to 11th place in the ATP world rankings on April 21st. As of 2004, he suffered from the aftermath of a viral infection.

In 2005 he tried in vain to get back to his old achievements. In February 2006 he took part in a well-filled Challenger tournament in Bergamo and reached the semifinals there. On March 29, 2007, Schalken announced his retirement from professional tennis for health reasons.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP International Series Gold (1) ATP International Series (14)

Title after covering Hard Court (7) Sand (4) Grass (3) Carpet (1)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 2, 1995	Valencia	sand	Gilbert Schaller	6: 4, 6: 2
2.	January 8, 1996	Jakarta	Hard court	Younes El Aynaoui	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	August 18, 1997	Boston	Hard court	Marcelo Ríos	7: 5, 6: 3
4th	January 11, 1999	Auckland	Hard court	Tommy Haas	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	October 9, 2000	Tokyo	Hard court	Nicolás Lapentti	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 1
6th	October 22, 2001	Stockholm	Hard court	Jarkko Nieminen	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
7th	June 17, 2002	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Arnaud Clément	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
8th.	June 16, 2003	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	Arnaud Clément	6: 3, 6: 4
9.	September 8, 2003	Costa do Sauípe	Hard court	Rainer Schüttler	6: 2, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 22, 2000	Shanghai	Hard court	Magnus Norman	4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
2.	August 19, 2001	Washington	Hard court	Andy Roddick	2: 6, 3: 6
3.	October 6, 2002	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6: 4, 2: 6, 0: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 2, 1995	Amsterdam (1)	sand	Marcelo Ríos	Wayne Arthur's Neil Broad	7: 6, 6: 2
2.	August 8, 1999	Amsterdam (2)	sand	Paul Haarhuis	Devin Bowen Eyal Ran	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	October 22, 2000	Shanghai	Hard court	Paul Haarhuis	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
4th	February 4, 2001	Milan	Carpet (i)	Paul Haarhuis	Johan Landsberg Tom Vanhoudt	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 4
5.	June 24, 2001	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Paul Haarhuis	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6: 4, 6: 4
6th	July 22, 2001	Amsterdam (3)	sand	Paul Haarhuis	Àlex Corretja Luis Lobo	6: 4, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 20, 1998	Tashkent	Hard court	Kenneth Carlsen	Stefano Pescosolido Laurence Tieleman	5: 7, 6: 4, 5: 7
2.	March 11, 2001	Scottsdale	Hard court	Marcelo Ríos	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	6: 7 3 , 2: 6
3.	August 3, 2003	los Angeles	Hard court	Joshua Eagle	Jan-Michael Gambill Travis Parrott	4: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7

Web links

Commons : Sjeng Schalken  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Sjeng Schalken (English)
• ITF profile of Sjeng Schalken (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Sjeng Schalken (English)