The 21st century
Netherlands · born Roosendaal, 1997 · right-handed · won 's-Hertogenbosch as a wildcard ranked No. 205
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205
His ranking when he entered 's-Hertogenbosch in 2022 as a wildcard
6-4, 6-1
The 's-Hertogenbosch final against world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev
8
Grass-court matches won in a row in 2022, from 's-Hertogenbosch to the Wimbledon fourth round
101
Career-high ranking, 18 July 2022
1
ATP title, his only one
Tim van Rijthoven was born in Roosendaal in the Netherlands in 1997 and plays right-handed with a one-handed backhand. He turned professional in 2015 and made his ATP debut as a lucky loser at Winston-Salem in 2016, but for six years his career ran on Futures and Challengers; before June 2022 his only tour-level win had come in a Davis Cup tie against Mikael Ymer of Sweden in 2016.
In June 2022, ranked No. 205, he took a wildcard into his home event at 's-Hertogenbosch and won it, beating Taylor Fritz, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Daniil Medvedev. A month later he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon on his Grand Slam debut, and he rose to a career high of No. 101 in July. A back injury then kept him off the tour for nine months, and a persistent elbow injury followed. He announced his retirement in July 2025, aged 28, with one ATP title and a tour-level singles record of 12-11.
| 's-Hertogenbosch 2022 | Quarter-final: beat Taylor Fritz 6-7, 7-5, 6-4. Semi-final: beat Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 1-6, 7-6, his first win over a top-10 player. Final: beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-1, breaking him four times; Medvedev was due to return to No. 1 the next day |
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| Wimbledon 2022 | First round: beat Federico Delbonis 7-6, 6-1, 6-2. Second round: beat the 15th seed Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6. Third round: beat the 22nd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Fourth round, on Centre Court: lost to Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, after taking the second set |
| Before the run | In the weeks before 's-Hertogenbosch he lost in the last round of qualifying at Roland Garros and in the first round of qualifying at the Surbiton grass Challenger |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
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| 2022 | Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"To hear so many people shout 'come on Tim' was really cool, and that on the most beautiful court in the world."
The person behind the player.
Winston-Salem 2016 to 's-Hertogenbosch 2022
The 's-Hertogenbosch draw was his first tour-level main draw since Winston-Salem in 2016. His only previous win at that level had come in a Davis Cup tie, and in the weeks before he had lost in qualifying at Roland Garros, after two tiebreaks, and at the Surbiton Challenger.
Source: Tennis.com's-Hertogenbosch, June 2022
After the final he thanked his team "for staying humble this week" and for "not making this thing any bigger than it was". He had broken Medvedev four times; at 0-5 in the second set Medvedev saved a championship point to avoid losing it to love.
Source: Tennis.comCentre Court, July 2022
He served 20 aces against Djokovic, one of them at 133 mph. At the net he told Djokovic that he was an inspiration to him; Djokovic told him he had a very bright future.
Source: DutchNewsWimbledon 2022
Wimbledon gave no ranking points in 2022, after the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, so his fourth round did not count towards his ranking. He went into the event at a career-high No. 104 and peaked at No. 101 a fortnight later.
Source: ATP TourUS Open, August 2022
On his US Open debut he came back from two sets down against Zhang Zhizhen and saved seven match points to win, the only five-set match of his career.
Source: Tennis.comJuly 2025
He announced his retirement on Instagram, in Dutch, because of an elbow injury that had not recovered despite rehabilitation. "I would have liked to say goodbye on my own terms, with a racket in hand and the audience in the stands," he wrote. "But sometimes the body decides differently than the head."
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