Career
He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001. He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the Association of Tennis Professionals tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men"s singles final against Olivier Rochus. In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6-1, 6-7 and 6-7.
In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber.
He was defeated in three straight sets 4-6, 7-6 and 6-4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6-7, 5-7 and 6-7.
One week later he started in the Société Anonyme Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the next round he defeated Czechoslovakian January Minář.
In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4-6 and 1-6.
At the Open 13 in Marseille he faced Czechoslovakian January Hernych in the first round but lost in three sets: 6-3, 3-6 and 6-4. = Runners-up.