Robert Van't Hof

Robert Van't Hof (born April 10, 1959, in Lynwood, California) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He won the 1977 USTA Boys 18 Doubles.

For three years, Robert was the #1 tennis player and an All American at the University of Southern California. He won the NCAA Singles Title in 1980. He played two years for George Toley, who recruited him, and then one year for Dick Leach.

Turning professional in 1980, Van't Hof won his first top-level singles title in 1981 at Taipei and his second in 1989 in Seoul. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1983 at Wimbledon, where he reached the Fourth Round.

Van't Hof won the two top-level singles titles and six tour doubles titles, including the Pacific Southwest with Scott Davis in 1985 as an unseeded team, and the 1990 SAP Open with Kelly Jones. His career-high rankings were World No. 25 in singles (in 1983), and World No. 20 in doubles (in 1986). He retired from the professional tour in 1990.

Since retiring as a player, Van't Hof has worked as a Tennis Coach with high-profile players Todd Martin and Lindsay Davenport, when she won 3 Grand Slam Singles Titles. He currently is coaching Coco Vandeweghe.

Van't Hof's son, Kaes Van't Hof, played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California, won the NCAA Doubles Title in May 2008, and played on the ATP Tour and World Team Tennis for the Newport Beach Breakers.

For the last 25 years, Robert has been the Director of Tennis at the Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach, CA.^[1]

Doubles titles (6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1981	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Larry Stefanki	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	1982	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Larry Stefanki	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	5–7, 6–7
Winner	1.	1982	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Larry Stefanki	Fred McNair Tim Wilkison	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	1984	Bristol, England	Grass	Larry Stefanki	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	6–4, 5–7, 9–7
Winner	3.	1985	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6
Winner	4.	1986	Atlanta, U.S.	Carpet	Andy Kohlberg	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Kelly Jones	Gilad Bloom Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
Winner	6.	1990	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Kelly Jones	Glenn Layendecker Richey Reneberg	2–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1991	Hong Kong	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	2–6, 4–6

References

1. http://palisadestennis.com/ptc/pros-lessons/

External links

• Robert Van't Hof at the Association of Tennis Professionals