Jean-Julien Rojer (; ; born 25 August 1981) is a Dutch professional
tennis
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player from
Curaçao
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, who specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in November 2015.
He is a four-time
Grand Slam
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champion, having won
2015 Wimbledon and
2017 US Open with
Horia Tecău
Horia Tecău (; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Roje ...
, the
2022 French Open
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with
Marcelo Arévalo
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in men's doubles, as well as the
2014 French Open in mixed doubles alongside
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
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Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 Mexican Open, and reached t ...
. By winning the 2022 French Open, Rojer became the oldest major men's doubles champion in the Open Era. He has won 33 doubles titles on the
ATP Tour
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, including the
2015 ATP World Tour Finals
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and three at
Masters 1000
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level.
He attended
UCLA
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where he competed for the
UCLA Bruins
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men's tennis team. Since 2012, Rojer has represented the Netherlands in the
Davis Cup
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, having previously represented the Netherlands Antilles from 1999 to 2010. He has also competed at the
Olympic Games
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on three occasions.
World TeamTennis
Rojer has played four seasons with
World TeamTennis
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, making his debut in 2011 with the
St. Louis Aces
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and earning the 2011 WTT Male Rookie of the Year award. He has since played for the
Springfield Lasers
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in 2013, earning the 2013 WTT Male MVP award, and another two seasons in 2017 and 2019. It was announced he will be joining the
Springfield Lasers
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during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
Year-end championships
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 56 (33 titles, 23 runners-up)
Doubles performance timeline
''Current through the
2022 Mexican Open.''
Notes
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1981 births
Living people
Dutch Antillean male tennis players
Dutch male tennis players
Curaçao male tennis players
French Open champions
Wimbledon champions
US Open (tennis) champions
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of the Netherlands
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
People from Willemstad
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
UCLA Bruins men's tennis players
ITF World Champions