Botic van de Zandschulp

Van de Zandschulp qualified for the first time in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2021 Australian Open, where he was defeated by fellow qualifier Carlos Alcaraz.[5] As a result, he reached a career-high of No. 145 on 22 February 2021 and was the No. 1 Dutch tennis singles player for a brief period from 8 February 2021 until 22 March 2021.[6] He also qualified for the second major in 2021 and in his career at the 2021 French Open and reached the second round for his first Grand Slam win with a defeat over seed No. 19 Hubert Hurkacz.

On June 23, 2021 he was upgraded to the main draw at Wimbledon, for his third Major debut in a row in 2021, as a lucky loser following the late withdrawal of the 4th seed Dominic Thiem.[7] He beat qualifier Grégoire Barrère in the first round and lost to 7th seed Matteo Berrettini in the second round. In July following Wimbledon, as the second seed, he reached the final at the 2021 Dutch Open (tennis) in Amersfoort. He was defeated by his compatriot and top seed Tallon Griekspoor in the final. He became the No. 1 Dutch player again on 30 August 2021 at World No. 117 in the rankings.

Despite having only 5 ATP tour match wins before the US Open, van de Zandschulp qualified for the last major of the year, thus becoming the only man to progress to the main draw of all four majors through qualifying that year.[8] He reached the third round of a major for the first time, defeating world No. 11 and eight seed Casper Ruud.[9][10] He next defeated Facundo Bagnis to reach the fourth round. There he defeated world No. 14 and eleventh seed Diego Schwartzman in five sets to reach his maiden major quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev. He was the only player to take a set off of Medvedev in the tournament. He became only the third male qualifier in the history of the US Open (after Nicolas Escudé in 1999 and Gilles Muller in 2008) to reach the quarterfinals. He also became the first Dutch man to reach the quarterfinals of a major since Sjeng Schalken at the 2003 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon.[11][12] As a result he improved 55 spots in the singles rankings, entering the top 100 for the first time in his career at World No. 62 on 13 September 2021.

He made his debut at a Masters 1000 level at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open by qualifying as the top seed into the main draw.[13] He lost to Marcos Giron in the first round in three sets.

At the 2021 St. Petersburg Open, van de Zandschulp entered as a qualifier and beat Yoshihito Nishioka, Sebastian Korda, and for the biggest win in his career so far, world No.6 and top seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. He lost to Croatian Marin Cilic in the semifinals. At the 2021 Stockholm Open he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime. He entered the top 60 at World No. 57 on 15 November 2021.

Van de Zandschulp started his year by reaching the quarterfinals at the Melbourne Summer Set by defeating Adrian Mannarino and 8th seed Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets. He lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals despite having match points on serve in the third set.

He reached the third round at the 2022 Australian Open where he lost to World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev.[14] As a result, he made his top 50 debut in the rankings on 31 January 2022.

Van de Zandschulp reached the third round in Indian Wells, where he beat Tennys Sandgren and scoring his second top 10 victory over world no. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in 3 sets. He lost to Miomir Kecmanović in the third round in straight sets. In Miami, he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.

His next tournament was Marrakech, where he beat Hugo Dellien in 3 sets in the first round, and qualifier Vít Kopřiva in straight sets in the second round to make his fourth ATP Tour-level quarterfinal overall and second of 2022.[15] He lost to Alex Molčan in the quarterfinals. He reached the top 40 on 25 April 2022.

Van de Zandschulp reached the final in Munich, where, as the 8th seed, he beat Brandon Nakashima and Egor Gerasimov to reach a third ATP Tour-level quarterfinal in 2022. Next, he upset second seed Casper Ruud in straight sets to reach the semifinals,[16][17] where he beat 7th seed Miomir Kecmanović in a nearly three hour match [18][19] to become the first Dutch male player to reach an ATP Tour-level singles final since Robin Haase in Gstaad in 2016. He was forced to retire in the final against Holger Rune due to chest pain.

Van de Zandschulp's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2021 St. Petersburg
Number 5 ranked players
Andrey Rublev	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2021 St. Petersburg
Number 6 ranked players
Matteo Berrettini	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Number 7 ranked players
Casper Ruud	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (7–5, 6–1) at 2022 Munich
Number 8 ranked players
Diego Schwartzman	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1) at 2021 US Open
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–6(8–6), 5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Melbourne 1
Number 9 ranked players
Hubert Hurkacz	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2, 6–4) at 2021 French Open
Felix Auger-Aliassime	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3) at 2022 Indian Wells
Total	6–6	50%	4–5 (44%)	2–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 30 April 2022

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 29 October 2021

• He has a 3–2 (60.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	BvdZR
2021
1.	Andrey Rublev	6	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	QF	6–3, 6–4	69
2022
2.	Felix Auger-Aliassime	9	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7) 6–3	47
3.	Casper Ruud	7	Munich, Germany	Clay	QF	7–5, 6–1	40

*As of 30 April 2022

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 19 November 2019; The Magic Box, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup finals – round robin; hard (indoor) surface
Loss	1	I	Singles	Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin	2–6, 2–6
4–0; 18–19 September 2021; Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay; World Group I; clay surface
Win	2	I	Singles	Uruguay	Francisco Llanes	6–0, 6–3
4–0; 4–5 March 2022; Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands; World Group I; clay surface
Win	3	I	Singles	Canada	Alexis Galarneau	7–5, 7–6(11–9)