Raphaël Collignon

Raphaël Collignon
Collignon at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceLiege, Belgium[1]
Born (2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 22)
Rochester, Olmsted[2]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachSteve Darcis
Prize moneyUS $200,253
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 121 (2 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 121 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 973 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1126 (18 November 2024)
Last updated on: 30 November 2024.

Raphaël Collignon (born 13 January 2002) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Collignon competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career high ranking of world No. 121 on 2 December 2024. He is currently the No. 3 Belgian singles tennis player.[3]

Career

2022: Four ITF titles

In 2022 he won four ITF event finals.[4] This included the Marburg Open which he won over Yshai Oliel in 2022 without dropping a set.[5]

2023: Top 250 debut, Maiden Challenger final

In 2023 he reached the final at the Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi, where he lost 4–6, 7–5, 7–6 to Filip Misolic.[1] It was his maiden ATP Challenger Tour event final and it pushed his career-high ranking in the top 210, and a place in the qualification event for a Grand Slam for the first time at the 2023 French Open.[6]

2024: Maiden Challenger title, top 125

In 2024, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 Platzmann Open and moved 90 positions back up in the top 220 at world No. 216 on 5 August 2024 and the top 200 three weeks later at No. 199.

Following winning the 2024 All In Open in Lyon, he finished the season ranked inside the top 125 in the singles rankings at No. 122 on 18 November 2024.[7]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0–0
French Open A Q1 A 0–0
Wimbledon A Q2 A 0–0
US Open A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0-0 0–0 0–0 0–0

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2023 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Filip Misolic 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Aug 2024 Lüdenscheid, Germany Challenger Clay Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Sep 2024 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay Switzerland Alexander Ritschard 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2024 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Roman Safiullin 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Nov 2024 Lyon, France Challenger Hard (i) France Calvin Hemery 6–4, 6–2

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (8–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Belgium Gauthier Onclin 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Monaco Valentin Vacherot 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Feb 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard France Mathys Erhard 7–6(7–2), 7–6(12–10)
Loss 1–3 May 2022 M15 Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina WTT Clay Belgium Gauthier Onclin 7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Jun 2022 M25 Arlon, Belgium WTT Clay Belgium Gauthier Onclin 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–3 Jul 2022 M25 Marburg, Germany WTT Clay Israel Yshai Oliel 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–3 Aug 2022 M25 Koksijde, Belgium WTT Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova 6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–4 Oct 2022 M25 Nevers-Nièvre, France WTT Hard (i) Belgium Gauthier Onclin 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 5–4 Apr 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia WTT Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 6–4 Apr 2024 M25 Angers, France WTT Clay (i) Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–5 May 2024 M25 Deauville, France WTT Clay Alexey Vatutin 3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Jul 2024 M25 Marburg, Germany WTT Clay Brazil Mateus Alves 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 4–6
Win 7–6 Jul 2024 M25 Kassel, Germany WTT Clay Uzbekistan Khumoyun Sultanov 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–6 Aug 2024 M25 Koksijde, Belgium WTT Clay Netherlands Guy den Ouden 7–6(7–4), 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia WTT Clay Switzerland Jérôme Kym Italy Luca Giacomini
Italy Giuseppe Tresca 		6–4, 7–5

References

  1. ^ a b "Challenger de Regione Abruzzo: le Liégeois Raphael Collignon rejoint son pote Gauthier Onclin en quarts de finale". Lavenir (in French). 20 April 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ^ "R.Collignon". ATP Tour. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ Sinzen, Matthias (22 August 2022). "Raphaël Collignon est l'étoile montante du tennis belge: "Ma capacité d'adaptation fait ma force"". dh.net (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Raphael Collignon ist eine klasse für sich". op-marburg.de (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  6. ^ Verstrepen, Christopher (23 April 2023). "La bonne opération de Raphaël Collignon pour Roland-Garros: "Beaucoup de positif à retirer"". lavenir (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Fritz ends 2024 at career high, Mover of Week". ATPTour. 18 November 2024.