Laurence Tieleman


Laurence Tieleman is a former tennis player from Italy.

Personal life

Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL, United States from ages 13 to 17.
Tieleman resided in both Assisi and Brussels during his playing career.

Tennis career

Turning professional in 1993, he won one tour-level doubles title and 3 Challenger events in singles during his career. Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing runner-up at Queen's in 1998. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1999.