Thijmen Loof (born 15 July 2002) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 228 achieved on 7 April 2025 and a career high singles ranking of world No. 961 achieved on 21 October 2024. He won his first doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour at the
2025 Côte d'Ivoire Open in
Abidjan
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in April 2025.
Career
He became Dutch doubles champion in the under-16 age group in August 2018, alongside Frank Jonker. In the final, the pair defeated Jesse den Hartog and Jesse de Jager 6-4 7-5.
In August 2024, he was beaten in singles by
Cruz Hewitt, in Hewitt’s first win at a senior match.
He won two doubles titles in Bali in August and September 2024, his fourth and fifth doubles finals of the year.
This included teaming up with
Tibo Colson
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Career
Juniors
Since 2016, Colson has been training at thTopsportcentrum Tennis Vlaanderenin Wilrijk, Antwerp, ...
to beat
Shintaro Imai and
Moerani Bouzige
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Bouzige has a career high ATP singles ranking of 741 achieved on 29 November 2021.
Bouzige made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sydney International after receiving a wild ...
in the final of 2024 Amman Mineral Men's World Tennis Championship, in straight sets.
In April 2025, alongside
Matt Hulme, he reached the men's doubles final at the
2025 Côte d'Ivoire Open in
Abidjan
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on the Challenger tour, after the retirement in the semi-finals of the pair
Ricardas Berankis and
Dominik Kellovski, where they defeated the pairing of Frenchman
Clement Chidekh and Antiguan
Jody Maginley
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in straight sets, 7-6, 7-4. Throughout the tournament they only lost one set, which was in the round of 16. Speaking after the match, Loof expressed his satisfaction in the mixed zone saying ""oday was probably our best doubles of the tournament".
Personal life
He is from
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's ad ...
in the Netherlands and started playing tennis as a youngster at a club in Bosjes van Pex of which his mother was a member.
References
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2002 births
Living people
Dutch male tennis players
Tennis players from The Hague
21st-century Dutch sportsmen