Igor Sijsling

Plays with a one-handed backhand...Started playing tennis aged five and participated in a number of different activities beginning at age 3; playing soccer on streets, basketball and taking ballet lessons....Speaks Dutch and English...Father, Han, is a lawyer; mother, Jelena, "who kicked me onto a tennis court", is an investor; brother, Edward, is an electronical engineer...At 12 concentrated on tennis and played on Dutch youth teamsand won Dutch championships and Masters in 2007...As a junior, had a career-high combined ranking of No. 10 and was a runner -up at European Junior Championship....Favourite surfaces are grass and clay...Favourite shot is the volley...Favourite tournament is Wimbledon...Idols growing up were Michael Jordan and Dennis Bergkamp...Hobbies include basketball and watching movies...If he wasn't a tennis player he'd be a lawyer...Obtained his diploma at Vossius Gymnasium in Amsterdam...First represented The Netherlands in Davis Cup in 2007...Trains at the Dutch Federation in Almere...Physical trainer is Miguel Janssen (since 1999).

2012 -- The No. 2 Dutchman (behind No. 56 Haase) finished in Top 100 for 1st time in his career and put together his best results on Challenger circuit. Compiled a 26-8 record and won 3 titles – Quimper (d. Jaziri) and Wolfsburg (d. Janowicz) in February along with Vancouver (d. Bubka) in July. Also runner-up in Granby (l. to Pospisil)...On home soil, reached his 1st ATP World Tour QF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on grass (d. Nieminen, Rochus, l. to eventual champ Ferrer). In September, advanced to QF in Kuala Lumpur (d. F. Lopez, l. to Ferrer)...In Grand Slam play, qualified at Roland Garros (l. to Muller 8-6 in 5th set) and at US Open (d. Gimeno-Traver, l. to Ferrer)...Went 0-4 vs. Top 10 opponents with 3 losses to No. 5 Ferrer and 1 loss to No. 9 Tipsarevic. His highest-ranked win came over No. 18 A. Dolgopolov in Paris 1st RD. Earned a career-high $239,460...

2011 -- Reached QF in Metz as a qualifier. Twice was successful in 9 qualifying attempts at ATP events. Won title at Alphen aan den Rijn Challenger...

2010 -- Closed season winning 9 out of 10 Challenger matches, winning title in Eckental and reaching final at Aachen. Also claimed 1 Futures title and reached 1 other final

2009 -- Was finalist at Challenger events in Manchester and Chuncheon. Reached 3 Futures QF, including 1 final...

2008 -- Claimed 2 Futures titles...

2007 -- Closed season with final at Shrewsbury Challenger. Reached 1 final and 2 SF in Futures. Made Davis Cup debut and lost to Henman in dead rubber...

2006 -- Won title at Saransk Challenger. Won 2 Futures titles and reached 5 other SF...

2005 -- Was 11-11 in Futures events, reaching 2 SF...

2004 -- Was 1-2 in Challengers and 0-2 in Futures...

2013

With Haase, the Dutch pair reached their first Grand Slam championship doubles final at the Australian Open...Dropping one set en route to the final, they lost to Bryans in straight sets…They had been bidding to become the first all-Dutch doubles team to win a major doubles title since 1998 when Eltingh-Haarhuis won Wimbledon…

Beat World No. 8 Tsonga in Rotterdam 1R...

On 21 February, failed to convert 3 M.P. versus Cilic in Memphis 2R at 64 and 76 in 3rd set TB loss…

On 26 February, retired in Delray Beach 1R versus Haas at start of 3rd set and from doubles (w/Becker) due to an ankle injury…

On 24 May, reached his first ATP World Tour SF at Dusseldorf (l. to Nieminen)…

On 18 June, pulled out of ‘s-Hertogenbosch singles and doubles (w/Haase) due to stomach flu...