Christophe Rochus

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Christophe Rochus : biography

15 December 1978 –

Christophe Rochus (born 15 December 1978, Namur) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.

Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in 2 ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam. Rochus’ career-high singles ranking was World No. 38, achieved in May 2006.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 4R
French Open 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R

Career finals (5)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (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 (1)
ATP Tour (4)

Singles runner-ups (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. 28 April 2003 ESP}} Valencia, Spain Clay ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–2, 6–4
2. 20 February 2006 Netherlands}} Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard CZE}} Radek Štěpánek 6–0, 6–3

Doubles wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1. 3 January 2000 IND}} Chennai, India Hard FRA}} Julien Boutter IND}} Saurav Panja Srinath Prahlad 7–5, 6–1

Doubles runner-up (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1. 25 July 2005 AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria Clay BEL}} Olivier Rochus CZE}} Leoš Friedl Andrei Pavel 6–2, 6–7(5-7), 6–0
2. 2 January 2006 Qatar}} Doha, Qatar Hard BEL}} Olivier Rochus SWE}} Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 2–6, 6–3, [10-8]