Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.

Jacco Eltingh
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-08-29) 29 August 1970 (age 54)
Heerde, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachAlex Reynders
Prize money$4,920,410
Singles
Career record127–147
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 19 (6 February 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1995)
French Open4R (1994)
WimbledonQF (1995)
US Open2R (1993, 1995)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam CupQF (1995)
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record391–145
Career titles44
Highest rankingNo. 1 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1994, 1998)
French OpenW (1995, 1998)
WimbledonW (1998)
US OpenW (1994)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1993, 1998)
Olympic GamesSF – 4th (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1997)
French Open2R (1992)
WimbledonF (1992)
US Open1R (1992)
Last updated on: 12 March 2023.

He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they won all four Grand Slam doubles titles at least once. Eltingh is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve the career Grand Slam in men's doubles.

Eltingh reached his career-high singles ranking in February 1995, when he climbed to world No. 19, notably reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1995. In his professional career he has won four singles and 44 doubles titles.

In November 2005, Eltingh was elected to the ATP Board as the player representative for Europe.

Major finals

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 8 (6–2)

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Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Win 1994 Australian Open   Paul Haarhuis   Byron Black
  Jonathan Stark
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win 1994 US Open   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 1995 French Open   Paul Haarhuis   Nicklas Kulti
  Magnus Larsson
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1996 US Open   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1997 Wimbledon   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 3–6
Win 1998 Australian Open (2)   Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 1998 French Open (2)   Paul Haarhuis   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 1998 Wimbledon   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1992 Wimbledon   Miriam Oremans   Cyril Suk
  Larisa Neiland
6–7(2–7), 2–6

Olympic finals

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Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place 1996 Atlanta Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Marc-Kevin Goellner
  David Prinosil
2–6, 5–7

ATP career finals

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Singles: 4 (4 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–0)
Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1992 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass   MaliVai Washington 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 May 1993 Atlanta, United States World Series Clay   Bryan Shelton 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 3–0 Aug 1994 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard   Chuck Adams 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–0 Oct 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Carpet   Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 60 (44 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (6–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (2–1)
ATP Masters Series (8–3)
ATP Championship Series (5–4)
ATP World Series (23–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–8)
Clay (10–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (13–6)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (23–9)
Indoors (21–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1991 Palermo, Italy World Series Clay   Tom Kempers   Emilio Sánchez
  Javier Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1991 Athens, Greece World Series Clay   Mark Koevermans   Menno Oosting
  Olli Rahnasto
5–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win 3–0 Oct 1991 Guarujá, Brazil World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Bret Garnett
  Todd Nelson
6–3, 7–5
Win 4–0 Nov 1991 Birmingham, United Kingdom World Series Carpet   Paul Wekesa   Ronnie Båthman
  Rikard Bergh
7–5, 7–5
Win 5–0 Aug 1992 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–0 Jan 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Henrik Holm
  Bent-Ove Pedersen
7–5, 6–3
Loss 6–1 Jan 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Diego Nargiso
  Guillaume Raoux
6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win 7–1 Feb 1993 San Francisco, United States World Series Hard   Scott Davis   Patrick McEnroe
  Jonathan Stark
6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 7–2 Feb 1993 Memphis, United States Championship Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
5–7, 2–6
Win 8–2 May 1993 Rome, United States Masters Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Wayne Ferreira
  Mark Kratzmann
6–4, 7–6
Win 9–2 Aug 1993 Hilversum, Netherlands World Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Hendrik Jan Davids
  Libor Pimek
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 10–2 Oct 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Jonas Björkman
  Lars-Anders Wahlgren
7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Loss 10–3 Oct 1993 Beijing, China World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Paul Annacone
  Doug Flach
6–7, 3–6
Win 11–3 Nov 1993 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Jonas Björkman
  Jan Apell
6–1, ret.
Win 12–3 Nov 1993 Johannesburg, South Africa ATP Finals Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 13–3 Jan 1994 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Byron Black
  Jonathan Stark
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win 14–3 Feb 1994 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Jim Grabb
  Jared Palmer
6–3, 6–4
Loss 14–4 Feb 1994 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Jeremy Bates
  Jonas Björkman
4–6, 1–6
Win 15–4 Mar 1994 Miami, United States Masters Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Mark Knowles
  Jared Palmer
7–6, 7–6
Loss 15–5 Jul 1994 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Scott Melville
  Piet Norval
6–7, 5–7
Loss 15–6 Aug 1994 New Haven, United States Championship Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Grant Connell
  Patrick Galbraith
4–6, 6–7
Loss 15–7 Aug 1994 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Jan Apell
  Jonas Björkman
4–6, 6–7
Win 16–7 Sep 1994 New York, United States Grand Slam Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–6
Win 17–7 Oct 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Nicklas Kulti
  Lars-Anders Wahlgren
6–0, 7–5
Win 18–7 Oct 1994 Sydney, Australia Championship Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Byron Black
  Jonathan Stark
6–4, 7–6
Win 19–7 Nov 1994 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Byron Black
  Jonathan Stark
3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win 20–7 Nov 1994 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   David Adams
  Andrei Olhovskiy
walkover
Loss 20–8 Feb 1995 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Jim Grabb
  Jonathan Stark
6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win 21–8 May 1995 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Luis Lobo
  Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
Win 22–8 Jun 1995 Paris, France Grand Slam Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Nicklas Kulti
  Magnus Larsson
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win 23–8 Jun 1995 Halle, Germany World Series Grass   Paul Haarhuis   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Andrei Olhovskiy
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 24–8 Oct 1995 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Jakob Hlasek
  Patrick McEnroe
7–6, 6–4
Win 25–8 Oct 1995 Essen, Germany Masters Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Cyril Suk
  Daniel Vacek
7–5, 6–4
Win 26–8 Nov 1995 Stockholm, Sweden International Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Grant Connell
  Patrick Galbraith
3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss 26–9 Nov 1995 Eindhoven, Netherlands ATP Finals Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Grant Connell
  Patrick Galbraith
6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 26–10 Jan 1996 Doha, Qatar International Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–7, 3–6
Loss 26–11 Sep 1996 New York, United States Grand Slam Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win 27–11 Oct 1996 Toulouse, France International Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Olivier Delaître
  Guillaume Raoux
6–3, 7–5
Loss 27–12 Oct 1996 Stuttgart, Germany Masters Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 28–12 Nov 1996 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Daniel Vacek
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 29–12 Jan 1997 Doha, Qatar International Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Patrik Fredriksson
  Magnus Norman
6–3, 6–2
Win 30–12 Mar 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Libor Pimek
  Byron Talbot
7–6, 6–4
Loss 30–13 Apr 1997 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Donald Johnson
  Francisco Montana
6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win 31–13 Jun 1997 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass   Paul Haarhuis   Trevor Kronemann
  David Macpherson
6–4, 7–5
Loss 31–14 Jul 1997 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–7, 6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win 32–14 Aug 1997 Boston, United States World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Dave Randall
  Jack Waite
6–4, 6–2
Win 33–14 Oct 1997 Toulouse, France World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Jean-Philippe Fleurian
  Max Mirnyi
6–3, 7–6
Win 34–14 Nov 1997 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Rick Leach
  Jonathan Stark
6–2, 7–6
Loss 34–15 Jan 1998 Sydney, Australia International Series Hard   Daniel Nestor   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
3–6, 5–7
Win 35–15 Feb 1998 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 36–15 Mar 1998 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Richey Reneberg
  David Macpherson
7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Win 37–15 Mar 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Neil Broad
  Piet Norval
7–6, 6–3
Win 38–15 Apr 1998 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Ellis Ferreira
  Rick Leach
7–5, 6–0
Win 39–15 Apr 1998 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–2
Win 40–15 Jun 1998 Paris, France Grand Slam Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 41–15 Jul 1998 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   Paul Haarhuis   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
Win 42–15 Aug 1998 Amsterdam, Netherlands International Series Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Dominik Hrbatý
  Karol Kučera
6–3, 6–2
Win 43–15 Aug 1998 Boston, United States World Series Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Chris Haggard
  Jack Waite
6–3, 6–3
Loss 43–16 Nov 1998 Paris, France Masters Series Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Leander Paes
4–6, 2–6
Win 44–16 Nov 1998 Hartford, United States ATP Finals Carpet   Paul Haarhuis   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–2, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (0–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1990 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay   Richard Krajicek 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1991 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Hard   Bryan Shelton 6–7, 6–7

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1989 Lagos, Nigeria Challenger Hard   Paul Haarhuis   Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora
  James Schor
6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1990 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay   Menno Oosting   Slava Doseděl
  Dimitri Poliakov
0–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 1990 Curitiba, Brazil Challenger Hard   Hendrik-Jan Davids   Cesar Kist
  Danilo Marcelino
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–2 Oct 1990 Ilheus, Brazil Challenger Hard   Hendrik-Jan Davids   Roger Smith
  Tobias Svantesson
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Clay   Tom Kempers   Mark Koevermans
  Leonardo Lavalle
walkover
Loss 3–3 Jul 1993 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Paul Haarhuis   Nils Holm
  Lars-Anders Wahlgren
1–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 2R 2R 2R QF 1R 1R 0 / 7 9–7 56%
French Open A 1R 1R 1R 4R 3R A A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Wimbledon Q1 4R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R A 0 / 6 9–6 60%
US Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R Q3 A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 5–4 1–4 3–4 5–4 11–4 0–2 0–1 0 / 23 25–23 52%
Year End Championships
Grand Slam Cup Did not qualify QF DNQ 0 / 1 1–1 50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Monte Carlo A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A 1R QF 2R A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Hamburg A A A A QF 3R A A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A A A A 2R 2R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 8–4 4–5 0–2 0–0 0 / 14 12–14 46%

Doubles

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 3R W SF 3R SF W 2 / 8 25–6 81%
French Open A 3R 2R 3R QF W A SF W 2 / 7 24–5 83%
Wimbledon Q1 A 3R 1R QF QF 1R F W 1 / 7 19–6 76%
US Open A 3R QF 2R W 3R F 2R A 1 / 7 20–6 77%
Win–loss 0–0 4–3 7–4 5–4 18–2 15–3 7–3 14–4 18–0 6 / 29 88–23 79%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify W SF F RR SF W 2 / 6 20–6 77%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held SF NH 0 / 2 3–2 60%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A QF 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A A A QF W QF A 3R A 1 / 4 10–3 77%
Monte Carlo A A A A A W A F W 2 / 3 11–1 92%
Hamburg A A A A SF SF A QF A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Rome A A A W 2R 1R A 2R A 1 / 4 7–3 70%
Canada A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A 1R 2R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Paris A A 1R SF W QF W W F 3 / 7 18–4 82%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 9–3 12–2 9–4 5–2 11–7 7–1 7 / 27 53–20 73%

References

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