Joran Vliegen

Joran Vliegen (born 7 July 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 36 achieved on 2 March 2020.[1] He also has a career high singles ranking of 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen won two singles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit, but now focuses on doubles. Vliegen has with partner Sander Gillé claimed 3 ATP tour doubles titles.[2]

Joran Vliegen
Vliegen at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceMaaseik, Belgium
Born (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993
Maaseik, Belgium
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$ 364,470
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 508 (1 August 2016)
Doubles
Career record38-29
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 36 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 36 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French OpenQF (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open1R (2019)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2020)
Wimbledon3R (2019)
US Open1R (2019)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Early life and background

Vliegen was born in Maaseik, Belgium to parents Ivo Vliegen and Annick Desender. He has a brother named Warre. He started playing tennis at the age of five.[3] In 2011 he moved to the United States to play college tennis at East Carolina University. He was named 2014 Conference USA Player of the Year.[4] He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in business.[3]

Career

2018

Vliegen made his debut with the Belgium Davis Cup team in 2018. In the quarter finals against the United States, he and Sander Gillé lost against Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock.[5]

2019

In 2019 he and Gillé managed to pull off a surprise win over Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in the Belgium-Brazil Davis cup tie contributing to Belgium qualifying for the 2019 Davis Cup Finals held in November.[6]

Vliegen made his Grand Slam debut in the 2019 French Open. Partnering Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan he managed to reach the quarter finals.[4] At Wimbledon 2019, Vliegen made his debut in a mixed doubles event, and reached the third round with Zheng Saisai from China.[7]

Vliegen won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2019 Swedish Open with fellow Belgian Sander Gillé.[8] One week later, again partnering with Gillé, he also won the title at the Swiss Open.[9] The duo continued their winning streak by reaching the final of the Austrian Open, losing to Philipp Oswald and Filip Polášek.[10] Two months later, Vliegen and Gillé picked up their third title of 2019 at the Zhuhai Championships.[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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 (3–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Sander Gillé Federico Delbonis
Horacio Zeballos		 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 Swiss Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Sander Gillé Philipp Oswald
Filip Polášek		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Aug 2019 Austrian Open, Austria 250 Series Clay Sander Gillé Philipp Oswald
Filip Polášek		 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Sep 2019 Zhuhai Championships, China 250 Series Hard Sander Gillé Marcelo Demoliner
Matwé Middelkoop		 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (2–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 Belgium F8, Middelkerke Futures Hard Julien Cagnina 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 1–1 Sep 2015 Belgium F14, Middelkerke Futures Clay Jeremy Jahn 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2016 Belgium F11, Huy Futures Clay Romain Barbosa 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 50 (36–14)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (13–7)
ITF Futures Tour (23–7)
Titles by Surface
Hard (9–3)
Clay (25–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2013 Belgium F6, Heist Futures Clay Cedric De Zutter Bobbie De Goeijen
Scott Griekspoor		 7–5, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 2013 Belgium F8, Eupen Futures Clay Sander Gillé Gustavo Gómez Buyatti
Antoine Hoang		 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–0 Aug 2014 Belgium F11, Koksijde Futures Clay Sander Gillé Jake Eames
David Pérez Sanz		 3–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win 4–0 Jun 2015 Belgium F2, Damme Futures Clay Sander Gillé Antoine Hoang
Ugo Nastasi		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–1 Jun 2015 Belgium F3, Havré Futures Clay Sander Gillé Deiton Baughman
Fabrício Neis		 6–2, 4–6, [2–10]
Win 5–1 Jul 2015 Belgium F7, Duinbergen Futures Clay Sander Gillé Julien Cagnina
Jonas Merckx		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 5–2 Aug 2015 Belgium F8, Middelkerke Futures Hard Sander Gillé Sander Arends
Ariel Behar		 7–6(7–1), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 5–3 Aug 2015 Belgium F9, Eupen Futures Clay Sander Gillé Billy Harris
Evan Hoyt		 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 6–3 Aug 2015 Belgium F10, Koksijde Futures Clay Sander Gillé Evan Hoyt
Toby Martin		 6–2, 6–1
Win 7–3 Aug 2015 Belgium F11, Jupille-sur-Meuse Futures Clay Sander Gillé Evan Hoyt
Toby Martin		 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–3 Aug 2015 Belgium F12, Ostend Futures Clay Antoine Hoang Kevin Benning
Jonas Merckx		 6–2, 7–5
Win 9–3 Sep 2015 Belgium F14, Middelkerke Futures Clay Gonçalo Oliveira Timon Reichelt
George von Massow		 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 10–3 Oct 2015 Norway F2, Oslo Futures Hard (i) Sander Gillé Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov		 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win 11–3 Nov 2015 Norway F3, Oslo Futures Hard (i) Sander Gillé Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov		 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 12–3 Jan 2016 France F2, Bressuire Futures Hard (i) Sander Gillé Benjamin Bonzi
Grégoire Jacq		 7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win 13–3 Jan 2016 France F3, Veigy-Foncenex Futures Carpet (i) Sander Gillé Scott Clayton
Richard Gabb		 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
Loss 13–4 Mar 2016 Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Sander Gillé Dominik Kellovský
Jaroslav Pospíšil		 6–3, 3–6, [11–13]
Win 14–4 Mar 2016 Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Sander Gillé Tom Schönenberg
Matthias Wunner		 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 15–4 Apr 2016 Uzbekistan F2, Bukhara Futures Hard Sander Gillé Evgeny Elistratov
Vitaly Kozyukov		 6–4, 6–3
Win 16–4 May 2016 Ukraine F1, Cherkasy Futures Clay Sander Gillé Antoine Bellier
Vladyslav Manafov		 6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 17–4 Jun 2016 Belgium F2, Havré Futures Clay Sander Gillé Adam Taylor
Jason Taylor		 6–2, 6–4
Win 18–4 Jul 2016 Belgium F3, Nieuwpoort Futures Clay Sander Gillé Stijn Meulemans
Laurens Verboven		 6–2, 6–3
Win 19–4 Jul 2016 Belgium F6, Knokke Futures Clay Sander Gillé Hunter Johnson
Yates Johnson		 6–4, 6–4
Win 20–4 Jul 2016 Belgium F7, Duinbergen Futures Clay Sander Gillé Michael Geerts
Jeroen Vanneste		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Win 21–4 Aug 2016 Trnava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Tomasz Bednarek
Roman Jebavý		 6–2, 7–5
Loss 21–5 Aug 2016 Meerbusch, Germany Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Mikhail Elgin
Andrei Vasilevski		 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 21–6 Aug 2016 Belgium F11, Huy Futures Clay Sander Gillé Jarryd Bant
Tom Farquharson		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 21–7 Jan 2017 Germany F2, Kaarst Futures Carpet (i) David Pel Jannis Kahlke
Oscar Otte		 3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 22–7 Jan 2017 France F3, Veigy-Foncenex Futures Carpet (i) Julien Dubail Antal van der Duim
Tim van Terheijden		 4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 22–8 Mar 2017 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay Sander Gillé Tuna Altuna
Cem İlkel		 6–0, 2–6, [8–10]
Win 23–8 May 2017 Italy F12, Naples Futures Clay Sander Gillé Antal van der Duim
Boy Westerhof		 6–4, 6–2
Win 24–8 May 2017 Romania F1, Bucharest Futures Clay Sander Gillé Andrei Ștefan Apostol
Nicolae Frunză		 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 25–8 Jun 2017 Lyon, France Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko		 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), [14–12]
Win 26–8 Jun 2017 Blois, France Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Máximo González
Fabrício Neis		 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 27–8 Jul 2017 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Jozef Kovalík
Stefanos Tsitsipas		 6–2, 4–6, [12–10]
Win 28–8 Jul 2017 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Lucas Gómez
Juan Ignacio Londero		 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
Loss 28–9 Sep 2017 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Marco Cecchinato
Matteo Donati		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 28–10 Sep 2017 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Martin Kližan
Jozef Kovalík		 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 29–10 Jan 2018 Rennes, France Challenger Hard (i) Sander Gillé Sander Arends
Antonio Šančić		 6–3, 6–7(1–7), [10–7]
Loss 29–11 Feb 2018 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i) Sander Gillé Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski		 3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 29–12 May 2018 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies		 3–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win 30–12 Jul 2018 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Fernando Romboli
David Vega Hernández		 6–4, 6–2
Win 31–12 Aug 2018 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Filip Polášek
Patrik Rikl		 6–3, 6–4
Win 32–12 Aug 2018 Pullach, Germany Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Daniele Bracciali
Simone Bolelli		 6–2, 6–2
Win 33–12 Oct 2018 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Sander Gillé Purav Raja
Antonio Šančić		 3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 34–12 Oct 2018 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i) Sander Gillé Leander Paes
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela		 3–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win 35–12 Nov 2018 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Challenger Hard (i) Sander Gillé Romain Arneodo
Quentin Halys		 6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Loss 35–13 Jan 2019 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán		 2–6, 7–6(8–6), [8–10]
Loss 35–14 Mar 2019 Marbella, Spain Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies		 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [6–10]
Win 36–14 Jun 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Sander Gillé Lukáš Klein
Alex Molčan		 6–2, 7–5

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Current through the 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament201520162017201820192019SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
French Open A A A A QF 0 / 1 3–1
Wimbledon A A A Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 0 / 4 5–4
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Paris Masters A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup A A A QF 1R 0 / 2 2–2
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 1 3 18 3 22
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 4 0 / 0 3 / 4
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 31–16 3–3 34–24
Year-end ranking 360 159 117 85 39 59%

References
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