1. Wesley Koolhof is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2023 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles with Neal Skupski and the 2022 French Open in mixed doubles with Ena Shibahara.
20 Facts About Wesley Koolhof
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Wesley Koolhof has won 21 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2020 ATP Finals with Mektic and six at Masters 1000 level.
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Wesley Koolhof became world No 1 for the first time in November 2022, becoming the fourth Dutchman to attain the top ranking in doubles after Tom Okker, Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh, and ending the year as joint No 1 alongside Skupski.
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Wesley Koolhof has represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup since 2019 and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games partnering Jean-Julien Rojer and at the 2024 Olympics partnering Tallon Griekspoor.
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Wesley Koolhof was part of the team that reached the Davis Cup final in 2024 and the quarterfinals in 2022 and in 2023, the Netherlands' best performances in the competition since 2005.
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Wesley Koolhof is the son of the late Dutch international footballer Jurrie Koolhof, and the elder brother of Dean Koolhof.
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Wesley Koolhof married WTA tennis player Julia Gorges in December 2024 in Arnhem.
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Wesley Koolhof won his maiden ATP tour doubles title at the 2016 Sofia Open on indoor hardcourts 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.
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Wesley Koolhof lost to the 10th seeded team of Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers.
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Wesley Koolhof won his first Grand Slam title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships with Skupski and returned to the No 1 ranking.
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Wesley Koolhof finished his last season ranked in the top 10, at the 2024 ATP Finals, where he partnered with Nikola Mektic, losing his last ATP match in the round robin stage.