Draft:Guy Den Ouden

Guy Den Ouden (born 8 April 2002) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career high ranking of 330 achieved on 8 January 2024.

Early and personal life
From Maarssen, in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, he is the son of Arnoud and Anne Den Ouden, who were both keen tennis players. Guy played football at VV Maarssen before concentrating on tennis. He trained at the National Tennis Center with senior pros such as Botic van de Zandschulp, Robin Haase and Jesper de Jong and became Dutch champion at U16 and U18 level.

Junior career
As a junior, he reached the semi-final at the 2020 French Open – Boys' singles. He was the first Dutch person to have achieved this since Thiemo de Bakker in 2006. His run that included a win over the second seed and 2020 Australian Open - Boys' singles finalist Arthur Cazaux.

Senior career
In 2022, Den Ouden won five ITF tournaments and his ranking climbed inside the top 500 for the first time, before being sidelined by injury. Upon his return he was chosen as a training partner for the Dutch Davis Cup team.

In June 2023, Den Ouden won a ITF tournament in Aarhus, Denmark. The following month he was a beaten finalist at a tournament in The Hague. In November 2023, Den Ouden defeated Arthur Gea to win an ITF Futures hard court tournament in Heraklion.

He was given a wildcard into qualifying for the 2024 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam in February 2024, where he was drawn against Pablo Llamas Ruiz.

Personal life
In 2020, he began attendance at Pepperdine University in California.