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David Pel
Dutch tennis player (born 1991)
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. 21 achieved on 22 June 2026 and a singles ranking of No. 885 achieved on 1 May 2017. Pel was a Grand Slam finalist at 2025 Wimbledon with Rinky Hijikata. He has won two doubles ATP titles.
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.
01Career
2017: ATP debut
Pel made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Ricoh Open in the doubles draw partnering Tallon Griekspoor. 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.
2025: Wimbledon finalist, top 30 in doubles
At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships Pel reached the final with Rinky Hijikata as alternate pair, defeating third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz and top seeds and world No. 1 duo Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic en route. They lost the championship match to fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.
02Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Doubles
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W-L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slams | |||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1-2 | 33% |
| French Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | 0 / 4 | 4-4 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | 3R | A | F | 0 / 3 | 7-3 | 70% | |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0-2 | 0% | |
| Win-loss | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 4-2 | 0 / 11 | 12-11 | 52% |
| ATP Masters 1000 | |||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1-1 | 50% |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | , |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | , | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | 0% | |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2-1 | 67% | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 | 0% | |
| Win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0 / 7 | 3-7 | 30% |
03Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2025 | Wimbledon | Grass | Rinky Hijikata | Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool |
2-6, 6-7(3-7) |
04ATP career finals
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Loss | 1-3 | Sep 2025 | Hangzhou Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolás Barrientos | Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler |
4-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 1-4 | Nov 2025 | Hellenic Championship, Greece | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Santiago González | Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler |
6-4, 3-6, [3-10] |
| Win | 2-4 | Jun 2026 | Libéma Open, Netherlands |
250 Series | Grass | Sander Arends | Zizou Bergs Arthur Rinderknech |
7-6(8-6), 7-6(7-5) |
05ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Doubles: 64 (33-31)
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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] |
| Win | 31-28 | Jan 2025 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jakub Paul | Geoffrey Blancaneaux Joshua Paris |
walkover |
| Win | 32-28 | Feb 2025 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jakub Paul | Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski |
6-3, 6-4 |
| Loss | 32-29 | Feb 2025 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jakub Paul | Cleeve Harper David Stevenson |
6-4, 3-6, [8-10] |
| Win | 33-29 | Mar 2025 | Thionville, France | Challenger | Hard | Jakub Paul | Matteo Martineau Luca Sanchez |
6-1, 6-4 |
| Loss | 33-30 | Apr 2025 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Jakub Paul | Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler |
6-7(2-7), 4-6 |
| Loss | 33-31 | May 2026 | Valencia, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Sander Arends | Constantin Frantzen Robin Haase |
4-6, 7-6(7-5), [9-11] |
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