Laurence Tieleman (born 14 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Personal life Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL, United States from ages 13 to 17.
Tieleman resided in both Assisi and Brussels during his playing career.
Tennis career
Laurence turned professional in 1993. He won one tour-level doubles title (in Tashkent in 1998), and 4 Challenger events in singles during his career. Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing as the runner-up at Queen's in 1998. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72 in April 1999.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Scott Draper6–7(5–7), 4–6
Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Stefano Pescosolido Kenneth Carlsen Sjeng Schalken7–5, 4–6, 7–5
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (3–2) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Brasília, BrazilChallengerHard Frederic Vitoux2–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss1–1Fortaleza, BrazilChallengerHard Óscar Ortiz6–7, 1–6Win2–1Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Paul Wekesa7–5, 2–6, 6–3Win3–1Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Markus Hantschk6–2, 5–7, 6–3Loss3–2Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Wayne Arthurs6–4, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Doubles: 17 (7–10) LegendATP Challenger (7–10)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (6–6)Clay (0–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Martin Blackman Patrick Baur Sander Groen6–4, 1–6, 7–6Loss1–1Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClay Andrey Merinov Jean-Philippe Fleurian Mark Koevermans3–6, 3–6Loss1–2Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Andrey Merinov Marcelo Rebolledo Martín Rodríguez3–6, 6–7Loss1–3Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Maurice Ruah Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor6–2, 1–6, 4–6Win2–3Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerHard Maurice Ruah Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien5–7, 6–4, 7–6Loss2–4Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Óscar Ortiz Bill Barber Ari Nathan6–7, 2–6Loss2–5Beijing, ChinaChallengerHard Martin Zumpft Ivan Baron João Cunha-Silva4–6, 4–6Loss2–6Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Daniel Orsanic Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran5–7, 4–6Loss2–7Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Eyal Ran Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt4–6, 1–6Loss2–8Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Andrei Cherkasov Albert Portas Marcelo Charpentier1–6, 2–6Win3–8Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Nicola Bruno Henrik Holm Nils Holm7–6, 6–4Win4–8West Bloomfield, United StatesChallengerHard Jim Thomas Alejandro Hernández David Roditi7–6, 6–4Win5–8Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Jim Thomas James Holmes Andrew Painter6–3, 3–6, 7–6Win6–8Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Lorenzo Manta Grant Stafford Wesley Whitehouse7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)Loss6–9Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Lorenzo Manta Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee3–6, 5–7Win7–9Brest, FranceChallengerHard Tuomas Ketola František Čermák Ota Fukárek7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3Loss7–10Osaka, JapanChallengerHard John Van Lottum Karol Beck Cedric Kauffmann5–7, 1–6
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1AAAAAQ11R2RQ1A0 / 21–2French OpenAQ3Q1Q2AAQ11RQ2AA0 / 10–1WimbledonQ13R1RQ2Q1Q1A1R1RAQ10 / 42–4US OpenAQ1Q1Q1A1RQ23RQ2AQ10 / 22–2Win–loss0–02–10–10–00–00–10–02–41–20–00–00 / 95–9ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAQ1Q1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0MiamiAQ2Q1Q1AAA1RQ1Q1A0 / 10–1RomeAAQ2Q1Q1AAA1RAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAAA1R2RAAA0 / 21–2CincinnatiAAAAAAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0StuttgartAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–11–30–10–00–00 / 51–5
Doubles Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA1RA1RA0 / 20–2French OpenAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ11RQ2Q1AQ2AAAAQ20 / 10–1US OpenAAAAAAA1R2RAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–21–10–10–00 / 51–5ATP World Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAQ2AAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0RomeAAQ2AAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAAAAQ2AAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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