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] |