Kristof Vliegen


Kristof Vliegen is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.
He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus.

2009

In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three straight sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6–3, 3–6 and 6–4.

2006

He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.

ATP titles

Singles

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour
Challengers

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the FinalScore in the Final
1.19 August 2002Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Galo Blanco6–2, 6–2
2.12 May 2003Zagreb, CroatiaClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–1, 4–6, 6–0
3.29 September 2003Groningen, NetherlandsHard Joachim Johansson6–4, 6–4
4.28 January 2008Wrocław, PolandHard Jürgen Melzer6–4, 3–6, 6–3
5.18 August 2008Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Yuri Schukin6–2, 6–1
6.1 September 2008Düsseldorf, GermanyClay Andreas Beck6–0, 6–3
7.22 September 2008Grenoble, FranceHard Alexandre Sidorenko6–4, 6–3
8.1 March 2009Besançon, FranceHard Andreas Beck6–2, 6–7, 6–3
9.12 July 2009Scheveningen, The NetherlandsClay Albert Montañés4–2 ret

Runner-ups

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the FinalScore in the Final
1.30 December 2002Adelaide, AustraliaHard Nikolay Davydenko6–2, 7–6
2.1 May 2006Munich, GermanyClay Olivier Rochus6–4, 6–2

Singles performance timeline