John van Lottum (born 10 April 1976) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994 to 2007. During his career, he won 5 Challenger titles in singles; notably defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Todd Martin; and reached the 4th round of Wimbledon in 1998.
The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour in April 1999, when he became world No. 62. He has an older sister, Noëlle van Lottum, who played on the WTA Tour for France circuit from 1987 to 1999, with a career-high ranking of world No. 57 in singles.
After his tennis career he was considered as a coach for Michaëlla Krajicek, but instead joined TV channel Eurosport as a tennis commentator. In June 2008, he coached Elena Dementieva during the Ordina Open and Wimbledon.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ11R1RAQ1Q21RAQ20 / 30–3French OpenAAA2R1R1R1RQ22R1RAQ20 / 62–6WimbledonAA3R4R1RAAA1R1RAA0 / 55–5US OpenQ1A3R1R3R1R1R2R2RAAA0 / 76–7Win–loss0–00–04–24–32–40–30–21–12–30–30–00–00 / 2113–21ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAQ2AAA1RAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAAA1R1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2Monte CarloAAAA2RQ1Q2AQ1Q1AA0 / 11–1RomeAAAQ21RQ2AAQ2AAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati MastersAAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–1StuttgartAAQ2Q1Q1AANot Held0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAQ13RAAAAAAA0 / 12–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–04–50–10–00–00–00–10–00–00 / 74–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (5–8) LegendATP Challenger (5–8)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Neumünster, GermanyChallengerCarpet Dick Norman7–6, 6–7, 6–7Win1–1Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Markus Hipfl7–6, 6–2Win2–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Michael Kohlmann6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–5Win3–1Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Oleg Ogorodov6–1, 6–1Loss3–2San José, Costa RicaChallengerHard Michael Kohlmann3–6, 4–6Loss3–3Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Paradorn Srichaphan2–6, 3–6Loss3–4Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Vasilis Mazarakis6–7(1–7), 6–4, 1–6Win4–4Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Vasilis Mazarakis7–6, 6–1Loss4–5Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Lee Hyung-taik6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8) Win5–5Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Frank Moser7–5, 6–4Loss5–6Hilversum, NetherlandsChallengerClay Martin Verkerk3–6, 1–6Loss5–7Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerHard Joachim Johansson4–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6Loss5–8Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Marc Rosset6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Doubles: 2 (1–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Jan Siemerink Magnus Larsson Fredrik Lovén7–5, 7–6(8–6)Loss1–1Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Laurence Tieleman Karol Beck Cedric Kauffmann5–7, 1–6
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