Gilles Elseneer

Gilles Valere Jacque Elseneer (born 6 March 1978 in Brussels) is a retired professional tennis player from Belgium. He is mostly known for his grass court game, and has achieved his best results on this surface, including a quarterfinal appearance at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2001.

Gilles Elseneer

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Brussels, Belgium
Born	(1978-03-06) 6 March 1978 Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$477,809
Singles
Career record	18–24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 97 (12 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2002, 2004)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004, 2005)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	3–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 177 (2 August 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2002)
Last updated on: 27 July 2022.

Tennis career

Pro tour

He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 97 in July 2004. This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the French Open (l. to Gustavo Kuerten) and Wimbledon (l. to Ivo Karlović), and won the challengers of Heilbronn and Sarajevo.

Elseneer made a claim in September 2007 that he was offered money to throw a match against Potito Starace at Wimbledon 2005.

Coaching

He is now coaching and teaching tennis within his father's tennis academy (royal tennis club de Belgique) in Brussels.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–2) ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2000	Great Britain F2, Chigwell	Futures	Carpet	Arvind Parmar	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jun 2000	Ireland F2, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Owen Casey	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–1	Oct 2000	France F22, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Timothy Aerts	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–1	Nov 2002	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Arvind Parmar	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Apr 2003	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Gregory Carraz	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3–3	Jul 2003	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–3	Feb 2004	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Lars Burgsmüller	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	5–3	Mar 2004	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Dennis Van Scheppingen	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	6–3	Feb 2006	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Simon	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (5–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (5–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1998	Greece F4, Corfu	Futures	Carpet	Wim Neefs	Niko Karagiannis Anastasios Vasiliadis	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jul 1998	Greece F7, Athens	Futures	Clay	Wim Neefs	Harel Levy Lior Mor	3–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win	2–1	Apr 1999	France F4, Clermont-Ferrand	Futures	Carpet	Gerald Mandl	Daniel Pahlsson Steven Randjelovic	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–2	May 1999	Greece F2, Filippiada	Futures	Hard	Eyal Erlich	Jan-Ralph Brandt Markus Menzler	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Mar 2000	France F6, Douai	Futures	Carpet	Arnaud Fontaine	Andy Ram Lovro Zovko	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–2	Jun 2000	Ireland F1, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Jean-Michel Pequery	Jarkko Nieminen Kristian Pless	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Jul 2001	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Tuomas Ketola	Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2001	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Popp	Luke Bourgeois Aisam Qureshi	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win	6–3	Sep 2001	France F17, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Wim Neefs	Frédéric Niemeyer Andrew Nisker	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win	7–3	Nov 2001	Bolton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Wim Neefs	Lee Childs Mark Hilton	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–3	Feb 2002	Hull, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Frédéric Niemeyer	Yves Allegro Wesley Moodie	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–4	Mar 2004	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	8–5	Jan 2005	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Gilles Müller	Sébastien de Chaunac Michal Mertiňák	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	2R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	Q3	2R	2R	2R	Q2	0 / 3	3–3	50%
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	0 / 6	4–6	40%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	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	–

References

Notes

Sources

External links

• Gilles Elseneer at the International Tennis Federation
• Gilles Elseneer at the Association of Tennis Professionals