Botic van de Zandschulp (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbo.tɪk fɑn də zɑnt.sxʏlp];[2] born 4 October 1995) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Van de Zandschulp has a career high ranking of world No. 22 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 29 August 2022. He is the current Dutch No. 1 men's singles player.[3] He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 208, first achieved on 1 August 2022. Van de Zandschulp has won one ATP Challenger singles title in Hamburg and one ATP Challenger doubles title in Alphen.

Botic van de Zandschulp

Van de Zandschulp at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Veenendaal, Netherlands
Born	(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 27) Wageningen, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $2,368,548 [1]
Singles
Career record	54–39 (58.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 22 (29 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 34 (3 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	3R (2022)
Wimbledon	4R (2022)
US Open	QF (2021)
Doubles
Career record	7–11 (38.9% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 208 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 215 (3 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 3 October 2022.

Van de Zandschulp's breakthrough occurred at the 2021 US Open when he became the third qualifier in US Open history to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament, after defeating seeded Casper Ruud and Diego Schwartzman. He was also the third man to progress to the main draw of all four majors through qualifying in one year, the others being Elias Ymer in 2015 and Frank Dancevic in 2011.[4] In 2022, Van de Zandschulp reached his maiden ATP Tour final at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships.

Professional career

2021: Major debut, US Open quarterfinal, top 100, Dutch No.1

Van de Zandschulp qualified for the first time in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2021 Australian Open, where he was defeated by fellow qualifier Carlos Alcaraz.[5] As a result, he reached a career-high of No. 145 on 22 February 2021 and was the No. 1 Dutch tennis singles player for a brief period from 8 February 2021 until 22 March 2021.[6] He also qualified for the second major in 2021 and in his career at the 2021 French Open and reached the second round for his first Grand Slam win with a defeat over No. 19 seed Hubert Hurkacz.

On June 23, 2021, he was upgraded to the main draw at Wimbledon, for his third Major debut in a row in 2021, as a lucky loser following the late withdrawal of the 4th seed Dominic Thiem.[7] He beat qualifier Grégoire Barrère in the first round and lost to 7th seed Matteo Berrettini in the second round. In July following Wimbledon, as the second seed, he reached the final at the 2021 Dutch Open in Amersfoort. He was defeated by his compatriot and top seed Tallon Griekspoor in the final. He became the No. 1 Dutch player again on 30 August 2021 at World No. 117 in the rankings.

Despite having only 5 ATP tour match wins before the US Open, Van de Zandschulp qualified for the last major of the year, thus becoming the only man to progress to the main draw of all four majors through qualifying that year.[8] He reached the third round of a major for the first time, defeating world No. 11 and eight seed Casper Ruud.[9][10] He next defeated Facundo Bagnis to reach the fourth round. There he defeated world No. 14 and eleventh seed Diego Schwartzman in five sets to reach his maiden major quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev. He was the only player to take a set off of Medvedev in the tournament. He became only the third male qualifier in the history of the US Open (after Nicolas Escudé in 1999 and Gilles Müller in 2008) to reach the quarterfinals. He also became the first Dutch man to reach the quarterfinals of a major since Sjeng Schalken at the 2003 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon.[11][12] As a result, he improved 55 spots in the singles rankings, entering the top 100 for the first time in his career at World No. 62 on 13 September 2021.

He made his debut at a Masters 1000 level at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters by qualifying as the top seed into the main draw.[13] He lost to Marcos Giron in the first round in three sets.

At the 2021 St. Petersburg Open, Van de Zandschulp entered as a qualifier and beat Yoshihito Nishioka, Sebastian Korda, and for the biggest win in his career so far, world No.6 and top seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.[14][15] He lost to Croatian Marin Čilić in the semifinals.[16] At the 2021 Stockholm Open he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime.[17] He entered the top 60 at World No. 57 on 15 November 2021

2022: Wimbledon fourth round, maiden ATP single final & doubles title, top 25

Van de Zandschulp started his year by reaching the quarterfinals at the Melbourne Summer Set by defeating Adrian Mannarino and 8th seed Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets.^{[citation needed]} He lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals despite having match points on serve in the third set.^{[citation needed]}

He reached the third round at the 2022 Australian Open where he lost to World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev.[18] As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the rankings on 31 January 2022.

Van de Zandschulp reached the third round in Indian Wells, where he beat Tennys Sandgren and scoring his second top 10 victory over world no. 9 Félix Auger-Aliassime in 3 sets.^{[citation needed]} He lost to Miomir Kecmanović in the third round in straight sets.^{[citation needed]} In Miami, he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.

His next tournament was Marrakech, where he beat Hugo Dellien in 3 sets in the first round, and qualifier Vít Kopřiva in straight sets in the second round to make his fourth ATP Tour-level quarterfinal overall and second of 2022.[19] He lost to Alex Molčan in the quarterfinals.^{[citation needed]} In Monte Carlo, he lost to Sebastian Korda in the first round.[20] He reached the top 40 on 25 April 2022.

Van de Zandschulp reached the final in Munich, where, as the 8th seed, he beat Brandon Nakashima and Egor Gerasimov to reach a third ATP Tour-level quarterfinal in 2022. Next, he upset second seed Casper Ruud in straight sets to reach the semifinals,[21][22] where he beat 7th seed Miomir Kecmanović in a nearly three hour match [23][24] to become the first Dutch male player to reach an ATP Tour-level singles final since Robin Haase in Gstaad in 2016.^{[citation needed]} He was forced to retire in the final against Holger Rune due to chest pain.[25]

He saved three match points at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open to advance to the second round for the first time at this Masters against Pablo Carreno Busta.[26][27] At the Italian Open he also reached the second round for the first time on his debut at this Masters, defeating Korda this time.[28] As a result he reached the top 30 at World No. 29 on 16 May 2022.

Seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam at the 2022 French Open, he also reached the third round for the first time at this Major but lost to 13-time champion and childhood idol Rafael Nadal in their first time meeting.[29][30][31]

Van de Zandschulp played his first grass tournament on home soil at s'Hertogenbosch, where, as the 6th seed, he lost to Emil Ruusuvuori in 3 sets. The following week at Queen's Club, he reached the first ATP 500 semifinal of his career by defeating qualifier Paul Jubb, Grigor Dimitrov and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.[32] He became the first Dutchman to advance to the semifinals since Sjeng Schalken and Raemon Sluiter in 2002.[33][34]

He reached a career-high in the top 25 on 27 June 2022 at the start of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. Seeded 21th he reached the fourth round where he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets.[35]

At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he reached his third tour-level semifinals of the season defeating 10th seed Benjamin Bonzi in straight sets with two tiebreaks.[36]

In October, he reached second round of Astana Open, where he lost in straight sets to an eventual champion, Novak Djokovic.[37]

At the 2022 European Open in Antwerp he won his maiden title partnering Tallon Griekspoor.[38]

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2022 US Open.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2022	Bavarian International Tennis Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Holger Rune	4–3 ret.

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2022	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Tallon Griekspoor	Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (7–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2016	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2016	Netherlands F7, Schoonhoven	Futures	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	walkover
Win	3–0	Nov 2016	Estonia F4, Pärnu	Futures	Hard	Vladimir Ivanov	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Nov 2016	Czech Republic F10, Milovice	Futures	Hard	Marek Jaloviec	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–2	Feb 2017	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Mikael Ymer	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Jul 2017	Netherlands F3, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Aug 2017	Netherlands F5, Oldenzaal	Futures	Clay	Scott Griekspoor	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 2018	France F4, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	3–6 ret
Loss	3–6	Jun 2018	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Clement Geens	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win	4–6	Jan 2019	M25 Nussloch, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Peter Heller	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–7	Feb 2019	M15 Kaarst, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Igor Sijsling	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–7	Apr 2019	M25 Bolton, Great Britain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Igor Sijsling	7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Win	6–7	May 2019	M25 Prijedor, Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Vlad Andrei Dancu	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–8	May 2019	M25 Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Christopher O'Connell	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	6–9	Sep 2019	M25 Stockholm, Sweden	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Kacper Żuk	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	7–9	Oct 2019	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	7–10	Feb 2020	Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tomáš Macháč	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	7–11	Oct 2020	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	7–6(3–7), 6–7(2–7), 5–7
Loss	7–12	Jul 2021	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	1–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 20 (17–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2016	Belgium F8, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Paul Monteban	Evan Furness Ugo Humbert	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	2–0	Oct 2016	Estonia F5, Tallinn	Futures	Hard	Niels Lootsma	Karol Beck Artem Dubrivnyy	6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss	2–1	Nov 2016	Czech Republic F10, Milovice	Futures	Hard	Niels Lootsma	Tomas Papik Matej Vocel	3–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	3–1	Jan 2017	Kazakhstan F2, Aktobe	Futures	Hard	Niels Lootsma	Vladyslav Manafov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	May 2017	Sweden F1, Karlskrona	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Martín Cuevas Christian Lindell	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [9–11]
Win	4–2	Jun 2017	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Patrick Kypson Sam Riffice	6–2, 5–7, [14–12]
Win	5–2	Jun 2017	Netherlands F2, Breda	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Jesse Timmermans Tim Van Terheijden	6–1, 7–5
Win	6–2	Jul 2017	Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Niels Lootsma Christoph Negritu	6–1, 6–7(4–7), [10–3]
Win	7–2	Aug 2017	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Nick Chappell Hunter Reese	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–2	Aug 2017	Netherlands F7, Schoonhoven	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Glenn Smits Colin Van Beem	6–2, 3–2 ret.
Win	9–2	Aug 2017	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Alexandar Lazov Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss	9–3	Mar 2018	France F4, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	3–6, 5–7
Win	10–3	Jun 2018	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Roy De Valk	Michiel De Krom Ryan Nijboer	6–2, 6–3
Win	11–3	Jul 2018	Netherlands F2, The Hague	Futures	Clay	Tim Van Terheijden	Gijs Brouwer Jelle Sels	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	12–3	Aug 2018	Netherlands F5, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Glenn Smits	Mariano Kestelboim Felipe Mantilla	7–5, 7–5
Win	13–3	Sep 2018	France F18, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Glenn Smits	Yannick Mertens Hugo Voljacques	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [10–6]
Win	14–3	Feb 2019	M15 Kaarst, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Igor Sijsling	Mats Rosenkranz Mark Whitehouse	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–3	Mar 2019	M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Igor Sijsling	S D Prajwal Dev Adil Kalyanpur	7–6(10–8), 2–6, [10–6]
Win	16–3	Apr 2019	M25 Angers, France	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	A. Cornut-Chauvinc Arthur Reymond	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	17–3	May 2019	M25 Prijedor, Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Igor Sijsling	Ljubomir Celebic Nerman Fatic	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Van de Zandschulp's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Novak Djokovic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2022 Astana Open
Carlos Alcaraz	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Rafael Nadal	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (4–6, 2–6, 6–7(6–8)) at 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Daniil Medvedev	0–3	0%	0–3	–	–	Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2022 Cincinnati
Number 2 ranked players
Casper Ruud	2–1	67%	1–0	1–1	–	Lost (7–6(7–4), 2–6, 4–6) at 2022 Rome
Number 3 ranked players
Grigor Dimitrov	1–1	50%	0–1	–	1–0	Won (7-6(7–5), 6–3) at 2022 Queen's Club Championships
Marin Čilić	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2022 Qatar Open
Number 5 ranked players
Andrey Rublev	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2021 St. Petersburg
Number 6 ranked players
Matteo Berrettini	0–2	0%	–	–	0–2	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2022 Queen's
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet	2–0	100%	1–0	–	1–0	Won (7–5, 2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–1) at 2022 Wimbledon Championships
David Goffin	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Madrid Open
Number 8 ranked players
Diego Schwartzman	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1) at 2021 US Open
Félix Auger-Aliassime	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3) at 2022 Indian Wells
Cameron Norrie	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2022 Davis Cup
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–6(8–6), 5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Melbourne 1
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6-4, 7-6(7–2), 3-2 ret.) at 2022 French Open
Hubert Hurkacz	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2, 6–4) at 2021 French Open
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–7(6-8), 7–6(7–1), 6–3) at 2022 Madrid Open
Total	12–17	41%	6–11 (35%)	4–3 (57%)	2–3 (40%)	* Statistics correct as of 6 October 2022[update]

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 6 October 2022^[update]

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 4–8 (33.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	BvdZR
2021
1.	Andrey Rublev	6	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	QF	6–3, 6–4	69
2022
2.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	9	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7) 6–3	47
3.	Casper Ruud	7	Munich, Germany	Clay	QF	7–5, 6–1	40
4.	Cameron Norrie	8	Davis Cup, Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	GS	6–4, 6–2	35

*As of 16 September 2022^[update]

Davis Cup

Participations (5–1)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 19 November 2019; The Magic Box, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Loss	1	I	Singles	Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin	2–6, 2–6
4–0; 18–19 September 2021; Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay; World Group I; clay surface
Win	2	I	Singles	Uruguay	Francisco Llanes	6–0, 6–3
4–0; 4–5 March 2022; Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands; World Group I; clay surface
Win	3	I	Singles	Canada	Alexis Galarneau	7–5, 7–6(11–9)
2–1; 13 September 2022; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, UK; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Win	4	II	Singles	Kazakhstan	Alexander Bublik	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
2–1; 16 September 2022; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, UK; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Win	5	II	Singles	Great Britain	Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–2
2–1; 17 September 2022; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, UK; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Win	6	II	Singles	United States	Taylor Fritz	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Notes

References

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