Steve Darcis

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Steve Darcis


country= BEL
residence= Saive, Belgium
datebirth= birth date and age|1984|3|13
placebirth= Liège, Belgium
height= height|m=1.78
weight= convert|74|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 2003
plays= Right-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $629,838
singlesrecord= 21–19
singlestitles= 2
highestsinglesranking= 44 (May 12, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= 1st (2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 1st (2008)
Wimbledonresult= 1st (2008)
USOpenresult= 2nd (2008)
doublesrecord= 8–9
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= 143 (June 23, 2008)
updated = July 14, 2008

Steve Darcis (born March 13, 1984 in Liège, Belgium) is a male professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ranking of #44 on May 12, 2008.

At the Dutch Open in July, 2007, in his 3rd career ATP-level tournament, he won his first ATP-level singles match and then went on to win the tournament, catapulting him into the top-150 for the first time. He beat all top-60 players en route to the title, including world #13 Mikhail Youzhny in the semifinal. His low ranking coming into the week meant that he also had to win 3 qualifying matches just to make the main draw, and his ranking of #297 made him one of the lowest ranked ATP tournament winners since 1985. Lleyton Hewitt holds the record, having been ranked #550 before winning in Adelaide in 1998. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19787790/ Darcis 2nd Lowest Ranked ATP Winner] ] In his next tournament in Sopot, two weeks later, he went through qualifying and defeated Nicolas Massu in round 1 to set up a confrontation with Tommy Robredo in round 2. Robredo defeated Darcis in three sets (6–1 0–6 5–7), ending Darcis' winning streak at 12 matches. Darcis entered the top 100 on November 26, 2007 by winning a Challenger event in Finland. He became World Number 86. On 2 March2008, Darcis won his second ATP event at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, beating Swede Robin Soderling in the final 6–3 7–6.cite news | author = Association of Tennis Professionals | title = 11 Players Break into 2007 Century Club | url = http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2007news/centuryclub_2007.asp | date = 2007-12-05 | accessdate = 2007-12-06 | publisher = Association of Tennis Professionals | language = English ]

At the 2008 French Open, Darcis lost in the first round of the singles tournament against No. 5 seed David Ferrer of Spain in three short sets. In the doubles tournament, however, he reached the quarterfinals. With his partner, Olivier Rochus, he lost to the No. 2 seeds and eventual winners Daniel Nestor from Canada and Nenad Zimonjic from Serbia with 1–6 and 4–6.

Juniors Results

Darcis was fairly successful as a junior, reaching #8 in the world in 2002.

In that year, he beat 3 future top-10 pro players: Marcos Baghdatis, Andy Murray, and Tomas Berdych. [ [http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/activity.asp?player=30020306 Darcis ITF Junior Profile] ]

ingles titles

References

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Darcis&weeks=12 Darcis Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Darcis Darcis World Ranking History]