Joran Vliegen: Who Is The Belgian Tennis Player Joran Vliegen?

Joran Vliegen is a tennis player from Belgium. Vliegen was born in the Belgian town of Maaseik to Ivo Vliegen and Annick Desender.

He began playing tennis when he was five years old. He relocated to the United States in 2011 to play college tennis at East Carolina University. He was selected Conference USA Player of the Year in 2014. He studied business at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Vliegen earned a career-high ATP doubles rating of World No. 28 on June 14, 2021. He also attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 508 on August 1, 2016. Vliegen won two ITF Men’s Circuit singles titles but now focuses on doubles.

Vliegen and partner Sander Gillé have won five ATP tour doubles titles. Vliegen made his Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2019. He made it to the quarterfinals with the help of Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin.

Vliegen made his Wimbledon debut in a mixed doubles category, reaching the third round alongside China’s Zheng Saisai.

Vliegen and fellow Belgian Sander Gillé won their first ATP Tour doubles victory at the 2019 Swedish Open. He won the Swiss Open the same year, again playing with Gillé.