Steve Darcis

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Steve Darcis
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Country (sports)  Belgium
Residence Saive, Belgium
Born (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 40)
Liège, Belgium
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Turned pro 2003
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,213,063
Singles
Career record 87–97
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 44 (12 May 2008)
Current ranking No. 75 (14 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016)
French Open 3R (2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2009, 2013)
US Open 2R (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record 21–35
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 126 (5 January 2009)
Current ranking No. 600 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2010)
French Open QF (2008)
Wimbledon 3R (2012)
US Open 1R (2008, 2012)
Team competitions
Davis Cup F (2015)
Last updated on: 3 February 2016.

Steve Darcis (French pronunciation: ​[stiv daʁsi],[1] born 13 March 1984) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in May 2008.

Personal life

Steve Darcis was born in Liège, Belgium, the son of Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. He has a sister named Céline. Growing up, he looked up to Pete Sampras.[2] On 29 May 2013, his girlfriend Lauranne gave birth to daughter Camille.[3][4]

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Darcis compiled a singles win/loss record of 73–32, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002 (and No. 15 in doubles). He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships Boys' singles event.

2007–2009

Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first Top 100 ranking on 26 November 2007 by winning a Challenger event in Finland.

Darcis competed at the 2008 Australian Open and the French Open, losing in the first round in both. He and Olivier Rochus, however, reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament at the French Open. He reached the second round at the US Open. He won a second ATP event at Memphis in March 2008, defeating Robin Söderling in the final.[5] He reached the final of the Dutch Open again, but lost to Albert Montañés.[6] In 2009, Darcis played in three Grand Slam tournaments: the 2009 Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, reaching the second round only at Wimbledon. He also reached the quarterfinals at Queens.

2010–present

Darcis qualified for the 2010 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, retiring in his third-round match against Rafael Nadal. He failed to qualify for the Australian Open.

At the 2011 French Open, Darcis advanced to the main draw as a qualifier, and in the first round pulled off a shock victory over 22nd seed Michaël Llodra. Darcis followed this up by beating Philipp Petzschner, to advance into the third round, where he was defeated by Frenchman Gaël Monfils in straight sets.

Darcis made the quarterfinals in Vienna, beating Nikolay Davydenko on the way, but was defeated by Daniel Brands.

In 2012, Darcis made the final of the Dallas Challenger tournament but lost to Jesse Levine. At Eastbourne International, he defeated Matthew Ebden,[7] Marcos Baghdatis,[8] and Marinko Matosevic[9] to face Andy Roddick in the semifinals. Darcis retired a set down at 1–3 due to a back injury.[10]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Darcis beat Tomáš Berdych in the first round.[11]

In the first round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships on 24 June, Darcis defeated fifth-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets.[12] This made him the first player ever to defeat Nadal in the first round of any tennis Major. Darcis was ranked 130 places lower than Nadal. At the time, he was the lowest-ranked player ever to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament.[13][14][15] It was announced prior to his second round match that he had withdrawn due to a shoulder injury sustained in the Nadal match.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (1–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 July 2007 Dutch Open, Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Austria Werner Eschauer 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 2. 2 March 2008 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Memphis, United States Hard (i) Sweden Robin Söderling 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 3. 20 July 2008 Dutch Open, Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Spain Albert Montañés 6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Singles performance timeline

Current through 2016 French Open.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R Q3 A 1R 1R A Q3 1R 0–5
French Open A 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 4–8
Wimbledon A 1R 2R A Q2 1R 2R Q2 1R 3–4
US Open 1R 2R 1R A 2R 2R A 1R 2R 4–7
Win–Loss 0–1 1–4 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 10–24
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held 3R Not Held 2–2
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A 2R A A 2R Q1 A A A 2–2
Miami Masters A Q1 1R A A 1R Q1 A 3R A 2–3
Monte-Carlo Masters A A Q2 A A Q2 Q1 A A A 0–0
Rome Masters A 2R A A A A A A A A 1–1
Madrid Masters A 1R A A A A A A A A 0–1
Canada Masters A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A Q1 A A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters NMS A A A A A A A 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A Q1 A A A 0–0
Hamburg Masters A 1R Not Masters Series 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 5–8
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3
Year End Ranking 86 61 122 109 88 93 164 160 86

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 1–3
French Open QF 1R 3–2
Wimbledon 1R 3R 2–2
US Open 1R 1R 0–2
Win–Loss 3–4 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 6–9

References

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