Fred Hemmes Jr. (born 28 January 1981) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands[1] and coach of Kim Clijsters from 2020 to 2022.[2] He is the son of Fred Hemmes Sr., a tennis player who competed at Wimbledon.

Career

Hemmes played mostly on the Challenger circuit, where he won six doubles titles.[3]

The Dutchman had a win over Andrei Pavel, a former top 20 player, to qualify for the 2004 Heineken Open.[4] He then defeated Robin Söderling in the opening round of the main draw.[3]

A doubles specialist, Hemmes and partner Dennis van Scheppingen paired together to reach quarter-finals at the 2003 Ordina Open and 2004 Dutch Open.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (6)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Argentina Federico Browne Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin 		6–4, 6–3
2. 2003 Montauban, France Clay Netherlands Rogier Wassen Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán
Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen 		6–4, 6–4
3. 2003 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Edwin Kempes Spain Óscar Hernández
Spain Salvador Navarro 		3–6, 6–4, 6–3
4. 2004 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard South Africa Rik de Voest Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin 		6–3, 6–3
5. 2004 Kyoto, Japan Carpet South Africa Rik de Voest Chinese Taipei Yen-Hsun Lu
United States Jason Marshall 		6–3, 6–7(8–10), 6–4
6. 2004 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Melle van Gemerden Hungary Attila Sávolt
Romania Gabriel Trifu 		7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)

References

  1. ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ^ "Dutchman Fred Hemmes Jr named as Kim Clijsters' new coach". 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c ATP World Tour Profile
  4. ^ New Zealand Herald, "Tennis: Rankings shown up", 13 January 2004, Terry Maddaford
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hemmes_Jr.
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