Dutch tennis player
Sander Groen (born 16 June 1968) is a former onprofessional tennis player from the Netherlands.
Groen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 ATP doubles title and 12 Challenger doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 89 in 1997 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177 in 1996.
Groen is known for being the doubles partner of many top-5 singles players like Pat Cash , Goran Ivanišević , Gustavo Kuerten , Marcelo Ríos , Marat Safin , Magnus Norman , Greg Rusedski , Alex Corretja , Marc Rosset and Roger Federer . Federer won his first-ever professional title on the tour playing together with Groen in Segovia 1999 . Groen recorded doubles wins over Federer, Safin, Rios, Patrick Rafter and world number 1 teams Eltingh/ Haarhuis (with Fredrik Bergh ), Bhupathi/ Paes (with Jan Siemerink and with Andrei Pavel ) and Knowles/ Nestor (with Laurence Tieleman )
In singles Groen qualified for 9 ATP Tour events reaching the second round in 3 events and he recorded wins over Tim Henman , Richard Krajicek Felix Mantilla and Andrei Chesnokov . He won the dutch national masters in 1992 beating Fernon Wibier in the finals and was runner-up to Jan Siemerink in 1994.
In 2004 Sander Groen made his mark on the ITF senior tour by winning the men’s singles over 35 world championships followed by finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006. He also won the men’s singles over 35 European championships in 2005. Up to 2016 Groen won 1 medals at ITF seniors world championships.
Doubles titles (13)
Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (12)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
1.
1991
Cherbourg , France
Hard (i)
Byron Talbot
Michael Daniel Brian Devening
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.
1992
Meran , Italy
Clay
David Prinosil
Lionel Barthez Aloïs Beust
6–4, 6–4
3.
1992
Dublin , Ireland
Hard
Arne Thoms
Douglas Geiwald Robbie Koenig
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
4.
1992
Munich , Germany
Carpet
Arne Thoms
Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford
6–4, 7–6
5.
1993
Munich , Germany
Carpet
Arne Thoms
Jon Ireland John Yancey
6–3, 6–3
6.
1994
Singapore
Hard
Brian Devening
Leonardo Lavalle Danilo Marcelino
6–2, 7–6
7.
1997
Dubai , UAE
Hard
Goran Ivanišević
Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk
7–6, 6–3
8.
1998
Dresden , Germany
Clay
Pablo Albano
Jamie Holmes Andrew Painter
6–4, 6–3
9.
1998
Guadalajara , Mexico
Clay
Ali Hamadeh
Martín García Sebastián Prieto
6–4, 6–2
10.
1999
Segovia , Spain
Clay
Roger Federer
Ota Fukárek Alejandro Hernández
6–4, 7–6
11.
2000
Aachen , Germany
Carpet
Jan Siemerink
Michael Kohlmann Franz Stauder
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
12.
2001
Heilbronn , Germany
Carpet
Jack Waite
Petr Luxa David Škoch
1–6, 6–3, 7–6
13.
2001
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Clay
Andrea Gaudenzi
Devin Bowen Mariano Hood
7–6, 6–4
Runners-up (15)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
1.
1992
Heilbronn , Germany
Carpet
Tomas Nydahl
Doug Eisenman Bent-Ove Pedersen
1–6, 3–6
2.
1992
Umag , Croatia
Clay
Lars Koslowski
David Prinosil Richard Vogel
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
3.
1992
Singapore
Hard
Patrick Baur
Martin Blackman Laurence Tieleman
4–6, 6–1, 6–7
4.
1993
Bergamo , Italy
Hard (i)
Arne Thoms
Cristian Brandi Cristiano Caratti
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
5.
1993
Riemerling , Germany
Clay
Arne Thoms
Maurice Ruah Mario Tabares
3–6, 3–6
6.
1993
Singapore
Hard
Grant Stafford
Jeremy Bates Christo van Rensburg
3–6, 4–6
7.
1995
Bristol , England
Grass
Arne Thoms
Lionel Barthez Stephane Simian
5–7, 5–7
8.
1996
Madras , India
Hard
Oleg Ogorodov
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
5–7, 1–6
9.
1996
Mauritius Island
Grass
Andrei Pavel
Patrick Baur Joost Winnink
1–0, RET.
10.
1997
Eilat , Israel
Hard (i)
Rogier Wassen
Patrick Baur Andrei Cherkasov
3–6, 6–7
11.
1998
Venice , Italy
Clay
Massimo Bertolini
Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska
6–1, 1–6, 2–6
12.
2001
Istanbul , Turkey
Hard
Michael Kohlmann
Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra
W/O
13.
2002
Segovia , Spain
Hard
Karol Beck
Tim Crichton Todd Perry
7–5, 6–7, 4–6
14.
2006
Eckental , Germany
Carpet
Torsten Popp
Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins
5–7, 3–6
15.
2007
Heilbronn , Germany
Hard (i)
Michaël Llodra
Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler
W/O
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