Italian tennis player
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 .[ 1] He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton , FL , United States from ages 13 to 17.[ 2]
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)
Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jun 1998
Queen's , United Kingdom
World Series
Grass
Scott Draper
6–7(5–7) , 4–6
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (3–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 1994
Brasília , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Frederic Vitoux
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Aug 1994
Fortaleza , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Óscar Ortiz
6–7, 1–6
Win
2–1
Oct 1994
Réunion Island , Réunion
Challenger
Hard
Paul Wekesa
7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win
3–1
Jan 1999
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Markus Hantschk
6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss
3–2
Jun 2000
Surbiton , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Wayne Arthurs
6–4, 6–7(6–8) , 4–6
Doubles: 17 (7–10)
Legend
ATP Challenger (7–10)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 1992
Singapore , Singapore
Challenger
Hard
Martin Blackman
Patrick Baur Sander Groen
6–4, 1–6, 7–6
Loss
1–1
Feb 1993
Mar del Plata , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Andrey Merinov
Jean-Philippe Fleurian Mark Koevermans
3–6, 3–6
Loss
1–2
Feb 1993
Viña del Mar , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Andrey Merinov
Marcelo Rebolledo Martín Rodríguez
3–6, 6–7
Loss
1–3
Oct 1993
Ponte Vedra , United States
Challenger
Hard
Maurice Ruah
Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win
2–3
Oct 1993
Caracas , Venezuela
Challenger
Hard
Maurice Ruah
Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss
2–4
Sep 1994
Seoul , South Korea
Challenger
Hard
Óscar Ortiz
Bill Barber Ari Nathan
6–7, 2–6
Loss
2–5
Nov 1995
Beijing, China
Challenger
Hard
Martin Zumpft
Ivan Baron João Cunha-Silva
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–6
Mar 1996
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Daniel Orsanic
Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran
5–7, 4–6
Loss
2–7
May 1996
Budapest , Hungary
Challenger
Clay
Eyal Ran
Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt
4–6, 1–6
Loss
2–8
Sep 1996
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Clay
Andrei Cherkasov
Albert Portas Marcelo Charpentier
1–6, 2–6
Win
3–8
Feb 1997
Wolfsburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Nicola Bruno
Henrik Holm Nils Holm
7–6, 6–4
Win
4–8
Feb 1998
West Bloomfield , United States
Challenger
Hard
Jim Thomas
Alejandro Hernández David Roditi
7–6, 6–4
Win
5–8
Feb 1998
Singapore , Singapore
Challenger
Hard
Jim Thomas
James Holmes Andrew Painter
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win
6–8
Aug 2000
Lexington , United States
Challenger
Hard
Lorenzo Manta
Grant Stafford Wesley Whitehouse
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–3)
Loss
6–9
Aug 2000
Binghamton , United States
Challenger
Hard
Lorenzo Manta
Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee
3–6, 5–7
Win
7–9
Nov 2000
Brest , France
Challenger
Hard
Tuomas Ketola
František Čermák Ota Fukárek
7–6(7–5) , 1–6, 6–3
Loss
7–10
Mar 2002
Osaka , Japan
Challenger
Hard
John Van Lottum
Karol Beck Cedric Kauffmann
5–7, 1–6
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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