Stefan Wauters (born 12 March 1982) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from Belgium.
Biography
Wauters, a right-hander from Sint-Niklaas, was ranked as high as nine in the world as a junior.
As a professional he competed on the Challenger and Futures circuits. He won two Challenger titles, both in doubles. His best singles performance was a runner-up finish at the Saransk Challenger in 2004 and he had a win over
Kristof Vliegen
Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.
He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tourname ...
, ranked 32 at the time, at the Mons Challenger in 2006. He competed in the qualifying draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments, without ever being able to progress to the main draw. In 2006 he featured in a
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
tie for Belgium, against Ukraine in Kiev. With Belgium having secured the
Group I tie, Wauters was given a run in the fifth rubber, in which he held two match points but lost to
Sergei Bubka in a final set tiebreak.
He announced his retirement from professional tennis in 2009.
A former hitting partner for good friend
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, ...
, Wauters was also briefly the coach of
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. ...
, for the second half of 2013.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (2)
See also
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List of Belgium Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Belgian male tennis players
Belgian tennis coaches
Sportspeople from Sint-Niklaas