Johan Van Herck (born 24 May 1974) is a Belgian tennis coach and former professional player.
Van Herck first broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in 1996, when he made semi-finals at the Copenhagen Open and Italy's Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia. In the later he upset top seed Félix Mantilla Botella in the second round.
In both 1997 and 1998, Van Herck was a semi-finalist at the Coral Springs International Tennis Championships.ATP World Tour Profile
He had his best Grand Slam performance at the 1998 French Open, where in the opening round he defeated world number four Greg Rusedski in straight sets. He then beat Spanish qualifier Jordi Mas to reach the third round, but was then eliminated by another qualifier, Jens Knippschild, despite winning the opening two sets, from which he dropped just two games.ITF Tennis Profile
Van Herck defeated another top player in the 1999 Grand Prix Hassan II, held in Casablanca, overcoming number one seed Thomas Muster.
He represented the Belgium Davis Cup team in nine ties during his career and had a combined 7-5 win loss record, all of his victories coming in singles rubbers. His biggest wins came against Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1995, Swede Thomas Enqvist in 1996 and Frenchman Cédric Pioline in 1997.Davis Cup Profile
Since 2011 he has been the captain of the Belgian Davis Cup team. During his tenure, the team reached the final of the Davis Cup twice.
Since 2019 he has been the captain of the Belgian Fed Cup team as well.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (8–5) LegendATP Challenger (8–4)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (6–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Christian Ruud6–2, 4–6, 1–6Win1-1Mendoza, ArgentinaChallengerClay Juan Albert Viloca7–6, 6–1Win2-1Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Wojtek Kowalski6–4, 4–6, 6–3Win3-1Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Frederic Fontang6–3, 6–2Win4-1Stockholm, SwedenChallengerHard Jan Apell6–3, 7–5Loss4-2Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Andrei Chesnokov6–3, 6–7, 2–6Win5-2Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Sargis Sargsian6–1, 4–6, 6–0Win6-2Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Tommy Haas7–6, 6–7, 6–4Win7-2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Sebastien Grosjean4–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss7-3Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Christian Ruud6–2, 1–6, 1–6Loss7-4Italy F5, TurinFuturesClay Massimo Dell'Acqua5–7, 2–6Loss7-5Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Olivier Rochus4–6, 4–6Win8-5Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Olivier Mutis6–3, 6–2
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1R1R1RQ1A0 / 30–3French OpenAA2R1R1R3RQ2Q30 / 43–4WimbledonAAA1R1R1RAA0 / 30–3US OpenAA1RA2RAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–01–20–31–42–30–00–00 / 124–12ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAAAA1R1RAA0 / 20–2ParisQ2AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–00 / 20–2
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