Filip Dewulf


Filip Dewulf is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.
In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 [French Open – Men's singles|1997] he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles result ever and the first Belgian tennis player to reach the semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Cristiano Caratti, Fernando Meligeni, Albert Portas, Àlex Corretja and Magnus Norman before he was defeated in four sets by the eventual champion, Gustavo Kuerten. This was, according to Roland Garros itself, the best performance that a qualifier has performed at a French Open, and only the third time in Grand Slam history that a qualifier had reached a semi-final. Dewulf would also reach the quarter-finals at the same event the following year, falling to eventual runner-up Àlex Corretja in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 39, achieved in September 1997; he became the first Belgian in ATP Top 50, overall finishing four seasons as the top-ranked Belgian player.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0[1995 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles|]Vienna, AustriaWorld SeriesCarpetdts|Jul 1997

Doubles: 1 (1 title)


ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0[1997 Marbella Open – Doubles|]Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClaydts|May 1994

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay