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Tom Kempers

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Tom Kempers
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1969-06-01) 1 June 1969 (age 55)
Bussum, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$494,330
Singles
Career record2–7
Highest rankingNo. 253 (28 February 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record113–134
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 42 (10 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1997)
French Open3R (1997)
Wimbledon3R (1992, 1996)
US Open2R (1995, 1996, 1997)

Tom Kempers (born 1 June 1969) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Kempers won four doubles titles during his professional career. He reached his highest doubles ATP ranking on 10 August 1998, when he became the number 42 in the world, though he never won a singles title in his career. Kempers currently is a sponsor relationship manager of the foundation spieren voor spieren that supports research on neuromuscular diseases.[1]

Career finals

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Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1990 Athens, Greece Clay Netherlands Richard Krajicek Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1991 Palermo, Italy Clay Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Javier Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–1 Oct 1994 Palermo, Italy Clay United States Jack Waite United Kingdom Neil Broad
United States Greg Van Emburgh
7–6, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Oct 1995 Valencia, Spain Clay United States Jack Waite Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
5–7, 3–6
Win 3–2 Mar 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Netherlands Menno Oosting Netherlands Jan Siemerink
New Zealand Brett Steven
6–4, 7–6
Win 4–2 Aug 1998 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Argentina Daniel Orsanic Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
6–3, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ Louis van Gaal: Biografie
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