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Botic van de Zandschulp

Van de Zandschulp at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
Born	(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29) Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Peter Lucassen (–2023) Sven Groeneveld (2023–)
Prize money	US $4,767,094
Singles
Career record	95–91 (51.08% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 22 (29 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 80 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	3R (2022)
Wimbledon	4R (2022)
US Open	QF (2021)
Doubles
Career record	31–29 (51.67% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 60 (22 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 189 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2022, 2023)
US Open	1R (2023, 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2024)

Botic van de Zandschulp ( born 4 October 1995) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Van de Zandschulp has a career high ranking of world No. 22 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 29 August 2022. He is the current Dutch No. 2 men's singles player. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 60, achieved on 22 May 2023. Van de Zandschulp has won one ATP Challenger singles title in Hamburg and one ATP Challenger doubles title in Alphen.

Van de Zandschulp's breakthrough occurred at the 2021 US Open when he became the third qualifier in US Open history to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament (after Nicolas Escudé in 1999 and Gilles Müller in 2008), with wins over seeded players Casper Ruud and Diego Schwartzman. He was also the third man to progress to the main draw of all four majors through qualifying in one year, the others being Elias Ymer in 2015 and Frank Dancevic in 2011. In 2022, Van de Zandschulp reached his maiden ATP Tour final at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships.

Professional career

2021: Major debut, US Open quarterfinal, top 100, Dutch No. 1

Van de Zandschulp qualified for the first time in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2021 Australian Open, where he was defeated by fellow qualifier Carlos Alcaraz. As a result, he reached a career-high of No. 145 on 22 February 2021 and was the No. 1 Dutch tennis singles player for a brief period from 8 February 2021 until 22 March 2021. He also qualified for the second major in 2021 and in his career at the French Open and reached the second round for his first Grand Slam win with a defeat over No. 19 seed Hubert Hurkacz.

On June 23, 2021, he was upgraded to the main draw at Wimbledon, for his third major debut in a row in 2021, as a lucky loser following the late withdrawal of the 4th seed Dominic Thiem. He beat qualifier Grégoire Barrère in the first round and lost to 7th seed Matteo Berrettini in the second round. In July following Wimbledon, as the second seed, he reached the final at the 2021 Dutch Open in Amersfoort. He was defeated by his compatriot and top seed Tallon Griekspoor in the final. He became the No. 1 Dutch player again on 30 August 2021 at world No. 117 in the rankings.

Despite having only five ATP Tour match wins before the US Open, Van de Zandschulp qualified for the last major of the year, thus becoming the only man to progress to the main draw of all four majors through qualifying that year. He reached the third round of a major for the first time, defeating Carlos Taberner and world No. 11 and eight seed Casper Ruud. Next, he defeated Facundo Bagnis to reach the fourth round. There he defeated world No. 14 and eleventh seed Diego Schwartzman in five sets to reach his maiden major quarterfinal, where he lost to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev, becoming the only player to take a set off of Medvedev in the tournament. He also became only the third male qualifier in the history of the US Open (after Nicolas Escudé in 1999 and Gilles Müller in 2008) to reach the quarterfinals. He also became the first Dutch man to reach the quarterfinals of a major since Sjeng Schalken at the 2003 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon. As a result, he improved 55 spots in the singles rankings, entering the top 100 for the first time in his career at world No. 62 on 13 September 2021.

He made his debut at a Masters 1000 level at the Indian Wells Masters by qualifying as the top seed into the main draw. He lost to Marcos Giron in the first round in three sets.

At the 2021 St. Petersburg Open, Van de Zandschulp entered as a qualifier and beat Yoshihito Nishioka, Sebastian Korda, and for the biggest win in his career so far, world No.6 and top seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. He lost to Croatian Marin Čilić in the semifinals. At the 2021 Stockholm Open, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime. He entered the top 60 at World No. 57 on 15 November 2021

2022: Wimbledon fourth round, maiden ATP singles final & doubles title, top 25

Van de Zandschulp started his year by reaching the quarterfinals at the Melbourne Summer Set by defeating Adrian Mannarino and 8th seed Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets. He lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals despite having match points on serve in the third set.

He reached the third round at the Melbourne where he lost to world No. 2, Daniil Medvedev. As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the rankings on 31 January 2022.

Van de Zandschulp reached the third round in Indian Wells, where he beat Tennys Sandgren and scoring his second top 10 victory over world no. 9 Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets. He lost to Miomir Kecmanović in the third round in straight sets. In Miami, he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.

His next tournament was Marrakech, where he beat Hugo Dellien in three sets in the first round, and qualifier Vít Kopřiva in straight sets in the second round to make his fourth ATP Tour-level quarterfinal overall and second of 2022. He lost to Alex Molčan in the quarterfinals. In Monte Carlo, he lost to Sebastian Korda in the first round. He reached the top 40 on 25 April 2022.

Seeded eight in Munich, Van de Zandschulp defeated Brandon Nakashima and Egor Gerasimov to reach a third ATP Tour-level quarterfinal in 2022. Next, he upset second seed Casper Ruud in straight sets to reach the semifinals, where he beat 7th seed Miomir Kecmanović in a nearly three-hour match to become the first Dutch male player to reach an ATP Tour-level singles final since Robin Haase at Gstaad in 2016. He was forced to retire in the final against Holger Rune due to chest pain.

He saved three match points at the Madrid Open to advance to the second round for the first time at this Masters against Pablo Carreño Busta. At the Italian Open, he also reached the second round for the first time on his debut at this Masters, defeating Korda this time. As a result, he reached the top 30 at World No. 29 on 16 May 2022.

Seeded for the first time at a major at the 2022 French Open, he also reached the third round for the first time at this major but lost to 13-time champion and childhood idol Rafael Nadal in their first time meeting.

Seeded sixth, Van de Zandschulp played his first grass tournament on home soil at s'Hertogenbosch, where he lost to Emil Ruusuvuori in three sets. The following week at Queen's Club, he reached the first ATP 500 semifinal of his career by defeating qualifier Paul Jubb, Grigor Dimitrov and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. He became the first Dutchman to advance to the semifinals since Sjeng Schalken and Raemon Sluiter in 2002.

He reached a career-high in the top 25 on 27 June 2022 at the start of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. Seeded 21st he reached the fourth round where he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he reached his third tour-level semifinals of the season defeating 10th seed Benjamin Bonzi in straight sets with two tiebreaks.

In October, he reached second round of Astana Open, where he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Novak Djokovic. At the European Open in Antwerp, he won his maiden title in doubles partnering Tallon Griekspoor.

2023: Masters fourth round & first top 5 win, Second ATP singles final

Van de Zandschulp started his 2023 season at the Maharashtra Open in Pune, India. Seeded second, he reached the semifinals where he lost to Benjamin Bonzi. Seeded 32nd at the Australian Open, he was defeated in the second round by compatriot Tallon Griekspoor.

In February, van de Zandschulp competed at the Rotterdam Open. He lost in the second round to sixth seed, world No. 11, and eventual champion, Daniil Medvedev. Seeded eighth at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he was eliminated in the second round by qualifier Alexandre Müller. However, in doubles, he and his partner, Constant Lestienne, reached the final and lost to Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden. In Dubai, he beat sixth seed and world No. 14, Karen Khachanov, in the first round. He ended up losing in the quarterfinals to second seed, world No. 6, defending champion, and eventual finalist, Andrey Rublev.

In March, seeded 28th at the Indian Wells Masters, he retired during his second-round match against Ilya Ivashka. Seeded 26th, he got a first-round bye at the 2023 Miami Open, and reached his first Masters 1000 fourth round defeating Alexei Popyrin and third seed and world No. 4, Casper Ruud, for his first top-5 win of his career.

In April, seeded fourth this time in Munich, van de Zandschulp defeated Aslan Karatsev and Marcos Giron to reach the semifinals. Next, he upset second seed and world No. 10 Taylor Fritz in straight sets to reach again the final for his second top-10 win of the season and set up a rematch from the previous year with Holger Rune. He lost in the final to Rune in three sets, despite holding four championship points.

In May, Van de Zandschulp hired fellow Dutchman Sven Groeneveld as his new coach, parting ways with long-time coach Lucassen. He reached his first Masters final in doubles at the 2023 Italian Open partnering compatriot Robin Haase.

2024: US Open third round, win over world No. 3, Davis Cup finalist

In mid April, after a loss in the second round to fourth seed Jan-Lennard Struff, he left the top 100 in the rankings, unable to defend his runner-up points at the 2024 BMW Open in Munich.

He returned to the top 75 on 5 August 2024, following two finals showings, at the 2024 Brawo Open and at the 2024 Platzmann-Sauerland Open. At the US Open he reached the second round for a fourth consecutive year with a win over Denis Shapovalov. In the second round, he defeated third seed, former world No. 1 and US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, ending his 15 match Grand Slam win streak. It marked Van de Zandschulp's first top 3 win and first over a Grand Slam winner. He was also the first Dutchman to defeat a top 3 player at the US Open since 1991 when Paul Haarhuis defeated top seed and world No. 1 Boris Becker. Van de Zandschulp lost his next match to 25th seed Jack Draper.

On 22 November, van de Zandschulp helped the Netherlands reach the final at the 2024 Davis Cup for the first time in their country’s history, after him and Tallon Griekspoor defeated Germany in the two singles matches.

Performance timeline

Current through the 2024 Japan Open.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2022	Bavarian Championships, Germany	ATP 250	Clay	Holger Rune	4–3 ret.
Loss	0–2	Apr 2023	Bavarian Championships, Germany	ATP 250	Clay	Holger Rune	4–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2022	European Open, Belgium	ATP 250	Hard (i)	Tallon Griekspoor	Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	1–1	Feb 2023	Qatar Open, Qatar	ATP 250	Hard	Constant Lestienne	Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	1–2	May 2023	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Robin Haase	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2024	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	ATP 500	Hard (i)	Robin Haase	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	3–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2019	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Feb 2020	Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tomáš Macháč	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2020	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	7–6(3–7), 6–7(2–7), 5–7
Loss	1–3	Jul 2021	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2024	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Aug 2024	Lüdenscheid, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Raphaël Collignon	6–3, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Alexandar Lazov Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	7–6(8–6), 7–5

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2016	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2016	Netherlands F7, Schoonhoven	Futures	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	walkover
Win	3–0	Nov 2016	Estonia F4, Pärnu	Futures	Hard	Vladimir Ivanov	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Nov 2016	Czech Republic F10, Milovice	Futures	Hard	Marek Jaloviec	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–2	Feb 2017	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Mikael Ymer	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Jul 2017	Netherlands F3, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Aug 2017	Netherlands F5, Oldenzaal	Futures	Clay	Scott Griekspoor	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 2018	France F4, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	3–6 ret
Loss	3–6	Jun 2018	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Clement Geens	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win	4–6	Jan 2019	M25 Nussloch, Germany	WTT	Carpet	Peter Heller	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–7	Feb 2019	M15 Kaarst, Germany	WTT	Carpet	Igor Sijsling	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–7	Apr 2019	M25 Bolton, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Igor Sijsling	7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Win	6–7	May 2019	M25 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Vlad Andrei Dancu	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–8	May 2019	M25 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Christopher O'Connell	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	6–9	Sep 2019	M25 Stockholm, Sweden	WTT	Hard	Kacper Żuk	6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (16 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2016	Belgium F8, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Paul Monteban	Evan Furness Ugo Humbert	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	2–0	Oct 2016	Estonia F5, Tallinn	Futures	Hard	Niels Lootsma	Karol Beck Artem Dubrivnyy	6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss	2–1	Nov 2016	Czech Republic F10, Milovice	Futures	Hard	Niels Lootsma	Tomáš Papík Matěj Vocel	3–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	3–1	Jan 2017	Kazakhstan F2, Aktobe	Futures	Hard	Niels Lootsma	Vladyslav Manafov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	May 2017	Sweden F1, Karlskrona	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Martín Cuevas Christian Lindell	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [9–11]
Win	4–2	Jun 2017	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Patrick Kypson Sam Riffice	6–2, 5–7, [14–12]
Win	5–2	Jun 2017	Netherlands F2, Breda	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Jesse Timmermans Tim Van Terheijden	6–1, 7–5
Win	6–2	Jul 2017	Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Niels Lootsma Christoph Negritu	6–1, 6–7(4–7), [10–3]
Win	7–2	Aug 2017	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Nick Chappell Hunter Reese	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–2	Aug 2017	Netherlands F7, Schoonhoven	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Glenn Smits Colin Van Beem	6–2, 3–2 ret.
Loss	8–3	Mar 2018	France F4, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	3–6, 5–7
Win	9–3	Jun 2018	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Roy De Valk	Michiel De Krom Ryan Nijboer	6–2, 6–3
Win	10–3	Jul 2018	Netherlands F2, The Hague	Futures	Clay	Tim Van Terheijden	Gijs Brouwer Jelle Sels	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	11–3	Aug 2018	Netherlands F5, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Glenn Smits	Mariano Kestelboim Felipe Mantilla	7–5, 7–5
Win	12–3	Sep 2018	France F18, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Glenn Smits	Yannick Mertens Hugo Voljacques	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [10–6]
Win	13–3	Feb 2019	M15 Kaarst, Germany	WTT	Carpet	Igor Sijsling	Mats Rosenkranz Mark Whitehouse	6–4, 6–4
Win	14–3	Mar 2019	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Igor Sijsling	S D Prajwal Dev Adil Kalyanpur	7–6(10–8), 2–6, [10–6]
Win	15–3	Apr 2019	M25 Angers, France	WTT	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc Arthur Reymond	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	16–3	May 2019	M25 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Igor Sijsling	Ljubomir Čelebić Nerman Fatić	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]

Record against other players

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 7–19 (26.92%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Opponent	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2021
1.	Andrey Rublev	6	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	QF	6–3, 6–4	69
2022
2.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	9	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3	47
3.	Casper Ruud	7	Munich, Germany	Clay	QF	7–5, 6–1	40
4.	Cameron Norrie	8	Davis Cup, Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	GS	6–4, 6–2	35
2023
5.	Casper Ruud	4	Miami, United States	Hard	3R	3–6, 6–4, 6–4	32
6.	Taylor Fritz	10	Munich, Germany	Clay	SF	6–4, 7–6(7–2)	29
2024
7.	Carlos Alcaraz	3	US Open, United States	Hard	2R	6–1, 7–5, 6–4	74

• Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

*As of 29 August  2024 (2024 -08-29)^[update]

Davis Cup

Participations (5–2)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Result	No.	Rubber	Match type	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–2; 19 November 2019; Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Loss	1	I	Singles	Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin	2–6, 2–6
4–0; 18–19 September 2021; Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay; World Group I; clay surface
Win	2	I	Singles	Uruguay	Francisco Llanes	6–0, 6–3
4–0; 4–5 March 2022; Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands; qualifying round; clay surface
Win	3	I	Singles	Canada	Alexis Galarneau	7–5, 7–6(11–9)
2–1; 13 September 2022; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, UK; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Win	4	II	Singles	Kazakhstan	Alexander Bublik	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
2–1; 16 September 2022; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, UK; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Win	5	II	Singles	Great Britain	Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–2
2–1; 17 September 2022; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, UK; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Win	6	II	Singles	United States	Taylor Fritz	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
0–2; 22 November 2022; Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga, Spain; Davis Cup finals – quarterfinal; hard (indoor) surface
Loss	7	II	Singles	Australia	Alex de Minaur	7–5, 3–6, 4–6

See also

In Spanish: Botic van de Zandschulp para niños