Peter Wessels

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Peter Wessels (born May 7, 1978 in Zwolle, Overijssel) is a professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. He has been ranked as high as 72 in the world (February 7, 2005). As of June 26, 2006, his ranking has fallen to 220.

Wessels is said to be superstitious. During a match in between points he will never step on the court lines and he likes to use the same shower cubicle at each venue after every match.

He started 2006 by qualifying to the Hopman Cup tournament in Perth with Michaella Krajicek where the Dutch went all the day to the final to be beaten in a very close mixed doubles by the American team of Taylor Dent and Lisa Raymond. Despite this, Peter & Michaella proved that they were a force to be reckonned with, and they will be ones to watch in the coming months and years. At the Hopman Cup, he won 4 out of his 5 singles matches (def. Peng Sun, Gaston Gaudio, Todd Reid and Nicolas Kiefer; lost to Taylor Dent). In Mixed Doubles, they had a 3-2 record (def. Reid/Stosur, Peng/Sun, Groenefeld/Kiefer; lost to Raymond/Dent, Dulko/Gaudio). In the 2006 Wimbledon qualifying rounds, Wessels defeated Adam Chadaj 6-3, 6-3, but fell to Alejandro Falla 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.