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Kristof Vliegen
Belgian tennis player (born 1982)
Belgian tennis player (born 1982)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kristof Vliegen |
| image | Kristof Vliegen.jpg |
| country | Belgium |
| residence | Maaseik, Belgium |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Maaseik, Belgium |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 2001 |
| retired | 2011 |
| plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| careerprizemoney | $1,964,020 |
| singlesrecord | 89–122 |
| singlestitles | 0 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 30 (30 October 2006) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 3R (2006) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 3R (2007) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (2006, 2007, 2009) |
| USOpenresult | 1R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010) |
| doublesrecord | 40–51 |
| doublestitles | 0 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 49 (11 June 2007) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 2R (2006, 2007, 2008) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | 3R (2007) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | 2R (2006, 2007) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | 3R (2006) |
| updated | 21 August 2021 |
Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player.
Personal information
He is not related to fellow Belgian tennis player Joran Vliegen.
Coaching
He coached Zizou Bergs until May 2025. He is currently coaching Alex Michelsen since October 2025.
Career
2001
Vliegen turned professional in 2001.
2006
Vliegen was a semifinalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.
2009
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 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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2) |
|
| Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Titles by setting |
|---|
| Outdoor (0–2) |
| Indoor (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | [](2003-aapt-championships-singles) | Adelaide, Australia | International Series | Hard | RUS Nikolay Davydenko | 2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 0–2 | [](2006-bmw-open-singles) | Munich, Germany | International Series | Clay | BEL Olivier Rochus | 4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2) |
|
| Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–2) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Titles by setting |
|---|
| Outdoor (0–2) |
| Indoor (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | [](2006-if-stockholm-open-doubles) | Stockholm, Sweden | International Series | Hard | BEL Olivier Rochus | AUS Paul Hanley | |
| RSA Kevin Ullyett | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–2 | [](2010-atlanta-tennis-championships-doubles) | Atlanta, United States | 250 Series | Hard | IND Rohan Bopanna | USA Scott Lipsky | |
| USA Rajeev Ram | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–12] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 16 (11–5)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (9–4) |
| ITF Futures (2–1) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (5–1) |
| Clay (6–4) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Luxembourg F2, Luxembourg | Futures | Clay | FRA Jordane Doble | 4–4 ret. | |
| Win | 1–1 | France F6, Lille | Futures | Hard | GBR Jérôme Haehnel | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) | |
| Win | 2–1 | Germany F6, Oberweier | Futures | Clay | GER Daniel Elsner | 6–1, 1–0 ret. | |
| Win | 3–1 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | ESP Galo Blanco | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–1, 4–6, 6–0 | |
| Win | 5–1 | Groningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Hard | SWE Joachim Johansson | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 5–2 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | SUI Stan Wawrinka | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 5–3 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | CZE Tomáš Zíb | 7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 1–6 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | NED Melle van Gemerden | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 5–5 | Mons, Belgium | Challenger | Hard | LAT Ernests Gulbis | 5–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | 6–5 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | AUT Jürgen Melzer | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 7–5 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | KAZ Yuri Schukin | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | 8–5 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Challenger | Clay | GER Andreas Beck | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| Win | 9–5 | Grenoble, France | Challenger | Hard | FRA Alexandre Sidorenko | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 10–5 | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard | GER Andreas Beck | 6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–3 | |
| Win | 11–5 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ESP Albert Montañés | 4–2 ret. |
Doubles: 10 (7–3)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (4–3) |
| ITF Futures (3–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–2) |
| Clay (6–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | France F2, Angers | Futures | Clay | BEL Wim Neefs | BLR Vitali Shvets | ||
| YUG Relja Dulic-Fiser | 6–1, 6–3 | |||||||
| Win | 2–0 | France F4, Deauville | Futures | Clay | BEL Wim Neefs | FIN Kim Tiilikainen | ||
| GER Jan Weinzierl | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |||||||
| Win | 3–0 | Netherlands F1, Enschede | Futures | Clay | BEL Stefan Wauters | NED Bart De Gier | ||
| NED Michel Koning | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 | |||||||
| Win | 4–0 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | BEL Tom Vanhoudt | RUS Yuri Schukin | ||
| CZE Lukáš Dlouhý | 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 | |||||||
| Loss | 4–1 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | BEL Steve Darcis | FRA Julien Benneteau | ||
| FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7) | |||||||
| Win | 5–1 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | GRE Konstantinos Economidis | ARG Sebastián Prieto | ||
| ARG Juan Martín del Potro | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||||
| Loss | 5–2 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | BEL Dick Norman | GBR James Auckland | ||
| GBR Ross Hutchins | 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10] | |||||||
| Loss | 5–3 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | NED Peter Wessels | SRB Janko Tipsarević | ||
| SRB Dušan Vemić | 2–6, 6–7(6–8) | |||||||
| Win | 6–3 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | BEL Dick Norman | AUT Rainer Eitzinger | ||
| AUT Armin Sandbichler | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||||
| Win | 7–3 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | RSA Jeff Coetzee | USA James Cerretani | ||
| CAN Adil Shamasdin | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2000 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | BEL Dominique Coene | GBR Andrew Banks | |
| GBR Benjamin Riby | 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 |
Performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0 / 23 | 9–23 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 10–8 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 17 | 14–17 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | Q2 | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madrid | A | 1R | A | 3R | Q2 | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | NMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A |
Doubles
References
References
- (3 August 2008). "Joran Vliegen kan niet voor verrassing zorgen".
- (6 October 2025). "Bergs rallies to reach first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final".
- (15 October 2025). "Alex Michelsen wins Almaty debut to end losing skid, reveals coaching trial with Kristof Vliegen".
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