Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. Personal information He is not related to fellow Belgian tennis player Joran Vliegen. Coaching He coached Zizou Bergs until May 2025. He is currently coaching Alex Michelsen since October 2025.
Career 2001 Vliegen turned professional in 2001.
2006 Vliegen was a semifinalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.
2009 In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6–3, 3–6 and 6–4.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–2)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Adelaide, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Nikolay Davydenko2–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss0–2Munich, GermanyInternational SeriesClay Olivier Rochus4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)Titles by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–2)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Stockholm, SwedenInternational SeriesHard Olivier Rochus Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss0–2Atlanta, United States250 SeriesHard Rohan Bopanna Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 16 (11–5) LegendATP Challenger (9–4)ITF Futures (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (6–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Luxembourg F2, LuxembourgFuturesClay Jordane Doble4–4 ret.Win1–1France F6, LilleFuturesHard Jérôme Haehnel7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)Win2–1Germany F6, OberweierFuturesClay Daniel Elsner6–1, 1–0 ret.Win3–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Galo Blanco6–2, 6–2Win4–1Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–1, 4–6, 6–0Win5–1Groningen, NetherlandsChallengerHard Joachim Johansson6–4, 6–4Loss5–2Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Stan Wawrinka4–6, 3–6Loss5–3Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Tomáš Zíb7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 1–6Loss5–4Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Melle van Gemerden4–6, 3–6Loss5–5Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Ernests Gulbis5–7, 3–6Win6–5Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Jürgen Melzer6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win7–5Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Yuri Schukin6–2, 6–1Win8–5Düsseldorf, GermanyChallengerClay Andreas Beck6–0, 6–3Win9–5Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Alexandre Sidorenko6–4, 6–3Win10–5Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Andreas Beck6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–3Win11–5Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Albert Montañés4–2 ret.
Doubles: 10 (7–3) LegendATP Challenger (4–3)ITF Futures (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (6–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0France F2, AngersFuturesClay Wim Neefs Vitali Shvets Relja Dulic-Fiser6–1, 6–3Win2–0France F4, DeauvilleFuturesClay Wim Neefs Kim Tiilikainen Jan Weinzierl6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win3–0Netherlands F1, EnschedeFuturesClay Stefan Wauters Bart De Gier Michel Koning7–6(7–4), 6–1Win4–0Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Yuri Schukin Lukáš Dlouhý6–4, 5–7, 7–5Loss4–1Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Steve Darcis Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)Win5–1Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Konstantinos Economidis Sebastián Prieto Juan Martín del Potro6–3, 6–4Loss5–2Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Dick Norman James Auckland Ross Hutchins7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]Loss5–3Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Peter Wessels Janko Tipsarević Dušan Vemić2–6, 6–7(6–8)Win6–3Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Dick Norman Rainer Eitzinger Armin Sandbichler6–3, 6–3Win7–3Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Jeff Coetzee James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin7–6(7–3), 6–3
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2000Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Dominique Coene Andrew Banks Benjamin Riby6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ2Q3Q13R1R2R1R1R0 / 53–5French OpenQ11R2R1R3R1R1R1R0 / 73–7WimbledonQ11RQ12R2R1R2R1R0 / 63–6US Open1R1RQ11R1RAA1R0 / 50–5Win–loss0–10–31–13–43–41–31–30–40 / 239–23ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAA2R1RAAA0 / 21–2MiamiQ2AA3R1R1RAA0 / 32–3Monte CarloAAA3R3R2R1RA0 / 45–4MadridA1RA3RQ2AAA0 / 22–2RomeQ2AAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0HamburgAAA2RQ11RNMS0 / 21–2Canada MastersAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1ParisAQ12R2RQ2Q1AA0 / 22–2Win–loss0–00–11–110–82–31–30–10–00 / 1714–17
Doubles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2R2R2R1R1R0 / 53–5French Open2RAA2R3R1RA1R0 / 54–5WimbledonQ1AA2R2R1RA1R0 / 42–4US OpenAAA3R2RAA1R0 / 33–3Win–loss1–10–00–05–45–41–30–10–40 / 1712–17
References
External links
Vliegen World ranking history