Robin Haase


Robin Haase is a Dutch professional tennis player. He is currently the highest-ranked Dutch player, achieving a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012. He has won two singles titles, and reached quarterfinals of the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters and semifinals of the 2017 Canada Masters. Together with countryman Igor Sijsling, Haase reached the final of the 2013 Australian Open men's doubles. Haase is left-handed but plays right-handed. His mother is Dutch and father is German.

Career

Juniors

Haase was a promising junior player, compiling a singles win/loss record of 76–41 and reaching as high as No. 3 in the junior world rankings in March 2005. Later in 2005, he lost in the final of Junior Wimbledon to Jérémy Chardy in his last junior-level tournament.

2006

Haase started 2006 ranked no. 665. In June, he played his first ATP tournament at Rosmalen, losing in the first round against Juan Carlos Ferrero.
In September, he made his debut for the Dutch Davis Cup team in the World Group Play-offs against the Czech Republic, losing against Tomáš Berdych in straight sets and winning over Jan Hernych after the competition already was decided.
In November, Haase won his first Challenger tournament in Nashville, beating two top-100 players in the process.
In December, he won his first Masters title by beating defending champion Raemon Sluiter in the finals of the 2006 Sky Radio Tennis Masters.
Haase further reached three semifinals on the ATP Challenger Tour and ended the year ranked no. 164.

2007

In March, he won his second Challenger in Wolfsburg.
In July, Haase reached his first ATP Tour semifinal at the Dutch Open in Amersfoort, where in the quarterfinals. he beat a top-100 player Florent Serra. He eventually lost in straight sets to Werner Eschauer. Capping off a good week, he reached the final in doubles with compatriot Rogier Wassen, but lost in straight sets.
In August, Haase for the first time defeated a top-10 player at the Rogers Cup, beating Tomáš Berdych.
Haase made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a lucky loser, due to the withdrawal of Mario Ančić. He lost in the first round in straight sets to the third seed and eventual runner-up, Novak Djoković.

2008–2010

At the 2008 Chennai Open, Haase claimed another top-20 win when he defeated the second-seeded Marcos Baghdatis in the first round.
Haase pushed Lleyton Hewitt to five sets in the first round of Wimbledon 2008, with Hewitt finally winning.
Haase returned to Wimbledon two years later, where he upset James Blake in straight sets in the first round. He was narrowly defeated by world No. 1 and eventual champion, Rafael Nadal, in the second round in five sets.

2011

At Wimbledon, Haase beat world No. 22, Fernando Verdasco, in the second round in four sets. In the third round, he trailed against Mardy Fish, before retiring with a knee problem.
Haase then landed his first ATP title at the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel. In the opening round, he led Potito Starace, 6–3, 2–0, before his opponent retired due to injury. In the second round, he defeated second seed Feliciano López in a rain-delayed match that spanned two days. Hours later on the same day, he beat Andreas Seppi in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he defeated qualifier João Souza. In the final, he came out on top against experienced clay-courter Albert Montañés.
At the US Open, Haase reached the second round after beating Portuguese Rui Machado in straight sets. In the second round, Haase led fourth seed Andy Murray by two sets to love, but was eventually beaten in five sets, despite coming back from 4–0 to 4–4 in the deciding set.
Haase ended the year ranked No. 45, his highest end-of-year ranking in his professional career.

2012

Robin Haase meant to start the year playing in Chennai, but because of troubles obtaining a visa, he had to withdraw. In Australia, he lost first-round matches in Sydney and Melbourne, losing first to Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and then to Andy Roddick. At the indoor tournament of Zagreb, Haase was seeded seventh and reached the quarterfinals, losing to Lukáš Lacko.
In February, he helped the Dutch Davis Cup team to a 5–0 victory over Finland in World Group I, playing a singles match and partnering in the doubles with Jean-Julien Rojer. In Rotterdam and Indian Wells, Haase lost again in the first round, this time to Nikolay Davydenko and Pablo Andújar.
In a Challenger tournament in Dallas, Hasse reached the quarterfinals. In the Miami Masters, he lost in the second round to Jürgen Melzer after winning against Marinko Matosevic.
In the second round of World Group I, the Netherlands won 5–0 against the Romanian team. Haase played two singles matches. In Casablanca, Haase was seeded sixth, but lost in the first round to Algerian Lamine Ouahab, ranked No. 752.
In the next week, Haase played the Monte-Carlo Masters. In the first round, his opponent Juan Mónaco retired in the third set. In the second round, Haase faced Fabio Fognini, defeating him in straight sets. In the third round facing Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, who defeated fifth seed, David Ferrer in the previous round, Haase won in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, playing top seed, Novak Djokovic, who defeated him in straight sets, despite Haase breaking his serve four times. Robin Haase was the first Dutch player in nine years to reach a Masters Tournament quarterfinals, the last being Martin Verkerk.
Haase then won the tournament in Kitzbühel for the second year in a row, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber. He then lost in the first round of the 2012 London Olympics in both singles and doubles.

2017

Haase made it to the semifinals of the Canada Masters.

Style of play

Haase has a powerful serve, which often exceeds 200 km/h. It is also very accurate. Although his double-handed backhand is weaker than his forehand, he can attack and defend with both. When he hits the ball very flat, he is a threat to top players, as he led Nadal by two sets to one in Wimbledon before losing in 5 sets, and holding a two sets to love lead against three time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray in the US Open before eventually losing in five sets. He is capable of producing spectacular shots, such as powerful forehands down the line on the run, à la Sampras, or backhand winners while taking the ball on the rise, his left foot in the air. An accomplished doubles player, Haase does not shun the odd net point. Haase is a very spirited player, who has problems maintaining his temper when a match turns for the worse.

Equipment

Haase is using a Head Graphene Prestige Mid, 93 square inches.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles|Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Albert Montañés6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win2–02012 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles|Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 SeriesClay Philipp Kohlschreiber6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2–12013 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles|Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Mikhail Youzhny3–6, 4–6
Loss2–22013 Erste Bank Open – Singles|Vienna Open, Austria250 SeriesHard Tommy Haas3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss2–32016 Swiss Open Gstaad – Singles|Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Feliciano López4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12007 Dutch Open – Doubles|Dutch Open, NetherlandsInternationalClay Rogier Wassen Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Juan Pablo Guzmán		2–6, 0–6
Loss0–22011 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles|Chennai Open, India250 SeriesHard David Martin Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		2–6, 7–6,
Win1–22011 Open 13 – Doubles|Open 13, France250 SeriesHard Ken Skupski Julien Benneteau
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		6–4, 6–7,
Loss1–32011 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|Halle Open, Germany250 SeriesGrass Milos Raonic Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		6–7, 6–3,
Loss1–42013 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Igor Sijsling Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		3–6, 4–6
Loss1–52014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles|Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Feliciano López Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		4–6, 6–7
Win2–52014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles|Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Andre Begemann Rameez Junaid
Michal Mertiňák		6–3, 6–4
Loss2–62015 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Doubles|Austrian Open, Austria250 SeriesClay Henri Kontinen Nicolás Almagro
Carlos Berlocq		7–5, 3–6,
Loss2–72017 Open 13 – Doubles|Open 13, France250 SeriesHard Dominic Inglot Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut		4–6, 7–6,
Win3–72018 Maharashtra Open – Doubles|Maharashtra Open, India250 SeriesHard Matwé Middelkoop Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Gilles Simon		7–6, 7–6
Win4–72018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open – Doubles|Sofia Open, Bulgaria250 SeriesHard Matwé Middelkoop Nikola Mektić
Alexander Peya		5–7, 6–4,
Win5–72018 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Croatia Open Umag, Croatia250 SeriesClay Matwé Middelkoop Roman Jebavý
Jiří Veselý		6–4, 6–4
Loss5–82019 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles|Qatar Open, Qatar250 SeriesHard Matwé Middelkoop David Goffin
Pierre-Hugues Herbert		7–5, 4–6,
Loss5–92019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|Monte-Carlo Masters, MonacoMasters 1000Clay Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić
Franko Škugor		7–6, 6–7,
Win6–92019 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Croatia Open Umag, Croatia250 SeriesClay Philipp Oswald Oliver Marach
Jürgen Melzer		7–5, 6–7,
Loss6–102019 Hamburg European Open – Doubles|German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Wesley Koolhof Oliver Marach
Jürgen Melzer		2–6, 6–7
Loss6–112019 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles|Canadian Open, CanadaMasters 1000Hard Wesley Koolhof Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos		5–7, 5–7

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 23 (15–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Israel F1, AshkelonFuturesHard Dekel Valtzer6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss1–1Canada F1, LavalFuturesHard Brian Wilson6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win2–1Canada F2, Rock ForestFuturesHard Tyler Cleveland6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss2–2Canada F3, MontrealFuturesHard Nikita Kryvonos6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss2–3Netherlands F4, VlaardingenFuturesClay Joseph Sirianni4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win3–3Nashville, USAChallengerHard Kristian Pless7–6, 6–3
Win4–3Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Daniel Brands6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win5–3Sunrise, USAChallengerHard Sébastien Grosjean5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Win6–32010 Città di Caltanissetta – Singles|Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Matteo Trevisan7–5, 6–3
Win7–32010 Franken Challenge – Singles|Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Tobias Kamke6–4, 6–2
Win8–32010 San Marino CEPU Open – Singles|San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Filippo Volandri6–2, 7–6
Win9–32010 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì – Singles|Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Crugnola6–3, 6–2
Win10–32010 Città di Como Challenger – Singles|Como, ItalyChallengerClay Ivo Minář6–4, 6–3
Loss10–42013 Città di Caltanissetta – Singles|Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Dušan Lajović6–7, 3–6
Loss10–52013 Sport 1 Open – Singles|Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Jesse Huta Galung3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win11–52014 Open de la Réunion – Singles|Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Florent Serra3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win12–52015 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles|Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Paul-Henri Mathieu7–6, 6–2
Win13–52015 Arimex Challenger Trophy – Singles|Trnava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Horacio Zeballos6–4, 6–1
Win14–52016 The Hague Open – Singles|Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Adam Pavlásek6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Loss14–62016 TEAN International – Men's Singles|Alphen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Jan-Lennard Struff4–6, 1–6
Win15–62016 Sibiu Open – Singles|Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Lorenzo Giustino7–6, 6–2
Loss15–72016 BFD Energy Challenger – Singles|Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Jan Šátral3–6, 2–6
Loss15–82020 Bangkok Challenger II – Singles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Federico Gaio1-6, 6-4, 2-4 ret.

Doubles: 18 (10–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Italy F24, L'AquilaFuturesClay Igor Sijsling Frédéric Nussbaum
Benjamin-David Rufer		6–4, 7–6
Loss1–1Israel F1, AshkelonFuturesHard Igor Sijsling Roman Kutáč
Michal Navrátil		6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss1–2Croatia F2, ZagrebFuturesHard Igor Sijsling Petar Jelenić
Vilim Višak		4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win2–2Netherlands F3, HeerhugowaardFuturesClay Dominique Coene Martin Emmrich
Sven Swinnen		2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss2–3Saransk, RussiaChallengerClay Dekel Valtzer Alexey Kedryuk
Orest Tereshchuk		4–6, 7–5,
Loss2–4Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Michal Navrátil Lazar Magdinčev
Predrag Rusevski		4–6, 6–7
Win3–4Louisville, USAChallengerHard Igor Sijsling Amer Delic
Robert Kendrick		w/o
Loss3–5Wrexham, Great BritainChallengerHard Richard Bloomfield Thomas Oger
Nicolas Tourte		7–6, 5–7,
Loss3–62010 Status Athens Open – Doubles|Athens, GreeceChallengerHard Igor Sijsling Rik de Voest
Lu Yen-hsun		3–6, 4–6
Win4–62010 Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup – Doubles|Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Rogier Wassen James Cerretani
Adil Shamasdin		7–6, 7–5
Win5–62010 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì – Doubles|Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Thomas Schoorel Diego Junqueira
Gabriel Trujillo Soler		6–4, 6–4
Loss5–72014 Arimex Challenger Trophy – Doubles|Trnava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Stephan Fransen Roman Jebavý
Jaroslav Pospíšil		4–6, 2–6
Win6–72014 Open de la Réunion – Doubles|Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Mate Pavić Jonathan Eysseric
Fabrice Martin		7–5, 4–6
Win7–72015 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles|Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Aisam Qureshi Nicholas Monroe
Artem Sitak		6–1, 6–2
Win8–72015 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles|Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Thiemo de Bakker Lucas Pouille
Sergiy Stakhovsky		6–3, 7–5
Loss8–82016 TEAN International – Men's Doubles|Alphen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Boy Westerhof Daniel Masur
Jan-Lennard Struff		4–6, 1–6
Win9–82016 Sibiu Open – Doubles|Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Tim Pütz Jonathan Eysseric
Tristan Lamasine		6–4, 6–2
Win10–82019 Verrazzano Open – Doubles|Sophia Antipolis, FranceChallengerClay Thiemo de Bakker Enzo Couacaud
Tristan Lamasine		6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles

This table is current through the 2020 Rotterdam Open.

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

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Record against top 10 players

Haase's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.