Christophe Rochus

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Christophe Rochus
Country  Belgium
Residence Auvelais, Belgium
Born (1978-12-15) 15 December 1978
Namur, Belgium
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 1996
Retired 2009
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,312,971
Singles
Career record 109–186
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 38 (1 May 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (2000)
French Open 3R (2009)
Wimbledon 2R (2000)
US Open 2R (2001, 2009)
Doubles
Career record 33–60
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 62 (15 May 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2006)
French Open 2R (2009)
Wimbledon 1R (2005, 2006, 2009)
US Open 1R (2005, 2006)
Last updated on: 24 October 2012.

Christophe Rochus (born 15 December 1978, Namur) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.

Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam. Rochus' career-high singles ranking was world No. 38, achieved in May 2006.

Career finals (5)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour finals (0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1)
ATP Tour (4)

Singles runner-ups (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
1. 28 April 2003 Spain Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–2, 6–4
2. 20 February 2006 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 6–0, 6–3

Doubles wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score in final
1. 3 January 2000 India Chennai, India Hard France Julien Boutter India Saurav Panja
India Srinath Prahlad
7–5, 6–1

Doubles runner-up (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score in final
1. 25 July 2005 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Belgium Olivier Rochus Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Romania Andrei Pavel
6–2, 6–7(5-7), 6–0
2. 2 January 2006 Qatar Doha, Qatar Hard Belgium Olivier Rochus Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
2–6, 6–3, [10-8]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Australian Open 1R 1R - 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 4R -
French Open - 3R - 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon - 1R 1R - 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R -
US Open - 1R - 1R 1R 1R - 1R - 2R 1R -

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