Ruben Bemelmans
| Bemelmans in 2021 | |
| Country (sports) | Belgium |
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| Residence | Maasmechelen, Belgium |
| Born | (1988年01月14日) 14 January 1988 (age 37) Genk, Belgium |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Retired | Oct 2022 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US2,192,636ドル |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 30–61 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 84 (28 September 2015)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2018) |
| French Open | 2R (2018) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2017) |
| US Open | 3R (2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 13–16 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 128 (1 October 2012) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2012, 2017, 2018) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | F (2015, 2017) |
| Hopman Cup | F (2011) |
| Last updated on: 22 October 2022. | |
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Ruben Bemelmans (Flemish pronunciation: [ˈrybə(m)ˈbeːməlmɑns] ; born 14 January 1988) is a Belgian coach and former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 84 in singles, achieved on 28 September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved on 1 October 2012. Bemelmans competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour.
Career
[edit ]2006–2009: Turned Pro
[edit ]Bemelmans won his first Futures event in Espelkamp, Germany in July 2007. His best performance to date was in winning the Volkswagen Challenger event in Wolfsburg in March 2009, winning three matches in qualifying before going on to beat Stefano Galvani of Italy in the final. He won this tournament again in 2011.[2]
2010–2014: ATP and Grand Slam debut, Hopman Cup finalist
[edit ]In February 2010 Bemelmans succeeded in qualifying for his first ATP level event, the Zagreb Indoors tournament. However he lost in the first round to Alexandre Sidorenko of France in three sets.[3]
In June 2010, he entered the main draw of the 2010 Gerry Weber Open in Halle as a lucky loser. In the opening round he lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three close sets.
In September 2010, Ruben played for Belgium in the Davis cup play-off tie against Australia. He was a late replacement for an injured Steve Darcis. He played Lleyton Hewitt and after a solid effort, he succumbed in a 6–7, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6 duel.[4]
In January 2011, Bemelmans was invited to represent Belgium in the Hopman Cup alongside Justine Henin. They reached the final, beating Kazakhstan and Serbia along the way, where they were defeated by USA 2–1.[5]
Bemelmans won his first match in a Grand Slam main draw at 2012 Wimbledon, defeating Carlos Berlocq in 4 sets. He was bested by Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the second round. About a month later, Bemelmans (playing doubles with fellow countryman Xavier Malisse) won his first title on the ATP Tour, the 250 level Los Angeles Open.
In 2013, Bemelmans made the final of 2 Challenger Tour events, Nottingham (a Challenger event from 2011 to 2014) and Eckental where he lost to Steve Johnson and Benjamin Becker respectively. As a qualifier, Bemelmans reached the quarterfinals of Vienna in 2013, defeating No. 4 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber en route.
2014 saw Bemelmans have another strong showing at Eckental, this time winning the tournament, beating 2012 champion Daniel Brands en route.
2015–2018: US Open and Wimbledon third rounds
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In September 2015, Bemelmans defeated Gilles Müller and Jack Sock (retired) to reach the third round of the US Open where he lost against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in three sets.[6]
He was unable to defend his title in Eckental however, falling in the semi-finals to Benjamin Becker. Bemelmans also played an active part in the Belgian Davis Cup team that reached the final that season, and played the second singles rubber where he was beaten by Andy Murray.
Bemelmans made 2 Challenger finals late in 2016, at Charlottesville and Champaign.
In 2017, Bemelmans won the title in Koblenz,[7] which pushed him back inside the Top 150, before losing to Denis Shapovalov in the final of the Challenger in Drummondville.
He then made the third round of Wimbledon, his best result at the tournament, beating former world No. 2 Tommy Haas in the first round.
The 2018 Australian Open saw Bemelmans win his first match at the tournament in 3 main draw appearances when he earned a credible first round victory over 18th seed Lucas Pouille.[8]
At the 2018 French Open he made it past the first round for the second consecutive grand slam when he beat Yuki Bhambri in his opening match.[9] However he lost in five sets in round two to Estonian Jürgen Zopp.[10]
Bemelmans qualified for the 2018 Wimbledon Championships defeating Bernard Tomic in the final qualifying round.[11] He then defeated American Steve Johnson in five sets to reach round 2 of a slam for the third consecutive time in 2018.[12]
2019–2022: Retirement
[edit ]He made history when he qualified for an Open Era record sixth time at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships beating American Donald Young 6–4, 6–4, 6–1. Bemelmans had been tied for the qualifying record with Alejandro Falla, Ken Flach, Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Jimmy Wang.[13]
In February 2021, He won his sixth singles Challenger title at the 2021 Challenger La Manche defeating Lukáš Rosol. In September, he also won his tenth doubles Challenger title at the 2021 Challenger Biel/Bienne partnering Daniel Masur.
He played his last singles professional match in the qualifying draw as a wildcard at the 2022 European Open in Antwerp.[14] He also participated in the doubles event having received also a wildcard partnering compatriot Alexander Blockx where he lost in the first round.[15]
ATP career finals
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Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2012 | Los Angeles Open, US | 250 Series | Hard | Belgium Xavier Malisse | United Kingdom Jamie Delgado United Kingdom Ken Skupski |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–7] |
Team competition finals
[edit ]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2011 | Hopman Cup, Perth, Western Australia | Hard | Belgium Justine Henin | United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States John Isner |
1–2 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2015 | Davis Cup, Ghent, Belgium | Clay (i) | Belgium David Goffin Belgium Steve Darcis Belgium Kimmer Coppejans |
United Kingdom Andy Murray United Kingdom Kyle Edmund United Kingdom James Ward United Kingdom Jamie Murray |
1–3 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Nov 2017 | Davis Cup, Lille, France | Hard (i) | Belgium David Goffin Belgium Steve Darcis Belgium Joris De Loore |
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France Lucas Pouille France Richard Gasquet France Pierre-Hugues Herbert |
2–3 |
Challenger and Futures finals
[edit ]Singles: 37 (20–17)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2007 | Sweden F1, Malmö | Futures | Hard (i) | Sweden Pablo Figueroa | 6–7(8–10), 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2007 | Romania F5, Bacău | Futures | Clay | Romania Artemon Apostu-Efremov | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2007 | Germany F9, Römerberg | Futures | Clay | Jamaica Dustin Brown | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2007 | Germany F10, Espelkamp | Futures | Clay | Germany Franz Stauder | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–3 | Nov 2007 | Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Belgium Niels Desein | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2008 | Germany F3, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet (i) | Belgium Jeroen Masson | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Mar 2008 | Switzerland F2, Bassersdorf | Futures | Carpet (i) | Czech Republic Ladislav Chramosta | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2008 | Italy F15, Cesena | Futures | Clay | Ecuador Carlos Avellán | 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Nov 2008 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Russia Evgeny Korolev | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 5–5 | Feb 2009 | France F3, Bressuire | Futures | Hard (i) | France Vincent Millot | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–5 | Mar 2009 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Italy Stefano Galvani | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Sep 2009 | France F15, Plaisir | Futures | Hard (i) | France Pierrick Ysern | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–5 | Mar 2010 | France F4, Lille | Futures | Hard (i) | Belgium Niels Desein | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–5 | Mar 2010 | France F5, Poitiers | Futures | Hard (i) | France Charles-Antoine Brézac | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jul 2010 | Spain F23, Palma del Río | Futures | Hard | Belgium Niels Desein | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) |
| Loss | 10–6 | Nov 2010 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Netherlands Igor Sijsling | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 11–6 | Feb 2011 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Germany Dominik Meffert | 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11–7 | Jan 2012 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Germany Björn Phau | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11–8 | May 2012 | Athens, Greece | Challenger | Hard | Australia Marinko Matosevic | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11–9 | Sep 2012 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Belgium David Goffin | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 11–10 | Jun 2013 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | United States Steve Johnson | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 11–11 | Nov 2013 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Germany Benjamin Becker | 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 12–11 | Nov 2014 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Germany Tim Pütz | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Win | 13–11 | Feb 2015 | Germany F4, Nußloch | Futures | Carpet (i) | Germany Maximilian Marterer | 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 13–12 | Feb 2015 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Challenger | Hard (i) | Belgium Niels Desein | 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 14–12 | Apr 2015 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Challenger | Hard | France Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Win | 15–12 | Jul 2016 | Belgium F5, Middelkerke | Futures | Hard | Belgium Yannick Mertens | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |
| Win | 16–12 | Oct 2016 | USA F34, Burlingame | Futures | Hard (i) | Republic of Ireland Sam Barry | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 16–13 | Nov 2016 | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | United States Reilly Opelka | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 16–14 | Nov 2016 | Champaign, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Switzerland Henri Laaksonen | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 17–14 | Jan 2017 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Germany Nils Langer | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–0) |
| Loss | 17–15 | Mar 2017 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Canada Denis Shapovalov | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 17–16 | Jul 2017 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Spain Guillermo García López | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6 |
| Loss | 17–17 | Nov 2018 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | France Antoine Hoang | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 18–17 | Jan 2020 | Germany M25, Nußloch | ITF World Tennis Tour | Carpet (i) | Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Win | 19–17 | Mar 2020 | Italy M25, Trento | ITF World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Austria Alexander Erler | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 20–17 | Feb 2021 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Czech Republic Lukas Rosol | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 40 (27–13)
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Singles performance timeline
[edit ]| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
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| Australian Open | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1–3 |
| French Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 1–2 | |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | NH | Q2 | 4–7 | |
| US Open | Q2 | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 3R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q3 | 2–3 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–15 |
Best Grand Slam results details
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References
[edit ]- ^ "Ruben Bemelmans/overview". Association of Tennis Professionals.
- ^ "Ruben Bemelmans schrijft Challengertoernooi van Wolfsburg op zijn naam" [Ruben Bemelmans wins Wolfsburg challenger]. nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Mediahuis n.v. 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015.
- ^ "Ruben Bemelmans meteen out op eerste ATP-toernooi" [First round loss for Bemelmans in first appearance in an ATP tournament]. hbvl.be (in Dutch). Mediahuis n.v. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015.
- ^ Forde-White, Emily (14 September 2010). "Rochus levels tie down under". Daviscup.com. International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
- ^ "USA Wins Sixth Hyundai Hopman Cuplwork=hopmancup.com". International Tennis Federation. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011.
- ^ Clary, Brian (5 September 2015). "Wawrinka keeps rolling, takes out Bemelmans in three". US Open.org. United States Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Challenger Spotlight Bemelmans Koblenz 2017 | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ Dewulf, Filip (15 January 2018). "Bemelmans zorgt in Australië voor stunt van formaat tegen Pouille". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch).
- ^ "French Open: Yuki Bhambri out in first round after straight-sets loss to lucky loser Bemelmans".
- ^ "Lucky loser Zopp battles into third round in Paris".
- ^ "Subscribe to the Gold Coast Bulletin".
- ^ "Bemelmans zorgt voor verrassing op Wimbledon: 30-jarige Limburger schakelt Amerikaan Johnson na felbevochten vijfsetter". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Belgian Ruben Bemelmans Makes Wimbledon Qualifying History | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Two-time Davis Cup finalist Ruben Bemelmans retires from tennis". 21 June 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Ruben Bemelmans Ends Singles Career in Antwerp". 17 October 2022.
