Jacco Eltingh

Jacco Eltingh
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-08-29) 29 August 1970
Heerde, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired1998 (last match in 2011)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachAlex Reynders
Prize money$4,920,410
Singles
Career record127–147
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 19 (6 February 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1995)
French Open4R (1994)
WimbledonQF (1995)
US Open2R (1993, 1995)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam CupQF (1995)
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record391–145
Career titles44
Highest rankingNo. 1 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1994, 1998)
French OpenW (1995, 1998)
WimbledonW (1998)
US OpenW (1994)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1993, 1998)
Olympic GamesSF – 4th (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1997)
French Open2R (1992)
WimbledonF (1992)
US Open1R (1992)

Jacco Folkert Eltingh (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑko ɛltɪŋ]; born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.

He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they won all four Grand Slam doubles titles at least once. Eltingh is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve the career Grand Slam in men's doubles.

Eltingh reached his career-high singles ranking in February 1995, when he climbed to world No. 19, notably reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1995. In his professional career he has won four singles and 44 doubles titles.

In November 2005, Eltingh was elected to the ATP Board as the player representative for Europe.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Win 1994 Australian Open Paul Haarhuis Byron Black
Jonathan Stark
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win 1994 US Open Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 1995 French Open Paul Haarhuis Nicklas Kulti
Magnus Larsson
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1996 US Open Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1997 Wimbledon Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 3–6
Win 1998 Australian Open (2) Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 1998 French Open (2) Paul Haarhuis Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 1998 Wimbledon Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1992 Wimbledon Miriam Oremans Cyril Suk
Larisa Neiland
6–7(2–7), 2–6

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place 1996 Atlanta Hard Paul Haarhuis Marc-Kevin Goellner
David Prinosil
2–6, 5–7

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–0)
Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1992 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass MaliVai Washington 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 May 1993 Atlanta, United States World Series Clay Bryan Shelton 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 3–0 Aug 1994 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard Chuck Adams 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–0 Oct 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Carpet Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 60 (44 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (6–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (2–1)
ATP Masters Series (8–3)
ATP Championship Series (5–4)
ATP World Series (23–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–8)
Clay (10–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (13–6)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (23–9)
Indoors (21–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1991 Palermo, Italy World Series Clay Tom Kempers Emilio Sánchez
Javier Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1991 Athens, Greece World Series Clay Mark Koevermans Menno Oosting
Olli Rahnasto
5–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win 3–0 Oct 1991 Guarujá, Brazil World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Bret Garnett
Todd Nelson
6–3, 7–5
Win 4–0 Nov 1991 Birmingham, United Kingdom World Series Carpet Paul Wekesa Ronnie Båthman
Rikard Bergh
7–5, 7–5
Win 5–0 Aug 1992 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–0 Jan 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Henrik Holm
Bent-Ove Pedersen
7–5, 6–3
Loss 6–1 Jan 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Diego Nargiso
Guillaume Raoux
6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win 7–1 Feb 1993 San Francisco, United States World Series Hard Scott Davis Patrick McEnroe
Jonathan Stark
6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 7–2 Feb 1993 Memphis, United States Championship Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
5–7, 2–6
Win 8–2 May 1993 Rome, United States Masters Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Wayne Ferreira
Mark Kratzmann
6–4, 7–6
Win 9–2 Aug 1993 Hilversum, Netherlands World Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Hendrik Jan Davids
Libor Pimek
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 10–2 Oct 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Jonas Björkman
Lars-Anders Wahlgren
7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Loss 10–3 Oct 1993 Beijing, China World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Paul Annacone
Doug Flach
6–7, 3–6
Win 11–3 Nov 1993 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Jonas Björkman
Jan Apell
6–1, ret.
Win 12–3 Nov 1993 Johannesburg, South Africa ATP Finals Hard Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 13–3 Jan 1994 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard Paul Haarhuis Byron Black
Jonathan Stark
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win 14–3 Feb 1994 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Jim Grabb
Jared Palmer
6–3, 6–4
Loss 14–4 Feb 1994 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Jeremy Bates
Jonas Björkman
4–6, 1–6
Win 15–4 Mar 1994 Miami, United States Masters Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Mark Knowles
Jared Palmer
7–6, 7–6
Loss 15–5 Jul 1994 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Scott Melville
Piet Norval
6–7, 5–7
Loss 15–6 Aug 1994 New Haven, United States Championship Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
4–6, 6–7
Loss 15–7 Aug 1994 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
4–6, 6–7
Win 16–7 Sep 1994 New York, United States Grand Slam Hard Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–6
Win 17–7 Oct 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Nicklas Kulti
Lars-Anders Wahlgren
6–0, 7–5
Win 18–7 Oct 1994 Sydney, Australia Championship Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Byron Black
Jonathan Stark
6–4, 7–6
Win 19–7 Nov 1994 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Byron Black
Jonathan Stark
3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win 20–7 Nov 1994 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
walkover
Loss 20–8 Feb 1995 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Jim Grabb
Jonathan Stark
6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win 21–8 May 1995 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Luis Lobo
Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
Win 22–8 Jun 1995 Paris, France Grand Slam Clay Paul Haarhuis Nicklas Kulti
Magnus Larsson
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win 23–8 Jun 1995 Halle, Germany World Series Grass Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 24–8 Oct 1995 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Jakob Hlasek
Patrick McEnroe
7–6, 6–4
Win 25–8 Oct 1995 Essen, Germany Masters Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Cyril Suk
Daniel Vacek
7–5, 6–4
Win 26–8 Nov 1995 Stockholm, Sweden International Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss 26–9 Nov 1995 Eindhoven, Netherlands ATP Finals Carpet Paul Haarhuis Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 26–10 Jan 1996 Doha, Qatar International Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
6–7, 3–6
Loss 26–11 Sep 1996 New York, United States Grand Slam Hard Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win 27–11 Oct 1996 Toulouse, France International Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Olivier Delaître
Guillaume Raoux
6–3, 7–5
Loss 27–12 Oct 1996 Stuttgart, Germany Masters Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 28–12 Nov 1996 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 29–12 Jan 1997 Doha, Qatar International Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Patrik Fredriksson
Magnus Norman
6–3, 6–2
Win 30–12 Mar 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Libor Pimek
Byron Talbot
7–6, 6–4
Loss 30–13 Apr 1997 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana
6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win 31–13 Jun 1997 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass Paul Haarhuis Trevor Kronemann
David Macpherson
6–4, 7–5
Loss 31–14 Jul 1997 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–7, 6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win 32–14 Aug 1997 Boston, United States World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Dave Randall
Jack Waite
6–4, 6–2
Win 33–14 Oct 1997 Toulouse, France World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Max Mirnyi
6–3, 7–6
Win 34–14 Nov 1997 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Rick Leach
Jonathan Stark
6–2, 7–6
Loss 34–15 Jan 1998 Sydney, Australia International Series Hard Daniel Nestor Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
3–6, 5–7
Win 35–15 Feb 1998 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 36–15 Mar 1998 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Richey Reneberg
David Macpherson
7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Win 37–15 Mar 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Neil Broad
Piet Norval
7–6, 6–3
Win 38–15 Apr 1998 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
7–5, 6–0
Win 39–15 Apr 1998 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–2
Win 40–15 Jun 1998 Paris, France Grand Slam Clay Paul Haarhuis Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 41–15 Jul 1998 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
Win 42–15 Aug 1998 Amsterdam, Netherlands International Series Clay Paul Haarhuis Dominik Hrbatý
Karol Kučera
6–3, 6–2
Win 43–15 Aug 1998 Boston, United States World Series Hard Paul Haarhuis Chris Haggard
Jack Waite
6–3, 6–3
Loss 43–16 Nov 1998 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet Paul Haarhuis Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
4–6, 2–6
Win 44–16 Nov 1998 Hartford, United States ATP Finals Carpet Paul Haarhuis Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–2, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1990 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay Richard Krajicek 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1991 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Hard Bryan Shelton 6–7, 6–7

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1989 Lagos, Nigeria Challenger Hard Paul Haarhuis Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora
James Schor
6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1990 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay Menno Oosting Slava Doseděl
Dimitri Poliakov
0–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 1990 Curitiba, Brazil Challenger Hard Hendrik-Jan Davids Cesar Kist
Danilo Marcelino
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–2 Oct 1990 Ilheus, Brazil Challenger Hard Hendrik-Jan Davids Roger Smith
Tobias Svantesson
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Clay Tom Kempers Mark Koevermans
Leonardo Lavalle
walkover
Loss 3–3 Jul 1993 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Paul Haarhuis Nils Holm
Lars-Anders Wahlgren
1–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 2R 2R 2R QF 1R 1R 0 / 7 9–7 56%
French Open A 1R 1R 1R 4R 3R A A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Wimbledon Q1 4R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R A 0 / 6 9–6 60%
US Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R Q3 A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 5–4 1–4 3–4 5–4 11–4 0–2 0–1 0 / 23 25–23 52%
Year End Championships
Grand Slam Cup Did not qualify QF DNQ 0 / 1 1–1 50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Monte Carlo A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A 1R QF 2R A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Hamburg A A A A QF 3R A A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A A A A 2R 2R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 8–4 4–5 0–2 0–0 0 / 14 12–14 46%

Doubles

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 3R W SF 3R SF W 2 / 8 25–6 81%
French Open A 3R 2R 3R QF W A SF W 2 / 7 24–5 83%
Wimbledon Q1 A 3R 1R QF QF 1R F W 1 / 7 19–6 76%
US Open A 3R QF 2R W 3R F 2R A 1 / 7 20–6 77%
Win–loss 0–0 4–3 7–4 5–4 18–2 15–3 7–3 14–4 18–0 6 / 29 88–23 79%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify W SF F RR SF W 2 / 6 20–6 77%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held SF NH 0 / 2 3–2 60%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A QF 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A A A QF W QF A 3R A 1 / 4 10–3 77%
Monte Carlo A A A A A W A F W 2 / 3 11–1 92%
Hamburg A A A A SF SF A QF A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Rome A A A W 2R 1R A 2R A 1 / 4 7–3 70%
Canada A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A 1R 2R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Paris A A 1R SF W QF W W F 3 / 7 18–4 82%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 9–3 12–2 9–4 5–2 11–7 7–1 7 / 27 53–20 73%

References