David Pel
Pel in 2021 | |
| Country (sports) | Netherlands |
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| Residence | Aalsmeer, Netherlands |
| Born | 9 July 1991 Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Marc Duncker |
| Prize money | $ 388,891 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 885 (1 May 2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 29–46 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 19 Challenger, 11 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 70 (2 October 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 37 (14 July 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2025) |
| French Open | 2R (2025) |
| Wimbledon | F (2025) |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
| Last updated on: 16 June 2025. | |
David Pel (born 9 July 1991) is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 14 July 2025. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 885 achieved on 1 May 2017. He has won one doubles ATP title with Sander Arends.
Pel competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's circuit where he has a 19–16 win-loss record in Challenger finals and a 11–12 record in ITF career doubles finals.
Career
2017: ATP debut
Pel made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Ricoh Open in the doubles draw partnering Tallon Griekspoor.[1] They were defeated by Santiago González and Adil Shamasdin in the first round.
2021: First ATP doubles title
Partnering Sander Arends, he won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swedish Open, defeating Andre Begemann and Albano Olivetti in the final.[2]
2025: Wimbledon finalist
At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships Hijikata reached the final with Rinky Hijikata as alternate pair, defeating third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz[3] and top seeds and world No. 1 duo Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic en route.[4] They lost the championship match to fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.[5]
Coaching team
Pel was trained from 2014 to 2021 by Dennis van Scheppingen.[6]
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2025 | Wimbledon | Grass | Rinky Hijikata | Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool |
2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2021 | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara |
5–7, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2021 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Sander Arends | Andre Begemann Albano Olivetti |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2025 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Rinky Hijikata | Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool |
2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Challenger and Futures finals
Doubles: 58 (30–28)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2011 | Switzerland F1, Fällanden | Futures | Carpet (i) | Gaëtan de Lovinfosse | Nils Langer Marc Rath |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2013 | Poland F1, Ślęza | Futures | Hard | Jeroen Benard | Stefan Seifert Torsten Wietoska |
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2013 | Great Britain F20, Sunderland | Futures | Hard (i) | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | Josh Goodall Harry Meehan |
3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2014 | Austria F5, Bad Waltersdorf | Futures | Clay | Jan Blecha | Mario Haider-Maurer Jan Poskocil |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 2014 | Germany F10, Wetzlar | Futures | Clay | Dennis van Scheppingen | Julian Lenz Lars Pörschke |
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2015 | Spain F10, Vic | Futures | Clay | Maxime Tabatruong | Sergio Martos Gornés Pol Toledo Bagué |
6–3, 6–7(7–4), [15–17] |
| Loss | 2–5 | May 2015 | Italy F12, Lecco | Futures | Clay | Maxime Tabatruong | Peter Luczak Marc Polmans |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Oct 2015 | Germany F17, Oberhaching | Futures | Hard (i) | Niels Lootsma | Johannes Härteis Hannes Wagner |
2–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 4–5 | Dec 2015 | Nigeria F3, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Antal van der Duim | Lloyd Harris Karim-Mohamed Maamoun |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Dec 2015 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Antal van der Duim | Lloyd Harris Karim-Mohamed Maamoun |
5–7, 6–7(6–8) |
| Loss | 4–7 | Mar 2016 | France F4, Lille | Futures | Hard (i) | Antal van der Duim | Denis Matsukevitch Daniil Medvedev |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [9–11] |
| Win | 5–7 | Mar 2016 | Italy F2, Basiglio | Futures | Hard (i) | Antal van der Duim | Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–7 | Apr 2016 | Nigeria F2, Abuja | Futures | Hard | Antal van der Duim | Luca Margaroli Ilija Vučić |
7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 6–8 | May 2016 | Nigeria F3, Abuja | Futures | Hard | Antal van der Duim | Nicolas Meister David Pérez Sanz |
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [9–11] |
| Win | 7–8 | Jul 2016 | Netherlands F4, Amstelveen | Futures | Clay | José Pereira | Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof |
6–4, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 8–8 | Jul 2016 | Austria F2, Kramsach | Futures | Clay | Maximilian Neuchrist | Sebastian Bader Matthias Haim |
6–3, 5–7, [10–4] |
| Win | 9–8 | Jul 2016 | Germany F8, Kassel | Futures | Clay | Maximilian Neuchrist | Petr Nouza David Škoch |
6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 10–8 | Aug 2016 | Poland F5, Bydgoszcz | Futures | Clay | Maximilian Neuchrist | Michał Dembek Grzegorz Panfil |
6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 10–9 | Nov 2016 | Finland F4, Helsinki | Futures | Hard (i) | Andreas Mies | Jeremy Jahn Adam Majchrowicz |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [8–10] |
| Loss | 10–10 | Jan 2017 | Germany F2, Kaarst | Futures | Carpet (i) | Joran Vliegen | Jannis Kahlke Oscar Otte |
3–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Loss | 10–11 | Feb 2017 | Switzerland F2, Bellevue | Futures | Carpet (i) | Maximilian Neuchrist | Daniel Altmaier Marvin Netuschil |
5–7, 6–1, [9–11] |
| Loss | 10–12 | May 2017 | Sweden F1, Karlskrona | Futures | Clay | Botic van de Zandschulp | Martín Cuevas Christian Lindell |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [9–11] |
| Win | 11–12 | Jul 2017 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Tomasz Bednarek | Filippo Baldi Omar Giacalone |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–13 | Aug 2017 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Tomasz Bednarek | Laurynas Grigelis Zdeněk Kolář |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 12–13 | Aug 2017 | Italy F25, Cornaiano | Futures | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira | Gianluca Di Nicola Lorenzo Sonego |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–14 | Nov 2017 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Tomasz Bednarek | Andre Begemann Jonathan Eysseric |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 13–14 | May 2018 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies |
6–2, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 13–15 | Sep 2018 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Tomasz Bednarek | Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 14–15 | Oct 2018 | Florence, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Filippo Baldi Salvatore Caruso |
7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 14–16 | Oct 2018 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Marcelo Demoliner David Vega Hernández |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 14–17 | Oct 2018 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Rameez Junaid | Purav Raja Antonio Šančić |
7–5, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 14–18 | Nov 2018 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marc-Andrea Hüsler | Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków |
6–7(10–12), 6–2, [9–11] |
| Loss | 14–19 | Jan 2019 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Antonio Šančić | Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 14–20 | Feb 2019 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Antonio Šančić | Fabrice Martin Hugo Nys |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 14–21 | Apr 2019 | Anning, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay | Hans Podlipnik Castillo | Max Purcell Luke Saville |
6–4, 5–7, [5–10] |
| Win | 15-21 | Jul 2019 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Sander Arends | Ivan Nedelko Alexander Zhurbin |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 16-21 | Aug 2019 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sander Arends | Orlando Luz Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 17-21 | Sep 2019 | Mallorca, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sander Arends | Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17–22 | Sep 2019 | Cassis, France | Challenger | Hard | Sander Arends | André Göransson Sem Verbeek |
6-7(6-8), 6–4, [9-11] |
| Loss | 17–23 | Oct 2019 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Jonny O'Mara Ken Skupski |
1–6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 17–24 | Nov 2019 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Sander Arends | Nikola Cacic Antonio Sancic |
7-6(5-7), 6-7(3-7), [7-10] |
| Win | 18-24 | Feb 2020 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Julian Lenz Yannick Maden |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 19-24 | Aug 2020 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Sander Arends | André Göransson Gonçalo Oliveira |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 20-24 | Oct 2020 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Andre Begemann | Alex Lawson Lloyd Glasspool |
5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–4] |
| Win | 21-24 | Jan 2021 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard (i) | André Göransson | Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Loss | 21–25 | Oct 2021 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Jonathan Eysseric Quentin Halys |
6-4, 6-7(5-7), [8-10] |
| Loss | 21–26 | Jan 2022 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Albano Olivetti David Vega Hernández |
6-3, 4–6, [8-10] |
| Loss | 21–27 | Feb 2022 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur |
6-3, 3–6, [8-10] |
| Win | 22–27 | Apr 2022 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Jonathan Eysseric Robin Haase |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 23–27 | May 2022 | Mauthausen, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Sander Arends | Johannes Härteis Benjamin Hassan |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 23–28 | Jun 2022 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | Sander Arends | Romain Arneodo Jonathan Eysseric |
5-7, 6–4, [4-10] |
| Win | 24–28 | Aug 2022 | Meerbusch, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Szymon Walków | Neil Oberleitner Philipp Oswald |
7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 25–28 | Sep 2022 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jonathan Eysseric | Dan Added Albano Olivetti |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 26–28 | Oct 2022 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Purav Raja Divij Sharan |
7–6(7–1), 6–7(6–8), [6–10] |
| Win | 27–28 | Jan 2023 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sander Arends | Patrik Niklas-Salminen Bart Stevens |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 28–28 | Mar 2023 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Zizou Bergs | Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens |
6–2, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 29–28 | Aug 2024 | Sauerland, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Bart Stevens | Matwé Middelkoop Denys Molchanov |
6–4, 2–6, [10-8] |
| Win | 30–28 | Oct 2024 | Roanne, France |
Challenger | Hard (i) | Nicolas Barrientos | Jakub Paul Matěj Vocel |
4–6, 6–3, [10-6] |
References
- ^ "Nederlandse dubbel duo's ontvangen wildcard". 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Arends / Pel champions in Båstad". Nordea Open. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "HIJIKATA TARGETS WIMBLEDON 2025 MEN'S DOUBLES FINAL". 10 July 2025.
- ^ @Wimbledon (July 10, 2025). "Sit back and watch these scenes 🤩 Rinky Hijikata and David Pel defeat No.1 seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic to reach the #Wimbledon Gentlemen's Doubles Final 👏 And that was after they saved two match points! 😮" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Britain's Cash and Glasspool win Wimbledon men's doubles title". Reuters. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ Toppers tonen tennis van de bovenste plank, Aalsmeers Nieuwsblad august 21 2014