David Pel

David Pel (born 9 July 1991) is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 22 June 2026 and a singles ranking of No. 885 achieved on 1 May 2017. Pel was a Grand Slam finalist at 2025 Wimbledon with Rinky Hijikata. He has won two doubles ATP titles.

Pel competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's circuit where he has a 19–16 win-loss record in Challenger finals and a 11–12 record in ITF career doubles finals.

Career 2017: ATP debut Pel made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Ricoh Open in the doubles draw partnering Tallon Griekspoor. They were defeated by Santiago González and Adil Shamasdin in the first round.

2021: First ATP doubles title Partnering Sander Arends, he won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swedish Open, defeating Andre Begemann and Albano Olivetti in the final.

2025: Wimbledon finalist, top 30 in doubles At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships Hijikata reached the final with Rinky Hijikata as alternate pair, defeating third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz and top seeds and world No. 1 duo Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic en route. They lost the championship match to fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.

Performance timeline

Doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–1)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–3)Titles by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (1–0)Grass (1–1)Titles by settingOutdoor (2–1)Indoor (0–2)

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Doubles: 64 (33–31) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (22–19)ITF Futures Tour (11–12)Titles by surfaceHard (17–17)Clay (15–10)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–4)