David Pel
David Pel is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles.
He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 27 achieved on 29 December 2025. He has won one doubles ATP title with Sander Arends. Pel was a Grand Slam finalist at 2025 Wimbledon with Rinky Hijikata.
Pel competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's circuit where he has a 19–16 win-loss record in Challenger finals and a 11–12 record in ITF career doubles finals.
Career
2017: ATP debut
Pel made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Ricoh Open in the doubles draw partnering Tallon Griekspoor. They were defeated by Santiago González and Adil Shamasdin in the first round.2021: First ATP doubles title
Partnering Sander Arends, he won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swedish Open, defeating Andre Begemann and Albano Olivetti in the final.2025: Wimbledon finalist, top 30 in doubles
At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships Hijikata reached the final with Rinky Hijikata as alternate pair, defeating third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz and top seeds and world No. 1 duo Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic en route. They lost the championship match to fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.Performance timeline
Doubles
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | ||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | 2021 Open 13 – Doubles| | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard |  ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finalsDoubles: 58 (30–28)
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