Steve Darcis

Steve Darcis

Country	Belgium
Residence	Saive, Belgium
Born	13 March 1984 (1984-03-13) Liège, Belgium
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,048,386
Singles
Career record	46–56
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 44 (May 12, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 85 (January 9, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2012)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	2R (2008, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	15–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 126 (5 January 2009)
Last updated on: 10 May 2010.

Steve Darcis (born 13 March 1984 in Liège, Belgium) is a male professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ranking of #44 on 12 May 2008.

Career

2007

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.

2008

Darcis competed at the 2008 Australian Open and French Open, losing in the first round in both. He and Olivier Rochus, however, reached the quarter finals 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.

2009

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 quarter finals at Queens in 2009.

2010

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.

2011

In May at the 2011 French Open he advanced to the main draw as a qualifier and in round 1 pulled off a shock victory over 22nd seed Michael Llodra 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. Darcis followed this win up by beating Philipp Petzschner 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 to advance into round 3, where he was defeated by Frenchman Gaël Monfils in straight sets.

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 in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	16 July 2007	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Werner Eschauer	6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Winner	2.	2 March 2008	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Robin Söderling	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2008	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Albert Montañés	1–6, 7–5, 6–3

Singles Performance Timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open			A	1R	1R	Q3	A	1R	0–3
French Open	Q1	Q3	A	1R	1R	2R	3R		3–4
Wimbledon				1R	2R	A	Q2		1–2
US Open	A	Q1	1R	2R	1R	A	2R		2–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–4	1–1	3–2	0–1	6–13
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters				A	2R	A	A		1–1
Miami Masters				Q1	1R	A	A		0–1
Monte Carlo Masters				A	Q2	A	A		0–0
Rome Masters				2R		A	A		1–1
Madrid Masters			A	1R		A	A		0–1
Canada Masters		A			A	A	A		0–0
Cincinnati Masters			A	A	A		A		0–0
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series				A	A	A		0–0
Paris Masters			A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Hamburg Masters				1R	NMS				0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–5
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3
Year End Ranking	153	483	86	61	122	109	88

External links

• Steve Darcis at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Darcis Recent Match Results
• Darcis World Ranking History