Jean-Julien Rojer

Jean-Julien Rojer
Country (sports) Netherlands Antilles (2002–2010)
 Curaçao (2010–2012)
 Netherlands (2012–present)
ResidenceDubai, United Arab Emirates
Born (1981-08-25) 25 August 1981
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles (present-day Curaçao)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUCLA
Prize moneyUS $ 7,364,425
Singles
Career record13–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 218 (15 August 2005)
Doubles
Career record542–409
Career titles37
Highest rankingNo. 3 (23 November 2015)
Current rankingNo. 77 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2011, 2015)
French OpenW (2022)
WimbledonW (2015)
US OpenW (2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2015)
Olympic Games2R (2021, 2024)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024)
French OpenW (2014)
WimbledonSF (2013)
US OpenQF (2012, 2023)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Jean-Julien Rojer (/dʒɒn ˈliən ˈrʒɛər/ "John Julian" ROH-zhair,[1] Dutch: [ˌʑɑ̃ːʑyˈljɛ̃ː ˈroːi.ər];[2] born 25 August 1981) is a Dutch professional tennis player from Curaçao, who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in November 2015.

He is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won 2015 Wimbledon and 2017 US Open with Horia Tecău, the 2022 French Open with Marcelo Arévalo in men's doubles, as well as the 2014 French Open in mixed doubles alongside Anna-Lena Grönefeld. By winning the 2022 French Open, Rojer became the oldest major men's doubles champion in the Open Era.[3][4] He has won 37 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2015 ATP World Tour Finals and four at Masters 1000 level. He recorded 500 wins in August 2023 at the Canadian Open.[5]

He attended UCLA where he competed for the UCLA Bruins men's tennis team. Since 2012, Rojer has represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup, having previously represented the Netherlands Antilles from 1999 to 2010.[6] He has also competed at the Summer Olympic Games on three occasions.

World TeamTennis

Rojer has played four seasons with World TeamTennis, making his debut in 2011 with the St. Louis Aces and earning the 2011 WTT Male Rookie of the Year award. He has since played for the Springfield Lasers in 2013, earning the 2013 WTT Male MVP award, and another two seasons in 2017 and 2019. It was announced he will be joining the Springfield Lasers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[7]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău Jamie Murray
John Peers
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
Win 2017 US Open Hard Horia Tecău Feliciano López
Marc López
6–4, 6–3
Win 2022 French Open Clay Marcelo Arévalo Ivan Dodig
Austin Krajicek
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2014 French Open Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Görges
Nenad Zimonjić
4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 London Hard (i) Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2012 Paris Masters Hard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 2013 Miami Open Hard Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–1
Win 2016 Madrid Open Clay Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Florin Mergea
6–4, 7–6 (7–5)
Loss 2016 Cincinnati Masters Hard Horia Tecău Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Loss 2018 Paris Masters Hard (i) Horia Tecău Marcel Granollers
Rajeev Ram
4–6, 4–6
Win 2019 Madrid Open Clay Horia Tecău Diego Schwartzman
Dominic Thiem
6–2, 6–3
Win 2023 Canadian Open Hard Marcelo Arévalo Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–3, 6–1

ATP career finals

Doubles: 61 (37 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (3–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (8–7)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (21–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (25–15)
Clay (9–8)
Grass (3–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (27–13)
Indoor (10–10)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2008 Swedish Open, Sweden International Clay Johan Brunström Jonas Björkman
Robin Söderling
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2009 Serbia Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Johan Brunström Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 0–3 Jun 2009 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Johan Brunström Wesley Moodie
Dick Norman
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [5–10]
Loss 0–4 Aug 2009 Croatia Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Johan Brunström František Čermák
Michal Mertiňák
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Sep 2009 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Johan Brunström František Čermák
Michal Mertiňák
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–6 Aug 2010 Los Angeles Open, United States 250 Series Hard Eric Butorac Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [7–10]
Win 1–6 Oct 2010 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard Eric Butorac Andreas Seppi
Dmitry Tursunov
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–6 Oct 2010 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac Johan Brunström
Jarkko Nieminen
6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–7 Feb 2011 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, United States 500 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac Max Mirnyi
Daniel Nestor
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [3–10]
Win 3–7 May 2011 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Eric Butorac Marc López
David Marrero
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–7 May 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France 250 Series Clay Eric Butorac Santiago González
David Marrero
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–7 Oct 2011 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac František Čermák
Filip Polášek
6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Nov 2011 Valencia Open, Spain 500 Series Hard (i) Eric Butorac Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Win 6–8 May 2012 Estoril Open, Portugal (2) 250 Series Clay Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Julian Knowle
David Marrero
7–5, 7–5
Win 7–8 Jun 2012 Halle Open, Germany 250 Series Grass Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Treat Huey
Scott Lipsky
6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–9 Nov 2012 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 7–10 Feb 2013 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Rohan Bopanna
Colin Fleming
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 8–10 Mar 2013 Miami Open, United States Masters 1000 Hard Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–1
Loss 8–11 May 2013 Portugal Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Santiago González
Scott Lipsky
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 9–11 Oct 2013 Stockholm Open, Sweden (2) 250 Series Hard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jonas Björkman
Robert Lindstedt
6–2, 6–2
Win 10–11 Feb 2014 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia 250 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Philipp Marx
Michal Mertiňák
3–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss 10–12 Feb 2014 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra
Nicolas Mahut
2–6, 6–7(7–4)
Win 11–12 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Tomasz Bednarek
Lukáš Dlouhý
6–2, 6–2
Win 12–12 Apr 2014 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
Win 13–12 Jun 2014 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău Santiago González
Scott Lipsky
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 14–12 Aug 2014 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău Sam Groth
Leander Paes
7–5, 6–4
Win 15–12 Sep 2014 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău Chris Guccione
Sam Groth
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 16–12 Oct 2014 China Open, China 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău Julien Benneteau
Vasek Pospisil
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5]
Win 17–12 Oct 2014 Valencia Open, Spain 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Kevin Anderson
Jérémy Chardy
6–4, 6–2
Loss 17–13 Jan 2015 Sydney International, Australia 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Daniel Nestor
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 18–13 Feb 2015 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Jamie Murray
John Peers
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 18–14 May 2015 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Mate Pavić
Michael Venus
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Win 19–14 Jul 2015 Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău Jamie Murray
John Peers
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
Win 20–14 Nov 2015 ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3
Win 21–14 May 2016 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3
Loss 21–15 Aug 2016 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard Horia Tecău Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win 22–15 Mar 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 23–15 May 2017 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–6]
Win 24–15 Aug 2017 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4
Win 25–15 Sep 2017 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Horia Tecău Feliciano López
Marc López
6–4, 6–3
Loss 25–16 Oct 2017 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić
6–3, 6–7(6–8), [4–10]
Win 26–16 Mar 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE (2) 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău James Cerretani
Leander Paes
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 26–17 Apr 2018 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Feliciano López
Marc López
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 27–17 Aug 2018 Winston-Salem Open, United States (2) 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău James Cerretani
Leander Paes
6–4, 6–2
Loss 27–18 Nov 2018 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) Horia Tecău Marcel Granollers
Rajeev Ram
4–6, 4–6
Loss 27–19 Feb 2019 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Jérémy Chardy
Henri Kontinen
6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 28–19 May 2019 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay Horia Tecău Diego Schwartzman
Dominic Thiem
6–2, 6–3
Loss 28–20 Aug 2019 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus
6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 29–20 Oct 2019 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Taylor Fritz
Reilly Opelka
7–5, 6–3
Loss 29–21 Oct 2021 European Open, Belgium 250 Series Hard (i) Wesley Koolhof Nicolas Mahut
Fabrice Martin
0–6, 1–6
Loss 29–22 Nov 2021 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Santiago González
Andrés Molteni
2–6, 2–6
Win 30–22 Feb 2022 Dallas Open, United States 250 Series Hard (i) Marcelo Arévalo Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 31–22 Feb 2022 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard Marcelo Arévalo Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Loss 31–23 Feb 2022 Mexican Open, Mexico 500 Series Hard Marcelo Arévalo Feliciano López
Stefanos Tsitsipas
5–7, 4–6
Win 32–23 Jun 2022 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Marcelo Arévalo Ivan Dodig
Austin Krajicek
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 33–23 Oct 2022 Stockholm Open, Sweden (3) 250 Series Hard (i) Marcelo Arévalo Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
6–3, 6–3
Win 34–23 Jan 2023 Adelaide International 2, Australia 250 Series Hard Marcelo Arévalo Ivan Dodig
Austin Krajicek
Walkover
Win 35–23 Feb 2023 Delray Beach Open, United States (2) 250 Series Hard Marcelo Arévalo Rinky Hijikata
Reese Stalder
6–3, 6–4
Win 36–23 Aug 2023 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard Marcelo Arévalo Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury
6–3, 6–1
Win 37–23 Jan 2024 Brisbane International, Australia 250 Series Hard Lloyd Glasspool Kevin Krawietz
Tim Pütz
7–6(7–3), 5–7, [12–10]
Loss 37–24 May 2024 Geneva Open,
Switzerland
250 Series Clay Lloyd Glasspool Marcelo Arévalo
Mate Pavić
6–7(2–7), 5–7

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 Barcelona Open .


Netherlands Antilles

Curaçao
 Netherlands
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 3R SF 3R 3R 2R SF QF 3R 2R 1R 2R A 1R QF 3R 0 / 14 27–14
French Open 2R 1R 1R SF 3R 3R SF 2R 3R 1R QF 2R 3R W QF 1R 1 / 15 32–15
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 3R 3R 3R W 1R 1R 2R QF NH 1R 1R 2R 3R 1 / 14 21–14
US Open 1R 1R 2R SF QF 3R QF 3R W 2R 1R SF 3R SF 3R 2R 1 / 15 32–15
Win–loss 2–3 2–4 6–4 11–4 9–4 7–4 16–3 6–4 10–3 3–4 6–4 6–3 4–3 10–3 9–4 3 / 57 109–54
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR RR RR W DNQ RR DNQ RR DNQ RR DNQ DNQ 1 / 7 7–16
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held 1R Not Held 2R Not Held 2R 0 / 4 2–3
Davis Cup A A A PO PO 1R PO Z1 PO 1R RR QR A A A F 0 / 3 22–10
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1-2 0 / 6 24–13
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells A QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R QF NH 2R 2R 1R 0 / 13 9–13
Miami 1R 1R 1R 2R W 1R QF 1R 2R 2R 2R NH 1R 1R 1R 1 / 14 10–13
Monte Carlo A A 2R 1R QF 1R 2R 2R 2R A 2R NH 1R SF QF 0 / 11 5–11
Madrid A 1R A QF 2R 2R 2R W 1R 2R W NH 2R A[a] 2 / 10 13–8
Rome A 1R 1R A 2R 1R QF 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R QF 1R 0 / 12 4–12
Canada A A 2R QF QF QF QF 2R 2R QF 3R NH A QF 0 / 10 7–10
Cincinnati A A 2R QF 2R QF QF F QF SF 2R QF A QF 0 / 11 15–11
Shanghai A A 2R QF QF 2R 2R 2R SF 2R 3R Not Held 0 / 9 8–9
Paris 2R A 2R F QF SF QF 2R SF F 1R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 13 15–13
Win–loss 1–2 2–4 4–8 9–8 8–8 7–9 6–9 8–8 10–9 12–8 8–8 2–3 4–6 4–7 1–3 3 / 103 86–100
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 4 2 / 3 3 / 5 2 / 3 2 / 4 8 / 9 3 / 5 1 / 2 4 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 2 4 / 5 2 / 2 35 / 58
Overall win–loss 18–21 28–26 42–26 41–31 31–28 48–25 51–22 25–23 44–26 36–25 36–28 12–13 15–21 39–21 10–7 487–354
Year-end ranking 43 41 20 13 15 16 3 27 7 19 20 25 38 6 18 57.91%

Notes

  1. ^ Planned for playing alongside Arevalo but they withdrew in the last minute. As a result, no alternates were chosen.

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