Robin Haase

Haase at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	The Hague, Netherlands
Born	(1987-04-06) 6 April 1987 (age 32) The Hague, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Raymond Knaap
Prize money	$7,352,285 (Singles & Doubles Combined)
Singles
Career record	225-262 (46.2%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 33 (30 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 161 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	2R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2011)
US Open	2R (2011, 2015, 2018)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	149-160 (48.2%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 30 (20 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 34 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
French Open	3R (2014, 2019)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	QF (2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012, 2016)
Last updated on: 29 January 2020.

Robin Haase (Dutch pronunciation: ['r?b?n '?a:z?]; born 6 April 1987) 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.^[1]

In September, he made his debut for the Dutch Davis Cup team in the World Group Play-offs against the Czech Republic, losing against Tomá? 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.^[2]

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 Tomá? Berdych.

Haase made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a lucky loser, due to the withdrawal of Mario An?i?. He lost in the first round in straight sets to the third seed and eventual runner-up, Novak Djokovi?.

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

Robin Haase at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Haase ended the year ranked No. 45, his highest end-of-year ranking in his professional career.^[5]

2012

Robin Haase meant to start the year playing in Chennai, but because of troubles obtaining a visa, he had to withdraw.^[6] In Australia, he lost first-round matches in Sydney and Melbourne, losing first to Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and then to Andy Roddick.^[7][8] At the indoor tournament of Zagreb, Haase was seeded seventh and reached the quarterfinals, losing to Luká? Lacko.^[9]

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.^[10] In Rotterdam and Indian Wells, Haase lost again in the first round, this time to Nikolay Davydenko and Pablo Andújar.^[11][12]

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.^[13][14]

In the second round of World Group I, the Netherlands won 5-0 against the Romanian team. Haase played two singles matches.^[15][16] In Casablanca, Haase was seeded sixth, but lost in the first round to Algerian Lamine Ouahab, ranked No. 752.^[17]

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.^[18][19]

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 (he may still be using Head Sonic Pro 17 gauge strings 55/53 lbs, which was his last tension and string choice with his previous Prestige Mid racket).

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3-6, 4-6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Italian Open	Clay	Feliciano López	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonji?	4-6, 6-7(2-7)
Loss	2019	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Nikola Mekti? Franko ?kugor	7-6(7-3), 6-7(3-7), [9-11]
Loss	2019	Canadian Open	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	5-7, 5-7

ATP career finals

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

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Aug 2011	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Albert Montañés	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Win	2-0	Jul 2012	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria (2)	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-7(2-7), 6-3, 6-2
Loss	2-1	Jul 2013	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	3-6, 4-6
Loss	2-2	Oct 2013	Vienna Open, Austria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Tommy Haas	3-6, 6-4, 4-6
Loss	2-3	Jul 2016	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Feliciano López	4-6, 5-7

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

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Jul 2007	Dutch Open, Netherlands	International	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	2-6, 0-6
Loss	0-2	Jan 2011	Chennai Open, India	250 Series	Hard	David Martin	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2-6, 7-6(7-3), [7-10]
Win	1-2	Feb 2011	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4, 6-7(4-7), [13-11]
Loss	1-3	Jun 2011	Halle Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Milos Raonic	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6-7(8-10), 6-3, [9-11]
Loss	1-4	Jan 2013	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3-6, 4-6
Loss	1-5	May 2014	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Feliciano López	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonji?	4-6, 6-7(2-7)
Win	2-5	Jul 2014	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Andre Begemann	Rameez Junaid Michal Merti?ák	6-3, 6-4
Loss	2-6	Aug 2015	Austrian Open, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Henri Kontinen	Nicolás Almagro Carlos Berlocq	7-5, 3-6, [9-11]
Loss	2-7	Feb 2017	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Dominic Inglot	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	4-6, 7-6(11-9), [5-10]
Win	3-7	Jan 2018	Maharashtra Open, India	250 Series	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Gilles Simon	7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-5)
Win	4-7	Feb 2018	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Nikola Mekti? Alexander Peya	5-7, 6-4, [10-4]
Win	5-7	Jul 2018	Croatia Open Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Roman Jebavý Ji?í Veselý	6-4, 6-4
Loss	5-8	Jan 2019	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	David Goffin Pierre-Hugues Herbert	7-5, 4-6, [4-10]
Loss	5-9	Apr 2019	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Nikola Mekti? Franko ?kugor	7-6(7-3), 6-7(3-7), [9-11]
Win	6-9	Jul 2019	Croatia Open Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Oliver Marach Jürgen Melzer	7-5, 6-7(2-7), [14-12]
Loss	6-10	Jul 2019	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Oliver Marach Jürgen Melzer	2-6, 6-7(3-7)
Loss	6-11	Aug 2019	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	5-7, 5-7

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 23 (15-8)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Nov 2005	Israel F1, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Loss	1-1	Mar 2006	Canada F1, Laval	Futures	Hard (i)	Brian Wilson	6-4, 2-6, 4-6
Win	2-1	Mar 2006	Canada F2, Rock Forest	Futures	Hard (i)	Tyler Cleveland	6-4, 6-7(2-7), 6-3
Loss	2-2	Mar 2006	Canada F3, Montreal	Futures	Hard (i)	Nikita Kryvonos	6-4, 5-7, 3-6
Loss	2-3	Aug 2006	Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen	Futures	Clay	Joseph Sirianni	4-6, 6-4, 3-6
Win	3-3	Nov 2006	Nashville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Kristian Pless	7-6(11-9), 6-3
Win	4-3	Mar 2007	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Daniel Brands	6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Win	5-3	Mar 2008	Sunrise, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sébastien Grosjean	5-7, 7-5, 6-1
Win	6-3	Mar 2010	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Trevisan	7-5, 6-3
Win	7-3	Jun 2010	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tobias Kamke	6-4, 6-2
Win	8-3	Aug 2010	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6-2, 7-6(10-8)
Win	9-3	Aug 2010	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marco Crugnola	6-3, 6-2
Win	10-3	Sep 2010	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ivo Miná?	6-4, 6-3
Loss	10-4	Jun 2013	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Du?an Lajovi?	6-7(4-7), 3-6
Loss	10-5	Jul 2013	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	3-6, 7-6(7-2), 4-6
Win	11-5	Nov 2014	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Florent Serra	3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Win	12-5	May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-6(7-1), 6-2
Win	13-5	Sep 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6-4, 6-1
Win	14-5	Jul 2016	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	6-4, 6-7(9-11), 6-2
Loss	14-6	Sep 2016	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	4-6, 1-6
Win	15-6	Sep 2016	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Lorenzo Giustino	7-6(7-2), 6-2
Loss	15-7	Oct 2016	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jan ?átral	3-6, 2-6
Loss	15-8	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Federico Gaio	1-6, 6-4, 2-4 ret.

Doubles: 18 (10-8)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1-0	Aug 2005	Italy F24, L'Aquila	Futures	Clay	Igor Sijsling	Frédéric Nussbaum Benjamin-David Rufer	6-4, 7-6(10-8)
Loss	1-1	Nov 2005	Israel F1, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Roman Kutá? Michal Navrátil	6-7(2-7), 6-3, 2-6
Loss	1-2	Feb 2006	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	Petar Jeleni? Vilim Vi?ak	4-6, 6-4, 6-7(2-7)
Win	2-2	Jul 2006	Netherlands F3, Heerhugowaard	Futures	Clay	Dominique Coene	Martin Emmrich Sven Swinnen	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Loss	2-3	Aug 2006	Saransk, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Dekel Valtzer	Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk	4-6, 7-5, [5-10]
Loss	2-4	Sep 2006	Bra?ov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Michal Navrátil	Lazar Magdin?ev Predrag Rusevski	4-6, 6-7(9-11)
Win	3-4	Nov 2005	Louisville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	Amer Delic Robert Kendrick	w/o
Loss	3-5	Jan 2007	Wrexham, Great Britain	Challenger	Hard (i)	Richard Bloomfield	Thomas Oger Nicolas Tourte	7-6(7-4), 5-7, [10-12]
Loss	3-6	Apr 2010	Athens, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Rik de Voest Lu Yen-hsun	3-6, 4-6
Win	4-6	Aug 2010	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Rogier Wassen	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	7-6(16-14), 7-5
Win	5-6	Aug 2010	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Schoorel	Diego Junqueira Gabriel Trujillo Soler	6-4, 6-4
Loss	5-7	Sep 2014	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Stephan Fransen	Roman Jebavý Jaroslav Pospí?il	4-6, 2-6
Win	6-7	Nov 2010	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Mate Pavi?	Jonathan Eysseric Fabrice Martin	7-5, 4-6 [10-7]
Win	7-7	May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Aisam Qureshi	Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak	6-1, 6-2
Win	8-7	May 2015	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	Lucas Pouille Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-3, 7-5
Loss	8-8	Sep 2016	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Daniel Masur Jan-Lennard Struff	4-6, 1-6
Win	9-8	Sep 2016	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Tim Pütz	Jonathan Eysseric Tristan Lamasine	6-4, 6-2
Win	10-8	Apr 2019	Sophia Antipolis, France	Challenger	Clay	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

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	RH Rank
2007
1.	Tomá? Berdych	10	Montreal, Canada	Hard	1R	6-4, 7-5	103
2008
2.	Andy Murray	10	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	1R	7-5, 6-3	94
2013
3.	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	SF	7-5, 7-6(7-4)	63
2015
4.	Stan Wawrinka	7	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	6-3, 3-6, 6-3	104
2017
5.	Dominic Thiem	8	Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	6-3, 7-6(9-7)	42
6.	Alexander Zverev	4	Paris, France	Hard (i)	2R	3-6, 6-2, 6-2	43
2018
7.	Alexander Zverev	4	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	5-7, 6-4, 7-5	55

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.

* As of 12 February 2020^[update]

References

External links

• Robin Haase at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robin Haase at the International Tennis Federation
• Robin Haase at the Davis Cup
• Robin Haase on IMDb
• Bio-File interview with Robin Haase