Tallon Griekspoor

Tallon Griekspoor (born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65 achieved on 15 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 287 achieved on 1 August 2016. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 2 men's singles player.[1] He has won a record eight Challenger titles in one season, more than any other player on the ATP Challenger tour and became the first player to win five straight titles in history.[2]

Tallon Griekspoor
Griekspoor at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceNieuw-Vennep, Netherlands
Born (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachDennis Schenk
Prize moneyUS$784,695
Singles
Career record7–15 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 64 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 64 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
French OpenQ2 (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 287 (1 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 346 (8 November 2021)
Last updated on: 15 November 2021.

Professional career

2017-2019: ATP debut

Griekspoor made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2017 Rotterdam Open in the singles draw against Gilles Müller.[3] In 2018, at the same tournament a year later, he defeated Grand Slam champion and 5th seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in three sets to reach the second round as a wildcard. And in 2019, Griekspoor defeated the World No.11 and 2nd seed Karen Khachanov in the first round again as a wildcard.

2020-2021: Grand Slam debut, Record eight Challenger tour titles and top 65 debut

Griekspoor qualified for the first time in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2020 Australian Open. He made his top 150 debut on 31 August 2020.

In 2021, Griekspoor won two Challengers tour titles at the 2021 Prague Open and at the 2021 Slovak Open in Bratislava. As a result, he reached a career high ranking of No. 120 on 14 June 2021.

In June 2021, he also qualified for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships for the first time in his career. In July following Wimbledon, as the top seed, he reached also the final of the Challenger 2021 Dutch Open in Amersfoort. He defeated his compatriot and No. 2 seed Botic van de Zandschulp in the final, winning his fifth Challenger.[4] He reached a career-high of No. 105 on 19 July 2021.

At the 2021 US Open he reached the second round of a Major for the first time in his career defeating Jan-Lennard Struff in five sets.[5][6] He lost to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round. In September following the US Open, he won his sixth Challenger title and fourth of the year at the 2021 Murcia Open in Spain defeating top seed Roberto Carballes Baena. The following month he won his fifth Challenger of the year at the 2021 Tennis Napoli Cup in Naples, Italy defeating Andrea Pellegrino. The following week also in Naples, he won his sixth Challenger title at the 2021 Vesuvio Cup defeating Alexander Ritschard.[7] With this victory Griekspoor tied Benjamin Bonzi for the most Challenger titles in 2021. In addition, he joined Facundo Bagnis (2016), Juan Ignacio Chela (2001) and Younes El Aynaoui (1998) as the only players to lift six singles trophies in one season in ATP Challenger history. As a result, he moved 29 positions up in the rankings into the top 100, for the first time in his career, at World No. 89 on 18 October 2021. He won his seventh Challenger title of the season in Tenerife defeating Feliciano Lopez in the final [8] and becoming the sole record holder for most trophies at that level in a single year.[9][10] As a result, moved another 16 positions up to a new career high of No. 72 on 8 November 2021. He won his eight Challenger at the 2021 Slovak Open II and moved to a new career high ranking of No. 65 on 15 November 2021.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of twin brothers and retired tennis players Scott Griekspoor and Kevin Griekspoor who are five years older and peaked at No. 205 and No. 655 respectively in the ATP Rankings.[5]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 25 (17–8)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (10–2)
ITF Futures Tour (7–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (9–4)
Clay (8–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Finland F1, Vierumäki Futures Clay Alexander Vasilenko 6–7(9–11), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–2 Oct 2015 Tunisia F26, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Roberto Ortega Olmedo 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2016 Finland F2, Hyvinkää Futures Clay Ivan Nedelko 1–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–3 Aug 2016 Belgium F10, Koksijde Futures Clay Thomas Bréchemier 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–4 Oct 2016 Turkey F42, Antalya Futures Hard Artem Smirnov 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2016 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–5 Jan 2017 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Aleksandar Lazov 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2–6 Jan 2017 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard Cem İlkel 4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win 3–6 Mar 2017 Bahrain F1, Manama Futures Hard Michal Konečný 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–6 Sep 2017 Sweden F3, Jönköping Futures Hard (i) Dzmitry Zhyrmont 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 5–6 Oct 2017 Sweden F4, Falun Futures Hard (i) Jürgen Zopp 6–4, 6–1
Win 6–6 Oct 2017 Greece F6, Heraklion Futures Hard Matteo Viola 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 7–6 Nov 2017 Greece F8, Heraklion Futures Hard Carlos Gómez-Herrera 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–6 Jul 2018 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Juan Ignacio Londero 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 8–7 Jul 2019 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Mikael Ymer 3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 9–7 Sep 2019 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Challenger Clay Sumit Nagal 6–2, 6–3
Loss 9-8 Aug 2020 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Aslan Karatsev 4-6, 6-7(6-8)
Win 10–8 May 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Oscar Otte 5-7, 6–4, 6-4
Win 11–8 June 2021 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Sebastián Báez 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 12–8 Jul 2021 Amersfoort, Netherlands Challenger Clay Botic van de Zandschulp 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Win 13–8 Oct 2021 Murcia, Spain Challenger Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 14–8 Oct 2021 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay Andrea Pellegrino 6–3, 6–2
Win 15–8 Oct 2021 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay Alexander Ritschard 6–3, 6–2
Win 16–8 Nov 2021 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Feliciano López 6-4, 6-4
Win 17–8 Nov 2021 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Zsombor Piros 6-3, 6-2

Doubles: 16 (7–9)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (7–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2014 Belgium F13, De Panne Futures Clay Scott Griekspoor Michael Geerts
James Junior Storme		 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 2015 Finland F1, Vierumäki Futures Clay Bobbie De Goeijen Herkko Pöllänen
Mikael Torpegaard		 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–1 Oct 2015 Norway F1, Oslo Futures Hard (i) Scott Griekspoor Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov		 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Jan 2016 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard Tim van Rijthoven Martin Blaško
Paul Monteban		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–2 Mar 2016 France F6, Poitiers Futures Hard (i) Scott Griekspoor Maxime Authom
Jonathan Eysseric		 6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 3–3 Apr 2016 Bahrain F1, Manama Futures Hard Scott Griekspoor Cameron Silverman
Quinton Vega		 0–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 May 2016 Croatia F5, Bol Futures Clay Tobias Simon Omar Jasika
Bradley Mousley		 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–4 Jun 2016 Netherlands F1, Alkmaar Futures Clay Tim van Rijthoven Ruben Gonzales
Connor Smith		 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
Win 5–4 Jul 2016 Netherlands F3, Middelburg Futures Clay Tim van Rijthoven Bobbie De Goeijen
Yanais Laurent		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Jul 2016 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Tim van Rijthoven Wesley Koolhof
Matwé Middelkoop		 1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Loss 5–6 Jan 2017 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Sidney de Boer Petar Čonkić
Goran Marković		 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [3–10]
Win 6–6 Mar 2017 Greece F1, Heraklion Futures Hard Kevin Griekspoor Richard Gabb
Luke Johnson		 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–6 Aug 2017 Turkey F31, Antalya Futures Clay Sidney de Boer Anis Ghorbel
Filip Horanský		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 7–7 Sep 2017 Sweden F3, Jönköping Futures Hard (i) Kevin Griekspoor Markus Eriksson
Milos Sekulic		 0–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Mar 2018 Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Maxime Authom Adrian Bodmer
Mark Vervoort		 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–12]
Loss 7–9 May 2019 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Thiemo de Bakker Luca Margaroli
Filip Polášek		 4–6, 6–2, [8–10]

Record against top 10 players

Griekspoor's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (7–6(9-7), 4–6, 6–7(5-7)) at 2019 Davis Cup Finals
Novak Djokovic 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (2–6, 3–6, 2–6) at 2021 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
Stan Wawrinka 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (4–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2018 Rotterdam
Alexander Zverev 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (3–6, 4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Number 5 ranked players
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–7(5-7), 1–6) at 2019 Rotterdam
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (3–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2019 Rotterdam
Casper Ruud 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3-7)) at 2021 Acapulco
Total 2–5 28.57% 2–4
(33%)		 0–0
( – )		 0–1
(0%)		 * Statistics correct as of 3 November 2021

References
  1. "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/82417/griekspoor-remains-unstoppable-wins-slovak-open
  3. "Tennis: Gilles Muller reaches career-high 28th place in ATP ranking". 13 February 2017.
  4. "Tallon Griekspoor Claims Third Challenger Crown of 2021 | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. "Why Tallon Griekspoor Prepared for US Open (And Novak Djokovic) on Clay | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2021-09-02/2021-09-02_getting_to_know_tallon_griekspoor.html
  7. "Griekspoor Earns Back-To-Back Titles in Napoli". 17 October 2021.
  8. https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/82037/griekspoor-wins-record-breaking-7th-challenger-title-in-tenerife
  9. https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/challenger-tenerife-tallon-griekspoor-sets-a-new-record
  10. https://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2021/11/08/challenger-tour-weekly-recap-tallon-griekspoor-stands-alone/
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