Robin Haase

2005: Juniors edit

Haase was a promising junior player, compiling a singles win–loss record of 76–41 and reaching as high as No. 3 in the junior world rankings in March 2005. Later in 2005, he lost in the final of Junior Wimbledon to Jérémy Chardy in his last junior-level tournament.

2006: ATP and Davis Cup debut, First Challenger title edit

Haase started 2006 ranked No. 665. In June, he played his first ATP tournament at Rosmalen, losing in the first round against Juan Carlos Ferrero.^[1]

In September, he made his debut for the Dutch Davis Cup team in the World Group play-offs against the Czech Republic, losing against Tomáš Berdych in straight sets and winning over Jan Hernych after the competition already was decided.

In November, Haase won his first Challenger tournament in Nashville, beating two top-100 players in the process.^[2]

In December, he won his first Dutch Masters title by beating defending champion Raemon Sluiter in the finals of the 2006 Sky Radio Tennis Masters.

Haase further reached three semifinals on the ATP Challenger Tour and ended the year ranked No. 164.

2007: First Top-10 win, Grand Slam debut edit

In March, he won his second Challenger in Wolfsburg.

In July, Haase reached his first ATP Tour semifinal at the Dutch Open in Amersfoort, where in the quarterfinals. he beat a top-100 player Florent Serra. He eventually lost in straight sets to Werner Eschauer. Capping off a good week, he reached the final in doubles with compatriot Rogier Wassen, but lost in straight sets.

In August, Haase for the first time defeated a top-10 player at the Rogers Cup, beating Tomáš Berdych.

Haase made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a lucky loser, due to the withdrawal of Mario Ančić. He lost in the first round in straight sets to the third seed and eventual runner-up, Novak Djokovic.

2008–2010 edit

At the 2008 Chennai Open, Haase claimed another top-20 win when he defeated the second-seeded Marcos Baghdatis in the first round.

Haase pushed Lleyton Hewitt to five sets in the first round of Wimbledon 2008, with Hewitt finally winning.

Haase returned to Wimbledon two years later, where he upset James Blake in straight sets in the first round. He was narrowly defeated by world No. 1 and eventual champion, Rafael Nadal, in the second round in five sets.

2011: First ATP title, top 50 year-end ranking edit

At Wimbledon, Haase beat world No. 22, Fernando Verdasco, in the second round in four sets. In the third round, he trailed against Mardy Fish, before retiring with a knee problem.

Haase then landed his first ATP title at the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel. In the opening round, he led Potito Starace, 6–3, 2–0, before his opponent retired due to injury. In the second round, he defeated second seed Feliciano López in a rain-delayed match that spanned two days. Hours later on the same day, he beat Andreas Seppi in the quarterfinals.^[3] In the semifinals, he defeated qualifier João Souza. In the final, he came out on top against experienced clay-courter Albert Montañés.

At the US Open, Haase reached the second round after beating Portuguese Rui Machado in straight sets. In the second round, Haase led fourth seed Andy Murray by two sets to love, but was eventually beaten in five sets, despite coming back from 4–0 to 4–4 in the deciding set.^[4]

Haase ended the year ranked No. 45, his highest end-of-year ranking in his professional career.^[5]

2012–14: Australian Open doubles final, top 40 career-high in singles edit

Robin Haase meant to start the year playing in Chennai, but because of troubles obtaining a visa, he had to withdraw.^[6] In Australia, he lost first-round matches in Sydney and Melbourne, losing first to Alex Bogomolov Jr. and then to Andy Roddick.^[7][8] At the indoor tournament of Zagreb, Haase was seeded seventh and reached the quarterfinals, losing to Lukáš Lacko.^[9]

In February, he helped the Dutch Davis Cup team to a 5–0 victory over Finland in World Group I, playing a singles match and partnering in the doubles with Jean-Julien Rojer.^[10] In Rotterdam and Indian Wells, Haase lost again in the first round, this time to Nikolay Davydenko and Pablo Andújar.^[11][12]

In a Challenger tournament in Dallas, Hasse reached the quarterfinals. In the Miami Masters, he lost in the second round to Jürgen Melzer after winning against Marinko Matosevic.^[13][14]

In the second round of World Group I, the Netherlands won 5–0 against the Romanian team. Haase played two singles matches.^[15][16] In Casablanca, Haase was seeded sixth, but lost in the first round to Algerian Lamine Ouahab, ranked No. 752.^[17]

In the next week, Haase played the 2012 Monte-Carlo Masters. In the first round, his opponent Juan Mónaco retired in the third set. In the second round, Haase faced Fabio Fognini, defeating him in straight sets. In the third round facing Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, who defeated fifth seed, David Ferrer in the previous round, Haase won in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, playing top seed, Novak Djokovic, who defeated him in straight sets, despite Haase breaking his serve four times. Robin Haase was the first Dutch player in nine years to reach a Masters Tournament quarterfinals, the last being Martin Verkerk.^[18][19]Haase then won the tournament in Kitzbühel for the second year in a row, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber. He then lost in the first round of the 2012 London Olympics in both singles and doubles.

In 2013, Robin Haase partnering with fellow Dutch Igor Sijsling reached the finals of the 2013 Australian Open where they lost to the Bryan brothers.

Haase finished the year 2013 ranked at World No. 43 in singles, his best career year ending thus far, and World No. 56 in doubles.

2017–18: Two Major doubles quarters, Masters semis & two Top 50 singles year-ends edit

Haase reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 2017 US Open (tennis) with Matwé Middelkoop and at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Robert Lindstedt.

Haase made it to the 2017 singles semifinals of the Canadian Open, his best showing at Masters 1000 level in his career, and also to the singles quarterfinals of the 2018 Canadian Open.

2019–22: Two Masters finals & ATP 500 title & Top 30 in doubles edit

Haase partnering Wesley Koolhof made the finals of two Masters 1000 at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters and at the Canadian Open. As a result, he reached a career-high in doubles of No. 30 on 20 May 2019.

He reached also two ATP 500 doubles finals at the 2019 Hamburg European Open with Koolhof and at the 2022 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament with Matwé Middelkoop, winning the latter.^[20] He also reached the semifinals in doubles with Middelkoop at the 2022 Libéma Open.

At the 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad he reached the final in doubles with Philipp Oswald,^[21] where they lost to Tomislav Brkić and Francisco Cabral. He reached also with Oswald the semifinals at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel where they lost to Lorenzo Sonego and Pedro Martínez and the third round at the US Open.

His singles ranking dropped out of the top 300 on 10 October 2022 but following a semifinal showing at the Challenger in Hamburg, where he lost to Henri Laaksonen, he climbed 35 positions back to No. 257 in the rankings on 24 October 2022.

2023: First ATP singles win in two years, 20th final & 8th doubles title edit

He entered the 2023 Adelaide International 2 as a lucky loser replacing Maxime Cressy in the last minute after being an alternate in qualifying, and won his first singles match since February 2021 against Benjamin Bonzi in three tight sets 3–6, 7–6(8), 7–6(3).^[22] As a result, he climbed more than 20 positions in the rankings back into the top 250 at No. 235.

At the 2023 Open Sud de France he reached his twentieth doubles final partnering compatriot Middelkoop.^[23] He won his eight title defeating Maxime Cressy / Albano Olivetti.^[24]

Haase has a powerful serve, which often exceeds 200 km/h. It is also very accurate. Although his double-handed backhand is weaker than his forehand, he can attack and defend with both. When he hits the ball very flat, he is a threat to top players, as he led Nadal by two sets to one in Wimbledon before losing in 5 sets, and holding a two sets to love lead against three time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray in the US Open before eventually losing in five sets. He is capable of producing spectacular shots, such as powerful forehands down the line on the run, à la Sampras, or backhand winners while taking the ball on the rise, his left foot in the air. An accomplished doubles player, Haase does not shun the odd net point. Haase is a very spirited player, who has problems maintaining his temper when a match turns for the worse. Haase is left-handed but plays right-handed.

Current through the 2023 Italian Open.

Singles edit

Doubles edit

Grand Slam tournaments edit

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6

Masters 1000 finals edit

Doubles: 4 (4 runners-up) edit

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Italian Open	Clay	Feliciano López	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	2019	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss	2019	Canadian Open	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 5–7
Loss	2023	Italian Open	Clay	Botic van de Zandschulp	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	5–7, 1–6

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2011	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Albert Montañés	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jul 2012	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria (2)	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Jul 2013	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Oct 2013	Vienna Open, Austria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Tommy Haas	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jul 2016	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Feliciano López	4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 23 (8 titles, 15 runner-ups) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Dutch Open, Netherlands	International	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2011	Chennai Open, India	250 Series	Hard	David Martin	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Win	1–2	Feb 2011	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Julien Benneteau Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
Loss	1–3	Jun 2011	Halle Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Milos Raonic	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–7(8–10), 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	1–4	Jan 2013	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	May 2014	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Feliciano López	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2–5	Jul 2014	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Andre Begemann	Rameez Junaid Michal Mertiňák	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Aug 2015	Austrian Open, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Henri Kontinen	Nicolás Almagro Carlos Berlocq	7–5, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	2–7	Feb 2017	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Dominic Inglot	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	4–6, 7–6(11–9), [5–10]
Win	3–7	Jan 2018	Maharashtra Open, India	250 Series	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Gilles Simon	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Win	4–7	Feb 2018	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	5–7, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	5–7	Jul 2018	Croatia Open Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Roman Jebavý Jiří Veselý	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–8	Jan 2019	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	David Goffin Pierre-Hugues Herbert	7–5, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss	5–9	Apr 2019	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Win	6–9	Jul 2019	Croatia Open Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Oliver Marach Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [14–12]
Loss	6–10	Jul 2019	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Oliver Marach Jürgen Melzer	2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	6–11	Aug 2019	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 5–7
Win	7–11	Feb 2022	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Lloyd Harris Tim Pütz	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Loss	8–11	Jul 2022	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Tomislav Brkić Francisco Cabral	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–12	Feb 2023	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Matwé Middelkoop	Maxime Cressy Albano Olivetti	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	8–13	May 2023	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Botic van de Zandschulp	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	5–7, 1–6
Loss	8–14	Jun 2023	Mallorca Championships, Spain	250 Series	Grass	Philipp Oswald	Yuki Bhambri Lloyd Harris	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–15	Feb 2024	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Botic van de Zandschulp	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	3–6, 5–7

Singles: 24 (15–9) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2005	Israel F1, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Mar 2006	Canada F1, Laval	Futures	Hard (i)	Brian Wilson	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2006	Canada F2, Rock Forest	Futures	Hard (i)	Tyler Cleveland	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2006	Canada F3, Montreal	Futures	Hard (i)	Nikita Kryvonos	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2006	Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen	Futures	Clay	Joseph Sirianni	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3–3	Nov 2006	Nashville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Kristian Pless	7–6(11–9), 6–3
Win	4–3	Mar 2007	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Daniel Brands	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	5–3	Mar 2008	Sunrise, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sébastien Grosjean	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Win	6–3	Mar 2010	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Trevisan	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–3	Jun 2010	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tobias Kamke	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–3	Aug 2010	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–2, 7–6(10–8)
Win	9–3	Aug 2010	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marco Crugnola	6–3, 6–2
Win	10–3	Sep 2010	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ivo Minář	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–4	Jun 2013	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dušan Lajović	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	10–5	Jul 2013	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6
Win	11–5	Nov 2014	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Florent Serra	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	12–5	May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win	13–5	Sep 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–1
Win	14–5	Jul 2016	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–2
Loss	14–6	Sep 2016	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	4–6, 1–6
Win	15–6	Sep 2016	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Lorenzo Giustino	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss	15–7	Oct 2016	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jan Šátral	3–6, 2–6
Loss	15–8	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Federico Gaio	1–6, 6–4, 2–4 ret.
Loss	15–9	May 2022	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Sergey Fomin	6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 24 (14–10) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2005	Italy F24, L'Aquila	Futures	Clay	Igor Sijsling	Frédéric Nussbaum Benjamin-David Rufer	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	1–1	Nov 2005	Israel F1, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Roman Kutáč Michal Navrátil	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 2006	Croatia F2, Zagreb	Futures	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	Petar Jelenić Vilim Višak	4–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2–2	Jul 2006	Netherlands F3, Heerhugowaard	Futures	Clay	Dominique Coene	Martin Emmrich Sven Swinnen	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Aug 2006	Saransk, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Dekel Valtzer	Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk	4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	2–4	Sep 2006	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Michal Navrátil	Lazar Magdinčev Predrag Rusevski	4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Win	3–4	Nov 2005	Louisville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	Amer Delić Robert Kendrick	w/o
Loss	3–5	Jan 2007	Wrexham, Great Britain	Challenger	Hard (i)	Richard Bloomfield	Thomas Oger Nicolas Tourte	7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–12]
Loss	3–6	Apr 2010	Athens, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Rik de Voest Lu Yen-hsun	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–6	Aug 2010	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Rogier Wassen	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	7–6(16–14), 7–5
Win	5–6	Aug 2010	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Schoorel	Diego Junqueira Gabriel Trujillo Soler	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–7	Sep 2014	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Stephan Fransen	Roman Jebavý Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–7	Nov 2010	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Mate Pavić	Jonathan Eysseric Fabrice Martin	7–5, 4–6 [10–7]
Win	7–7	May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Aisam Qureshi	Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–7	May 2015	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	Lucas Pouille Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–8	Sep 2016	Alphen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Daniel Masur Jan-Lennard Struff	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–8	Sep 2016	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Tim Pütz	Jonathan Eysseric Tristan Lamasine	6–4, 6–2
Win	10–8	Apr 2019	Sophia Antipolis, France	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	Enzo Couacaud Tristan Lamasine	6–4, 6–4
Loss	10–9	Aug 2021	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–10	Mar 2022	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jonathan Eysseric	Sander Arends David Pel	3-6, 3-6
Win	11–10	Jul 2022	Lüdenscheid, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Sem Verbeek	Fabian Fallert Hendrik Jebens	6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	12–10	Jul 2022	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Sem Verbeek	Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	13–10	Aug 2022	Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Oswald	Hugo Nys Fabien Reboul	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–10	Oct 2022	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Albano Olivetti	Sanjar Fayziev Sergey Fomin	7–6(7–5), 7–5

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Jérémy Chardy	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Viktor Troicki	Scott Oudsema Brendan Evans	4–6, 4–6

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	RH Rank
2007
1.	Tomáš Berdych	10	Montreal, Canada	Hard	1R	6–4, 7–5	103
2008
2.	Andy Murray	10	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	1R	7–5, 6–3	94
2013
3.	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	SF	7–5, 7–6(7–4)	63
2015
4.	Stan Wawrinka	7	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	6–3, 3–6, 6–3	104
2017
5.	Dominic Thiem	8	Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	6–3, 7–6(9–7)	42
6.	Alexander Zverev	4	Paris, France	Hard (i)	2R	3–6, 6–2, 6–2	43
2018
7.	Alexander Zverev	4	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	5–7, 6–4, 7–5	55

Record against top 10 players edit

Haase's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

* As of 28 November 2022^[update]

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