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Malisse is considerd the biggest Belgian tennis talent on the ATP tour. PERSONAL PROFILE Residence: Sarasota, Florida Height: 6'1" (185 cm.) Weight: 170 Ibs. (77 kg.) Shoes: Sergio Tacchini Racquet: Prince Diablo Tour Coach: Marc De Hous ( Kim Clijsters ' former coach) CAREER Xavier Malisse turned pro in 1998 . In his professional career Xavier Malisse had reached seven finals in which he won only one- Delray Beach , 2005 . Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus won the French Open (or the Roland Garros ) doubles championship in 2004 . Malisse started the 2006 tennis season in good form, reaching the finals in Adelaide and the second round of the Australian Open beating Mikhail Youzhny in the first round and losing a five-set thriller to Thomas Johansson in the second round. Malisse's current singles ranking is 36 on the ATP tour. His top record at the singles was #19 in the world and at the doubles was #28 in the world. Malisse's overall singles record is 165-140 and his overall prize money is $2,702,970 dollars. One of Malisse's most notable matches occurred at the 2005 US Open. In the fourth round, he was down two sets to Andre Agassi and was two points from elimination (down 5-3) in the third set tiebreaker when he fought back to take that set. In the next set, he dominated Agassi. Agassi later remarked that Malisse was "hitting winners off of both sides." This unanticpated comeback led CBS Announcer Mary Carillo to remark that Malisse is "oozing with talent." Just as it looked that Andre Agassi was tiring, Agassi came firing back, managing to take the final set 6-2. On match point, Malisse was at the net preparing for a volley and Agassi struck backhand down the line to Malisse's forehand side. Malisse spun through the air in an attempt to get to the volley, but the ball bounced off the frame of his racket and landed way out of bounds. Had Malisse won the match, it would have matched his best performance at the U.S. Open, which was 2003 when he lost in three tight sets to eventual champion Andy Roddick in the quarter finals. Malisse's brother, Olivier, is a lawyer in Belgium. Malisse was at one time romantically linked to former world number one female tennis player Jennifer Capriati . TITLES (3) Singles (1) Losing Finalist (8)
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