Steve Darcis

Steve Darcis
Country (sports)  Belgium
Residence Saive, Belgium
Born (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984
Liège, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2003
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,989,070
Singles
Career record 111–121
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 38 (22 May 2017)
Current ranking No. 161 (14 May 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2017)
French Open 3R (2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2009, 2013, 2017)
US Open 2R (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record 24–42
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 126 (5 January 2009)
Current ranking No. 322 (9 April 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2010)
French Open QF (2008)
Wimbledon 3R (2012)
US Open 3R (2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup F (2015, 2017)
Last updated on: 15 April 2018.

Steve Darcis (French pronunciation: ​[stiv daʁsi],[1][2] born 13 March 1984) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No.38 on 22 May 2017.

Personal life

Steve Darcis was born in Liège, Belgium, the son of Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. He has a sister named Céline. Growing up, he looked up at Pete Sampras.[3] On 29 May 2013, his girlfriend Lauranne gave birth to daughter Camille.[4][5]

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Darcis compiled a singles win/loss record of 73–32, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002 (and No. 15 in doubles). He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships Boys' singles event.

2007–2009

Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first Top 100 ranking on 26 November 2007 by winning a Challenger event in Finland.

Darcis competed at the 2008 Australian Open and the French Open, losing in the first round in both. He and Olivier Rochus, however, reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament at the French Open. He reached the second round at the US Open. He won a second ATP event at Memphis in March 2008, defeating Robin Söderling in the final.[6] He reached the final of the Dutch Open again, but lost to Albert Montañés.[7] In 2009, Darcis played in three Grand Slam tournaments: the 2009 Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, reaching the second round only at Wimbledon. He also reached the quarterfinals at Queens.

2010–present

Darcis qualified for the 2010 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, retiring in his third-round match against Rafael Nadal. He failed to qualify for the Australian Open.

At the 2011 French Open, Darcis advanced to the main draw as a qualifier, and in the first round pulled off a shock victory over 22nd seed Michaël Llodra. Darcis followed this up by beating Philipp Petzschner, to advance into the third round, where he was defeated by Frenchman Gaël Monfils in straight sets.

Darcis made the quarterfinals in Vienna, beating Nikolay Davydenko on the way, but was defeated by Daniel Brands.

In 2012, Darcis made the final of the Dallas Challenger tournament but lost to Jesse Levine. At Eastbourne International, he defeated Matthew Ebden,[8] Marcos Baghdatis,[9] and Marinko Matosevic[10] to face Andy Roddick in the semifinals. Darcis retired a set down at 1–3 due to a back injury.[11]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Darcis beat Tomáš Berdych in the first round.[12]

In the first round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships on 24 June, Darcis defeated fifth-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets.[13] This made him the first player ever to defeat Nadal in the first round of any tennis Major. Darcis was ranked 130 places lower than Nadal. At the time, he was the lowest-ranked player ever to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament.[14][15][16] It was announced prior to his second round match that he had withdrawn due to a shoulder injury sustained in the Nadal match.

In the 2017 Australian Open, Darcis defeated Sam Groth and Diego Schwartzman both in 4 sets to reach the third round, tying his best Grand Slam result to date (in singles). He was taken out by Andreas Seppi despite winning the first set of the match.[17]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (1–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 July 2007 Dutch Open, Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Austria Werner Eschauer 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 2. 2 March 2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Memphis, United States Hard (i) Sweden Robin Söderling 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 3. 20 July 2008 Dutch Open, Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Spain Albert Montañés 6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open.

Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 A 1R 1R Q3 A 1R 1R A Q3 1R 3R 0 / 6 2–6
French Open A A Q1 Q3 A 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 9 4–9
Wimbledon A A Q2 A A 1R 2R A Q2 1R 2R* Q2 1R A 2R 0 / 6 3–5
US Open A A A Q1 1R 2R 1R A 2R 2R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 9 5–9
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–3 3–4 0 / 30 14–29
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH Not Held NH 1R Not Held 3R Not Held A NH 0 / 2 2–2
Davis Cup A A PO A A 1R PO 1R 1R PO 1R PO F PO F 0 / 5 22–9
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–0 0–2 4–2 1–0 4–1 0 / 7 24–11
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 2R A A 2R Q1 A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Miami Open A A A A A Q1 1R A A 1R Q1 A 3R A A 0 / 3 2–3
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A Q2 A A Q2 Q1 A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A 2R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid Open A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters NMS A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
German Open A A A A A 1R Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 9 5–9
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 6–2 21–23 6–18 6–6 9–6 22–17 5–6 0–3 12–13 4–5 17–16 108–117
Year-end Ranking 482 368 153 483 86 61 122 109 88 93 164 160 86 86 48%

* At Wimbledon 2013, Darcis withdrew prior to the second round

Doubles

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3
French Open QF A A A 1R A A 1R A 1R 0 / 4 3–4
Wimbledon 1R A A A 3R A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
US Open 1R A A A 1R A A 1R A 3R 0 / 4 2–4
Win–Loss 3–4 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 0 / 13 8–13

Wins over top-10 opponents

No. Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Darcis
Rank
2012
1. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 7 Olympics, London, United Kingdom Grass 1R 6–4, 6–4 75
2013
2. Spain Rafael Nadal 5 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 1R 7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8), 6–4 135
2017
3. Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 10 China Open, Beijing, China Hard 1R 6–0, 6–4 73

References

  1. ↑ ARTENGO (2016-10-06). "TENNIS // #IAD16 Ziplayer nos partenaires techniques". YouTube (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  2. ↑ Rumsby, Ben (25 June 2013). "Wimbledon 2013: after defeating Rafael Nadal in the first round". Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Kinder, Lucy (24 June 2013). "Steve Darcis: 10 things you need to know about man that beat Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon 2013". Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. ↑ S.F. (7 December 2012). "Steve Darcis : "Je serai papa en juin"" (in French). DH.be. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Steve Darcis heureux papa d'une petite Camille". L'Avenir (in French). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Association of Tennis Professionals (5 December 2007). "11 Players Break into 2007 Century Club". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  7. ↑ "Spain's Albert Montanes wins Dutch Open". 20 July 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Darcis qualifié à Eastbourne" (in French). Ethiastrophy.be. 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Roddick, Harrison reach Eastbourne quarters". Fox News. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "ATP Eastbourne - Steve Darcis en demi-finales" (in French). DH.be. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Andy Roddick Earns 600th Career Win After Steve Darcis Retires At Eastbourne". The Huffington Post. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Kinder, Lucy (28 July 2012). "London Olympics: Tomas Berdych crashes out". Daily Mail. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  13. ↑ http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/results/day8.html
  14. ↑ "Rafa savaged by the Shark! Unknown world No 135 Darcis tastes sweetest victory with one of Wimbledon's most stunning upsets". Daily Mail. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Rafael Nadal knocked out of Wimbledon by Belgian Steve Darcis". Guardian. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Steve Darcis withdraws with shoulder injury". Guardian UK. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Steve Darcis vs Andreas Seppi H2H". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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