Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a retired Belgian tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed X-Man, he is only one of two players from Belgium (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour, with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19.

Career

Juniors

As a junior Malisse compiled a singles win/loss record of 66–18, reaching as high as No. 10 in the junior world singles rankings in 1997.

1998–2008

Malisse turned professional in 1998.

His best performance in Grand Slam singles competition was at the 2002 Wimbledon championships, where he reached the semi-final, beating Galo Blanco, Vince Spadea, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Britain's Greg Rusedski in five sets en route, as well as former champion Richard Krajicek. He eventually lost to runner-up David Nalbandian, again in five sets. Malisse and Olivier Rochus won the French Open doubles championship in 2004. He has won three ATP tour singles titles: Delray Beach in 2005 and 2007, and Chennai in 2007.

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Famous quotes by Xavier Malisse:

"I'm really happy I can play like this after only two or three matches for the year. I barely made a mistake in the first set."

"This is where I finally got my title and played two finals here. I like going to the restaurants here. It's a nice relaxing tournament."

"I don't like to be in the spotlight."

"There's no easy rounds anymore, you always have to be careful. I like this tournament. I'm definitely ready to roll."

"I'm not going to put the Australian Open in jeopardy so we'll try to fix it. I'll take tomorrow off and rest it a little, hopefully by Tuesday we'll have it fixed."

"I played well but was just a little unlucky. I keep telling myself that if you play in a final, it's not a bad week."

"The calls were pretty bad today -- for both of us."

"He's a tough player. He's got every stroke in the book."

"I should play every week at Delray. I just like the courts here. There's a good crowd, a nice atmosphere and a good stadium. I feel good here, at ease."

"It was tough. He didn't give me any rhythm. Balls with no pace are tough for me. Other guys hit through the ball, but he spins the ball, and plays smart. I like to grind and he does too."

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