Laurence Tieleman

Laurence Tieleman
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
Born (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money$968,450
Singles
Career record41–61
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (26 April 1999)

Finalist London Queen’s Club Championship 1998

Semi-Finalist Newport Hall of Fame Championship (1993;1998;1999;2000)

Quarter Finalist Hong-Kong Heineken Open (1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000)
French Open1R (1999)
Wimbledon3R (1993) 1R (1994; 1995; 1999)
US Open3R (1999)

1R (1995)


4 Challengers Titles in Singles

6 Challengers Titles in Doubles
Doubles
Career record21–34
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 117 (23 August 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon1R (1993)
US Open2R (2000)
Last updated on: 21 May 2022.

Laurence Tieleman (born 14 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Personal life

Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community.[1] He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL, United States from ages 13 to 17.[2]

Tieleman resided in both Assisi and Brussels during his playing career.

Tennis career

Laurence turned professional in 1993. He won one tour-level doubles title (in Tashkent in 1998), and 4 Challenger events in singles during his career. Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing as the runner-up at Queen's in 1998. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72 in April 1999.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1998 Queen's, United Kingdom World Series Grass Scott Draper 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan International Series Hard Stefano Pescosolido Kenneth Carlsen
Sjeng Schalken 		7–5, 4–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1994 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Hard Frederic Vitoux 2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1994 Fortaleza, Brazil Challenger Hard Óscar Ortiz 6–7, 1–6
Win 2–1 Oct 1994 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard Paul Wekesa 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 1999 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Markus Hantschk 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jun 2000 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Wayne Arthurs 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–10)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1992 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Martin Blackman Patrick Baur
Sander Groen 		6–4, 1–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Feb 1993 Mar del Plata, Argentina Challenger Clay Andrey Merinov Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Mark Koevermans 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 1993 Viña del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay Andrey Merinov Marcelo Rebolledo
Martín Rodríguez 		3–6, 6–7
Loss 1–3 Oct 1993 Ponte Vedra, United States Challenger Hard Maurice Ruah Sébastien Lareau
Daniel Nestor 		6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Oct 1993 Caracas, Venezuela Challenger Hard Maurice Ruah Mark Knowles
Alex O'Brien 		5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 1994 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard Óscar Ortiz Bill Barber
Ari Nathan 		6–7, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Nov 1995 Beijing, China Challenger Hard Martin Zumpft Ivan Baron
João Cunha-Silva 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 1996 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Daniel Orsanic Juan Carlos Bianchi
Claude N'Goran 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–7 May 1996 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Eyal Ran Nuno Marques
Tom Vanhoudt 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–8 Sep 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Andrei Cherkasov Albert Portas
Marcelo Charpentier 		1–6, 2–6
Win 3–8 Feb 1997 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Nicola Bruno Henrik Holm
Nils Holm 		7–6, 6–4
Win 4–8 Feb 1998 West Bloomfield, United States Challenger Hard Jim Thomas Alejandro Hernández
David Roditi 		7–6, 6–4
Win 5–8 Feb 1998 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Jim Thomas James Holmes
Andrew Painter 		6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win 6–8 Aug 2000 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Lorenzo Manta Grant Stafford
Wesley Whitehouse 		7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–9 Aug 2000 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Lorenzo Manta Justin Bower
Jeff Coetzee 		3–6, 5–7
Win 7–9 Nov 2000 Brest, France Challenger Hard Tuomas Ketola František Čermák
Ota Fukárek 		7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Loss 7–10 Mar 2002 Osaka, Japan Challenger Hard John Van Lottum Karol Beck
Cedric Kauffmann 		5–7, 1–6

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 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A A A A A Q1 1R 2R Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A Q3 Q1 Q2 A A Q1 1R Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 3R 1R Q2 Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R Q2 3R Q2 A Q1 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 9 5–9 36%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q1 Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A 1R Q1 Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A 1R 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Stuttgart A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%

Doubles

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A Q2 A A A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A A A 1R 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A Q2 A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A Q2 A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A A A A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

References

  1. ^ Martucci Vincenzo (31 March 1999). "Tieleman, il figlio d' Europa". Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ "ATP Player Profile". ATP.


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