Wesley Koolhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛsli ˈkoːlɦɔf];[2] born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who was ranked World No. 1 in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2023 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles with Neal Skupski and the 2022 French Open in mixed doubles with Ena Shibahara.

Wesley Koolhof
Koolhof at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceDuiven, Netherlands
Born (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 35)
Zevenaar, Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2008
Retired24 November 2024
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRob Morgan, Mariusz Fyrstenberg[1]
Prize moneyUS$4,659,899
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 462 (5 August 2013)
Doubles
Career record307–193
Career titles21
Highest rankingNo. 1 (7 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2022, 2023)
French OpenSF (2020)
WimbledonW (2023)
US OpenF (2020, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2020)
Olympic Games2R (2021, 2024)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French OpenW (2022)
WimbledonSF (2019)
US OpenQF (2018, 2019)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesSF (2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2024)

Koolhof also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2020 and 2022 US Opens, alongside Nikola Mektić and Skupski respectively. He has won 21 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2020 ATP Finals with Mektić and six at Masters 1000 level. Koolhof became world No. 1 for the first time in November 2022, becoming the fourth Dutchman to attain the top ranking in doubles after Tom Okker, Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh, and ending the year as joint No. 1 alongside Skupski. In singles, he reached his career-high ranking of world No. 462 in August 2013.

Koolhof has represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup since 2019 and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games partnering Jean-Julien Rojer and at the 2024 Olympics partnering Tallon Griekspoor. He was part of the team that reached the Davis Cup final in 2024 and the quarterfinals in 2022 and in 2023, the Netherlands' best performances in the competition since 2005.

Personal life

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He is the son of the late Dutch international footballer Jurrie Koolhof, and the elder brother of Dean Koolhof.

Koolhof is in a long-term relationship with former WTA tennis player Julia Görges.[3]

Career

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2015–16: Partnership with Middelkoop, First ATP & 11 Challengers titles

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Koolhof won his maiden ATP tour doubles title at the 2016 Sofia Open on indoor hardcourts in Bulgaria, partnering compatriot Matwe Middelkoop. The pair defeated Adil Shamasdin and Philipp Oswald in a third set tie-breaker 5–7, 7–6(11–9), [10–6] in the championship match to capture the title.

2017–18: New partnership with Sitak, Five ATP finals

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Koolhof teamed up with New Zealand player Artem Sitak mid-year in 2017. They reached the final at the 2017 BB&T Atlanta Open, losing to the Bryan brothers, and lost in the first round at the US Open before winning a Challenger event in Szczecin, Poland, and losing another ATP final, this time at the 2017 Moselle Open in Metz, France, to Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

Starting the new 2018 year in Brisbane, Sitak and Koolhof lost in the semi-finals to Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos. They lost in the first round in Auckland to Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and then 7–6(5), 4–6, 4–6 in the second round of the Australian Open to the eventual winners, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić.

Sitak and Koolhof then went to Newport Beach in California where, as top seeds, they lost in the first round in straight sets to Treat Huey and Denis Kudla. They then lost in the quarterfinals at Montpellier before going all the way to the final in the New York Open, being beaten by Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in a match tie-break. They followed that up with a first-round loss at Delray Beach to Scott Lipsky and Divij Sharan.

Their up and down season continued in Brazil, where they reached the final in São Paulo, but were beaten in straight sets by Federico Delbonis and Máximo González. Their next stop was Irving, Texas, where they lost in the semifinals of the ATP Challenger to Alexander Peya and Philipp Petzschner. Moving to Europe, and playing in the Alicante Challenger in Spain as preparation for the European clay court season, they won their second title together when they beat Guido Andreozzi and Ariel Behar in the final in straight sets. They lost in the first round of their next tournament in Marrakech. In the Hungarian Open they beat the top seeds Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya in the first round, but lost in the second to Marcin Matkowski and Sitak's former partner Nicholas Monroe.

Their next tournament was at Estoril where they went all the way to the final before losing to the British pair of Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie. They then lost in the first round of the Bordeaux Challenger tournament after Sitak had been hit in the right ear by a smash from Radu Albot, and also in the first round in Geneva, the last tournament before the French Open.

At Roland Garros, Sitak and Koolhof beat Andre Begemann and Antonio Sancic in the first round, then the ninth seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram, before going down to fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. All three matches went to a deciding set. After the tournament was finished, it was announced that the pair would split, with Koolhof joining Sitak's fellow New Zealander, and former partner, Marcus Daniell, and Sitak linking up with Indian Divij Sharan.[4]

2019: First Major quarterfinal with Daniell, Three Masters finals

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Koolhof partnering with Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2019 Miami Open losing to the Bryan brothers and with Robin Haase made the finals of the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2019 Canadian Open.

At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals partnering Marcus Daniell in doubles and the semifinals in mixed doubles with Květa Peschke.

2020: ATP Finals title & US Open final with Mektic, World No. 5

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2020 was the most successful year for Koolhof in his career thus far. He won the 2020 ATP Finals in doubles partnering Nikola Mektić. He also reached the doubles semifinal of the 2020 French Open and the final at the 2020 US Open partnering again with Nikola Mektić. As a result, he finished the year at world No. 5 in the top 10 rankings in doubles and No. 3 in the doubles race with his partner Nikola Mektić.

2021: Seventh title, Second mixed doubles semifinal, Olympics debut

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In May, Koolhof won his seventh title at the 2021 Bavarian Championships with Kevin Krawietz. He also reached his 7th and 8th consecutive Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open with Łukasz Kubot and at the 2021 Italian Open with compatriot Jean-Julien Rojer.[5]

2022: Partnership with Skupski, three Masters & mixed doubles titles, World No. 1

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Partnering with Neal Skupski he won two ATP 250 titles during the Australian Summer swing, before the 2022 Australian Open. The pair reached the quarterfinals at the first Grand Slam of the year for the first time at this Major. They won their third title at the 2022 Qatar ExxonMobil Open dropping only one set en route to the final where they defeated Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.[6] He reached the final of the 2022 Miami Open with Skupski where they lost to John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.

Seeded seventh, they reached their second Masters 1000 final at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open after defeating John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.[7] In the final they defeated fifth seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal to win their first Masters 1000 title in their career and as a pair.[8] As a result Koolhof returned to the top 10 in the rankings on 9 May 2022.

At the 2022 French Open he won his first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles in his career partnering Ena Shibahara.[9] He also reached the quarterfinals with Skupski for the second time at this Major defeating unseeded pair of Americans Tommy Paul and Mackenzie McDonald. [10]

He reached a new career high doubles ranking of World No. 4 on 8 August at the start of the 2022 National Bank Open where he reached with Skupski the semifinals of a Masters 1000 for the third time in the season defeating Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliövaara.[11] Next the pair advanced to the eight final of the season defeating Krawietz/Mies.[12] They won their sixth title defeating Dan Evans (tennis) and John Peers (tennis).[13] As a result he moved to world No. 3 in the doubles rankings on 15 August 2022.

Seeded 2nd at the US Open the pair reached the quarterfinals defeating Wimbledon champions Australian pair of Ebden/Purcell in three sets.[14] Next they defeated Marcelo Demoliner and Joao Sousa to reach the semifinals. They reached the finals after defeating Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer in the semifinals for a chance to become World No. 1.[15] In the finals, they lost in straight sets to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.[16] At the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters the pair Koolhof/Skupski reached the semifinals defeating ninth seeds Rohan Bopanna/Matwe Middelkoop climbing to World No. 1 and World No. 2 respectively, and solidifying the No. 1 position as a pair in the doubles race.[17] They reached their 10th final and fourth at a Masters level for the season defeating seventh seeds Lloyd Glasspool /Harri Heliövaara.[18] They won their third Masters title and seventh for the season defeating eight seeds Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek in the final.[19] They also clinched the No. 1 year-end ranking as a team.[20][21]

2023: Wimbledon champion, 20th title

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The world No. 1 duo Koolhof and Skupski continued their good form reaching yet another Masters final at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.

At the 2023 French Open he reached the quarterfinals with Skupski for the third time in his career. He lost to the 10th seeded team of Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers.[22] He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships with Skupski and returned to the No. 1 ranking.[23]

On 28 November 2023, he announced that the 2024 season would be his last on the ATP Tour.[24]

2024: Shanghai, Paris Bercy titles, Davis Cup finalist, retirement

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In 2024, after reuniting with Nikola Mektić for his last season, he won his first ATP 500 title at the home tournament, the 2024 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam.[25][26] Unseeded, he won the 2024 BNP Paribas Open with Mektic defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final.[27][28] Also unseeded at the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters, they reached the semifinals defeating Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow and kept their position of No. 8 above their opponents in the ATP doubles race.[29] Following reaching the final with a win over Santiago González and Édouard Roger-Vasselin, the duo Koolhof and Mektic climbed a position up to No. 7 in the ATP Live doubles race. They won their fourth title for the season defeating Argentinian duo of Máximo González and Andrés Molteni. It was Koolhof's 20th doubles title.[30]

Koolhof and Mektić won their fifth title of the season at the Paris Masters at Bercy, defeating Lloyd Glasspool and Adam Pavlásek in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[31]

He finished his last season ranked in the top 10, at the 2024 ATP Finals, where he partnered with Nikola Mektić, losing his last ATP match in the round robin stage.[32]

Partnering Botic van de Zandschulp Koolhof won the decisive match and helped the Netherlands team reach the semifinals at the 2024 Davis Cup, with a win over Spanish duo Carlos Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers.[33] The Netherlands subsequently reached the final after defeating Germany in the two singles matches.[34]

Significant finals

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Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2020 US Open Hard   Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić
  Bruno Soares
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2022 US Open Hard   Neal Skupski   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 2023 Wimbledon Grass   Neal Skupski   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2022 French Open Clay   Ena Shibahara   Ulrikke Eikeri
  Joran Vliegen
7–6(7–5), 6–2

Year-end championships

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2020 ATP Finals, London Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Jürgen Melzer
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Masters 1000

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Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2019 Miami Open Hard   Stefanos Tsitsipas   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
5–7, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay   Robin Haase   Nikola Mektić
  Franko Škugor
7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 2019 Canadian Open Hard   Robin Haase   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
5–7, 5–7
Loss 2022 Miami Open Hard   Neal Skupski   Hubert Hurkacz
  John Isner
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 2022 Madrid Open Clay   Neal Skupski   Juan Sebastián Cabal
  Robert Farah
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Win 2022 Canadian Open Hard   Neal Skupski   Dan Evans
  John Peers
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 2022 Paris Masters Hard (i)   Neal Skupski   Ivan Dodig
  Austin Krajicek
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 2023 Indian Wells Masters Hard   Neal Skupski   Rohan Bopanna
  Matthew Ebden
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 2024 Indian Wells Masters Hard   Nikola Mektić   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Win 2024 Shanghai Masters Hard   Nikola Mektić   Máximo González
  Andrés Molteni
6–4, 6–4
Win 2024 Paris Masters (2) Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Lloyd Glasspool
  Adam Pavlásek
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Summer Olympics

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Mixed doubles: 1 (1 fourth place)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris Clay   Demi Schuurs   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Félix Auger-Aliassime
3–6, 6–7(2–7)

ATP Tour finals

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Doubles: 45 (21 titles, 24 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (6–5)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–6)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (12–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (15–15)
Clay (3–7)
Grass (3–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (17–16)
Indoor (4–8)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 Sofia Open, Bulgaria 250 Series Hard (i)   Matwé Middelkoop   Philipp Oswald
  Adil Shamasdin
5–7, 7–6(11–9), [10–6]
Win 2–0 Jul 2016 Austrian Open, Austria 250 Series Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Dennis Novak
  Dominic Thiem
2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win 3–0 Jan 2017 Sydney International, Australia 250 Series Hard   Matwé Middelkoop   Jamie Murray
  Bruno Soares
6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–1 Feb 2017 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i)   Matwé Middelkoop   Ivan Dodig
  Marcel Granollers
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 3–2 Jul 2017 Atlanta Open, United States 250 Series Hard   Artem Sitak   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Sep 2017 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i)   Artem Sitak   Julien Benneteau
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2018 New York Open, United States 250 Series Hard (i)   Artem Sitak   Max Mirnyi
  Philipp Oswald
4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 3–5 Mar 2018 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i)   Artem Sitak   Federico Delbonis
  Máximo González
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–6 May 2018 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay   Artem Sitak   Kyle Edmund
  Cameron Norrie
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 Oct 2018 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i)   Marcus Daniell   Luke Bambridge
  Jonny O'Mara
5–7, 6–7(8–10)
Win 4–7 Jan 2019 Brisbane International, Australia 250 Series Hard   Marcus Daniell   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 4–8 Mar 2019 Miami Open, United States Masters 1000 Hard   Stefanos Tsitsipas   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
5–7, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 4–9 Apr 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco Masters 1000 Clay   Robin Haase   Nikola Mektić
  Franko Škugor
7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 4–10 Apr 2019 Hungarian Open, Hungary 250 Series Clay   Marcus Daniell   Ken Skupski
  Neal Skupski
3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–11 Jun 2019 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass   Marcus Daniell   Dominic Inglot
  Austin Krajicek
4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 4–12 Jul 2019 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay   Robin Haase   Oliver Marach
  Jürgen Melzer
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 4–13 Aug 2019 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard   Robin Haase   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
5–7, 5–7
Win 5–13 Jan 2020 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard   Rohan Bopanna   Luke Bambridge
  Santiago González
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 5–14 Feb 2020 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Nicolas Mahut
  Vasek Pospisil
3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–15 Sep 2020 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard   Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić
  Bruno Soares
5–7, 3–6
Win 6–15 Nov 2020 ATP Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Jürgen Melzer
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 7–15 May 2021 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay   Kevin Krawietz   Sander Gillé
  Joran Vliegen
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 7–16 Oct 2021 European Open, Belgium 250 Series Hard (i)   Jean-Julien Rojer   Nicolas Mahut
  Fabrice Martin
0–6, 1–6
Win 8–16 Jan 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1, Australia 250 Series Hard   Neal Skupski   Aleksandr Nedovyesov
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 6–4
Win 9–16 Jan 2022 Adelaide International 2, Australia 250 Series Hard   Neal Skupski   Ariel Behar
  Gonzalo Escobar
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 10–16 Feb 2022 Qatar Open, Qatar (2) 250 Series Hard   Neal Skupski   Rohan Bopanna
  Denis Shapovalov
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss 10–17 Apr 2022 Miami Open, United States Masters 1000 Hard   Neal Skupski   Hubert Hurkacz
  John Isner
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 10–18 Apr 2022 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay   Neal Skupski   Kevin Krawietz
  Andreas Mies
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Win 11–18 May 2022 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay   Neal Skupski   Juan Sebastián Cabal
  Robert Farah
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Win 12–18 Jun 2022 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass   Neal Skupski   Matthew Ebden
  Max Purcell
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win 13–18 Aug 2022 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard   Neal Skupski   Dan Evans
  John Peers
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 13–19 Sep 2022 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard   Neal Skupski   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 14–19 Nov 2022 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i)   Neal Skupski   Ivan Dodig
  Austin Krajicek
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 14–20 Mar 2023 Indian Wells Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard   Neal Skupski   Rohan Bopanna
  Matthew Ebden
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 14–21 Apr 2023 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay   Neal Skupski   Máximo González
  Andrés Molteni
3–6, 7–6(10–8), [4–10]
Win 15–21 Jun 2023 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2) 250 Series Grass   Neal Skupski   Gonzalo Escobar
  Aleksandr Nedovyesov
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 16–21 Jul 2023 Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   Neal Skupski   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–4
Loss 16–22 Oct 2023 China Open, China 500 Series Hard   Neal Skupski   Ivan Dodig
  Austin Krajicek
7–6(14–12), 3–6, [5–10]
Win 17–22 Jan 2024 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard   Nikola Mektić   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 18–22 Feb 2024 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Robin Haase
  Botic van de Zandschulp
6–3, 7–5
Win 19–22 Mar 2024 Indian Wells Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard   Nikola Mektić   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 19–23 Jun 2024 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass   Nikola Mektić   Nathaniel Lammons
  Jackson Withrow
6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 20–23 Oct 2024 Shanghai Masters, China Masters 1000 Hard   Nikola Mektić   Máximo González
  Andrés Molteni
6–4, 6–4
Loss 20–24 Oct 2024 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 Series Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Jamie Murray
  John Peers
3–6, 5–7
Win 21–24 Nov 2024 Paris Masters, France (2) Masters 1000 Hard (i)   Nikola Mektić   Lloyd Glasspool
  Adam Pavlásek
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP Challenger Tour titles

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Doubles: 14

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Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
17 November 2013 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Stephan Fransen   Roman Borvanov
  Alexander Satschko
1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
27 July 2014 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay   Alessandro Motti   Radu Albot
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
7–6(9–7), 6–3
6 February 2015 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Matwé Middelkoop   Sergei Bubka
  Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–1, 6–4
2 May 2015 Turin, Italy Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Dino Marcan
  Antonio Šančić
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
4. July 2015 Marburg, Germany Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Tobias Kamke
  Simon Stadler
6–1, 7–5
15 August 2015 Prague, Czech Republic Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Sergey Betov
  Mikhail Elgin
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
11 September 2015 Seville, Spain Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Marco Bortolotti
  Kamil Majchrzak
7–6(7–5), 6–4
26 September 2015 Trnava, Slovakia Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Kamil Majchrzak
  Stéphane Robert
6–4, 6–2
25 October 2015 Brest, France Hard (i)   Matwé Middelkoop   Ken Skupski
  Neal Skupski
3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
16 January 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Matwé Middelkoop   Gero Kretschmer
  Alexander Satschko
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
19 June 2016 Ilkley, United Kingdom Grass   Matwé Middelkoop   Marcelo Demoliner
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–5), 0–6, [10–8]
31 July 2016 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Tallon Griekspoor
  Tim van Rijthoven
6–1, 3–6, [13–11]
26 November 2016 Andria, Italy Carpet (i)   Matwé Middelkoop   Roman Jebavý
  Zdeněk Kolář
6–3, 6–3
13 May 2017 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay   Matwé Middelkoop   Andre Begemann
  Jérémy Chardy
2–6, 6–4, [16–14]

Doubles 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; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Men's doubles

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Current through the 2024 ATP Finals.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R QF QF 3R 0 / 8 14–8
French Open A A A 1R 1R 3R 2R SF 3R QF QF 2R 0 / 9 16–9
Wimbledon A A Q1 2R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 3R W 2R 1 / 8 13–7
US Open A A A 1R 1R 2R 3R F 3R F 3R QF 0 / 9 19–9
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 4–4 7–4 9–3 6–4 13–4 14–3 7–4 1 / 34 62–33
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did not qualify W DNQ SF RR RR 1 / 4 8–7
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 1R NH 2R QF F W 1 / 5 11–4
Miami Open A A A A A A F 1R F QF 2R 0 / 5 11–5
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A F 2R 1R QF 2R 0 / 5 6–5
Madrid Open A A A A A A SF QF W QF 1R 1 / 5 12–4
Italian Open A A A A A A 1R 2R QF QF SF QF 0 / 6 10–6
Canadian Open A A A A A A F NH 2R W 2R A 1 / 4 9–3
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 1R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 6 4–6
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A 1R NH QF W 1 / 3 8–2
Paris Masters A A A A A 1R 1R QF 1R W QF W 2 / 7 10–5
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 15–9 4–3 8–8 21–5 14–9 18–5 6 / 46 80–40
Win–loss
Tournaments 1 1 3 17 22 27 26 14 21 21 25 24 202
Titles 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 7 2 5 21
Finals 0 0 0 2 4 4 7 4 2 10 5 7 45
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 2–3 13–15 18–21 29–27 42–27 28–13 24–19 58-21 47–25 47-22 308–195
Year-end ranking 161 221 67 60 46 42 14 5 21 1 8 8 60.83%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 5
French Open A A 1R NH SF W A 1 / 3
Wimbledon 1R A SF NH 2R A 2R 0 / 4
US Open A QF QF NH A A A 0 / 2

References

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