title: Kristof Vliegen
text: Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former  tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.
  
  He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus.
  
  2006
  He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. He was also the 30th seed at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the 2nd round before losing to Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.
  
  2009
  
  In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three straight sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czech Jan Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6–3, 3–6 and 6–4.
  
  ATP career finals
  
  Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
  
  Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
  
  ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
  
  Singles: 16 (11–5)
  
  Doubles: 10 (7–3)
  
  Junior Grand Slam finals
  
  Doubles: 1 (1 title)
  
  Performance timelines
  
  Singles
  
  Doubles
  
  External links 
  
   
   
   
   Vliegen World ranking history
  
  Belgian male tennis players
  Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium)
  1982 births
  Living people
  Wimbledon junior champions
  Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles