Sjeng Schalken

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sjeng Schalken
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 8, 1976(1976-09-08)
Age	48
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Birth City	Weert
Horoscope	Virgo

Sjeng Schalken Biography

Sjeng Schalken is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on September 8, 1976 in Weert, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Sjeng Schalken (Dutch pronunciation”SeNG ‘sxalk@(n)[SeNG’sxalk@(n)] ) (born on the 8th of September, 1976) was a pro tennis player in the Netherlands.

Schalken took home his fourth crown in a match against Tommy Haas in Auckland in January 1999, just 3 years following the time his brother was diagnosed with cancer, and dedicated his victory to his brother. He defeated Marcelo Rios in the title in Boston in 1997.

2003 proved to be Schalken’s most solid year, in which he compiled a best-ever 41–24 win–loss record and once again turned in good Slam performances at Wimbledon and the US Open. In early May 2003, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 and stood one more outstanding result away from the top 10, but a quarterfinal loss in Munich to Yevgeny Kafelnikov scuppered his chances. Nevertheless, he once more excelled on grass, defending his ‘s-Hertogenbosch title with a repeat win over Frenchman Arnaud Clément in the final, before matching the previous year’s quarterfinal at Wimbledon. Again he lost to the eventual champion, but this time the outcome was never in doubt, as he lost 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 to Roger Federer for the fourth time that year in straight sets.

Schalken won just one match in a series of indoor tournaments that October, but other things were on his mind; he married his fiancée Ricky Pfennings on 21 November. The following year, 2004, began promisingly enough with a semifinal showing in Chennai followed by a first ever run to the second week in Australia, where he was defeated by Andy Roddick. But his form then took a sharp downturn and he managed only one quarterfinal in the next five months, a period that reached its lowest point when he was defaulted from his match with Guillermo Cañas at the Masters Series event in Miami for verbally abusing the umpire. There were other dramatic moments too; the weekend before the Rome Masters tournament, a fire broke out in the hotel where many players were staying including Schalken and his wife. They were both trapped in their room and had to jump down from their balcony to the one below, which happened to be occupied by Andy Roddick who helped them to land safely.

He took his first professional championship on clay, in Valencia at the age of 19 beating Gilbert Schaller in the final. The youngest champion on tour in the year 1995 and in the following year too when he beat Younes El Aynaoui at the final in Jakarta to claim his second win. Schalken won at minimum one ATP tournament in eight of nine times from 1995 until 2003, only one exception was 1998.

Sjeng Schalken Net Worth

Sjeng Schalken is one of the richest Tennis Player from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sjeng Schalken 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The 1990s saw The Schalken’s Grand Slam record was meagre with a record of win/loss of just 4-14 until the beginning of 1999. He waited till his 28th Major in order to make it past three rounds. In Wimbledon the American suffered defeats in the final set three times in a row in 1998, losing to Jan- Michael Gamill 8-6 , in fifth match, in 1999, to Jim Courier 13-11 in the fifth and then in 2000, in a five-hour long, five-minute race against Mark Philippoussis 20-18 in the final set, which was the longest final set ever in Wimbledon singles history for men that time (his record later broken by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut in the year 2010). Afterward, he was moved by the say “I think Wimbledon doesn’t want to have me in the fourth round.”

Schalken was a star junior winner of at the US Open junior event in 1994. He made the switch to professional that following year.

Schalken is known for his placid on-court demeanour, seemingly reacting in the same manner whether trailing or leading. But as a junior and a young pro he had an explosive temper that, he has stated, hindered him in many matches and caused him to lose through not thinking clearly. Only in 1999 did he manage to suppress his emotional side while on court and develop a more level-headed temperament, although he was disqualified from the Nasdaq-100 Open in 2004 for verbally abusing the umpire.

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Who is Sjeng Schalken Dating?

According to our records, Sjeng Schalken married to Ricky Pfennings. As of December 1, 2023, Sjeng Schalken’s is not dating anyone.

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Buoyed by this success, he very soon surpassed his quarterfinal achievement at the US Open, where he benefited in the opening round from a retirement by Mark Philippoussis when the Australian reinjured his troublesome knee, having led two sets to love. Schalken moved through to the second week beating Ivan Ljubičić and Sargis Sargsian, where on the Arthur Ashe Stadium, he bested former world No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten in the last 16 and Fernando González in the quarters. Both matches were littered with tiebreaks and decided upon them too, with Schalken proving the steadier man in the end; however, he still lost as many as he won, and this proved to be his undoing in the semifinals against eventual champion Pete Sampras, coming out on the wrong end of two close tiebreaks before falling 6–2 in the third set.

Facts & Trivia

Sjeng Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Sjeng Schalken celebrates birthday on September 8 of every year.