Zizou Bergs

Zizou Bergs (born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 112 achieved on 6 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 289 achieved on 24 July 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Belgian singles tennis player.[1]

Zizou Bergs
Bergs at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceNeerpelt, Belgium
Born (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999
Lommel, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRuben Bemelmans
Prize money$630,474
Singles
Career record6–19 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 112 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 181 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record2–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 289 (24 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 303 (18 September 2023)
Last updated on: 25 September 2023.

Professional career

2020: ATP debut and first win

Bergs made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. In the first round, he recorded his first ATP victory by defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in straight sets,[2][3] before pushing world No. 17 Karen Khachanov to three sets.[4]

2021: Three ATP Challenger titles, top 200 debut

Bergs won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger in March and later on in the month, would win his second Challenger title at the 2021 Lille Challenger. In June, he won his third Challenger title at the 2021 Almaty Challenger.[5]

After a second round showing at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad where he defeated fellow qualifier Oscar Otte in the first round, he reached the top 200 at World No. 196 on 26 July 2021.

2022: Fourth Challenger title, Grand Slam & top 150 debut

He reached his first final of the season at the Saint-Brieuc Challenger losing to Jack Draper.[6]

In May, he reached his second Challenger final of the season at the 2022 Saturn Oil Open in Troisdorf, Germany, where he lost to Lukáš Klein.[7]

Ranked No. 207, he won the 2022 Ilkley Trophy as a qualifier defeating lucky loser Alexei Popyrin in the semifinals[8][9][10] and Jack Sock in the final. As a result he won the last 2022 Wimbledon wildcard where he made his Grand Slam debut.[11] He also climbed more than 60 positions up the rankings to a new career-high of World No. 146 on 20 June 2022.

2023: United Cup, Australian Open and Masters debuts, top 125

On his debut as the No. 2 player from Belgium, he lost his two singles matches at the inaugural 2023 United Cup against world No. 196 Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov and world No. 803 Greek Stefanos Sakellaridis.[12] He made his debut by qualifying for the main draw at the 2023 Australian Open defeating another Bulgarian Adrian Andreev.[13] In the first round, he lost to Serbian Laslo Djere.

He received a wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open main draw but lost to lucky loser Thanasi Kokkinakis.[14]

He entered the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as a lucky loser into the second round after the late withdrawal of third seed Brandon Nakashima but lost to Cristian Garin.

He entered the 2023 Ilkley Trophy Challenger as the defending champion[15] but lost to Denis Kudla in the second round.

He received a wildcard at the 2023 Chengdu Open but lost to Dušan Lajović.

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 16 (9–7)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–3)
ITF Futures Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2018 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 May 2018 Poland F1, Wisła Futures Clay Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Jul 2018 Belgium F2, Arlon Futures Clay Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2018 Belgium F5, Duinbergen Futures Clay Belgium Jeroen Vanneste 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Adrian Obert 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Jan 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Portugal Nuno Borges 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 3–4 Feb 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Belgium Clement Geens 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–4 Nov 2020 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Russia Bogdan Bobrov 6–4, 6–2
Win 5–4 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg, Russia Challenger Hard (i) Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win 6–4 Mar 2021 Lille, France Challenger Hard (i) France Grégoire Barrère 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win 7–4 Jun 2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Kazakhstan Timofey Skatov 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–5 Mar 2022 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jack Draper 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 7–6 May 2022 Troisdorf, Germany Challenger Clay Slovakia Lukáš Klein 2–6, 4–6
Win 8–6 Jun 2022 Ilkley, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United States Jack Sock 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 8–7 Aug 2022 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Luca Nardi 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 5–7
Win 9–7 Apr 2023 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Clay Chinese Taipei Wu Tung-lin 7–5, 6–2

Doubles 8 (4–4)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2018 Qatar F1, Doha Futures Hard Netherlands Scott Griekspoor Belgium Jonas Merckx
Sweden Fred Simonsson		 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [4–10]
Win 1–1 Mar 2018 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard Sweden Fred Simonsson Czech Republic Marek Gengel
Czech Republic Matěj Vocel		 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2018 Italy F12, Reggio Emilia Futures Clay France Maxime Tabatruong Turkey Tuna Altuna
Bulgaria Alexandar Lazov		 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar World Tennis Tour Hard France Geoffrey Blancaneaux Belgium Arnaud Bovy
Netherlands Jesper de Jong		 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–2 Aug 2019 M15 Koksijde, Belgium World Tennis Tour Clay France Dan Added Belgium Romain Barbosa
Belgium Arnaud Bovy		 6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 3–3 Oct 2019 M15 Benicarló, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Portugal Tiago Cação Spain Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Spain Benjamín Winter López		 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Nov 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Francesco Vilardo Tunisia Aziz Dougaz
Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Dec 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar World Tennis Tour Hard Georgia (country) Zura Tkemaladze Sweden Simon Freund
Sweden Jonathan Mridha		 1–6, 0–6

References
  1. "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. "World No. 528 Bergs Stuns Ramos-Vinolas In Antwerp: 'Those Are Things I Live For'". ATP Tour. 20 October 2020.
  3. "Five Things To Know About Zizou Bergs". ATPTour.com. 22 October 2020.
  4. "Khachanov Avoids Bergs Upset In Antwerp". ATP Tour. 22 October 2020.
  5. "Zizou Bergs Blasts to Third Challenger Title of 2021 | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Who Will Stop Jack Draper?". 4 April 2022.
  7. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Lukas Klein Gets his Maiden Title". 30 May 2022.
  8. "Sock Soars into Semi-Finals at Ilkley Trophy". 17 June 2022.
  9. "Zizou Bergs haalt vanuit de kwalificaties de finale in Ilkley". 18 June 2022.
  10. "Après avoir battu Seppi, Zizou Bergs bat Popyrin et se hisse en finale du Challenger d'Ilkley".
  11. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Bergs Wins the Wimbledon Wildcard, Coric Back in Form". 19 June 2022.
  12. "Sakellaridis on a Debut Win & Advice from Tsitsipas at the United Cup | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  13. "Shang Juncheng: 17-Year-Old Charges into Australian Open Main Draw | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  14. "Shang Juncheng, Dominic Thiem Among Miami Wild Cards | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  15. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/bergs-ilkley-challenger-2023-feature
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