Christophe Rochus

Christophe Rochus (born 15 December 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.

Christophe Rochus
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceAuvelais, Belgium
Born (1978-12-15) 15 December 1978
Namur, Belgium
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,312,971
Singles
Career record109–186
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 38 (1 May 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2000)
French Open3R (2009)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US Open2R (2001, 2009)
Doubles
Career record33–60
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 62 (15 May 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2009)
Wimbledon1R (2005, 2006, 2009)
US Open1R (2005, 2006)

Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam. Rochus' career-high singles ranking was world No. 38, achieved in May 2006.

Career finals

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour finals (0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1)
ATP Tour (4)

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Apr 2003 Valencia, Spain Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. Feb 2006 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Radek Štěpánek 0–6, 3–6

Doubles (1 win, 2 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Jan 2000 Chennai, India Hard Julien Boutter Saurav Panja
Srinath Prahlad
7–5, 6–1
Loss 1. Jul 2005 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Olivier Rochus Leoš Friedl
Andrei Pavel
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6
Loss 2. Jan 2006 Doha, Qatar Hard Olivier Rochus Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999
Australian Open 1R 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 4R Q2
French Open Q1 3R Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon Q1 1R 1R Q3 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R -
US Open - 1R - 1R 1R 1R - 1R Q1 2R 1R Q3


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