{{short description|South African tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use South African English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Louis Vosloo | image = | fullname = Louis Vosloo | country_represented = {{RSA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pietersburg, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | plays = Right-handed | turnedpro = 1997 | retired = 2005 | careerprizemoney = $133,880 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 170 (5 August 2002) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 275 (17 March 2003) | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | USOpenDoublesresult = }} '''Louis Vosloo''' (born 29 January 1978) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
==Biography== Vosloo comes from Pietersburg and turned professional in 1997. He was a member of the silver medal winning South African team at the 1999 All-Africa Games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/double-world-champion-wami-wins-african-10000-meter-title.aspx?pageID=438&n=double-world-champion-wami-wins-african-10000-meter-title-1999-09-19|title=Double world champion Wami wins African 10,000-meter title|date=19 September 1999|work=Hürriyet Daily News|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> During his career he played on the Challenger and Futures circuits, with his wins including players James Blake and Robin Söderling. He also participated in qualifying at all four Grand Slam events. In 2002 he won two Challenger tournaments and represented the South Africa Davis Cup team in a tie against Yugoslavia in Belgrade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/Vosloo-continues-good-run-20020322|title=Vosloo continues good run|date=22 March 2002|work=News24|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> In the Davis Cup tie he played two singles matches, which he both lost in four sets, to Dušan Vemić and Vladimir Pavićević.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200205060183.html|title=South Africa: SA Fail to Win First Away Tie Since 1994|date=6 May 2002|work=AllAfrica.com|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref>
At the end of his playing career he opened up a tennis academy in South Africa, where he coached local juniors for two years.<ref name="Longview">{{cite web|url=http://www.theclubatlongview.com/club/scripts/clubpers/view_clubpers.asp?SRC=L&PID=39891&GRP=14256&NS=PUBLIC|title=The Club at Longview View Club Pro: Louis Vosloo|publisher=The Club at Longview|accessdate=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319024640/http://www.theclubatlongview.com/club/scripts/clubpers/view_clubpers.asp?SRC=L&PID=39891&GRP=14256&NS=PUBLIC|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008 he moved to the United States and worked at first at Cliff Drysdale's Brickell Tennis Club in Miami.<ref name="Longview"/> He was then the Director of Tennis at Dunes Golf and Tennis Club in Sanibel, Florida and the Sundial Beach and Golf Resort.<ref name="Longview"/> From 2010 to 2012, Vosloo coached Kevin Anderson on the ATP Tour, at a time he climbed from outside the world's top 100 to a top 30 ranking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/tennis/anderson-backed-to-make-top-20-1413361|title=Anderson backed to make top 20|date=29 October 2012|work=Independent Online|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Tennis/Anderson-splits-from-coach-20121206|title=Anderson splits from coach|date=7 December 2012|work=Sport24|accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> Vosloo, who is married with two children, now works as the Director of Tennis at The Club at Longview, in Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref name="Longview"/>
==Challenger titles==
===Singles: (1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:120px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:130px"|Opponent !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |1. |2002 |Gosford, Australia |Hard |{{flagicon|SVK}} Ladislav Švarc |3–6, 7–6<sup>(11)</sup>, 6–3 |}
===Doubles: (1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:120px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:130px"|Partner !style="width:130px"|Opponents !style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |1. |2002 |Burbank, U. S. |Hard |{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Rehnquist |{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Melo<br />{{flagicon|PER}} Iván Miranda |7–6<sup>(6)</sup>, 6–1 |}
==See also== *List of South Africa Davis Cup team representatives
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{Davis Cup player}} * {{ITF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vosloo, Louis}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:South African male tennis players Category:South African tennis coaches Category:South African emigrants to the United States Category:Sportspeople from Polokwane Category:African Games bronze medalists in tennis Category:African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Category:Tennis players at the 1995 All-Africa Games