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Tim van Rijthoven, geb. 24 April 1997 is een Nederlandse professionele tennis speler.
Van Rijthoven has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 175, which he first achieved in April 2022 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 225, attained in May 2022.[1] As a junior, he reached a high of world No. 13 in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles tournament and semifinals of the boys' doubles.[2]
Van Rijthoven vertegenwoordigde Netherlands at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 1–1. He has won 13 Futures tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour, including eight singles titles and five doubles titles.
Professional career[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
2016: ATP debut[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
In 2016 he made his debut on the ATP World Tour by qualifying as a lucky loser for the Winston-Salem Open after Thanasi Kokkinakis withdrew due to a recurring shoulder injury, where he lost to Jiří Veselý in the first round.[3] Van Rijthoven described the match as "a great experience".[4]
2022: First ATP 250 win, Challenger final and top 150 debut[bewerken | brontekst bewerken]
He made his top 250 debut in doubles on 17 January 2022 after a quarterfinal in Challenger in Traralgon, Australia partnering with Nino Serdarusic. He made his top 200 debut in singles on 21 February 2022 after reaching his second singles Challenger final as a qualifier in Forli, Italy. At the same tournament, seeded third, he reached the quarterfinals in doubles with Robin Haase and improved his doubles ranking to No. 235.
Ranked No. 205 on his debut at the 2022 Libéma Open as a wildcard, he defeated Matthew Ebden and world No. 14 and third seed Taylor Fritz to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in his career.[5] There, he beat Hugo Gaston in straight sets to reach his first semifinal.[6][7] There, he won against a top 10 player for the first time in his career by upsetting world No. 9 and second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals.[8] van Rijthoven pulled off another upset by defeating world no. 2 Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the final to win the title. As a result, he moved to just outside the top 100, at 106, on June 13th, 2022.
- ↑ Tim van Rijthoven | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis.
- ↑ https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/tim-van-rijthoven/800335512/ned/jt/d/activity/
- ↑ Tim van Rijthoven maakt sterk ATP-debuut, maar verliest toch van Jiri Vesely. Omroep Brabant. Geraadpleegd op 12 juli 2017.
- ↑ Tim van Rijthoven on Twitter. Geraadpleegd op 12 juli 2017.
- ↑ Daniil Medvedev Begins Grass Swing with Win in 's-Hertogenbosch | ATP Tour | Tennis.
- ↑ Tennis: Local wild card Tim van Rijthoven continues dream week to reach semis (10 June 2022).
- ↑ Felix Advances in 's-Hertogenbosch, Faces Wild Card van Rijthoven in SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis.
- ↑ Van Rijthoven Pulls Off Felix Upset To Reach 's-Hertogenbosch Final.