{{Short description|German tennis player}} {{for|Louis Wessels the Boer commando leader|Battle of Spion Kop}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Louis Weßels |image = |caption = |country = {{GER}} |residence = [[Detmold]], Germany |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|8|27}} |birth_place = [[Bielefeld]], Germany |height = 1.98 m |turnedpro = |plays = Right-handed (two-anded backhand) |careerprizemoney = $238,099 |coach = Dirk Wessels |singlesrecord = 1–2 (at [[ATP Tour]] level, [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level, and in [[Davis Cup]]) |singlestitles = 0 |highestsinglesranking = No. 267 (11 July 2022) |currentsinglesranking = No. 627 (25 August 2025) |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = |Wimbledonresult = |USOpenresult = |doublesrecord = 0–0 |doublestitles = 0 |highestdoublesranking = No. 335 (21 October 2024) |currentdoublesranking = No. 517 (25 August 2025) |updated = 26 August 2025 }} '''Louis Wessels''' ({{langx|de|Weßels}}; born 27 August 1998) is a German [[tennis]] player. He has a career-high [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] singles ranking of world No. 267, achieved in July 2022.
== Tennis career == On the junior tour, Wessels has a career high ITF junior ranking of 17 achieved in May 2016. Wessels has reached the doubles semifinals at three of the four junior grand slams, including the [[2015 Australian Open]], [[2015 US Open (tennis)|2015 US Open]] and the [[2016 Wimbledon Championships]].
Wessels made his ATP main draw debut at the [[2016 German Open]], where he upset [[Steven Diez]] in the first round. This victory made him the youngest player to win a main draw match on the [[2016 ATP World Tour]] at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/tennis/news/article/553/10499983/philipp-kohlschreiber-beats-carlos-berlocqat-the-german-tennis-championships |title=Mannarino survives in Newport |website=sportinglife.com |date=13 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829064745/http://www.sportinglife.com/tennis/news/article/553/10499983/philipp-kohlschreiber-beats-carlos-berlocqat-the-german-tennis-championships |archivedate=29 August 2016 }}</ref>
Ranked No. 347, he qualified for his home tournament at the [[2023 Halle Open]] having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.terrawortmann-open.de/en/news/article/jubel-um-louis-wessels/ | title=Louis Wessels is cheered on | date=18 June 2023 }}</ref>
==ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals==
===Singles: 23 (10–13)=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90% !Finals by surface |- |Hard (1–1) |- |Clay (9–12) |}
{|class="sortable wikitable nowrap" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Aug 2017}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Germany F12, [[Überlingen]] |Clay |{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Adrian Bodmer]] |6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 3–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–2</small> |{{dts|Sep 2017}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Belgium F11, [[Damme]] |Clay |{{flagicon|BEL}} Jeroen Vanneste |7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–3</small> |{{dts|Jan 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Usa F3, [[Naples, Florida|Naples]] |Clay |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Javier Martí]] |4–6, 0–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–4</small> |{{dts|Jul 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Germany F6, [[Saarlouis]] |Clay |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Philipp Davydenko]] |4–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup> |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>1–4</small> |{{dts|Aug 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Germany F10, [[Essen]] |Clay |{{flagicon|BEL}} Jeroen Vanneste |7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–4 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>2–4</small> |{{dts|Sep 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Switzerland F5, [[Schlieren, Switzerland|Schlieren]] |Clay |{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Sandro Ehrat]] |6–3, 6–4 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>3–4</small> |{{dts|Sep 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Italy F27, [[Pula, Sardinia|Pula]] |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Bortolotti]] |6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>3–5</small> |{{dts|Oct 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Germany F16, [[Hamburg]] |Hard |{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Altug Celikbilek]] |2-6, 6-2, 4-6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>4–5</small> |{{dts|Jul 2019}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M15 [[Marburg]], Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jesper de Jong]] |7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup> |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>4–6</small> |{{dts|Aug 2019}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M15 Überlingen, Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Heller |1–6, 4–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>5–6</small> |{{dts|Sep 2019}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M15 [[Horgen]], Switzerland |Clay |{{flagicon|COL}} [[Alejandro González (tennis)|Alejandro González]] |6–2, 6–0 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>5–7</small> |{{dts|Sep 2019}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[La Marsa]], Tunisia |Clay |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Sant'Anna]] |5–7, 4–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>6–7</small> |{{dts|Jul 2021}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 Marburg, Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Nick Hardt]] |4–6, 7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup> |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>6–8</small> |{{dts|Aug 2021}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[Trier]], Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Tim Handel]] |2–6, 4–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>6–9</small> |{{dts|Sep 2021}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[Madrid]], Spain |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Nardi]] |5–7, 2–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>6–10</small> |{{dts|Oct 2021}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[Skopje]], North Macedonia |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Arnaldi]] |1–6, 0–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>7–10</small> |{{dts|May 2022}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[Kalmar]], Sweden |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Daniele Capecchi |6–2, 6–3 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>8–10</small> |{{dts|Jul 2022}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[Poprad]], Slovakia |Clay |{{flagicon|ROM}} Stefan Palosi |6–4, 6–3 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>8–11</small> |{{dts|Jul 2023}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 Marburg, Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Timo Stodder |4–6, 3–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>8–12</small> |{{dts|Sep 2023}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M15 [[Oberhausen]], Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jonáš Forejtek]] |3–6, 4–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>9–12</small> |{{dts|Sep 2023}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M25 [[Pardubice]], Czech Republic |Clay |{{flagicon|CZE}} Jonáš Forejtek |6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>9–13</small> |{{dts|Aug 2024}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M15 [[Ystad]], Sweden |Clay |{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Chris Rodesch]] |2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>10–13</small> |{{dts|May 2025}} |bgcolor=cffcff|M15 [[Heraklion]], Greece |Hard |{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Petros Tsitsipas]] |3–6, 7–5, 6–2 |}
===Doubles: 16 (8–8)=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90% !Finals by surface |- |Hard (2–2) |- |Clay (6–6) |}
{|class="sortable wikitable nowrap" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>1–0</small> |{{dts|Oct 2016}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Oberhaching, <br/> Germany |Hard (i) |{{flagicon|GER}} Hannes Wagner |{{flagicon|SUI}} Raphael Baltensperger <br/> {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Marc-Andrea Hüsler]] |6–1, 6–4 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>1–1</small> |{{dts|Jun 2017}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Kaltenkirchen, <br/> Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Johannes Härteis]] |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tom Kočevar-Dešman]] <br/> {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Nik Razboršek]] |3–6, 2–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>2–1</small> |{{dts|Aug 2017}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Oldenzaal, <br/> Netherlands |Clay |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Scott Griekspoor]] |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Glenn Smits]] <br/> {{flagicon|NED}} Boy Vergeer |6–3, 6–0 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>2–2</small> |{{dts|Sep 2017}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Hammamet, <br/> Tunisia |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Elliot Benchetrit]] |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Filippo Baldi]] <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Cutuli |4–6, 4–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>3–2</small> |{{dts|Jan 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Naples, <br/> United States |Clay |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Trent Bryde]] |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fred Gil]] <br/> {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaume Pla Malfeito |6–1, 1–6, [11–9] |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>3–3</small> |{{dts|May 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Karlskrona, <br/> Sweden |Clay |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Otto Virtanen]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Markus Eriksson (tennis)|Markus Eriksson]] <br/> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fred Simonsson]] |1–6, 6–1, [5–10] |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>4–3</small> |{{dts|Aug 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Essen, <br/> Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Wunner |{{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Rüpke <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Tom Schönenberg |6–2, 6–2 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>4–4</small> |{{dts|Nov 2018}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Helsinki, <br/> Finland |Hard |{{flagicon|FIN}} Otto Virtanen |{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Mayer <br/> {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Vasilenko |6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 3–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>5–4</small> |{{dts|Aug 2019}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Überlingen, <br/> Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Valentin Günther |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Mick Veldheer]] <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Leopold Zima |6–3, 6–3 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>5–5</small> |{{dts|Apr 2023}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Reus, <br/> Spain |Clay |{{flagicon|NED}} Ryan Nijboer |{{flagicon|ESP}} Imanol López Morillo <br/> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Benjamín Winter López]] |6–4, 2–6, [6–10] |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>5–6</small> |{{dts|Nov 2023}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Sharm El Sheikh, <br/> Egypt |Hard |{{flagicon|UKR}} Vadym Ursu |{{flagicon|}} [[Ilia Simakin]] <br/> {{flagicon|}} [[Petr Bar Biryukov]] |6–4, 3–6, [7–10] |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>5–7</small> |{{dts|Aug 2024}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Ystad, <br/> Sweden |Clay |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Christian Sigsgaard]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Erik Grevelius]] <br/> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Adam Heinonen]] |4–6, 4–6 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>6–7</small> |{{dts|Sep 2024}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Pozzuoli, <br/> Italy |Hard |{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Reitano |{{flagicon|USA}} Henry Barrett <br/> {{flagicon|POL}} [[Filip Peliwo]] |6–2, 6–1 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>7–7</small> |{{dts|Sep 2024}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Satu Mare, <br/> Romania |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Tim Rühl]] |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] <br/> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vladyslav Orlov]] |7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–3 |- |style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |<small>8–7</small> |{{dts|Jun 2025}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Kamen, <br/> Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|RSA}} Alec Beckley |{{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Jupa <br/> {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Nicod |6–1, 3–6, [10–6] |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>8–8</small> |{{dts|Aug 2025}} |bgcolor=cffcff|Überlingen, <br/> Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Niklas Schell |{{flagicon|GER}} Jannik Maute <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Sydney Zick |6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, [8–10] |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}
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