Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Sarasota, United States
Born	19 July 1980 Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,626,935
Singles
Career record	293–270
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 19 (12 August 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2003, 2011)
French Open	4R (2002, 2004)
Wimbledon	SF (2002)
US Open	4R (2001, 2003, 2005)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	129–112
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 25 (7 November 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2003 - 2006, 2011)
French Open	W (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2005)
US Open	2R (2003)

Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a retired Belgian 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.

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.

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.

Personal life

Malisse was previously in a relationship with American tennis player Jennifer Capriati.^[1]

Significant finals

Grand Slam 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

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	Indian Wells	Hard	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]

ATP career finals

Singles: 12 (3-9)

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 (3–9)

Titles by Surface Hard (3–4) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 November 1998	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL, Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Jiří Novák	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	10 May 1999	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Clay	Lleyton Hewitt	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	12 March 2001	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	30 April 2001	Verizon Tennis Challenge, Atlanta, United States	Clay	Andy Roddick	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	24 May 2004	Hypo Group Tennis International, St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Filippo Volandri	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	11 October 2004	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet	Robin Söderling	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	1.	31 January 2005	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Jiří Novák	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Runner-up	7.	9 January 2006	Next Generation Adelaide International, Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Florent Serra	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	6 February 2006	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Tommy Haas	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	2.	1 January 2007	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Stefan Koubek	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	28 January 2007	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	James Blake	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	11 January 2011	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Stanislas Wawrinka	5–7, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 13 (9-4)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (8–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	24 May 2004	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Olivier Rochus	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–5, 7–5
Winner	2.	3 January 2005	ATP Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Olivier Rochus	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	7–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	1 January 2007	ATP Chennai, Chennai, India	Hard	Dick Norman	Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá	7–6, 7–6
Winner	4.	28 January 2007	ATP Delray Beach, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Hugo Armando	James Auckland Stephen Huss	6–3, 6–7, [10–5]
Runner-up	1.	15 January 2008	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jürgen Melzer	Luis Horna Juan Mónaco	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	13 February 2011	SAP Open, San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Alejandro Falla	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	5.	18 March 2011	BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Winner	6.	31 July 2011	Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Mark Knowles	Somdev Devvarman Treat Conrad Huey	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(12–10)
Winner	7.	19 February 2012	SAP Open, San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Kevin Anderson Frank Moser	6–4, 1–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	3.	6 May 2012	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Dick Norman	František Čermák Filip Polášek	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	22 July 2012	BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, United States	Hard	Michael Russell	Matthew Ebden Ryan Harrison	3-6, 6-3, [6-10]
Winner	8.	30 July 2012	Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Jamie Delgado Ken Skupski	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10-7]
Winner	9.	17 February 2013	SAP Open, San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Frank Moser	Lleyton Hewitt Marinko Matosevic	6–0, 6–7^(4–7), [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 tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–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	A	6–7
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	2–5	43–66
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

This table is current through US Open.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R			2R	1R	2R		6–9
French Open	2R	W	3R	QF				1R	2R	3R	1R		15–7
Wimbledon	2R	2R	3R					1R		1R	2R		5–6
US Open	2R	1R		1R				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

References

1. Tresniowski, Alex (12 February 2001). "Jenny, Anyone?". People.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

External links

• Xavier Malisse at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Xavier Malisse at the International Tennis Federation
• Xavier Malisse at the Davis Cup