Peter Wessels (born 7 May 1978) is a presently inactive

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professional male

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player from the Netherlands. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 72 in February 2005.

Biography

Wessels had an excellent junior career, finishing No. 5 in singles and No. 18 in doubles in the 1995 world junior rankings. In that year he reached the singles semifinals at

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and US Open juniors and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title with fellow countryman

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. His best result on the professional tour was winning the 2000 ATP tournament in Newport beating German Jens Knippschild in the final 7–6, 6–3. He started 2006 by qualifying for the

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tournament in Perth with

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where the Dutch went all the way to the final only to be beaten in a very close mixed doubles by the American team of

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and

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. Despite this, Wessels and Krajicek proved that they were a force to be reckoned with. At the Hopman Cup, he won 4 out of his 5 singles matches (def. Peng Sun, Gastón Gaudio, Todd Reid and Nicolas Kiefer; lost to Taylor Dent). In Mixed Doubles, they had a 3–2 record (def. Reid/Stosur, Peng/Sun, Grönefeld/Kiefer; lost to Raymond/Dent, Dulko/Gaudio). In June 2007 Wessels qualified for the

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grass tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch. Ranked 488 he caused an upset in the quarterfinals by beating the number one seeded Spaniard

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, in two sets: 6–3, 6–3. He subsequently reached the final but narrowly lost against Croat

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6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8-9)

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

Singles

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wessels, Peter 1978 births Living people Dutch male tennis players French Open junior champions Hopman Cup competitors Tennis players from Amsterdam Sportspeople from Zwolle Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles