Denis Langaskens

Denis Langaskens (born 20 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Denis Langaskens
Full nameDenis Langaskens
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1966-09-20) 20 September 1966
Ostend, Belgium
Turned pro1985
Retired1990
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 334 (7 November 1988)
Doubles
Career record0–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 157 (28 August 1989)

Biography

Langaskens was born in Ostend and based during his career in Liège. As a junior, he had a win over Patrick McEnroe at the 1984 French Open and he also competed in the boys' singles at the Wimbledon Championships, before turning professional in 1985.[1]

As a professional player, he mostly competed on the Challenger circuit, but made occasional appearances at Grand Prix level, all in doubles competition. In 1988, he played two Grand Prix tournaments, the Brussels Indoor and Dutch Open. In 1989, he made the main draw of the Geneva Open, before featuring again at Brussels in 1990. He won a total of three Challenger doubles titles, in Budapest, Knokke and Odrimont.

He first represented the Belgium Davis Cup team in a 1987 tie against Switzerland in Lugano, in which he played the doubles rubber. The following year, he played in losing ties to Finland and Hungary, resulting in Belgium's relegation from Europe Zone Group 1. In 1989, he featured in a further three ties and was unbeaten in all of his matches that year, six singles and three doubles rubbers, to help Belgium return to Group 1. His seventh and final appearance was in Belgium's win over Hungary in 1990, which qualified them for the World Group play-offs.[2]

Retiring from the tour in 1990, Langaskens later played club tennis in Duisburg, Germany.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1988 Budapest, Hungary Clay Belgium Eduardo Masso Denmark Peter Bastiansen
Denmark Peter Flintsø		 6–4, 7–5
2. 1989 Knokke, Belgium Clay Belgium Xavier Daufresne Belgium Karel Demuynck
Belgium Libor Pimek		 7–5, 6–2
3. 1989 Odrimont, Belgium Clay Belgium Xavier Daufresne Sweden Per Henricsson
India Srinivasan Vasudevan		 6–4, 6–2

See also

References
  1. "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Langaskens, Denis (BEL)". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. "Davis Cup - Tie - Details (Belgium 4: 1 Hungary)". Official website of the Davis Cup. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. "Freud' und Leid beim MTC 03". WAZ (in German). 11 June 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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