Bart Wuyts

Bart Wuyts

Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	(1969-09-15) 15 September 1969 (age 54) Leuven, Belgium
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1988
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$465,196
Singles
Career record	43–68
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (28 Sep 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991)
French Open	3R (1992)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1993)
US Open	2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	0–2

Bart Wuyts (born 15 September 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Wuyts never reached a final on the ATP Tour, the closest he got was in 1992, when he reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Morocco and was a semi-finalist at Italy's Bologna Outdoor.

Other notable performances include quarter-final appearances in the 1991 Guarujá Open, 1992 Dutch Open, 1992 San Marino Open and 1993 Grand Prix Hassan II.^[1]

Wuyts won five Grand Slam matches during his career, with his best showing at the 1992 French Open, where he upset sixth seed Guy Forget in straight sets, en route to the third round.^[2]

He was a regular fixture in the Belgium Davis Cup team from 1988 to 1994, finishing with a 15–6 record in singles rubbers.^[3]

Heading into the first round of the 1991 ITF Davis Cup tie against Australia being played in Perth Western Australia, the Belgium Davis Cup team played a grass court lead in event The Fremantle Tennis Championships played at Fremantle Tennis Club.

Bart Wuyts, seeded second, lost in the second round to 19 year old West Australian Brett Patten 6/0 6/2. Top seed Eduardo Masso won the tournament defeating West Australian David Culley in the final.

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1989	Odrimont, Belgium	Clay	Olivier Soules	0–6, 6–3, 6–1
2.	1991	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Nuno Marques	6–2, 6–4
3.	1991	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Martin Wostenholme	6–3, 7–5

References

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