Gilles Valere Jacque Elseneer (born 6 March 1978 in
Brussels) is a retired professional
tennis player from Belgium. He is mostly known for his grass court game, and has achieved his best results on this surface, including a quarterfinal appearance at
's-Hertogenbosch in 2001.
Tennis career
Pro tour
He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 97 in July 2004. This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the
French Open (l. to
Gustavo Kuerten) and
Wimbledon (l. to
Ivo Karlović), and won the challengers of
Heilbronn and
Sarajevo.
Elseneer made a claim in September 2007 that he was offered money to throw a match against
Potito Starace at
Wimbledon 2005.[1]
Coaching
He is now coaching and teaching tennis within his father's tennis academy (royal tennis club de Belgique) in Brussels.
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.