Gilles Valere Jacque Elseneer (born 6 March 1978 in
Brussels
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) is a retired professional
tennis player
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from Belgium. He is mostly known for his grass court game, and has achieved his best results on this surface, including a quarterfinal appearance at
's-Hertogenbosch in 2001.
Tennis career
Pro tour
He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 97 in July 2004. This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the
French Open
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(l. to
Gustavo Kuerten
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) and
Wimbledon
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(l. to
Ivo Karlović
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), and won the challengers of
Heilbronn
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From the late Mid ...
and
Sarajevo
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.
Elseneer made a claim in September 2007 that he was offered money to throw a match against
Potito Starace
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at
Wimbledon 2005.
Coaching
He is now coaching and teaching tennis within his father's tennis academy (royal tennis club de Belgique) in Brussels.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (6–3)
Doubles: 13 (8–5)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
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External links
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1978 births
Living people
Belgian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Brussels
Belgian tennis coaches
21st-century Belgian people
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