How old is Niels Desein?

Niels Desein is 39 years old, born on June 9, 1987.

Does Niels Desein use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Niels Desein uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Niels Desein left-handed or right-handed?

Niels Desein plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Niels Desein won?

Niels Desein has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Niels Desein won?

Niels Desein has not won a Masters 1000 title.

What is Niels Desein's highest ATP ranking?

Niels Desein's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 154, first achieved on March 2, 2015.

What is Niels Desein's career win-loss record?

Niels Desein has a career ATP singles record of 0 wins and 3 losses (0.0%).

How much career prize money has Niels Desein earned?

Niels Desein has earned at least $414,040 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Niels Desein play professional tennis?

Niels Desein turned professional in 2007 and was active through 2015.

Who is Niels Desein's biggest rival?

Niels Desein's most frequent opponent is Lukas Lacko, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.

Niels Desein

BEL Age 39 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 2007–2015

Peak ranking

154 (Mar 2, 2015)

Elo peak

1520 (8.6%ile)

Career record

0–3 (0.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$414,040

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jan 19, 2016*	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Q3 Q	Hard	Di Wu #243	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2016*	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Q2 Q	Hard	Alejandro Falla #119	5-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2016	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Q1 Q	Hard	Tsung-Hua Yang #209	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2015	US Open	Grand Slam	Q1 Q	Hard	Mitchell Krueger #243	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2015*	Newport	ATP 250	R32	Grass	Lukas Lacko #93	3-6 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lukas Lacko	1	1	Jul 16, 2015	H2H
David Goffin	1	1	Aug 27, 2014	H2H
Paolo Lorenzi	1	1	May 2, 2013	H2H

Career Results

Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2009	22	Qualifying Q	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
2010	23	Qualifying Q	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—
2011	24	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2012	25	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
2013	26	Qualifying Q	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—
2013	26	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	236	199
2014	27	Qualifying Q	8	8	16	50.0%	—	—
2014	27	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	198	204
2015	28	Qualifying Q	1	9	10	10.0%	—	—
2015	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	203	268
2016	29	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
Career		—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2009	22	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
2010	23	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2011	24	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2012	25	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%
2013	26	Qualifying Q	0	3	3	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	6	10	40.0%
2013	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	27	Qualifying Q	5	4	9	55.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	8	16	50.0%
2014	27	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2015	28	Qualifying Q	1	4	5	20.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
2015	28	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2016	29	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
Career	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2013	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2015	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%

Performance Stats

Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2013	26	1	2.0	1.0	67.0%	54.0%	58.1%	37.5%	22.2%	55.3%	34.5%
2014	27	1	5.0	4.0	63.1%	62.3%	32.3%	50.0%	50.0%	51.2%	21.0%
2015	28	1	6.0	6.0	67.1%	72.7%	44.4%	57.1%	33.3%	63.4%	29.7%
Career		3	4.3	3.7	65.7%	63.0%	44.9%	48.2%	35.2%	56.6%	28.4%

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W%
2009	22	1463	14	—	—	—	—	—	37	—	—	—
2010	23	1428	4	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	—	—
2011	24	1419	3	—	—	—	—	—	64	—	—	—
2012	25	1451	11	—	—	—	—	—	37	—	—	—
2013	26	1434	5	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	30	0	—	—
2014	27	1501	59	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.67	47	0	—	—
2015	28	1409	3	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	47	0	—	—
2016	29	1441	8	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	—	—
Career		1448	22	—	—	—	22.2%	-2.22	41	0	—	—

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
2009	22	Q2	Q1	—	Q1
2010	23	—	Q1	Q1	Q1
2013	26	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1
2014	27	Q2	Q2	Q1	R128
2015	28	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1
2016	29	Q3	—	—	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	MC
2015	28	Q1

ATP 500

Season	Age	HAL
2010	23	Q2

ATP 250

Season	Age	BUC	DOH	EST	HER	MRS	NWP	STO	ASB	OCC	SYD
2009	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—
2010	23	—	—	—	Q3	Q1	—	—	—	—	—
2011	24	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—
2012	25	Q2	—	—	Q3	—	—	—	—	Q1	—
2013	26	—	—	R32	Q2	—	—	Q1	—	—	—
2014	27	Q1	—	Q3	—	—	—	Q1	—	Q2	Q1
2015	28	Q1	Q2	Q2	—	—	R32	—	—	—	Q1

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

154

Career-high date

Mar 2, 2015

First top 100

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First top 50

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First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2007	20	556	538	535	486	439	459	418	404	393	382	386	363
2008	21	357	334	334	340	386	373	423	375	333	254	244	256
2009	22	255	258	254	254	244	225	210	221	228	299	209	207
2010	23	208	194	183	180	179	183	167	189	203	205	297	300
2011	24	300	349	381	415	423	441	536	482	541	612	598	598
2012	25	591	549	564	432	434	407	343	306	241	240	236	236
2013	26	243	237	215	208	201	203	220	225	215	200	199	199
2014	27	192	204	206	233	237	233	233	238	232	219	205	204
2015	28	204	156	157	161	158	167	175	178	209	223	269	268
2016	29	270	361	368	349	360	320	319	324	383	448	480	498
2017	30	562	611	590	657	667	870	962	861	545	545	483	491
2018	31	469	438	440	448	452	451	436	466	625	631	740	661
2019	32	667	666	—	—	—	—	—	1144	1186	1493	1470	1461
2020	33	1462	1456	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Steve Darcis	BEL	38	1,832	2	214	92	122	43.0%	2006-2019	Match log
Ruben Bemelmans	BEL	84	1,755	0	72	23	49	31.9%	2010-2019	Match log
Kimmer Coppejans	BEL	97	1,616	0	14	1	13	7.1%	2014-2025	Match log
Elias Ymer	SWE	105	1,696	0	97	29	68	29.9%	2013-2026	Match log
Marc Lopez	ESP	106	1,630	0	52	21	31	40.4%	2001-2014	Match log
Ramkumar Ramanathan	IND	111	1,640	0	41	14	27	34.1%	2014-2024	Match log
Peter Polansky	CAN	110	1,676	0	50	11	39	22.0%	2006-2019	Match log
Mitchell Krueger	USA	135	1,688	0	36	11	25	30.6%	2014-2025	Match log
Antonio Veic	CRO	119	1,719	0	32	10	22	31.3%	2008-2015	Match log
Alex Kuznetsov	USA	120	1,711	0	39	9	30	23.1%	2004-2016	Match log
Stefan Kozlov	USA	103	1,673	0	35	9	26	25.7%	2013-2022	Match log
Giovanni Lapentti	ECU	110	1,617	0	28	8	20	28.6%	2003-2017	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Niels Desein?: Niels Desein is 39 years old, born on June 9, 1987.
Which country is Niels Desein from?: Niels Desein is from Belgium.
How tall is Niels Desein?: Niels Desein is 190 cm / 6'3".
Does Niels Desein use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Niels Desein uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Niels Desein left-handed or right-handed?: Niels Desein plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Niels Desein won?: Niels Desein has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Niels Desein won?: Niels Desein has not won a Masters 1000 title.
What is Niels Desein's highest ATP ranking?: Niels Desein's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 154, first achieved on March 2, 2015.
What is Niels Desein's career win-loss record?: Niels Desein has a career ATP singles record of 0 wins and 3 losses (0.0%).
How much career prize money has Niels Desein earned?: Niels Desein has earned at least $414,040 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Niels Desein play professional tennis?: Niels Desein turned professional in 2007 and was active through 2015.
Who is Niels Desein's biggest rival?: Niels Desein's most frequent opponent is Lukas Lacko, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.