Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a Belgian retired professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed X-Man, he is only one of two players from Belgium (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour, with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19.

Xavier Malisse
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceSarasota, United States
Born (1980-07-19) 19 July 1980
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2013
(last match 2015)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$5,626,935
Singles
Career record294–274
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 19 (12 August 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2003, 2011)
French Open4R (2002, 2004)
WimbledonSF (2002)
US Open4R (2001, 2003, 2005)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record129–113
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 25 (7 November 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2003–2006, 2011)
French OpenW (2004)
Wimbledon3R (2005)
US Open2R (2003)

Career

Juniors

As a junior Malisse compiled a singles win/loss record of 66–18, reaching as high as No. 10 in the junior world singles rankings in 1997. He made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1997, whilst his final junior tournament was winning Eddie Herr later that year.

1998–2008

Malisse turned professional in 1998.

His best performance in Grand Slam singles competition was at the 2002 Wimbledon championships, where he reached the semi-final, beating Galo Blanco, Vince Spadea, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Britain's Greg Rusedski in five sets en route, as well as former champion Richard Krajicek. He eventually lost to runner-up David Nalbandian, again in five sets. Malisse and Olivier Rochus won the French Open doubles championship in 2004. He has won three ATP tour singles titles: Delray Beach in 2005 and 2007, and Chennai in 2007.

2009

After a difficult year, Malisse found himself with a world ranking of 205. In his first tournament of the year in Brisbane, he lost in the last qualifying round to American Bobby Reynolds. A week later, in Medibank International Sydney, he reached the main draw, but lost to Mario Ančić in the first round.

At the Australian Open, he first won his qualifying matches. In the first round of the main draw, he defeated Michaël Llodra. However, in the next round, he lost to Andy Roddick in four sets. In October, he won a Challenger tournament in Lyon, and this pushed him back into the world's top 100 for the first time in nearly two years.

He was banned for a year over doping allegations.[1][2]

2010

Malisse lost in the third round of Wimbledon to Sam Querrey in five sets.

2011

Xavier started the 2011 season by reaching the final of Chennai. In March, he won the doubles title in the Indian Wells Masters with Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, where he lost to Bernard Tomic.

2012

Xavier reached the fourth round of Wimbledon where he faced Roger Federer. Federer won the first two sets and went a break up in the third, but Malisse came back to win the third set and move 2–0 in the fourth. Federer subsequently won six out of the next seven games to win the match and went on to win the Title.

2016

After retiring in 2013 and competing in an ITF doubles event in 2015, Malisse entered the 2016 Meerbusch Challenger in doubles, ultimately conceding a walkover to end his playing career.

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2004 French Open Clay Olivier Rochus Michaël Llodra
Fabrice Santoro		 7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner2011Indian WellsHard Alexandr Dolgopolov Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka		6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]

ATP career finals

Singles: 12 (3 titles, 9 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–8)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1998 Mexican Open, Mexico World Series Clay Jiří Novák 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 1999 Delray Beach ITC, US World Series Clay Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2001 Delray Beach ITC, US International Hard Jan-Michael Gambill 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2001 Atlanta Tennis Challenge, US International Clay Andy Roddick 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 May 2004 St. Pölten Open, Austria International Clay Filippo Volandri 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–6 Oct 2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Robin Söderling 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1–6 Jan 2005 Delray Beach ITC, US International Hard Jiří Novák 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 1–7 Jan 2006 Adelaide International, Australia International Hard Florent Serra 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–8 Feb 2006 Delray Beach ITC, US International Hard Tommy Haas 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2–8 Jan 2007 Chennai Open, India International Hard Stefan Koubek 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–8 Feb 2007 Delray Beach ITC, US (2) International Hard James Blake 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–9 Jan 2011 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard Stanislas Wawrinka 5–7, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (7–3)
Indoor (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2004 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Olivier Rochus Michaël Llodra
Fabrice Santoro		 7–5, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jan 2006 Adelaide International, Australia International Hard Olivier Rochus Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3–0 Jan 2007 Chennai Open, India International Hard Dick Norman Rafael Nadal
Bartolomé Salvá Vidal		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–0 Feb 2007 Delray Beach ITC, US International Hard Hugo Armando James Auckland
Stephen Huss		 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Loss 4–1 Jan 2008 Auckland Open, New Zealand International Hard Jürgen Melzer Luis Horna
Juan Mónaco		 4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 4–2 Feb 2011 Pacific Coast Championships, US 250 Series Hard (i) Alejandro Falla Scott Lipsky
Rajeev Ram		 4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 5–2 Mar 2011 Indian Wells Masters, US Masters 1000 Hard Alexandr Dolgopolov Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka		 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 6–2 Jul 2011 Los Angeles Open, US 250 Series Hard Mark Knowles Somdev Devvarman
Treat Huey		 7–6(7–3), 7–6(12–10)
Win 7–2 Feb 2012 Pacific Coast Championships, US 250 Series Hard (i) Mark Knowles Kevin Anderson
Frank Moser		 6–4, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss 7–3 May 2012 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Dick Norman František Čermák
Filip Polášek		 4–6, 5–7
Loss 7–4 Jul 2012 Atlanta Open, US 250 Series Hard Michael Russell Matthew Ebden
Ryan Harrison		 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 8–4 Jul 2012 Los Angeles Open, US (2) 250 Series Hard Ruben Bemelmans Jamie Delgado
Ken Skupski		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–7]
Win 9–4 Feb 2013 Pacific Coast Championships, US (2) 250 Series Hard (i) Frank Moser Lleyton Hewitt
Marinko Matosevic		 6–0, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament1998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 8–12
French Open A 1R A 3R 4R 3R 4R 2R 1R A A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 13–11
Wimbledon A 1R A 2R SF 1R 4R 2R 2R A 2R 1R 3R 4R 4R 1R 20–13
US Open A 3R 2R 4R 3R 4R 1R 4R 3R 2R Q1 Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 17–13
Win–Loss 0–0 2–3 1–1 6–3 11–4 7–4 6–4 5–4 4–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–4 6–4 3–4 1–4 58–49
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 3R A A 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R A 2R A A 3R 2R 1R 10–10
Miami Masters A 1R 2R A 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R A 3R A 1R 2R 2R 3R 10–12
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A A 1R A 1R 1–8
Rome Masters A A A A 3R 1R A A 2R A A A A 2R Q2 1R 4–5
Madrid Masters A A A A 2R A 1R A 1R A A A A 3R A 1R 3–5
Canada Masters A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R QF A A A 2R A A 1R 6–8
Cincinnati Masters A 1R A 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A A 1R A A 4–8
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series A A A A A 0–0
Paris Masters A A A 3R 2R A 2R 1R 1R A A A 1R A A A 4–6
Hamburg Masters A A A A 1R 2R 1R A 1R A 1R NMS 1–5
Win–Loss 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–3 6–9 3–7 4–8 3–6 7–9 0–0 3–4 0–0 1–3 6–6 2–2 2–6 43–67
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–12
Year End Ranking 161 145 127 33 25 55 48 47 37 112 162 94 60 49 47 135

Doubles performance timeline
Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A A 2R 1R 2R 6–9
French Open 2R W 3R QF A A A 1R 2R 3R 1R 15–7
Wimbledon 2R 2R 3R A A A A 1R A 1R 2R 5–6
US Open 2R 1R A 1R A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 3–7
Win–Loss 4–4 8–3 5–3 4–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 4–3 2–4 2–4 29–29

Top 10 wins
Season1998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013Total
Wins000231102210201116
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2001
1. Marat Safin 2 Los Angeles, United States Hard 2R 7–5, 6–3
2. Tim Henman 9 US Open, New York, United States Hard 3R 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
2002
3. Marat Safin 6 Rome, Italy Clay 2R 6–3, 6–4
4. Tim Henman 6 French Open, Paris, France Clay 2R 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
5. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 3R 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–1
2003
6. Lleyton Hewitt 6 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2004
7. Rainer Schüttler 7 French Open, Paris, France Clay 1R 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
2006
8. Gastón Gaudio 8 Rome, Italy Clay 1R 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
9. Nikolay Davydenko 5 Toronto, Canada Hard 1R 6–3, 7–5
2007
10. Rafael Nadal 2 Chennai, India Hard SF 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
11. James Blake 6 Delray Beach, United States Hard F 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2008
12. David Nalbandian 7 Miami, United States Hard 2R 6–1, 6–4
2010
13. Novak Djokovic 3 Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom Grass 3R 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
14. Tomáš Berdych 8 Washington, D.C., United States Hard QF 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
2012
15. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 Valencia, Spain Hard (i) 1R 3–1, ret.
2013
16. David Ferrer 4 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass 1R 7–6(7–3), 6–3

References
  1. http://www.itftennis.com/news/132366.aspx
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wtatour/6812193/Yanina-Wickmayer-and-Xavier-Malisse-have-doping-ban-suspended-by-Belgian-court.html
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