Bart Wuyts (born 15 September 1969) is a former professional
tennis
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player from
Belgium
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.
Wuyts never reached a final on the
ATP Tour
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, the closest he got was in 1992, when he reached the semi-finals of the
Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in
Morocco
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and was a semi-finalist at
Italy
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's
Bologna Outdoor.
Other notable performances include quarter-final appearances in the 1991
Guarujá Open, 1992
Dutch Open, 1992
San Marino Open and
1993 Grand Prix Hassan II.
Wuyts won five
Grand Slam matches during his career, with his best showing at the
1992 French Open, where he upset sixth seed
Guy Forget in straight sets, en route to the third round.
He was a regular fixture in the
Belgium Davis Cup team from 1988 to 1994, finishing with a 15–6 record in singles rubbers.
Davis Cup Profile
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Heading into the first round of the 1991 ITF Davis Cup
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tie against Australia being played in Perth Western Australia, the Belgium Davis Cup team played a grass court lead in event The Fremantle Tennis Championships played at Fremantle Tennis Club.
Bart Wuyts, seeded second, lost in the second round to 19 year old West Australia
Brett Patten
6/0 6/2. Top seed Eduardo Masso won the tournament defeating West Australian David Culley in the final.
Challenger titles
Singles: (3)
References
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1969 births
Living people
Belgian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Leuven
20th-century Belgian sportsmen