John van Lottum (born 10 April 1976) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994 to 2007. During his career, he won 5 Challenger titles in singles; notably defeated

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and Todd Martin; and reached the 4th round of

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. The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on the

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in April 1999, when he became world No. 62. He has an older sister, Noëlle van Lottum, who played on the

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for France circuit from 1987 to 1999, with a career-high ranking of world No. 57 in singles. After his tennis career he was considered as a coach for

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, but instead joined TV channel

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as a tennis commentator. In June 2008, he coached

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during the Ordina Open and

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

External links

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