Thomas Schoorel (born 8 April 1989) is a retired

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tennis player. Schoorel has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 94, achieved on 4 July 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 299, achieved on 30 August 2010.

Career

Schoorel made his

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singles main draw debut at the 2010 If Stockholm Open on hard courts in

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. Having to earn his spot in the main draw by advancing through three qualifying rounds, Thomas proceeded to beat

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''6–4, 6–4'', followed by Erling Tveit 6–7^(2–7), ''6–4, 6–4'' and finally

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''6–4, 7–5'' to secure a main draw birth. In the first round, he would go on to be defeated by German

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in straight sets ''3–6, 0–6''. He made his

doubles main draw debut at the 2008 Dutch Open in

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, Netherlands when he was gifted entry as an alternate pair alongside compatriot Huib Troost. They were defeated in the first round by Russian duo

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and Denis Matsukevitch in straight sets ''2–6, 4–6''. Schoorel won the Dutch Tennis Masters in December 2010, beating

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in the final. His two

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singles titles both came in April 2011 back to back on clay courts in Italy. First he defeated Martin Klizan of

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''7–5, 1–6, 6–3'' to capture the Rome Challenger title, and then he defeated

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''6–2, 7–6^(7–4)'' to claim the Naples Challenger championship. Schoorel has reached 19 career singles finals, with a record of 10 wins and 9 losses which includes a 2–4 record in

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finals. Additionally, he has reached 8 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 4 losses which includes a 1–1 record in

tour finals. He represents his native country

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when competing in the

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, where he has a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in singles play. Schoorel is also student at the Johan Cruyff College.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (10–9)

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

References

External links

* * 1989 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Tennis players from Amsterdam 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub