Ruben Bemelmans

Ruben Bemelmans

Bemelmans at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.
Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Maasmechelen, Belgium
Born	14 January 1988 Genk, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,084,140
Singles
Career record	16–36
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 84 (28 September 2015)
Current ranking	No. 234 (28 September 2016)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2013, 2015)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	10–7
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 128 (1 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 204 (28 September 2016)[1]
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2015)
Hopman Cup	F (2011)
Last updated on: 28 September 2016.

Ruben Bemelmans (Dutch pronunciation: [rybən beːməlmɑns], born 14 January 1988) is a Belgian male professional tennis player. His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 84 in singles, achieved in September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved in October 2012. As a qualifier, Bemelmans reached the quarterfinals of Vienna in 2013, defeating No. 4 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber en route.

Tennis career

Bemelmans competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He won his first Futures event in Espelkamp, Germany in July 2007, and has a total of nine titles at this level. His best performance to date was in winning the Volkswagen Challenger event in Wolfsburg in March 2009, winning three matches in qualifying before going on to beat Stefano Galvani of Italy in the final. He won this tournament again in 2011.^[2]

In February 2010 Bemelmans succeeded in qualifying for his first ATP level event, the Zagreb Indoors tournament. However he lost in the First Round to Alexandre Sidorenko of France in three sets.^[3]

In June 2010, he entered the main draw of the 2010 Gerry Weber Open in Halle as a lucky loser. In the opening round he lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three close sets.

In September 2010, Ruben played for Belgium in the Davis cup play-off tie against Australia. He was a late replacement for an injured Steve Darcis. He played Lleyton Hewitt with nothing to lose; but after a solid effort, he succumbed in a 6–7, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6 duel.^[4]

In January 2011, Bemelmans was invited to represent Belgium in the Hopman Cup alongside Justine Henin. They reached the final, beating Kazakhstan and Serbia along the route, where they were defeated by USA 2–1.^[5]

In September 2015, Bemelmans defeated Gilles Müller and Jack Sock (retired) to reach third round of the US Open where he lost against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in three sets.^[6] Bemelmans also played an active part in the Belgian Davis Cup team that reached the final that season, and played the second singles rubber where he was beaten by Andy Murray.

ATP career finals

Ruben Bemelmans at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 July 2012	Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Xavier Malisse	Jamie Delgado Ken Skupski	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–7]

ITF and Challenger titles

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4)
ITF Futures (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	15 July 2007	Espelkamp, Germany	Clay	Franz Stauder	6–2, 7–5
2.	24 November 2007	Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Niels Desein	6–3, 6–3
3.	9 March 2008	Bassersdorf, Switzerland	Carpet	Ladislav Chramosta	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
4.	31 May 2008	Cesena, Italy	Clay	Carlos Avellán	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
5.	15 February 2009	Bressuire, France	Hard	Vincent Millot	6–4, 6–3
6.	1 March 2009	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet	Stefano Galvani	7–5^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
7.	27 September 2009	Plaisir, France	Hard	Pierrick Ysern	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 7–5
8.	8 March 2010	Lille, France	Hard	Niels Desein	6–4, 6–2
9.	15 March 2010	Poitiers, France	Hard	Charles-Antoine Brezac	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
10.	28 June 2010	Palma del Rio, Spain	Hard	Niels Desein	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
11.	27 February 2011	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet	Dominik Meffert	6–7^(7–10), 6–4, 6–4
12.	27 October 2014	Eckental, Germany	Carpet	Tim Pütz	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
13.	5 April 2015	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–6^(8–6), 6–3

References

1. "Ruben Bemelmans/overview". Association of Tennis Professionals.
2. "Ruben Bemelmans schrijft Challengertoernooi van Wolfsburg op zijn naam" [Ruben Bemelmans wins Wolfsburg challenger]. nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Mediahuis n.v. 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015.
3. "Ruben Bemelmans meteen out op eerste ATP-toernooi" [First round loss for Bemelmans in first appearance in an ATP tournament]. hbvl.be (in Dutch). Mediahuis n.v. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015.
4. Forde-White, Emily (14 September 2010). "Rochus levels tie down under". Daviscup.com. International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
5. "USA Wins Sixth Hyundai Hopman Cuplwork=hopmancup.com". International Tennis Federation. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011.
6. Clary, Brian (5 September 2015). "Wawrinka keeps rolling, takes out Bemelmans in three.". US Open.org. United States Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015.

External links

• Ruben Bemelmans at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ruben Bemelmans at the International Tennis Federation
• Ruben Bemelmans at the Davis Cup