Olivier Rochus

Olivier Rochus

Country	Belgium
Residence	Dion-Valmont, Belgium
Born	18 January 1981 (1981-01-18) (age 30) Namur, Belgium
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$4,111,641
Singles
Career record	226–247
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 24 (17 October 2005)
Current ranking	No. 68 (14 November 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2005)
French Open	3R (2001, 2006)
Wimbledon	4R (2003)
US Open	4R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	87–102
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 29 (5 July 2004)
Current ranking	No. 410 (2 May 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
French Open	W (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2005)
US Open	3R (2006, 2009)
Last updated on: 5 May 2011.

Olivier Rochus (born 18 January 1981) is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.

Career

He was a partner of Roger Federer on the junior circuit, winning the Boys' Doubles title at Wimbledon in 1998.

He has won two singles titles in his career and in 2004 won the French Open doubles title partnering fellow Belgian Xavier Malisse.

He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a tennis player.

He won his first title in Palermo in 2000, defeating his brother in the semifinals and Diego Nargiso in the final, 7-6(14), 6-1.

Perhaps his biggest win was at Wimbledon in 2002, where he overcame top-10 player Marat Safin in four sets, 6–2 6–4 3–6 7–6(1). Safin was able to get a measure of revenge at the 2006 U.S Open, defeating Rochus, 3-6, 2-6, 3-6.

He has represented Belgium at two Olympic Games in both the singles and the doubles competitions at Athens and Beijing.^[1]

In May 2006, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Kristof Vliegen. He won that final in straight sets, 6–4, 6–).

In June, Rochus faced world no. 1 Roger Federer in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Halle. Rochus held four match points in the second set at 5–6 and in the tie-break (6–4 and 7–6). He could not close out the match and eventually lost. 7–6, 6–7, 6–7.

2009

He reached the final of the 2009 If Stockholm Open, after winning to Swede Andreas Vinciguerra in the first round, eighth seed Feliciano López, and Jarkko Nieminen. In the semifinals, he beat best Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. In the final, he met former world no. 8 Marcos Baghdatis, but lost in two sets, 1-6, 5-7.

One week later at the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, he won his first match against French qualifier Vincent Millot. He faced world no. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but lost in two short sets.

His next tournament was the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, where he first won his three qualifying matches. In the first round of the tournament, he lost to his former double partner and world no. 1 Roger Federer.

The last tournament of his tennis season was the AXA Belgian Masters (Challenger), where he met countryman Steve Darcis in the semifinal.

2010

At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open he defeated Richard Gasquet, 7–6, 1–6, 6–4, and the 2007 titlist and second seed Novak Djokovic, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4.

In the Nice tournament, one week prior to Roland Garros, he pulled off another upset, defeating 2009 French Open finalist Robin Söderling, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.

He defeated Raven Klaasen of South Africa at the Hall of Fame Campbell's Tennis Championship, but lost to Mardy Fish in the final in three sets.

2011

In March, Rochus lost in the fourth round in Miami to Roger Federer, after defeating Blaz Kavcic, Marcos Baghdatis, and Mikhail Youzhny in the first three rounds. In July, he made it to the final in Newport, where he was defeated by John Isner, 3-6, 6-7(6).

Career finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 series (2–7)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–5) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	25 September 2000	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Diego Nargiso	7–6(16–14), 6–1
Runner-up	1.	11 February 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Lars Burgsmüller	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	3 March 2003	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Karol Kučera	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	3.	15 January 2005	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Fernando González	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	1 May 2006	Munich, Germany	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	24 September 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Richard Gasquet	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	25 October 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marcos Baghdatis	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	11 July 2010	Newport, United States	Grass	Mardy Fish	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	10 July 2011	Newport, U.S.	Grass	John Isner	3–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles (2)

Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tours (1)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	24 May 2004	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Xavier Malisse	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–5, 7–5
2.	9 January 2005	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Xavier Malisse	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	7–6(7–5), 6–4

Performance timeline

Singles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 US Open.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Australian Open		1R	1R	2R	1R	4R	2R	2R	1R		1R
French Open	LQ	3R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	LQ	2R	1R
Wimbledon	3R	2R	3R	4R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	LQ	1R	2R
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	4R	3R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R

References

1. ^ Olympic results

External links

• Olivier Rochus at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Rochus Recent Match Results
• Rochus World Ranking History

Preceded by Juan Carlos Ferrero

ATP Newcomer of the Year 2000

Succeeded by Andy Roddick

Persondata
Name	Rochus, Olivier
Alternative names
Short description	tennis player
Date of birth	18 January 1981
Place of birth	Namur, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death