Robert Van't Hof

Robert Van't Hof

Full name	Robert Van't Hof
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Born	(1959-04-10) April 10, 1959 Lynwood, California, U.S.
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1980
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$495,947
Singles
Career record	83–105 (44.15%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 25 (July 4, 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1981)
Wimbledon	4R (1983)
US Open	2R (1980, 1982)
Doubles
Career record	170–171 (49.85%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 20 (August 25, 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1990)
French Open	3R (1981)
Wimbledon	4R (1985, 1987)
US Open	QF (1985)

Robert Van't Hof (born April 10, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Early life

Van't Hof was born in Lynwood, California but grew up in the neighboring city of Downey. He was a top junior player, winning the 1977 National Junior Doubles with Van Winitsky.

Education

He was a three year scholarship athlete at the University of Southern California (USC). Van't Hof was a three-time singles All American and two-time doubles All American. After he won the 1980 NCAA Singles Title his junior year. He then left the university to turn professional.

Van't Hof was inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame in 2003.

Professional career

Turning professional in 1980, Van't Hof won his first top-level singles title in 1981 at Taipei and his second in 1989 in Seoul. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1983 at Wimbledon, where he reached the final 16.

Van't Hof won two top-level singles titles and six tour doubles titles, including the Pacific Southwest with Scott Davis in 1985, as an unseeded team. His career-high rankings were World No. 25 in singles (in 1983), and World No. 20 in doubles (in 1986). He retired from the professional tour in 1990. He the Director of Tennis at the Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach, CA.

Career titles

Singles

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1980	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Shlomo Glickstein	6–7, 4–6
Win	1.	1981	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Pat DuPré	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2.	1982	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	5–7, 3–6
Win	2.	1989	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–4

Doubles

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1981	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Larry Stefanki	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	1982	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Larry Stefanki	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	5–7, 6–7
Win	1.	1982	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Larry Stefanki	Fred McNair Tim Wilkison	6–3, 7–6
Win	2.	1984	Bristol, England	Grass	Larry Stefanki	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	6–4, 5–7, 9–7
Win	3.	1985	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6
Win	4.	1986	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Andy Kohlberg	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–2, 6–3
Win	5.	1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Kelly Jones	Gilad Bloom Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
Win	6.	1990	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Kelly Jones	Glenn Layendecker Richey Reneberg	2–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	1991	Hong Kong, China	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	2–6, 4–6

External Links

• Robert Van't Hof at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robert Van't Hof at the International Tennis Federation