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Kristof Vliegen

Kristof Vliegen
Kristof Vliegen at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships 01.jpg
Country (sports)  Belgium
Residence Maaseik, Belgium
Born (1982-06-22) 22 June 1982 (age 34)
Maaseik, Belgium
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro 2001
Retired 14 July 2011
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,922,537
Singles
Career record 88–120
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 30 (October 30, 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2006)
French Open 3R (2007)
Wimbledon 2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
US Open 1R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record 39–49
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 49 (11 June 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2006, 2007, 2008)
French Open 3R (2007)
Wimbledon 2R (2006, 2007)
US Open 3R (2006)

Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.

He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus.

In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6-1, 6-7 and 6-7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three straight sets 4-6, 7-6 and 6-4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6-7, 5-7 and 6-7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4-6 and 1-6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6-3, 3-6 and 6-4.


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