Olivier Rochus

Full name is Olivier Laurent Pierre Rochus...Nicknamed "Olli"...Began playing tennis at age six along with his older brother Christophe who plays on the ATP World Tour...Has one younger brother, Pierre...His future ambition is to win Davis Cup title with his brother, whom he considers his best friend on circuit...Father, Jean-Paul, is a doctor; mother, Anne, is a dentist...Favorite player growing up was Pete Sampras...Ambition as a child was "to be tall".

Advanced to junior SF at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 1997...Won Wimbledon junior doubles title (w/Federer) in 1998...Finished No. 11 in junior rankings in 1997 and No. 19 following year...Also played table tennis and handball as a youngster...Considers backhand and return as strengths and favorite surface is hard courts...Has a 17-19 career Davis Cup record (12-11 in singles) in 20 ties since 2000...ATP Newcomer of Year in 2000...Elected to ATP Player Council in June 2006...Fitness trainer is Patrick Meur and coached by countryman Reginald Willems.

2000 --Finished as No. 1 Belgian for first time...He and Christophe became first brother combination to finish in Top 100 since Byron and Wayne Black in 1998...Captured first ATP title in Palermo...First Belgian winner since Filip Dewulf (1995 Vienna) and shortest since Angel Gimenez (5'5" -1.66m) in '80 at Bournemouth...Won Ostend Challenger...

2001 -- Won Bolton Challenger...

2002 -- Finalist in Copenhagen...

2003 --The No. 1 Belgian finished runner-up in Copenhagen...

2004 -- Won doubles title at Roland Garros (w/Malisse)...First Belgians to reach a Grand Slam final in Open Era...Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup doubles (1-2)...

2005 --The top Belgian finished as runner-up in Auckland...Won Mons Challenger...In doubles, won Adelaide title (w/Malisse) and reached Kitzbnhel final (w/C. Rochus)...Earned a career-high $601,148...

2006 -- Captured Munich title (d. countryman Vliegen)... Reached Auckland SF and four QF...Won both of his D.C. matches vs. Slovak Republic to lift his country into '07 World Group...In June, held 4 M.P. in Halle QF against eventual champion Federer...Won Orleans Challenger (d. Llodra)...In doubles, finalist in Doha (w/C. Rochus)...

2007 -- Finished in Top 75 for sixth straight year highlighted by an ATP final appearance and four QF -- Doha, Dubai (d. No. 4 Davydenko, l. to Haas), Bastad and Lyon...Also won a Challenger title...In February, helped his country to a 1st RD Davis Cup victory over Australia with four-sets win over Guccione (l. to Hewitt)...In September, repeated Orleans (France) Challenger title (d. Mahut) and followed with runner-up in Mumbai ATP stop (l. to Gasquet)...Compiled marks of 13-11 on hard, 4-11 on clay...Surpassed $3 million in career earnings...

2008 -- Finished out of Top 100 for first time since 2001...After 1-4 start to season, reached QF at Zagreb (l. to Bolelli)...Followed with 2nd RD at Dubai and AMS Indian Wells (l. to Ferrer at both)...Qualified and reached 2nd RD at AMS clay events at Monte Carlo (l. to Nalbandian) and Hamburg (l. to Moya)...Also 2nd RD showings at Poertschach, Wimbledon, Bastad and New Haven...At Beijing Olympics, defeated Minar and Tipsarevic before losing to eventual silver medalist Gonzalez in 3rd RD...In doubles, finished runner-up at Kitzbuhel (w/Arnold Ker)...Underwent right shoulder surgery on Oct. 30.

2009

The top Belgian on ATP World Tour finished in Top 75 highlighted by 26-13 record in Challenger play with title at Manchester (d. Sijsling) in July and runner-up at Zagreb (l. to Daniel) in May and Cordenons (l. to Luczak) in August…In ATP World Tour play, reached SF in Halle (as a qualifier), falling to No. 4 Djokovic…One month later, reached SF in Newport (l. to eventual champ R. Ram)…In October he advanced to his seventh career ATP World Tour final in Stockholm, losing to Baghdatis…Compiled marks of 6-2 on grass, 6-5 on hard and 2-2 on clay.