Jacco Eltingh

Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.

Jacco Eltingh

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1970-08-29) 29 August 1970 (age 54) Heerde, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Alex Reynders
Prize money	$4,920,410
Singles
Career record	127–147
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 19 (6 February 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	4R (1994)
Wimbledon	QF (1995)
US Open	2R (1993, 1995)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	QF (1995)
Olympic Games	1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	391–145
Career titles	44
Highest ranking	No. 1 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1994, 1998)
French Open	W (1995, 1998)
Wimbledon	W (1998)
US Open	W (1994)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1993, 1998)
Olympic Games	SF – 4th (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1997)
French Open	2R (1992)
Wimbledon	F (1992)
US Open	1R (1992)
Last updated on: 12 March 2023.

He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they won all four Grand Slam doubles titles at least once. Eltingh is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve the career Grand Slam in men's doubles.

Eltingh reached his career-high singles ranking in February 1995, when he climbed to world No. 19, notably reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1995. In his professional career he has won four singles and 44 doubles titles.

In November 2005, Eltingh was elected to the ATP Board as the player representative for Europe.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Result	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1994	Australian Open	Paul Haarhuis	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win	1994	US Open	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win	1995	French Open	Paul Haarhuis	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
Loss	1996	US Open	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1997	Wimbledon	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 3–6
Win	1998	Australian Open (2)	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	1998	French Open (2)	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	1998	Wimbledon	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1992	Wimbledon	Miriam Oremans	Cyril Suk Larisa Neiland	6–7(2–7), 2–6

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
4th place	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	2–6, 5–7

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (4–0)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (3–0) Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1992	Manchester, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	MaliVai Washington	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 1993	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Bryan Shelton	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win	3–0	Aug 1994	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Chuck Adams	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Oct 1994	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 60 (44 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (6–2) ATP World Tour Finals (2–1) ATP Masters Series (8–3) ATP Championship Series (5–4) ATP World Series (23–6)

Finals by surface Hard (18–8) Clay (10–2) Grass (3–1) Carpet (13–6)

Finals by setting Outdoors (23–9) Indoors (21–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1991	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Tom Kempers	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 1991	Athens, Greece	World Series	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Menno Oosting Olli Rahnasto	5–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win	3–0	Oct 1991	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Bret Garnett Todd Nelson	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–0	Nov 1991	Birmingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Carpet	Paul Wekesa	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	7–5, 7–5
Win	5–0	Aug 1992	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–0	Jan 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Henrik Holm Bent-Ove Pedersen	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–1	Jan 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Diego Nargiso Guillaume Raoux	6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win	7–1	Feb 1993	San Francisco, United States	World Series	Hard	Scott Davis	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	7–2	Feb 1993	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 2–6
Win	8–2	May 1993	Rome, United States	Masters Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 7–6
Win	9–2	Aug 1993	Hilversum, Netherlands	World Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	10–2	Oct 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Jonas Björkman Lars-Anders Wahlgren	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	10–3	Oct 1993	Beijing, China	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Paul Annacone Doug Flach	6–7, 3–6
Win	11–3	Nov 1993	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Jonas Björkman Jan Apell	6–1, ret.
Win	12–3	Nov 1993	Johannesburg, South Africa	ATP Finals	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	13–3	Jan 1994	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win	14–3	Feb 1994	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
Loss	14–4	Feb 1994	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Jeremy Bates Jonas Björkman	4–6, 1–6
Win	15–4	Mar 1994	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Jared Palmer	7–6, 7–6
Loss	15–5	Jul 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Scott Melville Piet Norval	6–7, 5–7
Loss	15–6	Aug 1994	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	4–6, 6–7
Loss	15–7	Aug 1994	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	4–6, 6–7
Win	16–7	Sep 1994	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
Win	17–7	Oct 1994	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Nicklas Kulti Lars-Anders Wahlgren	6–0, 7–5
Win	18–7	Oct 1994	Sydney, Australia	Championship Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–4, 7–6
Win	19–7	Nov 1994	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	20–7	Nov 1994	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	walkover
Loss	20–8	Feb 1995	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Jim Grabb Jonathan Stark	6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win	21–8	May 1995	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
Win	22–8	Jun 1995	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	23–8	Jun 1995	Halle, Germany	World Series	Grass	Paul Haarhuis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	24–8	Oct 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Jakob Hlasek Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 6–4
Win	25–8	Oct 1995	Essen, Germany	Masters Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–4
Win	26–8	Nov 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	International Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	26–9	Nov 1995	Eindhoven, Netherlands	ATP Finals	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	26–10	Jan 1996	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–7, 3–6
Loss	26–11	Sep 1996	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win	27–11	Oct 1996	Toulouse, France	International Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Olivier Delaître Guillaume Raoux	6–3, 7–5
Loss	27–12	Oct 1996	Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	28–12	Nov 1996	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	29–12	Jan 1997	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Patrik Fredriksson Magnus Norman	6–3, 6–2
Win	30–12	Mar 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	7–6, 6–4
Loss	30–13	Apr 1997	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win	31–13	Jun 1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Paul Haarhuis	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	6–4, 7–5
Loss	31–14	Jul 1997	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	32–14	Aug 1997	Boston, United States	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Dave Randall Jack Waite	6–4, 6–2
Win	33–14	Oct 1997	Toulouse, France	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Max Mirnyi	6–3, 7–6
Win	34–14	Nov 1997	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–2, 7–6
Loss	34–15	Jan 1998	Sydney, Australia	International Series	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 5–7
Win	35–15	Feb 1998	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	36–15	Mar 1998	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Richey Reneberg David Macpherson	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Win	37–15	Mar 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Neil Broad Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
Win	38–15	Apr 1998	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–5, 6–0
Win	39–15	Apr 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–2
Win	40–15	Jun 1998	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	41–15	Jul 1998	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
Win	42–15	Aug 1998	Amsterdam, Netherlands	International Series	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Dominik Hrbatý Karol Kučera	6–3, 6–2
Win	43–15	Aug 1998	Boston, United States	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Chris Haggard Jack Waite	6–3, 6–3
Loss	43–16	Nov 1998	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 2–6
Win	44–16	Nov 1998	Hartford, United States	ATP Finals	Carpet	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–2, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1990	Verona, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1991	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Hard	Bryan Shelton	6–7, 6–7

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1989	Lagos, Nigeria	Challenger	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora James Schor	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1990	Verona, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Menno Oosting	Slava Doseděl Dimitri Poliakov	0–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1990	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Hendrik-Jan Davids	Cesar Kist Danilo Marcelino	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	2–2	Oct 1990	Ilheus, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Hendrik-Jan Davids	Roger Smith Tobias Svantesson	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Feb 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Clay	Tom Kempers	Mark Koevermans Leonardo Lavalle	walkover
Loss	3–3	Jul 1993	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren	1–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 7	9–7	56%
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	4R	3R	A	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	4R	1R	2R	2R	QF	1R	A	0 / 6	9–6	60%
US Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q3	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Win–loss	0–0	5–4	1–4	3–4	5–4	11–4	0–2	0–1	0 / 23	25–23	52%
Year End Championships
Grand Slam Cup	Did not qualify					QF	DNQ		0 / 1	1–1	50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	Not Held			1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	QF	3R	A	A	0 / 2	5–2	71%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Paris	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	8–4	4–5	0–2	0–0	0 / 14	12–14	46%

Doubles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	3R	W	SF	3R	SF	W	2 / 8	25–6	81%
French Open	A	3R	2R	3R	QF	W	A	SF	W	2 / 7	24–5	83%
Wimbledon	Q1	A	3R	1R	QF	QF	1R	F	W	1 / 7	19–6	76%
US Open	A	3R	QF	2R	W	3R	F	2R	A	1 / 7	20–6	77%
Win–loss	0–0	4–3	7–4	5–4	18–2	15–3	7–3	14–4	18–0	6 / 29	88–23	79%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify			W	SF	F	RR	SF	W	2 / 6	20–6	77%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	Not Held			SF	NH		0 / 2	3–2	60%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami	A	A	A	QF	W	QF	A	3R	A	1 / 4	10–3	77%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	F	W	2 / 3	11–1	92%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	A	QF	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Rome	A	A	A	W	2R	1R	A	2R	A	1 / 4	7–3	70%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Paris	A	A	1R	SF	W	QF	W	W	F	3 / 7	18–4	82%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	9–3	12–2	9–4	5–2	11–7	7–1	7 / 27	53–20	73%

References

External links

• Jacco Eltingh at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jacco Eltingh at the International Tennis Federation
• Jacco Eltingh at the Davis Cup
• Jacco Eltingh at ESPN.com
• Jacco Eltingh at Olympedia (archive)
• Jacco Eltingh at Olympics.com

1. ATP Doubles Ranking