Louis Wessels

German tennis player

Louis Weßels
Singles
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Detmold, Germany
Born	(1998-08-27) 27 August 1998 (age 25) Bielefeld, Germany
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-anded backhand)
Coach	Dirk Wessels
Prize money	$202,197
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 267 (11 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 347 (4 December 2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 461 (4 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 461 (4 December 2023)
Last updated on: 4 December 2023.

Louis Wessels (German: Weßels; born 27 August 1998) is a German tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 267, achieved in July 2022.

Tennis career

On the junior tour, Wessels has a career high ITF junior ranking of 17 achieved in May 2016. Wessels has reached the doubles semifinals at three of the four junior grand slams, including the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 US Open and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Wessels made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 German Open, where he upset Steven Diez in the first round. This victory made him the youngest player to win a main draw match at the 2016 ATP World Tour by that time.^[1]

Ranked No. 347, he qualified for his home tournament at the 2023 Halle Open having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 21 (9–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9–12)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (9–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	Germany F12, Überlingen	Futures	Clay	Adrian Bodmer	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2017	Belgium F11, Damme	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2018	Usa F3, Naples	Futures	Clay	Javier Martí	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–4	Jul 2018	Germany F6, Saarlouis	Futures	Clay	Philipp Davydenko	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	1–4	Aug 2018	Germany F10, Essen	Futures	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	2–4	Sep 2018	Switzerland F5, Schlieren	Futures	Clay	Sandro Ehrat	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–4	Sep 2018	Italy F27, Pula	Futures	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	3–5	Oct 2018	Germany F16, Hamburg	Futures	Hard	Altug Celikbilek	2-6, 6-2, 4-6
Win	4–5	Jul 2019	M15 Marburg, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Jesper de Jong	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	4–6	Aug 2019	M15 Überlingen, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Peter Heller	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	Sep 2019	M15 Horgen, Switzerland	World Tour	Clay	Alejandro González	6–2, 6–0
Loss	5–7	Sep 2019	M25 La Marsa, Tunisia	World Tour	Clay	Bruno Sant'Anna	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–7	Jul 2021	M25 Marburg, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Nick Hardt	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	6–8	Aug 2021	M25 Trier, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Tim Handel	2–6, 4–6
Loss	6–9	Sep 2021	M25 Madrid, Spain	World Tour	Clay	Luca Nardi	5–7, 2–6
Loss	6–10	Oct 2021	M25 Skopje, North Macedonia	World Tour	Clay	Matteo Arnaldi	1–6, 0–6
Win	7–10	May 2022	M25 Kalmar, Sweden	World Tour	Clay	Daniele Capecchi	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–10	Jul 2022	M25 Poprad, Slovakia	World Tour	Clay	Stefan Palosi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8–11	Jul 2023	M25 Marburg, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Timo Stodder	4–6, 3–6
Loss	8–12	Sep 2023	M15 Buschhausen, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Jonáš Forejtek	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–12	Sep 2023	M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic	World Tour	Clay	Jonáš Forejtek	6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	Oberhaching, Germany	Futures	Hard (i)	Hannes Wagner	Raphael Baltensperger Marc-Andrea Hüsler	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jun 2017	Kaltenkirchen, Germany	Futures	Clay	Johannes Härteis	Tom Kočevar-Dešman Nik Razboršek	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2017	Oldenzaal, Netherlands	Futures	Clay	Scott Griekspoor	Glenn Smits Boy Vergeer	6–3, 6–0
Loss	2–2	Sep 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Futures	Clay	Elliot Benchetrit	Filippo Baldi Mirko Cutuli	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Jan 2018	Naples, United States	Futures	Clay	Trent Bryde	Fred Gil Jaume Pla Malfeito	6–1, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss	3–3	May 2018	Karlskrona, Sweden	Futures	Clay	Otto Virtanen	Markus Eriksson Fred Simonsson	1–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	4–3	Aug 2018	Essen, Germany	Futures	Clay	Matthias Wunner	Lukas Rüpke Tom Schönenberg	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Nov 2018	Helsinki, Finland	Futures	Hard	Otto Virtanen	Patrick Mayer Alexander Vasilenko	6–7(5), 3–6
Win	5–4	Aug 2019	Überlingen, Germany	World Tour	Clay	Valentin Günther	Mick Veldheer Leopold Zima	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Apr 2023	Reus, Spain	World Tour	Clay	Ryan Nijboer	Imanol López Morillo Benjamín Winter López	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	5–6	Nov 2023	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tour	Hard	Vadym Ursu	Ilia Simakin Petr Bar Biryukov	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

References

^ "Mannarino survives in Newport". sportinglife.com. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
^ "Louis Wessels is cheered on". 18 June 2023.