Bart Beks (born 4 July 1973) is a retired

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professional

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player. Beks reached a career-high

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singles ranking of World No. 595 achieved on 15 November 2004. He also had a career high

doubles ranking of World No. 174 achieved on 8 August 2005. Beks made his

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main draw debut in doubles at the

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held on grass courts in

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, Netherlands. Partnering up with compatriot

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, the pair received a wild-card entry into the main doubles draw. They were defeated in the first round by French duo

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and

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in straight sets ''2–6, 6–7^(7–9)''. Again with van Haasteren, the pair received a direct entry into the

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main doubles draw, but also lost in the first round to Swedish pair

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and

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''3–6, 2–6''. Beks reached two career singles finals with a record of 0 wins and 2 losses both occurring on the

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circuit on clay courts. Additionally, he has reached 25 career doubles finals, with a record of 11 wins and 14 losses which includes a 1–5 record in

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finals. In 2007 he won the Chiasso Challenger doubles title with

Matwé Middelkoop Matwé Middelkoop (; born 3 September 1983) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has won 13 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open alongside Robin Haase, and reached a career high dou ...

defeating Romanians

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and

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''7–6^(7–2), 7–5'' in the final match to claim his first and what would become the only

title of his career.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Doubles: 25 (11–14)

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* * 1973 births Living people Dutch male tennis players {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub