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Robin Haase (born April 6, 1987 in The Hague) is a Dutch tennis player. Haase is currently the highest-ranking Dutch player, with his career high of #56 coming on April 28, 2008. He is endorsed by Adidas, Head and SNS Reaal.
[edit] Career
Haase highest ranking in the ATP singles entry rankings is 56. Haase was a promising junior where he reached as high as 3rd in the juniors’ rankings on 14 March 2005. Later on in 2005 he would lose the final of the junior tournament at Wimbledon to Jeremy Chardy which was his last tournament on junior level.
In July 2007 Haase reached his 1st ATP Tour semi-final at the Dutch Open in Amersfoort where in the quarter-finals he beat the top 100 ranked player Florent Serra. He eventually lost in straight sets, 6–4 6–4 to Werner Eschauer. Capping off a good week he reached the final in the doubles with fellow compatriot Rogier Wassen but lost in straight sets 6–2, 6–0.
In August 2007 Haase for the first time defeated a top-10 ranked player. At the Rogers Cup he beat Tomas Berdych 6–4, 7–5.
Haase made his grand slam debut at the 2007 US Open as a Lucky loser due to the withdrawal of Mario Ancic. He lost in the first round in straight sets to the third seed Novak Đoković 6–2, 6–1, 6–3.
At the 2008 Chennai Open, Haase claimed another top 20 win when he defeated the second-seeded Marcos Baghdatis 6–3, 6–4 in the first round.
[edit] Titles won
[edit] Singles
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
November 21, 2005 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
Hard |
 Dekel Valtzer |
6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 2. |
March 13, 2006 |
Rock Forest, Quebec, Canada |
Hard |
 Tyler Cleveland |
6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
| 3. |
November 6, 2006 |
Nashville, United States |
Hard |
 Kristian Pless |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 4. |
February 26, 2007 |
Wolfsburg, Germany |
Carpet |
 Daniel Brands |
6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 5. |
March 24, 2008 |
Sunrise, United States |
Hard |
 Sebastien Grosjean |
7-5, 5-7, 6-1 |
[edit] Doubles
| Legend |
| Challengers (1) |
| Futures (2) |
[edit] Runner-ups
[edit] Singles
| Legend |
| Challengers |
| Futures |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
March 6, 2006 |
Laval, Canada |
Hard |
Brian Wilson |
6–4, 2–6, 4–6, |
| 2. |
March 20, 2006 |
Montreal, Canada |
Hard |
Nikita Kryvonos |
6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |
| 3. |
August 21, 2006 |
Netherlands |
Clay |
 Joseph Sirianni |
4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
[edit] Doubles
| Legend |
| ATP International Series |
| Challengers |
| Futures |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
November 21, 2005 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
Hard |
 Igor Sijsling |
 Roman Kutac
Michal Navratil |
6–7, 6–3, 2–6 |
| 2. |
February 20, 2006 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Hard |
Igor Sijsling |
 Petar Jelenic
Vilim Visak |
4–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
| 3. |
July 31, 2006 |
Saransk, Russia |
Clay |
Dekel Valtzer |
 Alexey Kedriouk
 Orest Tereshchuk |
4–6, 7–5, 5-10 |
| 4. |
September 6, 2006 |
Braşov, Romania |
Clay |
Michal Navratil |
 Lazar Magdincev
Predrag Rusevski |
4–6, 6–7 |
| 5. |
January 22, 2006 |
Wrexham, Great Britain |
Hard |
 Richard Bloomfield |
Thomas Oger
Nicolas Tourte |
7–6, 5–7, 10-12 |
| 6. |
July 16, 2007 |
Amersfoort, Netherlands |
Clay |
Rogier Wassen |
 Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Juan Pablo Guzman |
2–6, 0–6 |
[edit] References and external links
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