20 Facts About Ruben Bemelmans

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Ruben Bemelmans is a Belgian former professional tennis player.

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Ruben Bemelmans has a career-high ATP ranking of world No 84 in singles, achieved on 28 September 2015, and world No 128 in doubles, achieved on 1 October 2012.

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In February 2010 Ruben Bemelmans succeeded in qualifying for his first ATP level event, the Zagreb Indoors tournament.

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In September 2010, Ruben Bemelmans played for Belgium in the Davis cup play-off tie against Australia.

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Ruben Bemelmans was a late replacement for an injured Steve Darcis.

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In January 2011, Ruben Bemelmans was invited to represent Belgium in the Hopman Cup alongside Justine Henin.

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Ruben Bemelmans won his first match in a Grand Slam main draw at 2012 Wimbledon, defeating Carlos Berlocq in 4 sets.

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Ruben Bemelmans was bested by Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the second round.

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About a month later, Ruben Bemelmans won his first title on the ATP Tour, the 250 level Los Angeles Open.

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In 2013, Ruben Bemelmans made the final of 2 Challenger Tour events, Nottingham and Eckental where he lost to Steve Johnson and Benjamin Becker respectively.

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In September 2015, Ruben Bemelmans defeated Gilles Muller and Jack Sock to reach the third round of the US Open where he lost against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in three sets.

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Ruben Bemelmans was unable to defend his title in Eckental however, falling in the semi-finals to Benjamin Becker.

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Ruben Bemelmans played an active part in the Belgian Davis Cup team that reached the final that season, and played the second singles rubber where he was beaten by Andy Murray.

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Ruben Bemelmans made 2 Challenger finals late in 2016, at Charlottesville and Champaign.

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In 2017, Ruben Bemelmans won the title in Koblenz, which pushed him back inside the Top 150, before losing to Denis Shapovalov in the final of the Challenger in Drummondville.

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Ruben Bemelmans then made the third round of Wimbledon, his best result at the tournament, beating former world No 2 Tommy Haas in the first round.

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Ruben Bemelmans then defeated American Steve Johnson in five sets to reach round 2 of a slam for the third consecutive time in 2018.

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Ruben Bemelmans had been tied for the qualifying record with Alejandro Falla, Ken Flach, Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Jimmy Wang.

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Ruben Bemelmans played his last singles professional match in the qualifying draw as a wildcard at the Antwerp Open.

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Ruben Bemelmans participated in the doubles event having received a wildcard partnering compatriot Alexander Blockx where he lost in the first round.