Thomas Schoorel
# Thomas Schoorel

Thomas Schoorel (born 8 April 1989) is a retired Dutch tennis player.

Schoorel has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 94, achieved on 4 July 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 299, achieved on 30 August 2010.

## Career

Schoorel made his ATP Tour singles main draw debut at the 2010 If Stockholm Open on hard courts in Sweden. Having to earn his spot in the main draw by advancing through three qualifying rounds, Thomas proceeded to beat Patrik Rosenholm 6–4, 6–4, followed by Erling Tveit $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 6–4, 6–4 and finally Marcel Granollers 6–4, 7–5 to secure a main draw birth. In the first round, he would go on to be defeated by German Benjamin Becker in straight sets 3–6, 0–6. He made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut at the 2008 Dutch Open in Amersfoort, Netherlands when he was gifted entry as an alternate pair alongside compatriot Huib Troost. They were defeated in the first round by Russian duo Teimuraz Gabashvili and Denis Matsukevitch in straight sets 2–6, 4–6.

Schoorel won the Dutch Tennis Masters in December 2010, beating Thiemo de Bakker in the final. His two ATP Challenger singles titles both came in April 2011 back to back on clay courts in Italy. First he defeated Martin Klizan of Slovakia 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 to capture the Rome Challenger title, and then he defeated Filippo Volandri of Italy 6–2, $7–6^{(7–4)}$ to claim the Naples Challenger championship.

Schoorel has reached 19 career singles finals, with a record of 10 wins and 9 losses which includes a 2–4 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 8 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 4 losses which includes a 1–1 record in ATP Challenger tour finals. He represents his native country Netherlands when competing in the Davis Cup, where he has a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in singles play.

Schoorel is also student at the Johan Cruyff College.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

### Singles: 19 (10–9)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–4)
* ITF Futures (8–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–3)
* Clay (9–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–1)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2009 | Netherlands F1, Apeldoorn | Futures | Clay | Vincent Millot | 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2009 | Germany F10, Aschaffenburg | Futures | Clay | Kristijan Mesaros | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2009 | Spain F32, Madrid | Futures | Hard | Roberto Bautista Agut | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2010 | Germany F4, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Niels Desein | $7–6^{(7–2)},$ $6–7^{(3–7)},$ $6–7^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2010 | Portugal F3, Albufeira | Futures | Hard | Benoit Paire | $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Apr 2010 | Italy F4, Vercelli | Futures | Clay | Martin Fischer | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–3 | Jun 2010 | Netherlands F3, Rotterdam | Futures | Clay | Johannes Ager | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–3 | Jul 2010 | Netherlands F4, Breda | Futures | Clay | Jesse Huta Galung | 6–2, $7–6^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jul 2010 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Denis Gremelmayr | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Sep 2010 | Alphen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Jesse Huta Galung | $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Apr 2011 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Martin Kližan | 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Apr 2011 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Filippo Volandri | 6–2, $7–6^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 7–6 | Jul 2011 | Dortmund, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Leonardo Mayer | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–6 | Jun 2013 | Netherlands F3, Breda | Futures | Clay | Matwe Middelkoop | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–6 | Jul 2013 | Netherlands F4, Middelburg | Futures | Clay | Niels Desein | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–7 | Aug 2013 | Netherlands F5, Enschede | Futures | Clay | Steve Darcis | $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 1–6 |
| Loss | 9–8 | Sep 2013 | Alphen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno-Traver | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–8 | Feb 2014 | Germany F4, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Jan Mertl | 6–4, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–4 |
| Loss | 10–9 | Mar 2014 | Great Britain F7, Preston | Futures | Hard | Antal Van Der Duim | $6–7^{(1–7)},$ 2–6 |

### Doubles: 8 (4–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–1)
* ITF Futures (3–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (3–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2008 | Netherlands F1, Apeldoorn | Futures | Clay | Roy Bruggeling | Stephan Fransen Romano Frantzen | $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–4, [7–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2009 | Turkey F5, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Antal Van Der Duim | Martin Pedersen Sebastian Rieschick | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2009 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Nick van der Meer | Lucas Arnold Ker Maximo Gonzalez | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Sep 2009 | Spain F32, Madrid | Futures | Hard | Romano Frantzen | David Canudas-Fernandez Komlavi Loglo | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jul 2010 | Netherlands F4, Breda | Futures | Clay | Matwe Middelkoop | Aleksandr Agafonov Marcel Felder | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 2010 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Robin Haase | Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Diego Junqueira | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 2013 | Netherlands F4, Middelburg | Futures | Clay | Romano Frantzen | Wesley Koolhof Stephan Fransen | 6–4, 1–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2014 | Germany F4, Nussloch | Futures | Carpet | Romano Frantzen | Roman Jebavy Marek Michalicka | $6–7^{(6–8)},$ 5–7 |
