Kristof Vliegen

 ( Belgian Male Tennis Players ) 

Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player.

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Personal information He is not related to fellow Belgian tennis player Joran Vliegen.

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Coaching He coached Zizou Bergs until May 2025. He is currently coaching Alex Michelsen since October 2025.

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Career

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2001 Vliegen turned professional in 2001.

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2006 Vliegen was a semifinalist in ATP Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in ATP Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.

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2009 In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6–3, 3–6 and 6–4.

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ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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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 (0–2)

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Hard (0–1)

Clay (0–1)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Outdoor (0–2)

Indoor (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		Adelaide, Australia	International Series	Hard	Nikolay Davydenko	2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–2		Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Olivier Rochus	4–6, 2–6

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Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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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 (0–2)

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Hard (0–2)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Outdoor (0–2)

Indoor (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		Stockholm Open, Sweden	International Series	Hard	Olivier Rochus	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2		Atlanta, United States	250 Series	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 10–12

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 16 (11–5)

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ATP Challenger (9–4)

ITF Futures (2–1)

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Hard (5–1)

Clay (6–4)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		Luxembourg F2, Luxembourg	Futures	Clay	Jordane Doble	4–4 ret.
Win	1–1		France F6, Lille	Futures	Hard	Jérôme Haehnel	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–1		Germany F6, Oberweier	Futures	Clay	Daniel Elsner	6–1, 1–0 ret.
Win	3–1		Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–1		Zagreb Open, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win	5–1		Groningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Hard	Joachim Johansson	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–2		Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–3		Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss	5–4		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Melle van Gemerden	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5		Ethias Trophy, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Ernests Gulbis	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–5		Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7–5		Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Yuri Schukin	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–5		Düsseldorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andreas Beck	6–0, 6–3
Win	9–5		Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexandre Sidorenko	6–4, 6–3
Win	10–5		Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Andreas Beck	6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win	11–5		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Albert Montañés	4–2 ret.

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Doubles: 10 (7–3)

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ATP Challenger (4–3)

ITF Futures (3–0)

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Hard (1–2)

Clay (6–1)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Win	1–0		France F2, Angers	Futures	Clay	Wim Neefs	Vitali Shvets Relja Dulic-Fiser	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–0		France F4, Deauville	Futures	Clay	Wim Neefs	Kim Tiilikainen Jan Weinzierl	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–0		Netherlands F1, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Stefan Wauters	Bart De Gier Michel Koning	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	4–0		Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Yuri Schukin Lukáš Dlouhý	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	4–1		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Steve Darcis	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	5–1		Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Konstantinos Economidis	Sebastián Prieto Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–2		Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Dick Norman	James Auckland Ross Hutchins	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–10
Loss	5–3		Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Peter Wessels	Janko Tipsarević Dušan Vemić	2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	6–3		Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dick Norman	Rainer Eitzinger Armin Sandbichler	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–3		Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	7–6(7–3), 6–3

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Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Win	2000	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Dominique Coene	Andrew Banks Benjamin Riby	6–3, 1–6, 6–3

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Performance timelines

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Singles

Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q3	Q1	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R !0 / 5 !3–5 !
French Open	Q1	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R !0 / 7 !3–7 !
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q1	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R !0 / 6 !3–6 !
US Open	1R	1R	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	1R !0 / 5 !0–5 !
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A !0 / 2 !1–2 !
Miami Masters	Q2	A	A	3R	1R	1R	A	A !0 / 3 !2–3 !
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	3R	3R	2R	1R	A !0 / 4 !5–4 !
Madrid	A	1R	A	3R	Q2	A	A	A !0 / 2 !2–2 !
Rome Masters	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A !0 / 0 !0–0 !
Hamburg	A	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	NMS !0 / 2 !1–2 !
Canada Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A !0 / 1 !0–1 !
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A !0 / 1 !1–1 !
Paris Masters	A	Q1	2R	2R	Q2	Q1	A	A !0 / 2 !2–2 !

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Doubles

Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R !0 / 5 !3–5 !
French Open	2R	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	1R !0 / 5 !4–5 !
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R !0 / 4 !2–4 !
US Open	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	1R !0 / 3 !3–3 !

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External links

• Vliegen World ranking history

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