Rogier Wassen (born 9 August 1976) is a Dutch

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player who competed regularly on the

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primarily as a doubles player. Wassen reached his highest doubles ranking on the ATP Tour on 10 September 2007 when he became World No. 24. The right-hander has won three ATP doubles titles. The Heineken Open in

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, New Zealand, in 2006 and 2007 teaming up with

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and

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respectively. In 2007 he won the

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, again with Jeff Coetzee. In 2009, he reached the finals of the 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, partnering with

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. He is nicknamed "Da Professor" by good friend and doubles partner Dustin Brown. He returned in doubles at 2013 Marburg Open, in partnership with

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, losing in the first round against Vahid Mirzadeh and

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Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Doubles: 50 (27–23)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wassen, Rogier 1976 births Living people Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch male tennis players People from Roermond Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)