Tallon Griekspoor

Tallon Griekspoor (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛlɔŋ ˈxrikspoːr]; born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a best doubles ranking of No. 61, reached on 10 June 2024. He is the current No. 1 singles player from The Netherlands.

Griekspoor has won five ATP Tour titles combined, three in singles and two in doubles. He represents The Netherlands at the Davis Cup.

Griekspoor is notable for a record eight Challenger titles won in one season (2021), and the first player to earn five consecutive such titles.

Griekspoor was born in Haarlem to father Ron and mother Monique, and grew up in Nieuw-Vennep. He has two older brothers, Scott and Kevin, who are twins. His grandfather Joop founded the construction company Griekspoor BV, where much of his family works.

Griekspoor and his brothers began playing tennis when he was six, training at the Nieuw-Vennep Tennis Club. At the age of 12, he began playing at the Zandvoort Tennis Club.

Griekspoor made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2017 Rotterdam Open in the singles draw against Gilles Müller. In 2018, at the same tournament a year later, he upset fifth seed Stan Wawrinka in three sets to reach the second round as a wildcard. In 2019, Griekspoor upset second seed Karen Khachanov in the first round, again as a wildcard.

Griekspoor qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2020 Australian Open. He made his top 150 debut on 31 August 2020.

In 2021, Griekspoor won two Challenger tour titles at the Prague Open and at the Bratislava Open. He then qualified for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, marking his debut at the tournament. Following Wimbledon, as the top seed, he reached the final of the Dutch Open in Amersfoort. He defeated his compatriot and No. 2 seed Botic van de Zandschulp in the final for his fifth Challenger title.