Martijn van Haasteren

Martijn van Haasteren
Full name Martijn van Haasteren
Country (sports)  Netherlands
(2003-2008)
 Netherlands Antilles
(2008-2013)
Born (1980-09-12) 12 September 1980
Delft [1]
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $75,582
Singles
Career record 3–4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 474 (6 February 2006)
Doubles
Career record 4–15
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 117 (12 February 2007)

Martijn van Haasteren (born 12 September 1980) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who competed for both the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles

Biography

Originally representing the Netherlands, van Haasteren played on tour mostly as a doubles specialist.

He appeared in 11 ATP Tour tournaments from 2006 to 2008, mainly with countryman Jasper Smit, with whom he made the quarter-finals of the events in Amersfoort and Zagreb. The pair also won three Challenger titles. One of those came against future world number one doubles player Jamie Murray and partner Colin Fleming, in Dublin. He reached his career best doubles ranking of 117 in 2007.[2]

In 2008 he switched allegiance to the Netherlands Antilles, in order to play Davis Cup fixtures.[3] He played in the Davis Cup until 2011 and also served as team captain.[3]

As a coach he has been involved with Michel Koning, Matwe Middelkoop, Stephan Fransen and Colin van Beem.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 2006 Dublin, Ireland Carpet Netherlands Jasper Smit United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Jamie Murray		 6–3, 2–6, [10-8]
2. 2006 Helsinki, Finland Hard Netherlands Jasper Smit Latvia Ernests Gulbis
Latvia Deniss Pavlovs		 7–6(8–6), 6–2
3. 2007 Grenoble, France Hard Netherlands Jasper Smit Denmark Frederik Nielsen
Denmark Martin Pedersen		 6–3, 6–1

References

  1. ↑ Martijn van Haasteren at toptennisers.nl
  2. ↑ "Padeldemonstraties op 12 november bij opening padelbanen Keltenwoud". Ede Stad (in Dutch). 1 November 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Missèt, Robert (4 March 2011). "'Ik ben lang niet op Curaçao geweest'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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