Denis Langaskens
Belgian tennis player

Denis Langaskens

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Belgian tennis player
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Denis Langaskens (born 20 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Biography

Langaskens was born in Ostend and based during his career in Liège. As a junior he had a win over Patrick McEnroe at the 1984 French Open and he also competed in the boy's singles at the Wimbledon Championships, before turning professional in 1985.

As a professional player he mostly competed on the Challenger circuit, but made occasional appearances at Grand Prix level, all in doubles competition. In 1988 he played two Grand Prix tournaments, the Brussels Indoor and Dutch Open, then in 1989 made the main draw of the Geneva Open, before featuring again at Brussels in 1990. He won a total of three Challenger doubles titles, in Budapest, Knokke and Odrimont.

He first represented the Belgium Davis Cup team in a 1987 tie against Switzerland in Lugano, in which he played the doubles rubber. The following year he played in losing ties to Finland and Hungary, resulting in Belgium's relegation from Europe Zone Group 1. In 1989 he featured in a further three ties and was unbeaten in all of his matches that year, six singles and three doubles rubbers, to help Belgium return to Group 1. His seventh and final appearance was in Belgium's win over Hungary in 1990 which qualified them for the World Group play-offs.

Retiring from the tour in 1990, Langaskens later played club tennis in Duisburg, Germany.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1988 Budapest, Hungary Clay Belgium Eduardo Masso Denmark Peter Bastiansen
Denmark Peter Flintsoe
6–4, 7–5
2. 1989 Knokke, Belgium Clay Belgium Xavier Daufresne Belgium Karel Demuynck
Belgium Libor Pimek
7–5, 6–2
3. 1989 Odrimont, Belgium Clay Belgium Xavier Daufresne Sweden Per Henricsson
India Srinivasan Vasudevan
6–4, 6–2