Tibo Colson (born 12 July 2000) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ranking of No. 395 achieved on 20 November 2023.

Career

Juniors

Since 2016, Colson has been training at th
Topsportcentrum Tennis Vlaanderen
in

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, Antwerp, Belgium alongside

Zizou Bergs Zizou Bergs (born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 128 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 449 achieved on 25 Octob ...

and later also alongside

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Junior champion

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. Colson has won six junior titles in 2016 and 2017.

2022-2023: ATP doubles debut

The start of his professional career was be-set by knee injuries, and it was not until he was 22 years-old that he won his first ITF level professional tournament, in October 2022 in

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. In October 2023, he received a wildcard in doubles for the European Open in Antwerp, alongside compatriot Zizou Bergs. He teamed up with Dutchman Thijmen Loof to beat Shintaro Imai and

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in the final of 2024 Amman Mineral Men's World Tennis Championship in

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, in straight sets.

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* * 2000 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Genk 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub