Career
72 in February 2005. Wessels had an excellent junior career, finishing Number. 5 in singles and Number. 18 in doubles in the 1995 world junior rankings. In that year he reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon and United States. Open juniors and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title with fellow countryman Raemon Sluiter.
His best result on the professional tour was winning the 2000 Association of Tennis Professionals tournament in Newport beating German Jens Knippschild in the final 7–6 6–3.
Despite this, Wessels and Krajicek proved that they were a force to be reckoned with. In Mixed Doubles, they had a 3–2 record (def Reid/Stosur, Peng/Sun, Grönefeld/Kiefer.
Lost to Raymond/Dent, Dulko/Gaudio). In June 2007 Wessels qualified for the Ordina Open grass tournament in "s-Hertogenbosch.
Ranked 488 he caused an upset in the quarterfinals by beating the number one seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo, in two sets: 6–3 6–3.
He subsequently reached the final but narrowly lost against Croat Ivan Ljubičić 6–7 (5), 6–3, 6–7 (4). Singles (1 title – 1 runner-up).
