Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Brussels, Belgium |
Born | Brussels, Belgium | 6 March 1978
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. |
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.
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.[1]
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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2000 | Great Britain F2, Chigwell | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F2, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 2–1 | Oct 2000 | France F22, Saint-Dizier | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 3–1 | Nov 2002 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–2 | Apr 2003 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2003 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 4–3 | Feb 2004 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 5–3 | Mar 2004 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Feb 2006 | Andrézieux, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Doubles: 13 (8–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 1998 | Greece F4, Corfu | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 1998 | Greece F7, Athens | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, 3–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 1999 | France F4, Clermont-Ferrand | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–6, 7–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 1999 | Greece F2, Filippiada | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Mar 2000 | France F6, Douai | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–3 | Jul 2001 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Aug 2001 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Sep 2001 | France F17, Plaisir | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4 |
Win | 7–3 | Nov 2001 | Bolton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 8–3 | Feb 2002 | Hull, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–4 | Mar 2004 | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 8–5 | Jan 2005 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "Groups out to ace corruption". Jamaica Gleaner News. 10 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
- Sources
External links
- Gilles Elseneer at the International Tennis Federation
- Gilles Elseneer at the Association of Tennis Professionals