Rogier Wassen

Rogier Wassen
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Düsseldorf, Germany
Born	9 August 1976; Roermond, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2012–2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,087,985
Singles
Career record	4–13
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 143 (24 May 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2001)
French Open	Q3 (1997)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2002)
US Open	Q2 (1995, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	112–146
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 24 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	3R (2004, 2007, 2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2005, 2008, 2009)
US Open	3R (2004, 2007)

Rogier Wassen (born 9 August 1976) is a Dutch tennis player who competed regularly on the ATP Tour as a doubles player from 1994 to 2011.

Wassen reached his highest doubles ranking on the ATP Tour on 10 September 2007 when he became World No. 24. The right-hander has won three ATP doubles titles. The Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006 and 2007 teaming up with Andrei Pavel and Jeff Coetzee respectively. In 2007 he won the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, again with Jeff Coetzee. In 2009, he reached the finals of the 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, partnering with Michael Kohlmann.

He is nicknamed "Da Professor" by good friend and doubles partner Dustin Brown. He returned in doubles at 2013 Marburg Open, in partnership with Artem Sitak, losing in the first round against Vahid Mirzadeh and Denis Zivkovic

ATP career finals

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (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 (0)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2005	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jeff Coetzee	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	15 January 2006	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Andrei Pavel	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Winner	2.	8 January 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Simon Aspelin Chris Haggard	6–7^(9–11), 6–3, [10–2]
Winner	3.	17 June 2007	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Jeff Coetzee	Martin Damm Leander Paes	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	22 July 2007	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Robin Haase	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	2 March 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Christopher Kas	Paul Hanley Jordan Kerr	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	4.	20 July 2008	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	František Čermák	Jesse Huta Galung Igor Sijsling	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	8 February 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Christopher Kas	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	6 July 2009	Newport, United States	Grass	Michael Kohlmann	Jordan Kerr Rajeev Ram	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(7–9), [6–10]
Winner	5.	26 September 2010	Metz, France	Hard	Dustin Brown	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3

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