Sander Groen

Sander Groen
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1968-06-16) 16 June 1968 (age 56)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2019 (last match)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$ 503,164
Singles
Career record3–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (4 March 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (1991)
WimbledonQ3 (1990)
Doubles
Career record47–98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 61 (20 October 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999, 2001)
French Open3R (1997)
Wimbledon3R (1997)
US Open1R (1993, 1997)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1997)
Wimbledon1R (1997)

Sander Groen (born 16 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Groen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 ATP doubles title and 12 Challenger doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 61 in 1997 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177 in 1996.

Groen is known for being the doubles partner of many top-5 singles players like Pat Cash, Goran Ivanišević, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Ríos, Marat Safin, Magnus Norman, Greg Rusedski, Alex Corretja, Marc Rosset and Roger Federer. Federer won his first-ever professional title on the tour playing together with Groen in Segovia 1999. Groen recorded doubles wins over Federer, Safin, Rios, Patrick Rafter and world number 1 teams Eltingh/ Haarhuis (with Fredrik Bergh), Bhupathi/ Paes (with Jan Siemerink and with Andrei Pavel) and Knowles/ Nestor (with Laurence Tieleman) In singles Groen qualified for 9 ATP Tour events reaching the second round in 3 events and he recorded wins over Tim Henman, Richard Krajicek Felix Mantilla and Andrei Chesnokov. He won the dutch national masters in 1992 beating Fernon Wibier in the finals and was runner-up to Jan Siemerink in 1994.

In 2004 Sander Groen made his mark on the ITF senior tour by winning the men's singles over 35 world championships followed by finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006. He also won the men's singles over 35 European championships in 2005. Up to 2016 Groen won 11 medals at ITF seniors world championships.