Alejandro Falla5 meetings, finals 0-0
4-1Malisse leads
Last: Jul 16, 2013, ATP Claro Open Colombia Round 1, lost
TennisATPRight-handed
Xavier Malisse
BelgiumAge, ranking and resultsXavier Malisse is a retired tennis player who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 19 on August 12, 2002.
211ATP Tour matches since 20072titles since 2007
Updated
About Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse was born on July 19, 1980, in Kortrijk, Belgium, and played on the ATP Tour. He played right-handed with a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 1998. In 2007 he won 2 titles, the Chennai Open and the Delray Beach International Tennis Championship, and on August 12, 2002, he reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 19. Malisse retired in 2022.
Agatha Research DeskUpdated Oct 5, 2026Match history211
Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.
2013: 13-19
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | US Open | Round 1 | Andreas Seppi | L | 3-6, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7 | Hard |
| Aug 5 | ATP Rogers Cup | Round 1 | Jesse Levine | L | 4-6, 6-7(4) | Hard |
| Jul 30 | ATP Citi Open | Round 2 | Grigor Dimitrov | L | 6-7(4), 4-6 | Hard |
| Jul 29 | ATP Citi Open | Round 1 | Rajeev Ram | W | 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jul 16 | ATP Claro Open Colombia | Round 1 | Alejandro Falla | L | 1-6, 6-3, 1-6 | Hard |
| Jun 24 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Fernando Verdasco | L | 7-6(5), 1-6, 4-6, 3-6 | Grass |
| Jun 21 | ATP Topshelf Open | Semifinal | Nicolas Mahut | L | 3-6, 3-6 | Grass |
| Jun 20 | ATP Topshelf Open | Quarterfinal | Roberto Bautista Agut | W | 6-4, 6-4 | Grass |
| Jun 19 | ATP Topshelf Open | Round 2 | Yen-Hsun Lu | W | 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 | Grass |
| Jun 18 | ATP Topshelf Open | Round 1 | David Ferrer | W | 7-6(3), 6-3 | Grass |
| Jun 11 | ATP AEGON Championships | Round 2 | Juan Martin del Potro | L | 6-7(5), 6-1, 5-7 | Grass |
| Jun 10 | ATP AEGON Championships | Round 1 | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | W | 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 | Grass |
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2012: 22-23
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | ATP Valencia Open 500 | Round 2 | Jurgen Melzer | L | 5-7, 2-6 | Hard |
| Oct 23 | ATP Valencia Open 500 | Round 1 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | W | 3-1 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Oct 16 | ATP Erste Bank Open | Round 1 | Grega Zemlja | W | 6-4, 1-6, 5-5 | Hard |
| Sep 18 | ATP Tour Open de Moselle | Round 1 | Benoit Paire | L | 1-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Aug 29 | US Open | Round 1 | John Isner | L | 3-6, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-7(9) | Hard |
| Aug 19 | ATP Winston-Salem Open | Round 1 | Steve Darcis | L | 3-6, 0-6 | Hard |
| Aug 3 | ATP Citi Open | Quarterfinal | Mardy Fish | L | 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Aug 2 | ATP Citi Open | Round 2 | Jeremy Chardy | W | 6-3, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jul 31 | ATP Citi Open | Round 1 | Paul-Henri Mathieu | W | 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 | Hard |
| Jul 27 | ATP Farmers Classic | Quarterfinal | Sam Querrey | L | 2-6, 1-3 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Jul 26 | ATP Farmers Classic | Round 2 | Matthew Ebden | W | 6-4, 6-3 | Hard |
| Jul 24 | ATP Farmers Classic | Round 1 | Nicolas Meister | W | 6-4, 6-1 | Hard |
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2011: 25-24
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | ATP Swiss Indoors Basel | Round 1 | Novak Djokovic | L | 2-6, 6-4, 5-7 | Hard |
| Oct 28 | ATP Erste Bank Open | Quarterfinal | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | L | 6-4, 6-7(4), 4-6 | Hard |
| Oct 27 | ATP Erste Bank Open | Round 2 | Fabio Fognini | W | 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3 | Hard |
| Oct 25 | ATP Erste Bank Open | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | W | 6-1, 6-4 | Hard | |
| Oct 25 | ATP Erste Bank Open | Round 1 | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | W | 6-1, 6-4 | Hard |
| Oct 18 | ATP Tour If Stockholm Open | Round 1 | David Nalbandian | L | 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-7(3) | Hard |
| Sep 23 | ATP Tour Moselle Open | Quarterfinal | Alexandr Dolgopolov | L | 3-6, 0-1 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Sep 22 | ATP Tour Moselle Open | Round 2 | Igor Kunitsyn | W | 6-4, 6-2 | Hard |
| Sep 20 | ATP Tour Moselle Open | Round 1 | Michael Berrer | W | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 | Hard |
| Aug 29 | US Open | Round 1 | Marcel Granollers | L | 4-6, 4-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Aug 16 | ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Round 1 | Kevin Anderson | L | 3-6, 6-7(6) | Hard |
| Aug 3 | ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Round 2 | Michael Russell | L | 6-7(4), 3-2 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
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2010: 22-22
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | ATP BNP Paribas Masters | Round 1 | Jarkko Nieminen | L | 4-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Nov 2 | ATP Swiss Indoors Basel | Round 1 | Andrey Golubev | L | 5-7, 2-6 | Hard |
| Oct 26 | ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy | Round 1 | Santiago Giraldo | L | 4-6, 6-1, 1-6 | Hard |
| Sep 24 | ATP Tour Open de Moselle | Quarterfinal | Gilles Simon | L | 5-7, 6-4, 1-6 | Hard |
| Sep 23 | ATP Tour Open de Moselle | Round 2 | Ivan Ljubicic | W | 7-5, 6-2 | Hard |
| Sep 21 | ATP Tour Open de Moselle | Round 1 | Edouard Roger-Vasselin | W | 7-6(3), 6-4 | Hard |
| Sep 1 | US Open | Round 1 | Dudi Sela | L | 6-7(1), 5-7, 2-6 | Hard |
| Aug 24 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale | Round 2 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | L | 2-4 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Aug 11 | ATP Rogers Cup | Round 2 | Andy Murray | L | 5-7, 2-6 | Hard |
| Aug 10 | ATP Rogers Cup | Round 1 | Michael Berrer | W | 7-6(2), 6-2 | Hard |
| Aug 7 | ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Semifinal | Marcos Baghdatis | L | 2-6, 6-7(4) | Hard |
| Aug 6 | ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Quarterfinal | Tomas Berdych | W | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 | Hard |
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2009: 3-4
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Rainer Schuettler | L | 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-7(3), 1-6 | Grass |
| Jun 11 | ATP AEGON Championships | Round 3 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | L | 4-6, 6-7(4) | Grass |
| Jun 10 | ATP AEGON Championships | Round 2 | Rik De Voest | W | 7-6(6), 7-6(8) | Grass |
| Jun 8 | ATP AEGON Championships | Round 1 | Pablo Andujar | W | 5-0 ret. (ret.) | Grass |
| Jan 21 | Australian Open | Round 2 | Andy Roddick | L | 6-4, 2-6, 6-7(1), 2-6 | Hard |
| Jan 18 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Michael Llodra | W | 7-6(8), 6-1, 6-1 | Hard |
| Jan 12 | ATP Medibank International | Round 1 | Mario Ancic | L | 6-4, 6-7(5), 3-6 | Hard |
2008: 7-12
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5 | ATP Countrywide Classic | Round 1 | Carlos Moya | L | 2-6, 6-1, 6-7(5) | Hard |
| Jun 26 | Wimbledon | Round 2 | Andy Murray | L | 4-6, 2-6, 2-6 | Grass |
| Jun 24 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Denis Gremelmayr | W | 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 | Grass |
| Jun 11 | ATP Tour Artois Championship | Round 2 | Lleyton Hewitt | L | 3-6, 2-6 | Grass |
| Jun 10 | ATP Tour Artois Championship | Round 1 | Daniel Evans | W | 6-1, 6-1 | Grass |
| May 11 | ATP Masters Series Hamburg | Round 1 | Gilles Simon | L | 4-6, 5-7 | Clay |
| Apr 22 | ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo | Round 1 | Marat Safin | L | 3-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Mar 30 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Round 3 | Radek Stepanek | L | 3-6, 6-7(4) | Hard |
| Mar 28 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Round 2 | David Nalbandian | W | 6-1, 6-4 | Hard |
| Mar 26 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Round 1 | Oscar Hernandez | W | 6-1, 6-1 | Hard |
| Mar 15 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 2 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | L | 2-6, 7-5, 4-6 | Hard |
| Mar 13 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 1 | Florent Serra | W | 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-0 | Hard |
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| Mar 3 | ATP Tennis Channel Open | Round 1 | Robby Ginepri | L | 6-2, 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Feb 11 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Round 1 | Bobby Reynolds | L | 2-6, 6-4, 3-6 | Hard |
| Jan 14 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Dmitry Tursunov | L | 7-6(1), 7-5, 2-6, 1-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Jan 9 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 2 | Nicolas Massu | L | 4-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Jan 9 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 1 | Jarkko Nieminen | W | 7-6(3), 6-3 | Hard |
| Jan 4 | ATP Chennai Open | Quarterfinal | Mikhail Youzhny | L | 4-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Jan 2 | ATP Chennai Open | Round 2 | Jurgen Melzer | W | 7-6(3), 6-2 | Hard |
2007: 11-4
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31 | ATP Chennai Open | Round 1 | Gilles Muller | W | 6-4, 6-3 | Hard |
| Aug 31 | US Open | Round 2 | David Nalbandian | L | 4-6, 4-6, 2-6 | Hard |
| Aug 28 | US Open | Round 1 | Kristian Pless | W | 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 | Hard |
| Feb 19 | ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships | Round 1 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | L | 6-4, 2-2 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Feb 5 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Final | James Blake | W | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 | Hard |
| Feb 3 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Semifinal | Vincent Spadea | W | 6-2, 6-2 | Hard |
| Feb 2 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Quarterfinal | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | W | 6-1, 6-1 | Hard |
| Feb 1 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Round 1 | Rainer Schuettler | L | 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 3-6 | Hard |
| Jan 30 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Round 1 | Alejandro Falla | W | 6-4, 7-6(6) | Hard |
| Jan 15 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Arnaud Clement | L | 3-6, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6 | Hard |
| Jan 7 | ATP Chennai Open | Final | Stefan Koubek | W | 6-1, 6-3 | Hard |
| Jan 6 | ATP Chennai Open | Semifinal | Rafael Nadal | W | 6-4, 7-6(4) | Hard |
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| Jan 5 | ATP Chennai Open | Quarterfinal | Fabrice Santoro | W | 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 | Hard |
| Jan 3 | ATP Chennai Open | Round 2 | Stefano Galvani | W | 6-3, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jan 1 | ATP Chennai Open | Round 1 | Danai Udomchoke | W | 6-2, 6-2 | Hard |
How he is doing now
Last 104-6LLLWLLLWWWNewest first. Three losses in a row.
Career
28years1998 to 2013
- 2007First ATP matchBeat Danai Udomchoke, ATP Chennai Open
- 2007First titleATP Chennai Open
- 2002Career high No. 19Aug 12, 2002
- Aug 28, 2013Latest matchLost to Andreas Seppi, US Open
Grand Slam titles
AO0Round 3 (2011)4-7 in our records
RG0Round 2 (2011)2-4 in our records
WIM0Round 4 (2012)9-6 in our records
USO0Round 2 (2007)1-5 in our records
Titles by season
First ATP match
Jan 1, 2007: beat Danai Udomchoke 6-2, 6-2ATP Chennai Open, on hard
Latest match
Aug 28, 2013: lost to Andreas Seppi 3-6, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7US Open, Round 1, on hard court
Most often against
The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez5 meetings, finals 0-0
4-1Malisse leads
Last: Jun 10, 2013, ATP AEGON Championships Round 1, won
John Isner5 meetings, finals 0-0
2-3Malisse trails
Last: Feb 15, 2013, ATP SAP Open Quarterfinal, lost
Andy Murray4 meetings, finals 0-0
0-4Malisse trails
Last: Jun 8, 2011, ATP AEGON Championships Round 2, lost
David Nalbandian4 meetings, finals 0-0
1-3Malisse trails
Last: Jun 15, 2012, ATP AEGON Championships Quarterfinal, lost
Dmitry Tursunov4 meetings, finals 0-0
2-2All square
Last: Jun 17, 2011, ATP UNICEF Open Semifinal, lost
Sources and updates
Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.
Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.