Olivier Rochus
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| Country (sports) |
 Belgium
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|---|---|
| Residence | Dion-Valmont, Belgium |
| Born |
18 January 1981 Namur, Belgium |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $4,809,475 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 237–274 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 24 (17 October 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2005) |
| French Open | 3R (2001, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2003) |
| US Open | 4R (2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 98–121 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (5 July 2004) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
| French Open | W (2004) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2005) |
| US Open | 3R (2006, 2009) |
| Last updated on: 14 January 2013. | |
Olivier Rochus (born 18 January 1981) is a retired Belgian tennis player. He has won two singles titles in his career and in 2004 won the French Open doubles title partnering fellow Belgian Xavier Malisse. Rochus' career-high singles ranking is World No. 24.
At 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in) tall, he was the shortest player on the ATP World Tour.
He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a former top-40 tennis player.
Rochus was a partner of Roger Federer on the junior circuit, winning the boys' doubles title at Wimbledon in 1998.
As a junior he compiled a singles win/loss record of 81–30 (42–20 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 11 in the world in 1997 (and No. 16 in doubles the following year). Rochus reached at least the quarterfinals of all four junior slams (including the semifinals of the French and Wimbledon).
He won his first title in Palermo in 2000, defeating his brother in the semifinals and Diego Nargiso in the final. In 2003, he achieved his greatest Master Series result, reaching the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Masters.
He has represented Belgium at two Olympic Games in both the singles and the doubles competitions at Athens and Beijing.
In May 2006, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against Kristof Vliegen. He won that final in straight sets.
In June, Rochus faced World No. 1 Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of the tournament in Halle. Rochus held four match points in the second set at 5–6 and in the tie-break. He could not close out the match and eventually lost in three tiebreaks.
He reached the final of the , after winning to Swede Andreas Vinciguerra in the first round, eighth seed Feliciano López, and Jarkko Nieminen. In the semi-finals, he beat best Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. In the final, he met former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, but lost in two sets.
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