Status
- Coaching Matwe Middelkoop, Bart Stevens
- Middelkoop has been a member of Tennis Academy Henk van Hulst since he was 12 years old. Went from no ranking to doubles World No. 26 and singles World No. 197.
- Middelkoop won the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam in 2022, and also reached the final in 2017. He reached the men's doubles semi-finals at Roland Garros in 2023 and the mixed doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2019.
- Stevens has been a member of Tennis Academy Henk van Hulst since he was 11 years old. Went from no ranking to breaking into doubles Top 75.
Coaching Career Highlights
- Worked with Sjeng Schalken for seven years, member of Tennis Academy Henk van Hulst since he was 12 years old. Schalken reached a career-high World No. 11. Accomplishments under van Hulst's tutelage included a run to the US Open semi-finals and quarter-finals, Wimbledon quarter-finals, fourth round at the Australian Open and title in 's-Hertogenbosch.
- Helped guide Schalken to semi-finals at tour-level events in Casablanca and Chennai
- Worked with John van Lottum for two years, during which he climbed from World No. 145 to World No. 109 and reached the third round of the 1997 US Open and semi-finals in San Jose.
- Worked with Jesse Huta Galung for four years, during which he ascended from World No. 195 to World No. 110. Huta Galung won an ATP Challenger Tour event in Scheveningen under van Hulst.
- Tennis Acadamy Henk van Hulst website: tennisvanhulst.nl; Instagram: tennis_academy_ henk_van _hulst
Personal
- Proud of the careers of Sjeng Schalken (Schalken reached a career-high World No. 11), Matwé Middelkoop and Bart Stevens.
- Instagram: willemjan_van_hulst
- In 2011, founded GO4SLAM, a platform where the business community comes together and supports talent development in many ways. The goal of the programme is to provide players with optimal opportunities in their path to playing Grand Slams. Website: go4slam.nl; Instagram: go4slam
- Married to Eugenie and enjoys his four children: Dominique, Dean, Yentel, Sterre, and three grandchildren.
