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Country (sports) | |
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Born | Wanssum | 7 July 2007
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Left-handed, two handed backhand |
Prize money | $5,214 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 886 (20 May 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open Junior | SF (2024) |
French Open Junior | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon Junior | F (2024) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2023) |
French Open Junior | 3R (2024) |
Last updated on: 11 July 2024. |
Mees Röttgering (born 7 July 2007) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ranking of 886 achieved on 20 May 2024.[1]
Career
editFrom Limburg, he is trained by Jochem Mol. He reached the semi finals of the senior Dutch Chmpionships in 2023 as a 16 year-old, where he was defeated by Gijs Brouwer.[2] He reached the semi-finals in the boys' singles of the 2024 Australian Open, and a futures final in Sharm El Sheikh in February 2024 to become the only 16 year-old inside the top 1000 male rankings.[3] In doing so, he became the youngest Dutch man ever to reach a singles final on the ITF World Tennis Tour.[4]
He reached the final of the boys singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships with a win over top seed and junior French Open champion Kaylan Bigun in the quarter final,[5] and a straight sets win over Théo Papamalamis of France in the semi final.[6] In the final he faced Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, losing in straight sets.[7]
Junior Grand Slam finals
editSingles: 1 (1 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass | 3–6, 3–6 |
References
edit- ^ "Mees Rottgering". ATP. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Petit, Ramon (17 December 2023). "16-jarig tennistalent maakt zich na NK op voor profloopbaan: '2024 zal voor mij veel veranderen'". ed.nl. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Spekenbrink, Rik (25 February 2024). "Bijzondere mijlpaal voor Mees Röttgering: Nederlands tennistalent enige zestienjarige in top-1000". ad.nl. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Rigal, Joseph (26 February 2024). "JUNIOR STARS ROTTGERING AND CINA MAKE PRO BREAKTHROUGHS". itftennis.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Boys' Singles top seed out after shock on No.12 Court". Londonnewsonline. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ McLean, Eoss (13 July 2024). "ROTTGERING VS BUDKOV KJAER: HISTORY BECKONS IN WIMBLEDON BOYS' FINAL". ITF. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Budkov Kjaer, Jamrichova win Wimbledon junior singles titles". espn. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.