Laurence Tieleman

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Laurence Tieleman
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
Born (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 51)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money$773,130
Singles
Career record41–61
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000)
French Open1R (1999)
Wimbledon3R (1993)
US Open3R (1999)
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[edit]

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[edit]

Laurence turned professional in 1993. He won one tour-level doubles title (in Tashkent in 1998), and 3 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. 76 in April 1999.

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

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 Australia Scott Draper 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

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 Italy Stefano Pescosolido Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 		7–5, 4–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (3–2)[edit]

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 France Frederic Vitoux 2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1994 Fortaleza, Brazil Challenger Hard Mexico Óscar Ortiz 6–7, 1–6
Win 2–1 Oct 1994 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard Kenya Paul Wekesa 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 1999 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Markus Hantschk 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jun 2000 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Australia Wayne Arthurs 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7–10)[edit]

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

Performance timelines[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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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