Louis Wessels

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Louis Wessels (German: Weßels; born 27 August 1998) is a German tennis player.^[1] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 267, achieved in July 2022.

Louis Weßels

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Detmold, Germany
Born	(1998-08-27) 27 August 1998 (age 24) Bielefeld, Germany
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-anded backhand)
Coach	Dirk Wessels
Prize money	$151,620
Singles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 267 (11 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 287 (6 March 2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 538 (13 August 2018)
Current ranking	No. 888 (6 March 2023)
Last updated on: 6 March 2023.

Tennis career

On the junior tour, Wessels has a career high ITF junior ranking of 17 achieved in May 2016. Wessels has reached the doubles semifinals at three of the four junior grand slams, including the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 US Open and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Wessels made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 German Open, where he upset Steven Diez in the first round. This victory made him the youngest player to win a main draw match at the 2016 ATP World Tour by that time.^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 18 (8–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–10)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (8-9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	Germany F12, Überlingen	Futures	Clay	Adrian Bodmer	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2017	Belgium F11, Damme	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2018	Usa F3, Naples	Futures	Clay	Javier Martí	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–4	Jul 2018	Germany F6, Saarlouis	Futures	Clay	Philipp Davydenko	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	1–4	Aug 2018	Germany F10, Essen	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	2–4	Sep 2018	Switzerland F5, Schlieren	Futures	Clay	Sandro Ehrat	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–4	Sep 2018	Italy F27, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	3–5	Oct 2018	Germany F16, Hamburg	Futures	Hard	Altug Celikbilek	2-6, 6-2, 4-6
Win	4–5	Jul 2019	M15 Marburg, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Jesper de Jong	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	4–6	Aug 2019	M15 Überlingen, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Peter Heller	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	Sep 2019	M15 Horgen, Switzerland	World Tour	Clay	Alejandro González	6–2, 6–0
Loss	5–7	Sep 2019	M25 La Marsa, Tunisia	World Tour	Clay	Bruno Sant'Anna	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–7	Jul 2021	M25 Marburg, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Nick Hardt	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	6–8	Aug 2021	M25 Trier, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Tim Handel	2–6, 4–6
Loss	6–9	Sep 2021	M25 Madrid, Spain	World Tour	Clay	Luca Nardi	5–7, 2–6
Loss	6–10	Oct 2021	M25 Skopje, North Macedonia	World Tour	Clay	Matteo Arnaldi	1–6, 0–6
Win	7–10	May 2022	M25 Kalmar, Sweden	World Tour	Clay	Daniele Capecchi	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–10	Jul 2022	M25 Poprad, Slovakia	World Tour	Clay	Stefan Palosi	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–5) Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Oct 2016 Oberhaching, Germany Futures Hard (i)   Hannes Wagner   Raphael Baltensperger   Marc-Andrea Hüsler 6–1, 6–4 Loss 1–1 Jun 2017 Kaltenkirchen, Germany Futures Clay   Johannes Härteis   Tom Kočevar-Dešman   Nik Razboršek 3–6, 2–6 Win 2–1 Aug 2017 Oldenzaal, Netherlands Futures Clay   Scott Griekspoor   Glenn Smits   Boy Vergeer 6–3, 6–0 Loss 2–2 Sep 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Futures Clay   Elliot Benchetrit   Filippo Baldi   Mirko Cutuli 4–6, 4–6 Win 3–2 Jan 2018 Naples, United States Futures Clay   Trent Bryde   Fred Gil   Jaume Pla Malfeito 6–1, 1–6, [11–9] Loss 3–3 May 2018 Karlskrona, Sweden Futures Clay   Otto Virtanen   Markus Eriksson   Fred Simonsson 1–6, 6–1, [5–10] Win 4–3 Aug 2018 Essen, Germany Futures Clay   Matthias Wunner   Lukas Rüpke   Tom Schönenberg 6–2, 6–2 Loss 4–4 Nov 2018 Helsinki, Finland Futures Hard   Otto Virtanen   Patrick Mayer   Alexander Vasilenko 6–7(5), 3–6 Win 5–4 Aug 2019 Überlingen, Germany World Tour Clay   Valentin Günther   Mick Veldheer   Leopold Zima 6–3, 6–3 Loss 5–5 Apr 2023 Reus, Spain World Tour Clay   Ryan Nijboer   Imanol López Morillo   Benjamín Winter López 6–4, 2–6, [6–10] References "Platz drei für U16-Junioren mit Louis Weßels und Valentin Günther beim Tennis Europe Winter Cup". wtv.de (in German). 17 February 2017. . sportinglife.com. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. External links Louis Wessels at the Association of Tennis Professionals   Louis Wessels at the International Tennis Federation