Country (sports) | Netherlands |
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Residence | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Born |
Roermond, Netherlands |
9 August 1976
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 1994 |
Retired | 2012–2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,087,985 |
Singles | |
Career record | 4–13 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 143 (24 May 1999) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2001) |
French Open | Q3 (1997) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2002) |
US Open | Q2 (1995, 2001) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 112–146 |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 24 (10 September 2007) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2007) |
French Open | 3R (2004, 2007, 2009) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2005, 2008, 2009) |
US Open | 3R (2004, 2007) |
Rogier Wassen (born 9 August 1976) is a Dutch tennis player who competed regularly on the ATP Tour as a doubles player from 1994 to 2011.
Wassen reached his highest doubles ranking on the ATP Tour on 10 September 2007 when he became World No. 24. The right-hander has won three ATP doubles titles. The Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand in 2006 and 2007 teaming up with Andrei Pavel and Jeff Coetzee respectively. In 2007 he won the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, again with Jeff Coetzee. In 2009, he reached the finals of the 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, partnering with Michael Kohlmann.
He is nicknamed "Da Professor" by good friend and doubles partner Dustin Brown. He returned in doubles at 2013 Marburg Open, in partnership with Artem Sitak, losing in the first round against Vahid Mirzadeh and Denis Zivkovic