Wesley Koolhof

Wesley Koolhof
	Koolhof at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Duiven, Netherlands
Born	17 April 1989; Zevenaar, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Marco Kroes
Prize money	US$1,719,240
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 462 (5 August 2013)
Doubles
Career record	156–127 (55.1%)
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 5 (23 November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 21 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	SF (2020)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	F (2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2020)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2019, 2020, 2021)
French Open	SF (2021)
Wimbledon	SF (2019)
US Open	QF (2018, 2019)
	Last updated on: 8 November 2021.

Wesley Koolhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛsli ˈkoːlɦɔf];[1] born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 5 achieved on 23 November 2020.

Koolhof reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2020 US Open alongside Nikola Mektić, and the pair also won the 2020 ATP Finals. In mixed doubles, Koolhof is a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist.

He has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, also finishing runner-up at three Masters 1000 tournaments. Koolhof made his Davis Cup debut for the Netherlands in 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, partnering Jean-Julien Rojer. He is the son of the late Dutch international footballer Jurrie Koolhof.

Career

2020: ATP Finals title and US Open doubles final, top 5 year-end doubles ranking

2020 was the most successful year for Koolhof in his career thus far. He won the 2020 ATP Finals in doubles partnering Nikola Mektić. He also reached the doubles semifinal of the 2020 French Open and the final at the 2020 US Open partnering again with Nikola Mektić. As a result he finished the year at No. 5 in the top 10 rankings in doubles and No. 3 in the doubles race with his partner Nikola Mektić.

2021: Seventh ATP doubles title, Second mixed doubles semifinal

In May, Koolhof won his seventh title at the 2021 Bavarian Championships with Kevin Krawietz. He also reached his 7th and 8th consecutive Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open with Łukasz Kubot and at the 2021 Italian Open (tennis) with compatriot Jean-Julien Rojer.[2]

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	US Open	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Mate Pavić Bruno Soares	5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2020	ATP Finals, London	Hard (i)	Nikola Mektić	Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Miami Open	Hard	Stefanos Tsitsipas	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–7^(8–10)
Loss	2019	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Robin Haase	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(3–7), [9–11]
Loss	2019	Canadian Open	Hard	Robin Haase	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 5–7

ATP career finals

Doubles: 23 (7 titles, 16 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–10)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (4–9)
Indoor (3–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2016	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Philipp Oswald Adil Shamasdin	5–7, 7–6^(11–9), [10–6]
Win	2–0	Jul 2016	Austrian Open, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Dennis Novak Dominic Thiem	2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	3–0	Jan 2017	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Feb 2017	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 2017	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Artem Sitak	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Sep 2017	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Artem Sitak	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 2018	New York Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Artem Sitak	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	3–5	Mar 2018	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Artem Sitak	Federico Delbonis Máximo González	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–6	May 2018	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Artem Sitak	Kyle Edmund Cameron Norrie	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	Oct 2018	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marcus Daniell	Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara	5–7, 6–7^(8–10)
Win	4–7	Jan 2019	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	4–8	Mar 2019	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Stefanos Tsitsipas	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–7^(8–10)
Loss	4–9	Apr 2019	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Robin Haase	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(3–7), [9–11]
Loss	4–10	Apr 2019	Hungarian Open, Hungary	250 Series	Clay	Marcus Daniell	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–11	May 2019	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Marcus Daniell	Dominic Inglot Austin Krajicek	4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	4–12	Jul 2019	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Robin Haase	Oliver Marach Jürgen Melzer	2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	4–13	Aug 2019	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Robin Haase	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 5–7
Win	5–13	Jan 2020	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Luke Bambridge Santiago González	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	5–14	Feb 2020	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Nikola Mektić	Nicolas Mahut Vasek Pospisil	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–15	Sep 2020	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Mate Pavić Bruno Soares	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–15	Nov 2020	ATP Finals, United Kingdom	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Nikola Mektić	Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	7–15	May 2021	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Kevin Krawietz	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	7–16	Oct 2021	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Nicolas Mahut Fabrice Martin	0–6, 1–6

ATP Challenger Tour titles

Doubles: 14

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
17 November 2013	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Stephan Fransen	Roman Borvanov Alexander Satschko	1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
27 July 2014	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Radu Albot Mateusz Kowalczyk	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
6 February 2015	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Sergei Bubka Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–1, 6–4
2 May 2015	Turin, Italy	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
4. July 2015	Marburg, Germany	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Tobias Kamke Simon Stadler	6–1, 7–5
15 August 2015	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
11 September 2015	Seville, Spain	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Marco Bortolotti Kamil Majchrzak	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
26 September 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Kamil Majchrzak Stéphane Robert	6–4, 6–2
25 October 2015	Brest, France	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
16 January 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
19 June 2016	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Matwé Middelkoop	Marcelo Demoliner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6^(7–5), 0–6, [10–8]
31 July 2016	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Tallon Griekspoor Tim van Rijthoven	6–1, 3–6, [13–11]
26 November 2016	Andria, Italy	Carpet (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Roman Jebavý Zdeněk Kolář	6–3, 6–3
13 May 2017	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Andre Begemann Jérémy Chardy	2–6, 6–4, [16–14]

Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (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, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current after the 2021 Paris Masters.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	3R	0 / 5	6–5
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	SF	3R	0 / 6	9–6
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	2R	1R	1R	QF	NH	1R	0 / 5	4–5
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	F	3R	0 / 6	9–6
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–4	4–4	7–4	9–3	6–4	0 / 22	28–22
Year-end championship
ATP Finals	Did Not Qualify							W	DNQ	1 / 1	4–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	F		1R	0 / 2	4–2
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	F		2R	0 / 2	5–2
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF		QF	0 / 2	5–2
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	QF	0 / 3	3–3
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	NH	2R	0 / 2	5–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	0 / 3	3–3
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 4	1–4
Win–Loss
Tournaments	1	1	3	17	22	27	26	14	21	137
Titles	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	7
Finals	0	0	0	2	4	4	7	4	2	23
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	2–3	13–15	18–21	29–27	42–27	28–13	24–19	156–127
Year-end ranking	161	221	67	60	46	42	14	5		55.12%

References

"The pronunciation by Wesley Koolhof himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
"Splitsville: Why Doubles Break Ups Can be Smart to do | ATP Tour | Tennis".

External links

Wesley Koolhof at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Wesley Koolhof at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "The pronunciation by Wesley Koolhof himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[2] "Splitsville: Why Doubles Break Ups Can be Smart to do | ATP Tour | Tennis".

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Dutch male doubles tennis players
as of 8 November 2021
1. Wesley Koolhof (21 6) 2. Matwé Middelkoop (30 ) 3. Jean-Julien Rojer (45 5) 4. Robin Haase (70 3) 5. Sander Arends (90 1)
5. David Pel (99 1) 7. Sem Verbeek (106 2) 8. Jesper de Jong (166 13) 9. Bart Stevens (210 21) 10. Mark Vervoort (229 1)