Steve Darcis
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| Country | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
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| Residence | Saive, Belgium | |
| Date of birth | March 13, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Liege, Belgium | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 73 kg (160 lb/11.5 st) | |
| Turned pro | 2003 | |
| Plays | Right-handed; one-handed backhand | |
| Career prize money | $414,370 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 13 - 9 | |
| Career titles: | 2 | |
| Highest ranking: | 44 (May 12, 2008) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 1st (2008) | |
| French Open | 1st (2008) | |
| Wimbledon | - | |
| US Open | 1st (2007) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 3 - 4 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | 270 (October 10, 2005) | |
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Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008. |
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Steve Darcis (born March 13, 1984 in Liege, Belgium) is a male professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ranking of #44 on May 12, 2008.
At the Dutch Open in July, 2007, in his 3rd career ATP-level tournament, he won his first ATP-level singles match and then went on to win the tournament, catapulting him into the top-150 for the first time. He beat all top-60 players en route to the title, including world #13 Mikhail Youzhny in the semifinal. His low ranking coming into the week meant that he also had to win 3 qualifying matches just to make the main draw, and his ranking of #297 made him one of the lowest ranked ATP tournament winners since 1985. Lleyton Hewitt holds the record, having been ranked #550 before winning in Adelaide in 1998. [1] In his next tournament in Sopot, two weeks later, he went through qualifying and defeated Nicolas Massu in round 1 to set up a confrontation with Tommy Robredo in round 2. Robredo defeated Darcis in three sets (6–1 0–6 5–7), ending Darcis' winning streak at 12 matches. Darcis entered the top 100 on November 26, 2007 by winning a Challenger event in Finland. He became World Number 86. On 2 March 2008, Darcis won his second ATP event at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, beating Swede Robin Soderling in the final 6–3 7–6.[2]
At the 2008 French Open, Darcis lost in the first round of the singles tournament against No. 5 seed David Ferrer of Spain in three short sets. In the doubles tournament, however, he reached the quarterfinals. With his partner, Olivier Rochus, he lost to the No. 2 seeds Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia), 1–6, 4–6.
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[edit] Juniors Results
Darcis was fairly successful as a junior, reaching #8 in the world in 2002.
In that year, he beat 3 future top-10 pro players: Marcos Baghdatis, Andy Murray, and Tomas Berdych. [3]
[edit] Singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (2) |
| Challengers (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 16 July 2007 | Amersfoort, Netherlands | Clay |  Werner Eschauer |
6–1, 7–6 |
| 2. | 12 November 2007 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) |  Tobias Kamke |
6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 3. | 2 March 2008 | Memphis, USA | Hard (i) |  Robin Söderling |
6–3, 7–6(5) |
[edit] References
- ^ Darcis 2nd Lowest Ranked ATP Winner
- ^ Association of Tennis Professionals. "11 Players Break into 2007 Century Club", Association of Tennis Professionals, 2007-12-05. Retrieved on 2007-12-06. (English)
- ^ Darcis ITF Junior Profile
