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Tallon Griekspoor

Griekspoor at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands
Born	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 29) Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Dennis Sporrel (-May 2025)
Singles
Career record	118–106
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 21 (6 November 2023)
Current ranking	No. 29 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2023, 2024)
French Open	4R (2025)
Wimbledon	2R (2022, 2024)
US Open	3R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	30–48
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 61 (10 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 154 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2025)
French Open	1R (2022, 2023, 2025)
Wimbledon	QF (2023)
US Open	3R (2023)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2024)

Tallon Griekspoor (born on July 2, 1996) is a professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He reached his highest singles ranking of world No. 21 in November 2023. He is currently the top-ranked Dutch singles player. Tallon has won three major ATP Tour titles. He also set a record in 2021 by winning eight Challenger titles in one season. He was the first player ever to win five Challenger titles in a row.

Early Life and Family

Tallon Griekspoor was born in Haarlem, Netherlands. He grew up in Nieuw-Vennep. His parents are Ron and Monique. Tallon has two older twin brothers, Scott and Kevin. Both of his brothers also play tennis.

Tallon and his brothers started playing tennis when he was six years old. They trained at the Nieuw-Vennep Tennis Club. When he was 12, he began playing at the Zandvoort Tennis Club.

Tallon's Professional Tennis Journey

Starting Out: 2017–2019

Tallon Griekspoor at the 2019 French Open

Tallon Griekspoor played his first main ATP tournament in 2017. This was at the Rotterdam Open. A year later, at the same tournament, he surprised everyone by beating Stan Wawrinka. In 2019, he again caused an upset at the Rotterdam Open, defeating Karen Khachanov in the first round.

Big Steps: 2020–2021

Tallon played in his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2020 Australian Open. By August 2020, he was ranked among the top 150 players in the world.

In 2021, Tallon won two Challenger tournaments. He then played in his first Wimbledon tournament. After Wimbledon, he won his fifth Challenger title at the Dutch Open in Amersfoort. He beat his fellow Dutch player, Botic van de Zandschulp, in the final.

At the US Open, Tallon won his first match at a Grand Slam. He defeated Jan-Lennard Struff. He then lost to the world No. 1 player, Novak Djokovic. In September, he won his sixth Challenger title. This was his fourth Challenger win of 2021.

The next month, he won his seventh Challenger title in Naples. The following week, he won his eighth Challenger title. With this win, Tallon became the record holder for most Challenger trophies in a single year. He also entered the top 100 rankings for the first time. By November 2021, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 64.

Reaching the Top 50: 2022

Tallon started 2022 at the Melbourne Summer Set 1. He reached the quarterfinals but had to withdraw due to a foot injury. At the Australian Open, he won his first match there. He defeated Fabio Fognini.

At the Rotterdam Open in his home country, he beat Aslan Karatsev. This was his third win against a top-20 player at this tournament. He also defeated Tommy Paul at the Geneva Open.

At the French Open, he won his first-round match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. After Wimbledon, where he also won a match, he entered the top 50 rankings. He reached world No. 47 in July 2022. The next week, he won the Dutch Open Challenger title again.

In October 2022, Tallon won his first ATP doubles title. He teamed up with Botic van de Zandschulp at the European Open in Antwerp.

Winning ATP Titles: 2023

Tallon Griekspoor at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters

In January 2023, Tallon reached his first ATP singles final in Pune, India. He defeated Benjamin Bonzi to win his first ATP Tour singles title.

At the Australian Open, Tallon reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. He beat Pavel Kotov and Botic van de Zandschulp. He then lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Tallon reached the quarterfinals at the Rotterdam Open. He beat Alexander Zverev, which was his fourth win against a top-20 player at this tournament. He made it to the semifinals, becoming the first Dutch wildcard to do so since 2014. He reached a new career-high ranking in the top 40.

Tallon Griekspoor at the 2023 Citi Open

At the BNP Paribas Open, he reached the third round of a Masters tournament for the first time. He lost to the top seed, Carlos Alcaraz. By April 2023, he was ranked in the top 35.

In June 2023, Tallon won his second ATP title at the Libéma Open in the Netherlands. He beat Jordan Thompson in the final. This win made him the Dutch No. 1 player and put him in the top 30 rankings. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Halle Open.

At the Citi Open in Washington, he reached his third final of 2023. He upset world No. 9 Taylor Fritz, which was his first win against a top 10 player. He lost to Dan Evans in the final.

He reached the quarterfinals at the Astana Open and the Stockholm Open. In November 2023, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 21 after playing at the Paris Masters.

Recent Success: 2024–2025

Tallon Griekspoor at the 2024 French Open

At the 2024 Australian Open, Tallon reached the third round for the second year in a row. In Rotterdam, he beat Hubert Hurkacz to reach the quarterfinals. In March 2024, he won his first ATP 500 doubles title at the Dubai Tennis Championships with Jan-Lennard Struff. He also reached the third round at Indian Wells and Miami.

At the Madrid Open, he beat Holger Rune to reach the fourth round of a Masters tournament for the first time. At the 2024 French Open, he reached the third round. In November 2024, Tallon helped the Netherlands reach the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in their history.

In early 2025, Tallon had a great run at the Dubai Tennis Championships. He defeated world No. 6 Daniil Medvedev, saving four match points. This was his 100th career win and his biggest win by ranking. At the 2025 BNP Paribas Open, he beat world No. 2 Alexander Zverev. This was his first win against a top 5 player. He then reached his first Masters quarterfinal, a first for a Dutch player at that tournament in 25 years. In April 2025, he reached the final of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Morocco. In June 2025, he won his third ATP singles title at the Mallorca Championships in Spain.

Performance Timeline

This table shows Tallon Griekspoor's results in major tennis tournaments over the years.

Current through the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.

ATP Tour Finals

Tallon Griekspoor has played in several ATP Tour finals, winning three singles titles and two doubles titles.

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2023	Maharashtra Open, India	ATP 250	Hard	Benjamin Bonzi	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 2023	Libéma Open, Netherlands	ATP 250	Grass	Jordan Thompson	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	2–1	Aug 2023	Washington Open, United States	ATP 500	Hard	Dan Evans	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Apr 2025	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	ATP 250	Clay	Luciano Darderi	6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–2	Jun 2025	Mallorca Championships, Spain	ATP 250	Grass	Corentin Moutet	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2022	European Open, Belgium	ATP 250	Hard (i)	Botic van de Zandschulp	Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	2–0	Mar 2024	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	ATP 500	Hard	Jan-Lennard Struff	Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	2–1	Jan 2025	Open Occitanie, France	ATP 250	Hard (i)	Bart Stevens	Robin Haase Botic van de Zandschulp	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [5–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Tallon Griekspoor has also had great success in smaller tournaments, winning many titles.

Singles: 26 (18 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2018	Tampere Open, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Juan Ignacio Londero	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jul 2019	Tampere Open, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Ymer	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2019	Banja Luka Challenger, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Sumit Nagal	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Aug 2020	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Aslan Karatsev	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	3–2	May 2021	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Oscar Otte	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–2	June 2021	Slovak Open, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Báez	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	5–2	Jul 2021	Dutch Open, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Botic van de Zandschulp	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Win	6–2	Oct 2021	Murcia Open, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	7–2	Oct 2021	Napoli Cup, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–2	Oct 2021	Vesuvio Cup, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Ritschard	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–2	Nov 2021	Tenerife Challenger, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Feliciano López	6–4, 6–4
Win	10–2	Nov 2021	Slovak Open II, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zsombor Piros	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–2	Jul 2022	Dutch Open, Netherlands (2)	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	6–1, 6–2
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	F1 Vierumäki, Finland	Futures	Clay	Aleksandr Vasilenko	6–7(9–11), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Oct 2015	F26 Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2016	F2 Hyvinkää, Finland	Futures	Clay	Ivan Nedelko	1–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–3	Aug 2016	F10 Koksijde, Belgium	Futures	Clay	Thomas Bréchemier	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1–4	Oct 2016	F42 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Hard	Artem Smirnov	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2016	F43 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Hard	Dimitar Kuzmanov	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Jan 2017	F2 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Hard	Aleksandar Lazov	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–6	Jan 2017	F3 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	3–6	Mar 2017	F1 Manama, Bahrain	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–6	Sep 2017	F3 Jönköping, Sweden	Futures	Hard (i)	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	5–6	Oct 2017	F4 Falun, Sweden	Futures	Hard (i)	Jürgen Zopp	6–4, 6–1
Win	6–6	Oct 2017	F6 Heraklion, Greece	Futures	Hard	Matteo Viola	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	7–6	Nov 2017	F8 Heraklion, Greece	Futures	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2016	The Hague Open, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Loss	0–2	May 2019	Prosperita Open, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	Luca Margaroli Filip Polášek	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	1–0	Aug 2014	F13 De Panne, Belgium	Futures	Clay	Scott Griekspoor	James Junior Storme Michael Geerts	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 2015	F1 Vierumäki, Finland	Futures	Clay	Bobbie De Goeijen	Herkko Pöllänen Mikael Torpegaard	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–1	Oct 2015	F1 Oslo, Norway	Futures	Hard (i)	Scott Griekspoor	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jan 2016	F3 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	Martin Blaško Paul Monteban	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Mar 2016	F6 Poitiers, France	Futures	Hard (i)	Scott Griekspoor	Maxime Authom Jonathan Eysseric	6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	3–3	Apr 2016	F1 Manama, Bahrain	Futures	Hard	Scott Griekspoor	Cameron Silverman Quinton Vega	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	May 2016	F5 Bol, Croatia	Futures	Clay	Tobias Simon	Omar Jasika Bradley Mousley	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–4	Jun 2016	F1 Alkmaar, Netherlands	Futures	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Ruben Gonzales Connor Smith	7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
Win	5–4	Jul 2016	F3 Middelburg, Netherlands	Futures	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Bobbie De Goeijen Yanais Laurent	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Jan 2017	F2 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Hard	Sidney de Boer	Petar Čonkić Goran Marković	6–2, 6–7(6–8), [3–10]
Win	6–5	Mar 2017	F1 Heraklion, Greece	Futures	Hard	Kevin Griekspoor	Richard Gabb Luke Johnson	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–5	Aug 2017	F31 Antalya, Turkey	Futures	Clay	Sidney de Boer	Anis Ghorbel Filip Horanský	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	7–6	Sep 2017	F3 Jönköping, Sweden	Futures	Hard (i)	Kevin Griekspoor	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	0–6, 2–6
Loss	7–7	Mar 2018	F5 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	Futures	Clay	Maxime Authom	Adrian Bodmer Mark Vervoort	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–12]

Wins Over Top 10 Players

Tallon Griekspoor has won 5 matches against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time of their match.

#	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2023
1.	Taylor Fritz	9	Washington Open, United States	Hard	SF	3–6, 6–3, 6–2	37
2024
2.	Hubert Hurkacz	8	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	Hard (i)	2R	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)	29
3.	Casper Ruud	8	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	QF	7–5, 7–6(7–5)	37
2025
4.	Daniil Medvedev	6	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	Hard	QF	2–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–5	47
5.	Alexander Zverev	2	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	2R	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)	43

See also

In Spanish: Tallon Griekspoor para niños