Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former
world No. 1 doubles player from the
Netherlands
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He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He won six Grand Sla ...
. Together they won all four Grand Slam doubles titles at least once. Eltingh is the youngest player in the
Open Era
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to achieve the
career Grand Slam in men's doubles.
Eltingh reached his career-high singles ranking in February 1995, when he climbed to world No. 19, notably reaching the quarterfinals of both the
Australian Open
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and
Wimbledon
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in 1995. In his professional career he has won four singles and 44 doubles titles.
In November 2005, Eltingh was elected to the
ATP Board as the player representative for Europe.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 8 (6–2)
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Career finals
Doubles: 60 (44–16)
Singles (4 titles)
Doubles performance timeline
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Dutch male tennis players
French Open champions
Olympic tennis players of the Netherlands
People from Heerde
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
US Open (tennis) champions
Wimbledon champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Tennis commentators
ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
ITF World Champions
Sportspeople from Gelderland