Mees Röttgering (born 7 July 2007) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 648 achieved on 16 June 2025. He is the current No. 1 Junior singles player.
Early life
Röttgering was born in
Wanssum in the
Venray
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The municipality of Venray consists of 14 towns over an area of , with 43,494 inhabitants as of July 2016 ...
region of the Dutch province of
Limburg. He began training in tennis when he was six years-old. He later attended a LOOT school specially set up for young athletes in collaboration with Sint-Joriscollege in
Eindhoven
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.
Since 2014, Röttgering coach was Jochem Mol in
Veldhoven
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Topography
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. Ten years later he also started working with former professional
Sjeng Schalken
Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
Playing style
A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both ...
.
Career
2023-2024: Juniors
In 2023 he reached the semifinals of the senior Dutch Championships as a 16 year-old, where he was defeated by
Gijs Brouwer.
In February 2024, he reached the semifinals in the boys' singles of the
2024 Australian Open, and a futures final in
Sharm El Sheikh
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to become the only 16 year-old inside the top 1000 male rankings. In doing so, he became the youngest Dutch man ever to reach a singles final on the
ITF World Tennis Tour.
He reached the final of the boys singles at the
2024 Wimbledon Championships with a win over top seed and junior French Open champion
Kaylan Bigun
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After winning the boys' singles title at the 2024 French Open, he reached a ITF junior c ...
in the quarterfinal, and a straight sets win over
Théo Papamalamis
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of France in the semifinal. In the final he lost to
Nicolai Budkov Kjær
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Budkov Kjær r ...
in straight sets.
He won the
2024 ITF Junior Finals in October 2024, defeating
Rafael Jódar in the final in straight sets.
2025: Turning pro, ATP debut
Röttgering received a wildcard for his ATP debut at his home tournament, the
2025 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, where he made his ATP debut.
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ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
References
External links
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2007 births
Living people
Dutch male tennis players
21st-century Dutch sportsmen