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Tim van Rijthoven

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Rijthoven, not Rijthoven.

Tim van Rijthoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɪɱ vɑn ˈrɛitɦoːvə(n)]; born 24 April 1997) is a Dutch professional tennis player.

Tim van Rijthoven
Van Rijthoven at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceAmstelveen, Netherlands
Born (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27)
Roosendaal, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachJean-Baptiste Blanc (2007–15)
Richard Krajicek (2017–18)
Paul Haarhuis
Igor Sijsling (2022–)
Prize moneyUS $736,961
Singles
Career record12–11
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 101 (18 July 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2022)
French OpenQ3 (2022)
Wimbledon4R (2022)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 225 (9 May 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup2–1
Last updated on: 12 March 2024.

Van Rijthoven has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101, which he first achieved on 18 July 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] In June 2022, he claimed his first five ATP Tour wins (including over world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev) en route to his maiden Rosmalen Grass Court Championships title.[3]

Van Rijthoven has represented Netherlands at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 2–1. He has won 13 Futures tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour, including eight singles titles and five doubles titles.

Professional career

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2016: ATP debut and top 300

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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.[4] Van Rijthoven described the match as "a great experience".[5]

2022: Maiden ATP title with win over World No. 2, Major debut and fourth round, top 105

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He made his top 250 debut in doubles on 17 January 2022 after a quarterfinal in Challenger in Traralgon, Australia partnering with Nino Serdarušić. 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.[6] Next, he beat Hugo Gaston in straight sets to reach his first semifinal.[7][8] 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.[9] Van Rijthoven pulled off another upset by defeating world no. 2 and top seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the final, becoming the lowest ranked player to win an ATP title in 2022, the lowest-ranked player to win a title since the 335th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in 2021 Córdoba and the first Dutchman to win the ATP 250 event since Sjeng Schalken in 2003.[10] He moved to just outside the top 100 at World No. 106 on 13 June 2022 climbing 99 positions up in the rankings.[11][12]

As a result of his title run, van Rijthoven received a wildcard into Wimbledon where he made his Grand Slam debut.[13] On his Major debut he won his first Grand Slam match at Wimbledon in three straight sets defeating Federico Delbonis. In the second round he defeated 15th seed Reilly Opelka,[14] then in the third round, he defeated 22nd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili to advance to the fourth round of a major on his debut, becoming the seventh ATP player to achieve that feat since 2000[15][16][17] and only the third player in the past two years to do so after Aslan Karatsev and Lorenzo Musetti, as well as the first wildcard since Nick Kyrgios to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.[citation needed] In the round of 16, he lost to the top seed and eventual champion, Novak Djokovic in four sets.[18][19]

Due to a back injury sustained in Indianapolis, van Rijthoven did not play any tournaments until his debut at the US Open. He beat qualifier Zhang Zhizhen in the first round, saving 7 match points in the third set.[20] He was beaten by 5th seed and eventual runner up, Casper Ruud, in the second round.

2023: Loss of form, hiatus

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He reached the second round at the 2023 Maharashtra Open.[21]

He played his last match of the season in February at his home tournament the 2023 ABN AMRO Open as a wildcard where he lost to Maxime Cressy.[22] Due to not being able to defend his title at the 2023 Libéma Open he fell out of the top 350 to No. 390 on 12 June 2023.

2024: Return announced

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In early June it was announced that Van Rijtoven had received a wildcard and would return to the grass at 2024 Libéma Open where he had won the tournament as a wildcard 2 years ago. [23]

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Libéma Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A Q3 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A NH A 4R A Q1 0 / 1 3–1
US Open A A A A A A A 2R A Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 4–2
National representation
Davis Cup PO Z1 A A A A A A QR 0 / 0 3–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 11
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 9–6 2–2 0–1 12–11
Year-end ranking 591 381 – 412 291 344 261 115 874

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass   Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 15 (8–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2015 Turkey F40, Antalya Futures Hard   Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Nov 2015 Greece F10, Heraklion Futures Hard   Eric James Johnson 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2015 Greece F11, Heraklion Futures Hard   Gonzales Austin 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Mar 2016 Canada F1, Gatineau Futures Hard (i)   Alex Kuznetsov 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Apr 2016 Italy F7, Pula Futures Clay   Laurent Lokoli 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 2016 Canada F6, Calgary Futures Hard   Brayden Schnur 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 3–4 Feb 2018 Usa F6, Palm Coast Futures Clay   Maxime Chazal 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–4 Jul 2018 Netherlands F3, Amstelveen Futures Clay   Sidane Pontjodikromo 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–4 Feb 2019 M25 Barnstaple, UK World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Danylo Kalenichenko 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–1
Loss 5–5 Mar 2019 M15 Manama, Bahrein World Tennis Tour Hard   Tomáš Macháč 3–6, 3–6
Win 6–5 Apr 2019 M25 Andijan, Uzbekistan World Tennis Tour Hard   Konstantin Kravchuk 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win 7–5 May 2019 M25 Namangan, Uzbekistan World Tennis Tour Hard   Roman Safiullin 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
Win 8–5 Apr 2021 M25 Biel World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Jiří Lehečka 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–6 Aug 2021 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard   Benjamin Bonzi 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 4–6
Loss 8–7 Feb 2022 Forlí, Italy Challenger Hard (i)   Jack Draper 1–6, 2–6

Record against other players

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Record against top-10 players

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Van Rijthoven's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
  Daniil Medvedev 1–0 100% – – 1–0 Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
  Novak Djokovic 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Number 2 ranked players
  Casper Ruud 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 5 ranked players
  Taylor Fritz 1–0 100% – – 1–0 Won (6–7(9–11), 7–5, 6–4) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
Number 6 ranked players
  Félix Auger-Aliassime 1–0 100% – – 1–0 Won (6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
  Holger Rune 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)) at 2022 Sofia
Total 3–3 50% 0–2
(0%) 		0–0
( – ) 		3–1
(75%) 		* Statistics correct as of 10 October 2022

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

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Active players are in boldface.

*As of 11 July 2022

Wins over top-10 players

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  • He has a 2–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2022 Total
Wins 2 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TvRR
2022
1.   Félix Auger-Aliassime 9 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass SF 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) 205
2.   Daniil Medvedev 2 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass F 6–4, 6–1 205
*As of 3 July 2022

References

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  1. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Home Wild Card Van Rijthoven Stuns Medvedev For Dream 's-Hertogenbosch Title". ATP Tour. 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven maakt sterk ATP-debuut, maar verliest toch van Jiri Vesely". Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  5. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  6. ^ "Daniil Medvedev Begins Grass Swing with Win in 's-Hertogenbosch". ATP Tour.
  7. ^ "Tennis: Local wild card Tim van Rijthoven continues dream week to reach semis". Tennismajors.com. 10 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Felix Advances in 's-Hertogenbosch, Faces Wild Card van Rijthoven in SFS". ATP Tour.
  9. ^ "Van Rijthoven Pulls Off Felix Upset To Reach 's-Hertogenbosch Final". ATP Tour.
  10. ^ "Tim van RIjthoven Stuns Daniil Medvedev for Dream Title at Libema Open". ATP Tour.
  11. ^ "Den Bosch Dream: World No. 205 Tim van Rijthoven defeats Daniil Medvedev for first ATP title". Tennis.com.
  12. ^ "First-Time Winner Spotlight: Tim van Rijthoven". ATP Tour.
  13. ^ "Stan Wawrinka Headlines Wimbledon Wild Cards". ATP Tour.
  14. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven Keeps Rattling off Grass-Court Wins". Lastwordonsports.com. 29 June 2022.
  15. ^ "C'mon, Tim! Wildcard van Rijthoven 'rides wave' into Wimbledon's last 16". TheGuardian.com. July 2022.
  16. ^ Futterman, Matthew (July 2022). "Tennis Gets Another Fairy Tale, Maybe the Craziest One Yet". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven Rolls into Round 4 at Wimbledon: Dream Debut! | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  18. ^ "Tim Van Rijthoven Sees 'Big Win' In Novak Djokovic Defeat | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  19. ^ "5 Things to Know About Novak Djokovic's Next Opponent: Tim van Rijthoven".
  20. ^ "Tennis 101 & Why 7 Match Points Didn't Phase Tim van Rijthoven".
  21. ^ "Tim van Rijthoven became the third Dutchman into the second round of the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune on Tuesday with a first-round victory against Radu Albot. | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  22. ^ "Rotterdam: Cressy knocks out van Rijthoven". 15 February 2023.
  23. ^ Tim Van Rijtoven receives Libema Open 2024 Wildcard
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