Tim van Rijthoven
 Van Rijthoven at the2022 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Residence | Amstelveen,Netherlands |
| Born | 24 April 1997 Roosendaal,Netherlands |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Jean-Baptiste Blanc (2007–15) Richard Krajicek(2017–18) Paul Haarhuis Igor Sijsling(2022–) |
| Prize money | US $736,961 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 12–11 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 101 (18 July 2022) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2022) |
| French Open | Q3 (2022) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2022) |
| US Open | 2R (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–2 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 225 (9 May 2022) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 2–1 |
| Last updated on: 12 March 2024. | |
Tim van Rijthoven[1](born 24 April 1997) is a Dutch professionaltennisplayer.
Van Rijthoven has a career-highATPsinglesrankingof 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.[2]As a junior, he reached a high of world No. 13 in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals of the2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' singlestournament and semifinals of theboys' doubles.[3]In June 2022, he claimed his first fiveATP Tourwins (including over world No. 2Daniil Medvedev) en route to his maidenRosmalen Grass Court Championshipstitle.[4]
Van Rijthoven has representedNetherlandsat theDavis Cupwhere he has a W/L record of 2–1. He has won 13 Futures tournaments on theITF World Tennis Tour,including eight singles titles and five doubles titles.
Professional career[edit]
2016: ATP debut and top 300[edit]
In 2016 he made his debut on theATP World Tourby qualifying as alucky loserfor theWinston-Salem OpenafterThanasi Kokkinakiswithdrew due to a recurring shoulder injury, where he lost toJiří Veselýin the first round.[5]Van Rijthoven described the match as "a great experience".[6]
2022: Maiden ATP title with win over World No. 2, Major debut and fourth round, top 105[edit]
He made his top 250 debut in doubles on 17 January 2022 after a quarterfinal in Challenger in Traralgon, Australia partnering withNino 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 withRobin Haaseand improved his doubles ranking to No. 235.
Ranked No. 205 on his debut at the2022 Libéma Openas a wildcard, he defeatedMatthew Ebdenand world No. 14 and third seedTaylor Fritzto reach the quarterfinals for the first time in his career.[7]Next, he beatHugo Gastonin straight sets to reach his first semifinal.[8][9]There, he won against a top 10 player for the first time in his career by upsetting world No. 9 and second seedFélix Auger-Aliassimein the semifinals.[10]Van Rijthoven pulled off another upset by defeating world no. 2 and top seedDaniil Medvedevin 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-rankedJuan Manuel Cerúndoloin2021 Córdobaand the first Dutchman to win the ATP 250 event sinceSjeng Schalkenin 2003.[11]He moved to just outside the top 100 at World No. 106 on 13 June 2022 climbing 99 positions up in the rankings.[12][13]
As a result of his title run, van Rijthoven received a wildcard intoWimbledonwhere he made his Grand Slam debut.[14]On his Major debut he won his first Grand Slam match at Wimbledon in three straight sets defeatingFederico Delbonis.In the second round he defeated 15th seedReilly Opelka,[15]then in the third round, he defeated 22nd seedNikoloz Basilashvilito advance to the fourth round of a major on his debut, becoming the seventh ATP player to achieve that feat since 2000[16][17][18]and only the third player in the past two years to do so afterAslan KaratsevandLorenzo Musetti,as well as the first wildcard sinceNick Kyrgiosto reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.[citation needed]In the round of 16, he lost to the top seed and eventual champion,Novak Djokovicin four sets.[19][20]
Due to a back injury sustained inIndianapolis,van Rijthoven did not play any tournaments until his debut at theUS Open.He beat qualifierZhang Zhizhenin the first round, saving 7 match points in the third set.[21]He was beaten by 5th seed and eventual runner up,Casper Ruud,in the second round.
2023: Loss of form, hiatus[edit]
He reached the second round at the2023 Maharashtra Open.[22]
He played his last match of the season in February at his home tournament the2023 ABN AMRO Openas a wildcard where he lost toMaxime Cressy.[23]Due to not being able to defend his title at the2023 Libéma Openhe fell out of the top 350 to No. 390 on 12 June 2023.
2024: Return announced[edit]
In early June it was announced that Van Rijtoven had received a wildcard and would return to the grass at2024 Libéma Openwhere he had won the tournament as a wildcard 2 years ago.[24]
Singles performance timeline[edit]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the2024 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 | 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[edit]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[edit]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | Rosmalen Championships,Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass |  Daniil Medvedev
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6–4, 6–1 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals[edit]
Singles: 15 (8–7)[edit]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2015 | Turkey F40,Antalya | Futures | Hard |  Ramkumar Ramanathan
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6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2015 | Greece F10,Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Eric James Johnson
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4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2015 | Greece F11, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Gonzales Austin
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4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2016 | Canada F1,Gatineau | Futures | Hard (i) | Alex Kuznetsov
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2016 | Italy F7,Pula | Futures | Clay |  Laurent Lokoli
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Sep 2016 | Canada F6,Calgary | Futures | Hard |  Brayden Schnur
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3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Feb 2018 | Usa F6,Palm Coast | Futures | Clay | Maxime Chazal
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jul 2018 | Netherlands F3,Amstelveen | Futures | Clay | Sidane Pontjodikromo
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–4 | Feb 2019 | M25Barnstaple,UK | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) |  Danylo Kalenichenko
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7–6(7–5),3–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Mar 2019 | M15Manama,Bahrein | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Tomáš Macháč
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Apr 2019 | M25Andijan,Uzbekistan | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Konstantin Kravchuk
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6–3, 6–7(5–7),6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | May 2019 | M25Namangan,Uzbekistan | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Roman Safiullin
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6–7(5–7),7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–5 | Apr 2021 | M25Biel | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Jiří Lehečka
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6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Aug 2021 | Segovia,Spain | Challenger | Hard | Benjamin Bonzi
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6–7(10–12),6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8–7 | Feb 2022 | Forlí,Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Jack Draper
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1–6, 2–6 |
Record against other players[edit]
Record against top-10 players[edit]
Van Rijthoven's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active inboldface.OnlyATP Tourmain draw matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
| Daniil Medvedev
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1–0 | 100% | – | – | 1–0 | Won (6–4, 6–1) at2022 's-Hertogenbosch |
 Novak Djokovic
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0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 | Lost (2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at2022 Wimbledon Championships |
| Number 2 ranked players | ||||||
 Casper Ruud
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (7–6(7–4),4–6, 4–6, 4–6) at2022 US Open |
| Number 5 ranked players | ||||||
| Taylor Fritz
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1–0 | 100% | – | – | 1–0 | Won (6–7(9–11),7–5, 6–4) at2022 's-Hertogenbosch |
| Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
| Félix Auger-Aliassime
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1–0 | 100% | – | – | 1–0 | Won (6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)) at2022 's-Hertogenbosch |
 Holger Rune
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–7(2–7),6–7(6–8)) at2022 Sofia |
| Total | 3–3 | 50% | 0–2 (0%) |
0–0 ( – ) |
3–1 (75%) |
* Statistics correct as of 10 October 2022[update] |
Record against players ranked No. 11–20[edit]
Active players are in boldface.
- *As of 11 July 2022[update]
Wins over top-10 players[edit]
- 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
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9 | 's-Hertogenbosch,Netherlands | Grass | SF | 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) | 205 |
| 2. | Daniil Medvedev
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2 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | F | 6–4, 6–1 | 205 |
- *As of 3 July 2022[update]
References[edit]
- ^Dutch pronunciation:[ˈtɪɱvɑnˈrɛitɦoːvə(n)]
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