Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male

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player from Belgium. In his career, he won two

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singles titles and one title in doubles. In

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he reached the semifinals of the

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, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Cristiano Caratti,

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and

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before he was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion,

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. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open, and only the third time in Grand Slam history that a qualifier had reached a semi-final. Dewulf would also reach the quarter-finals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up

in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 39, achieved in September 1997; he became the first Belgian in ATP Top 50, overall finishing four seasons as the top-ranked Belgian player.ATP Tour profiles
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ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * * 1972 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Mol, Belgium Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) 20th-century Belgian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub