Country (sports) Belgium Name Xavier Malisse Turned pro 1998 Career titles 3 Weight 83 kg | Career record 293–270 Height 1.85 m Prize money $5,626,935 Role Tennis player Retired 2013 | |
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Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Highest ranking No. 19 (12 August 2002) Similar People | ||
Tennis atp champions tour optima open xavier malisse vs pat cash
Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is Belgian retired professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed X-Man, he is only one of two players from Belgium (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour, with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19.
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- Tennis atp champions tour optima open xavier malisse vs pat cash
- Xavier malisse beats pete sampras to retain optima open title
- Juniors
- 19982008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2016
- Personal life
- Singles performance timeline
- Doubles performance timeline
- References
Xavier malisse beats pete sampras to retain optima open title
Juniors
As a junior Malisse compiled a singles win/loss record of 66–18, reaching as high as No. 10 in the junior world singles rankings in 1997. He made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1997, whilst his final junior tournament was winning Eddie Herr later that year.
1998–2008
Malisse turned professional in 1998.
His best performance in Grand Slam singles competition was at the 2002 Wimbledon championships, where he reached the semi-final, beating Galo Blanco, Vince Spadea, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Britain's Greg Rusedski in five sets en route, as well as former champion Richard Krajicek. He eventually lost to runner-up David Nalbandian, again in five sets. Malisse and Olivier Rochus won the French Open doubles championship in 2004. He has won three ATP tour singles titles: Delray Beach in 2005 and 2007, and Chennai in 2007.
2009
After a difficult year, Malisse found himself with a world ranking of 205. In his first tournament of the year in Brisbane, he lost in the last qualifying round to American Bobby Reynolds. A week later, in Medibank International Sydney, he reached the main draw, but lost to Mario Ančić in the first round.
At the Australian Open, he first won his qualifying matches. In the first round of the main draw, he defeated Michaël Llodra. However, in the next round, he lost to Andy Roddick in four sets. In October, he won a Challenger tournament in Lyon, and this pushed him back into the world's top 100 for the first time in nearly two years.
He was banned for a year over doping allegations.
2010
Malisse lost in the third round of Wimbledon to Sam Querrey in five sets.
2011
Xavier started the 2011 season by reaching the final of Chennai. In March, he won the doubles title in the Indian Wells Masters with Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, where he lost to Bernard Tomic.
2012
Xavier reached the fourth round of Wimbledon where he faced Roger Federer. Federer won the first two sets and went a break up in the third, but Malisse came back to win the third set and move 2-0 in the fourth. Federer subsequently won six out of the next seven games to win the match and went on to win the title.
2016
The final event of Malisse' career was the Meerbusch Challenger. He and Frank Moser received a doubles wildcard and a bye into the quarterfinals, before conceding a walkover to Gero Kretschmer and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn.
Personal life
Malisse was previously in a relationship with American tennis player Jennifer Capriati.
Singles performance timeline
Current till 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Doubles performance timeline
This table is current through US Open.