Niels Desein

Niels Desein

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Ostend, Belgium
Born	(1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 Ghent, Belgium
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$412,624
Singles
Career record	0–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 154 (2 March 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2014)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	1–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 182 (3 August 2009)
Current ranking	No. 1550 (12 July 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2015)
Last updated on: 18 July 2021.

Niels Desein (born 9 June 1987) is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and currently resides in Wondelgem, Belgium.

Juniors

Desein reached as high as No. 4 in the combined junior world rankings in May 2005.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: 1R (2005)
Wimbledon: 3R (2004, 2005)
US Open: 2R (2004)

Professional tour

His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 154 in singles in March 2015 and World No. 182 in doubles in August 2009. His favourite surface is clay.

He made his main draw debut on the ATP World Tour at the 2013 Portugal Open as a qualifier. He represented the Belgium Davis Cup team on one occasion in 2015.

Singles: 47 (27–20)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (26–20)

Finals by surface Hard (16–11) Clay (10–4) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2005	Great Britain F8, Felixstowe	Futures	Grass	Nicolas Tourte	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2006	Germany F8, Trier	Futures	Clay	Lukáš Rosol	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	1–2	Mar 2007	Portugal F3, Albufeira	Futures	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–2	May 2007	Romania F1, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Martin Kližan	7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7)
Loss	2–3	Aug 2007	Germany F11, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Alexander Flock	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Nov 2007	Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Jan 2008	France F1, Deauville	Futures	Clay	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Loss	3–5	Aug 2008	Senegal F1, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–5	Aug 2008	Senegal F2, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	3–3 ret.
Loss	4–6	Sep 2008	France F14, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Michael Lammer	7–6(7–4), 5–7, 3–6
Win	5–6	Oct 2008	France F18, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Vincent Millot	6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–1
Win	6–6	Oct 2008	France F19, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Pavol Červenák	6–4, 6–1
Win	7–6	Jul 2009	Italy F20, Modena	Futures	Clay	Francesco Aldi	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	8–6	Sep 2009	France F14, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Yannick Mertens	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win	9–6	Oct 2009	France F19, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Baptiste Dupuy	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	10–6	Nov 2009	Senegal F1, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Valentin Sanon	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	11–6	Nov 2009	Senegal F2, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Claudio Grassi	6–2, 6–0
Win	12–6	Feb 2010	Germany F4, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Thomas Schoorel	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)
Loss	12–7	Mar 2010	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	4–6, 2–6
Loss	12–8	Jul 2010	Spain F23, Palma del Río	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	12–9	Sep 2010	Netherlands F6, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss	12–10	Feb 2012	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	6–1, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	12–11	Mar 2012	Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Dénes Lukács	4–6, 1–6
Loss	12–12	Mar 2012	France F6, Saint-Raphaël	Futures	Hard	Laurent Rochette	4–6, 1–6
Loss	12–13	Apr 2012	Greece F1, Heraklion	Futures	Carpet	Yannick Jankovits	3–6, 5–7
Loss	12–14	Apr 2012	Greece F2, Heraklion	Futures	Carpet	Alexandros Jakupovic	7–6(11–9), 3–6, 4–6
Win	13–14	Jul 2012	Belgium F1, De Haan	Futures	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	13–15	Jul 2012	Netherlands F4, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	14–15	Aug 2012	Belgium F8, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Juan Sebastián Vivanco	6–2, 6–0
Win	15–15	Sep 2012	Belgium F10, Damme	Futures	Clay	Joris de Loore	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	15–16	Sep 2012	France F15, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Julien Obry	4–6, 3–6
Win	16–16	Feb 2013	Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo	Futures	Hard	Pedro Sousa	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	17–16	Apr 2013	France F7, Angers	Futures	Clay	Calvin Hemery	6–3, 6–2
Loss	17–17	Jul 2013	Netherlands F4, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Thomas Schoorel	3–6, 4–6
Win	18–17	Sep 2013	France F16, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Maxime Authom	6–4, 6–4
Win	19–17	Oct 2013	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	19–18	Oct 2013	Portugal F11, Guimarães	Futures	Hard	Rui Machado	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	20–18	Jul 2014	Belgium F7, Middelkerke	Futures	Hard	Steve Darcis	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win	21–18	Sep 2014	France F19, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Josselin Ouanna	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win	22–18	Oct 2014	France F21, Nevers	Futures	Hard	Enzo Couacaud	6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6–2
Win	23–18	Feb 2015	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win	24–18	Sep 2015	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Grégoire Barrère	7–5, 6–3
Win	25–18	Oct 2015	France F22, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Peter Kobelt	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	25–19	Jan 2016	Germany F3, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Nils Langer	3–6, 4–6
Win	26–19	Jun 2016	Belgium F1, Binche	Futures	Clay	Arthur Rinderknech	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Win	27–19	Sep 2017	France F19, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	27–20	Feb 2018	Switzerland F2, Bellevue	Futures	Carpet	Ugo Humbert	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 51 (32–19)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–4) ITF Futures (31–15)

Finals by surface Hard (14–8) Clay (14–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (4–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2006	Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Dušan Lojda	Antoine Benneteau Frederic Jeanclaude	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Jun 2006	Tunisia F1, Sousse	Futures	Clay	Dušan Lojda	Mounir El Aarej Walid Jallali	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2006	Germany F11, Essen	Futures	Clay	Ruben Bemelmans	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	2–2	Jan 2007	Germany F3, Kaarst	Futures	Carpet	Jeroen Masson	Daniel Brands Ralph Grambow	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–2	Mar 2007	Portugal F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Murad Inoyatov Dmitri Sitak	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–2	May 2007	Romania F1, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Masson	Thomas Kromann Martin Pedersen	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–2	Jul 2007	Netherlands F2, Breda	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Masson	Vladimir Karusevich Nicolás Todero	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	5–3	Nov 2007	Great Britain F21, Redbridge	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Josh Goodall Ken Skupski	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [5–10]
Win	6–3	Jan 2008	France F1, Deauville	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Renard	Philippe de Bonnevie Petar Popović	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–3	Mar 2008	Morocco F1, Oujda	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Masson	M-A López Jaén J-M Such-Perez	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–3	Jun 2008	Netherlands F2, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Masson	Dušan Karol Yannick Mertens	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Loss	8–4	Jun 2008	Netherlands F3, Breda	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Masson	Jesse Huta Galung Matwé Middelkoop	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	9–4	Aug 2008	Senegal F1, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Benjamin Balleret Philippe de Bonnevie	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Win	10–4	Aug 2008	Senegal F2, Dakar	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Benjamin Balleret Philippe de Bonnevie	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–4	Aug 2008	Belgium F2, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Ruben Bemelmans	Alexandre Folie David Goffin	7–5, 7–5
Win	12–4	Aug 2008	Italy F28, Piombino	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Bai Yan Jun-Chao Xu	6–3, 6–3
Win	13–4	Sep 2008	France F14, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Dustin Brown Stefan Seifert	7–6(13–11), 6–3
Loss	13–5	Sep 2008	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Dick Norman	Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–5), 5–7, [7–10]
Win	14–5	Oct 2008	France F18, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Guillermo Alcaide Nikolai Nesterov	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	14–6	Jul 2009	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stéphane Robert	Stefano Ianni Cristian Villagrán	6–7(3–7), 6–1, [6–10]
Win	15–6	Jul 2009	Italy F20, Modena	Futures	Clay	Yannick Mertens	Alessandro Giannessi Filippo Leonardi	6–2, 6–1
Loss	15–7	Sep 2009	St. Remy, France	Challenger	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Jiří Krkoška Lukáš Lacko	1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Win	16–7	Oct 2009	France F19, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Fabrice Martin Adil Shamasdin	7–6(10–8), 1–6, [10–5]
Win	17–7	Nov 2009	Senegal F2, Dakar	Futures	Hard	John Paul Fruttero	Philip Barlow Tony Holzinger	6–3, 6–2
Win	18–7	Mar 2010	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Izak van der Merwe Raven Klaasen	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	18–8	Oct 2010	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Laurent Rochette	Amir Weintraub Boy Westerhof	walkover
Win	19–8	Mar 2012	Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Jeroen Masson	G Gomez-Diaz A Vivanco-Guzman	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	20–8	Jun 2012	Morocco F2, Rabat	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Penaud	Kalle Averfalk Robin Olin	6–1, 2–6, [13–11]
Loss	20–9	Jul 2012	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	André Ghem	Michael Linzer Gerald Melzer	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	20–10	Aug 2012	Belgium F6, Ostend	Futures	Clay	James Junior Storme	Joris de Loore Juan Carlos Sáez	0–6, 4–6
Win	21–10	Sep 2012	Belgium F10, Damme	Futures	Clay	James Junior Storme	Joris de Loore Yannis Baltogiannis	3–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	21–11	Apr 2013	France F7, Angers	Futures	Clay	Tim Pütz	Ivan Bjelica Miljan Zekić	3–6, 4–6
Win	22–11	Apr 2013	France F8, Ajaccio	Futures	Clay	Yannick Mertens	Daniel Smethurst Alexander Ward	6–2, 6–2
Win	23–11	Aug 2013	Belgium F7, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Kimmer Coppejans	Sander Gillé Roger Ordeig	6–2, 6–3
Loss	23–12	Oct 2013	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Peter Torebko	Piotr Gadomski Błażej Koniusz	3–6, 3–6
Loss	23–13	Mar 2014	France F6, Poitiers	Futures	Hard	Yannick Mertens	Isak Arvidsson Markus Eriksson	walkover
Win	24–13	Nov 2014	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Ruben Bemelmans	Andreas Beck Philipp Petzschner	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	24–14	Nov 2015	Czech Republic F7, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Carpet	Libor Salaba	Sander Arends Adam Majchrowicz	3–6, 4–6
Loss	24–15	Jan 2016	Germany F3, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Uladzimir Ignatik	Johannes Härteis Kevin Krawietz	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	25–15	Feb 2016	Switzerland F1, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Denis Matsukevich	Sebastien Boltz Grégoire Jacq	6–0, 6–4
Loss	25–16	Jun 2016	Spain F16, Huelva	Futures	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	Ivan Arenas-Gualda David Vega Hernández	4–6, 2–6
Win	26–16	Feb 2017	Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Mick Lescure	Farris Fathi Gosea Tim Kopinski	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	27–16	Mar 2017	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	David Guez	Samuel Bensoussan Yanais Laurent	6–1, 6–2
Loss	27–17	Mar 2017	France F5, Toulouse	Futures	Hard	Yannick Jankovits	Fabien Reboul Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	27–18	Oct 2017	Portugal F20, Oliveira de Azeméis	Futures	Hard	Yannick Jankovits	Francisco Cabral Nuno Deus	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	28–18	Jan 2018	France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Romain Arneodo Grégoire Jacq	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	29–18	Feb 2018	Switzerland F2, Bellevue	Futures	Carpet	Albano Olivetti	Charlie Emhardt Josh Hagar	6–3, 6–1
Win	30–18	Apr 2018	Portugal F8, Cascais	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Germain Gigounon Tristan Lamasine	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	30–19	Aug 2018	Belgium F8, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Germain Gigounon	Michael Geerts Matias Zukas	1–6, 1–6
Win	31–19	Sep 2018	France F16, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Yannick Mertens	Albano Olivetti Dan Added	6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–5]
Win	32–19	Feb 2019	M15 Grenoble, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yannick Mertens	Hugo Voljacques Dan Added	7–6(9–7), 6–3

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

Personal life

Desein is married to Belgian lawyer Charlotte Verkeyn who was elected as a member of parliament in 2024. They have a son.

External links

• Official website
• Niels Desein at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Niels Desein at the International Tennis Federation
• Niels Desein at the Davis Cup