# Laurence Tieleman

Laurence Tieleman (born 14 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

## Personal life

Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He began playing tennis at age seven and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL, United States from ages 13 to 17.
Tieleman resided in both Assisi and Brussels during his playing career.

## Tennis career

Laurence turned professional in 1993. He won one tour-level doubles title (in Tashkent in 1998), and 4 Challenger events in singles during his career. Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing as the runner-up at Queen's in 1998. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72 in April 1999.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1998 | Queen's, United Kingdom | World Series | Grass | Scott Draper | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 1998 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | International Series | Hard | Stefano Pescosolido | Kenneth Carlsen Sjeng Schalken | 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 5 (3–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1994 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Frederic Vitoux | 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 1994 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Óscar Ortiz | 6–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 1994 | Réunion Island, Réunion | Challenger | Hard | Paul Wekesa | 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jan 1999 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Markus Hantschk | 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jun 2000 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Wayne Arthurs | 6–4, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 17 (7–10)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (7–10)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–6)
* Clay (0–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 1992 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Martin Blackman | Patrick Baur Sander Groen | 6–4, 1–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 1993 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Merinov | Jean-Philippe Fleurian Mark Koevermans | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 1993 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Merinov | Marcelo Rebolledo Martín Rodríguez | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 1993 | Ponte Vedra, United States | Challenger | Hard | Maurice Ruah | Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Oct 1993 | Caracas, Venezuela | Challenger | Hard | Maurice Ruah | Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Sep 1994 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Óscar Ortiz | Bill Barber Ari Nathan | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Nov 1995 | Beijing, China | Challenger | Hard | Martin Zumpft | Ivan Baron João Cunha-Silva | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Mar 1996 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Orsanic | Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | May 1996 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Eyal Ran | Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–8 | Sep 1996 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Andrei Cherkasov | Albert Portas Marcelo Charpentier | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–8 | Feb 1997 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Nicola Bruno | Henrik Holm Nils Holm | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–8 | Feb 1998 | West Bloomfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jim Thomas | Alejandro Hernández David Roditi | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–8 | Feb 1998 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Jim Thomas | James Holmes Andrew Painter | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 6–8 | Aug 2000 | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard | Lorenzo Manta | Grant Stafford Wesley Whitehouse | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 6–9 | Aug 2000 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Lorenzo Manta | Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 7–9 | Nov 2000 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Tuomas Ketola | František Čermák Ota Fukárek | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–10 | Mar 2002 | Osaka, Japan | Challenger | Hard | John Van Lottum | Karol Beck Cedric Kauffmann | 5–7, 1–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 3R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | Q2 | 3R | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |