17 Facts About Wesley Koolhof

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Wesley Koolhof is a Dutch professional tennis player who is currently jointly ranked world No 1 in doubles.

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Wesley Koolhof won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Ena Shibahara in mixed doubles, and reached the US Open men's doubles final in 2020 and 2022, partnering Nikola Mektic and Neal Skupski respectively.

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Wesley Koolhof has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2020 ATP Finals with Mektic, and the Madrid Masters, Canadian Open and Paris Masters in 2022 with Skupski.

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Wesley Koolhof has reached five further Masters 1000 finals with various partners.

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Wesley Koolhof became world No 1 for the first time in November 2022, the fourth Dutchman to attain the top ranking in doubles after Tom Okker, Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh.

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Wesley Koolhof made his Davis Cup debut for the Netherlands in 2019, and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Jean-Julien Rojer.

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Wesley Koolhof is the son of the late Dutch international footballer Jurrie Koolhof.

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Wesley Koolhof won his maiden ATP tour doubles title at the 2016 Sofia Open on indoor hard courts in Bulgaria, partnering compatriot Matwe Middelkoop.

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Wesley Koolhof teamed up with New Zealand player Artem Sitak mid-year in 2017.

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Sitak and Wesley Koolhof then went to Newport Beach in California where, as top seeds, they lost in the first round in straight sets to Treat Huey and Denis Kudla.

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At Roland Garros, Sitak and Wesley Koolhof beat Andre Begemann and Antonio Sancic in the first round, then the ninth seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram, before going down to fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

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Wesley Koolhof partnering with Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2019 Miami Open losing to the Bryan brothers and with Robin Haase made the finals of the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2019 Canadian Open.

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Wesley Koolhof won the 2020 ATP Finals in doubles partnering Nikola Mektic.

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Wesley Koolhof reached the doubles semifinal of the 2020 French Open and the final at the 2020 US Open partnering again with Nikola Mektic.

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In May, Wesley Koolhof won his seventh title at the 2021 Bavarian Championships with Kevin Krawietz.

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Wesley Koolhof reached the final of the 2022 Miami Open with Skupski where they lost to John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.

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Wesley Koolhof reached the quarterfinals with Skupski for the second time at this Major defeating unseeded pair of Americans Tommy Paul and Mackenzie McDonald.