Ruben Bemelmans


Ruben Bemelmans is a Belgian male professional tennis player. His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 84 in singles, achieved in September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved in October 2012. As a qualifier, Bemelmans reached the quarterfinals of Vienna in 2013, defeating No. 4 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber en route.

Tennis career

Bemelmans competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He won his first Futures event in Espelkamp, Germany in July 2007, and has a total of nine titles at this level. His best performance to date was in winning the Volkswagen Challenger event in Wolfsburg in March 2009, winning three matches in qualifying before going on to beat Stefano Galvani of Italy in the final. He won this tournament again in 2011.

2010–2014

In February 2010 Bemelmans succeeded in qualifying for his first ATP level event, the Zagreb Indoors tournament. However he lost in the First Round to Alexandre Sidorenko of France in three sets.
In June 2010, he entered the main draw of the 2010 Gerry Weber Open in Halle as a lucky loser. In the opening round he lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three close sets.
In September 2010, Ruben played for Belgium in the Davis cup play-off tie against Australia. He was a late replacement for an injured Steve Darcis. He played Lleyton Hewitt and after a solid effort, he succumbed in a 6–7, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6 duel.
In January 2011, Bemelmans was invited to represent Belgium in the Hopman Cup alongside Justine Henin. They reached the final, beating Kazakhstan and Serbia along the way, where they were defeated by USA 2–1.
Bemelmans won his first match in a Grand Slam main draw at 2012 Wimbledon, defeating Carlos Berlocq in 4 sets. He was bested by Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the second round. About a month later, Bemelmans won his first title on the ATP Tour, the 250 level Los Angeles Open.
In 2013, Bemelmans made the final of 2 Challenger Tour events, Nottingham and Eckental where he lost to Steve Johnson and Benjamin Becker respectively.
2014 saw Bemelmans have another strong showing at Eckental, this time winning the tournament, beating 2012 champion Daniel Brands en route.

2015–2018

In September 2015, Bemelmans defeated Gilles Müller and Jack Sock to reach the third round of the US Open where he lost against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in three sets. He was unable to defend his title in Eckental however, falling in the semi-finals to Benjamin Becker. Bemelmans also played an active part in the Belgian Davis Cup team that reached the final that season, and played the second singles rubber where he was beaten by Andy Murray.
Bemelmans made 2 Challenger finals late in 2016, at Charlottesville and Champaign.
In 2017, Bemelmans won the tile at Koblenz before losing to Denis Shapovalov in the final of Drummondville. He then made the third round of Wimbledon, his best result at the tournament, beating former world No. 2 Tommy Haas in the first round.
The 2018 Australian Open saw Bemelmans win his first match at the tournament in 3 main draw appearances when he earned a credible first round victory over 18th seed Lucas Pouille.
At the 2018 French Open he made it past the first round for the second consecutive grand slam when he beat Yuki Bhambri in his opening match. However he lost in five sets in round two to Estonian Jürgen Zopp.
Benelmans qualified for the 2018 Wimbledon championships defeating Bernard Tomic in the final qualifying round. He then defeated American Steve Johnson in five sets to reach round 2 of a slam for the third consecutive time in 2018.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02012 Farmers Classic – Doubles|Los Angeles Open, US250 SeriesHard Xavier Malisse Jamie Delgado
Ken Skupski
7–6, 4–6,

Team competition finals

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 36 (19–17)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sweden F1, MalmöFuturesHard Pablo Figueroa6–7, 5–7
Loss0–2Romania F5, BacăuFuturesClay Artemon Apostu-Efremov2–6, 0–6
Loss0–3Germany F9, RömerbergFuturesClay Dustin Brown3–6, 6–7
Win1–3Germany F10, EspelkampFuturesClay Franz Stauder6–2, 7–5
Win2–3Israel F4, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Niels Desein6–3, 6–3
Loss2–4Germany F3, KaarstFuturesCarpet Jeroen Masson2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win3–4Switzerland F2, BassersdorfFuturesCarpet Ladislav Chramosta3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win4–4Italy F15, CesenaFuturesClay Carlos Avellán6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Loss4–5Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Evgeny Korolev6–7, 6–7
Win5–5France F3, BressuireFuturesHard Vincent Millot6–4, 6–3
Win6–52009 Volkswagen Challenger – Singles|Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Stefano Galvani7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win7–5France F15, PlaisirFuturesHard Pierrick Ysern6–7, 6–1, 7–5
Win8–5France F4, LilleFuturesHard Niels Desein6–4, 6–2
Win9–5France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Charles-Antoine Brézac6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win10–5Spain F23, Palma del RíoFuturesHard Niels Desein4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss10–62010 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles|Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Igor Sijsling6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win11–62011 Volkswagen Challenger – Singles|Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Dominik Meffert6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss11–72012 Intersport Heilbronn Open – Singles|Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerHard Björn Phau7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss11–82012 Status Athens Open – Singles|Athens, GreeceChallengerHard Marinko Matosevic3–6, 4–6
Loss11–92012 Open d'Orléans – Singles|Orléans, FranceChallengerHard David Goffin4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss11–102013 Aegon Nottingham Challenge – Men's Singles|Nottingham, Great BritainChallengerGrass Steve Johnson5–7, 5–7
Loss11–112013 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles|Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Benjamin Becker6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win12–112014 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles|Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Tim Pütz7–6, 6–3
Win13–11Germany F4, NußlochFuturesCarpet Maximilian Marterer6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Loss13–122015 Aegon GB Pro-Series Glasgow – Singles|Glasgow, Great BritainChallengerHard Niels Desein6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win14–122015 Open de Guadeloupe – Singles|Le Gosier, GuadeloupeChallengerHard Édouard Roger-Vasselin7–6, 6–3
Win15–12Belgium F5, MiddelkerkeFuturesHard Yannick Mertens6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win16–12USA F34, BurlingameFuturesHard Sam Barry6–1, 6–2
Loss16–132016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Singles|Charlottesville, USAChallengerHard Reilly Opelka4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss16–142016 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Singles|Champaign, USAChallengerHard Henri Laaksonen5–7, 3–6
Win17–142017 Koblenz Open – Singles|Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard Nils Langer6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Loss17–152017 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville – Singles|Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard Denis Shapovalov3–6, 2–6
Loss17–162017 The Hague Open – Singles|Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Guillermo García López1–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss17–172018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles|Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Antoine Hoang5–7, 3–6
Win18–17Germany M25, NußlochITF World Tennis TourCarpet Jonáš Forejtek6-7, 7-6, 6-2
Win19–17Italy M25, TrentoITF World Tennis TourHard Alexander Erler4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles: 34 (22–12)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Germany F11, EssenFuturesClay Niels Desein Antal van der Duim
Boy Westerhof
1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win2–0Spain F7, CartagenaFuturesHard Yannick Mertens Alessandro da Col
Abel Hernández-García
7–6, 6–2
Loss2–1Netherlands F1, AlkmaarFuturesClay Yannick Mertens Romano Frantzen
Nick van der Meer
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win3–1Germany F10, EspelkampFuturesClay Andre Begemann Remko de Rijke
Bas van der Valk
6–3, 6–3
Loss3–2Great Britain F21, RedbridgeFuturesHard Niels Desein Josh Goodall
Ken Skupski
7–5, 6–7,
Win4–2France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Stefan Wauters Julien Jeanpierre
Josselin Ouanna
7–5, 6–4
Loss4–3Turkey F5, AntalyaFuturesClay Yannick Mertens Karim Maamoun
Sherif Sabry
6–3, 4–6,
Win5–3Italy F15, CesenaFuturesClay Horacio Zeballos Antonio Pastorino
Damián Patriarca
6–2, 6–4
Win6–3Slovenia F2, MariborFuturesClay Bart de Keersmaeker Markus Hipfl
Marco Mirnegg
6–1, 6–3
Win7–3Belgium F2, KoksijdeFuturesClay Niels Desein Alexandre Folie
David Goffin
7–5, 7–5
Win8–3France F14, MulhouseFuturesHard Niels Desein Dustin Brown
Stefan Seifert
7–6, 6–3
Win9–3France F18, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Niels Desein Guillermo Alcaide
Nikolai Nesterov
6–4, 3–6,
Loss9–42009 Trophée des Alpilles – Doubles|St Remy, FranceChallengerHard Niels Desein Jiří Krkoška
Lukáš Lacko
1–6, 6–3,
Win10–4France F14, MulhouseFuturesHard Yannick Mertens Konstantin Kravchuk
Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–3, 7–6
Win11–4France F4, LilleFuturesHard Niels Desein Raven Klaasen
Izak van der Merwe
7–6, 6–3
Win12–4France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Yannick Mertens Olivier Patience
Nicolas Renavand
3–6, 6–1,
Loss12–52010 Ethias Trophy – Doubles|Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Yannick Mertens Filip Polášek
Igor Zelenay
6–3, 4–6,
Win13–52010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG – Doubles|Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Igor Sijsling Jamie Delgado
Jonathan Marray
6–4, 3–6,
Win14–52012 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles|Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Maxime Authom John Peers
John-Patrick Smith
6–4, 6–2
Loss14–62014 Aegon Nottingham Challenge – Men's Doubles|Nottingham, Great BritainChallengerGrass Go Soeda Rameez Junaid
Michael Venus
6–4, 6–7,
Win15–62014 Comerica Bank Challenger – Doubles|Aptos, USAChallengerHard Laurynas Grigelis Purav Raja
Sanam Singh
6–3, 4–6,
Loss15–7France F24, RodezFuturesHard Maxime Authom James Cluskey
David O'Hare
6–7, 6–3,
Win16–72014 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Doubles|Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Niels Desein Andreas Beck
Philipp Petzschner
6–3, 4–6,
Win17–72015 Ethias Trophy – Doubles|Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Philipp Petzschner Rameez Junaid
Igor Zelenay
6–3, 6–1
Win18–72015 Bauer Watertechnology Cup|Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Philipp Petzschner Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
7–5, 6–2
Win19–7Belgium F5, MiddelkerkeFuturesHard Yannick Mertens Hunter Johnson
Yates Johnson
6–1, 6–1
Loss19–82016 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles|Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Kevin Krawietz
Albano Olivetti
3–6, 6–7
Loss19–92016 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles|Knoxville, USAChallengerHard Joris De Loore Peter Polansky
Adil Shamasdin
1–6, 3–6
Loss19–102017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles|Kyoto, JapanChallengerHard Joris De Loore Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–4, 4–6,
Loss19–112018 Open de Guadeloupe – Doubles|Le Gosier, GuadeloupeChallengerHard Jonathan Eysseric John-Patrick Smith
Neal Skupski
6–7, 4–6
Win20–112019 Tunis Open – Doubles|Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Tim Pütz Facundo Argüello
Guillermo Durán
6–3, 6–1
Loss20–122019 Seoul Open Challenger – Doubles|Seoul, Korea, Rep.ChallengerHard Sergiy Stakhovsky Max Purcell
Luke Saville
4–6, 6–7
Win21–122019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow – Doubles|Glasgow, United KingdomChallengerHard Daniel Masur Jamie Murray
John-Patrick Smith
4–6, 6–3,
Win22–12Italy M25, TrentoITF World Tennis TourHard Daniel Masur Alexander Erler
David Jorda Sanchis
7-6, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Best Grand Slam results details