Steve Darcis Biography

Steve Darcis is a Belgian professional tennis player born on 13 March 1984 in Liège, Belgium. Darcis is the son of  Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. Darcis has won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No.38 on 22 May 2017.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win/loss record of 73–32, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002. He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships Boys’ singles event. He won Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first Top 100 ranking on 26 November 2007 by winning a Challenger event in Finland.

In 2008, he competed at the Australian Open and the French Open, losing in the first round in both. He and Olivier Rochus, however, reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament at the French Open and reached the second round at the US Open. Darcis won a second ATP event at Memphis in March 2008, defeating Robin Söderling in the final. He reached the final of the Dutch Open again, but lost to Albert Montañés.

In 2009, he played in three Grand Slam tournaments: the 2009 Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, reaching the second round only at Wimbledon. He also reached the quarterfinals at Queens. He qualified for the 2010 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, retiring in his third-round match against Rafael Nadal. At the 2011 French Open, Darcis advanced to the main draw as a qualifier, and in the first round pulled off a shock victory over 22nd seed Michaël Llodra.

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In 2012, Darcis made the final of the Dallas Challenger tournament but lost to Jesse Levine. At Eastbourne International. He retired a set down at 1–3 due to a back injury. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Darcis beat Tomáš Berdych in the first round. In the first round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships on 24 June, Darcis defeated fifth-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets making him the first player ever to defeat Nadal in the first round of any tennis Major. Darcis was ranked 130 places lower than Nadal. In the 2017 Australian Open, Darcis defeated Sam Groth and Diego Schwartzman both in 4 sets to reach the third round, tying his best Grand Slam result to date (in singles). He was taken out by Andreas Seppi despite winning the first set of the match.

Steve Darcis Wife

Darcis married his long time girlfriend Dachouffe Lauranne on 29 May 2013. The couple has two daughters Camille and Ana

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Steve Darcis Injury

In 2017, Steve Darcis suffered an elbow injury. In his post on Instagram, Darcis said, “My elbow is not yet at the top, I will have to continue the care for a minimum of 3 months! For the date of recovery, It will depend on the evolution .. # onemorecomeback!? # Goodfetesatous # positiveattitude # mercidusoutien # vamos” With his 3-month timelines, Darcis is also likely to miss the first round Davis Cup tie between Belgium and Hungary.

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Steve Darcis announces terrible news in conference call

Updated: MAY 11, 2018

Steve Darcis held a press conference on Thursday to announce a news that won’t be pleasant for him and his fans either. The Belgian tennis player has not been playing since the Davis Cup last year in November against France, and he will have to wait still a long time to compete again.

The 34-year-old, currently 160th ATP ranked, already ended the 2018 season, that never started for him. He won’t play any professional match for the rest of the year. When he returns, he will be able to use the protected ranking as No.

76, when he played his last match. Darcis has explained that he been suffering an elbow injury in his tendon since 2017 June, and it still hurts. In 2017 May, Darcis achieved a career-high ranking at No. 38. ‘I will come-back stronger in 2019, I don’t want to stop like this‘, said Darcis.

Source: www.tennisworldusa.org

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