Jean-Julien Rojer (; ; born 25 August 1981) is a Dutch professional

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player from

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, who specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in November 2015. He is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won 2015 Wimbledon and 2017 US Open with Horia Tecău, the

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with Marcelo Arévalo in men's doubles, as well as the 2014 French Open in mixed doubles alongside

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. By winning the 2022 French Open, Rojer became the oldest major men's doubles champion in the Open Era. He has won 33 doubles titles on the

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, including the

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and three at Masters 1000 level. He attended

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where he competed for the

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men's tennis team. Since 2012, Rojer has represented the Netherlands in the

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, having previously represented the Netherlands Antilles from 1999 to 2010. He has also competed at the

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on three occasions.

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Rojer has played four seasons with

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, making his debut in 2011 with the St. Louis Aces and earning the 2011 WTT Male Rookie of the Year award. He has since played for the Springfield Lasers in 2013, earning the 2013 WTT Male MVP award, and another two seasons in 2017 and 2019. It was announced he will be joining the Springfield Lasers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 56 (33 titles, 23 runners-up)

Doubles performance timeline

''Current through the 2022 Mexican Open.''

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