Jürgen Melzer

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Jürgen Melzer
Country Flag of Austria Austria
Residence Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
Date of birth May 22, 1981
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 182cm (6ft 0in)
Weight 75kg (165lb)
Turned Pro 1999
Plays Left; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money $2,049,667
Singles
Career record: 121-124
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 28 (March 05, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3rd (2004, 2005)
French Open 3rd(2005)
Wimbledon 3rd (2005)
U.S. Open 3rd (2004)
Doubles
Career record: 96-74
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: 17 (March 19, 2007)

Jürgen Melzer (born May 22, 1981) is a male Austrian tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of #28 in the world on March 05, 2007, and a doubles ranking of #17 on March 19, 2007. Melzer plays left-handed and is 6'0" tall. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. On Sunday July 16, he won the doubles title at the 2006 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tenis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, with his American playing partner Robert Kendrick. In the final, the duo beat South African Jeff Coetzee and the unfortunate American Justin Gimelstob, who also lost the singles final on the same day. Melzer won the final of the ATP tournament in Bucharest beating Filippo Volandri in the final (6-1, 7-5).

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[edit] Titles (4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)

[edit] Singles (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the Final Score
1. September 17, 2006 Bucharest, Romania Clay Flag of Italy Filippo Volandri 6-1 7-5

[edit] Singles Finalist (4)

[edit] Doubles (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. October 30, 2005 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Flag of Austria Julian Knowle Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi
Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman
4-6 7-5 7-5
2. April 30, 2006 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Flag of Austria Julian Knowle Flag of Germany Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Germany Alexander Waske
6-3 6-4
3. July 16, 2006 Newport, Rhode Island Grass Flag of United States Robert Kendrick Flag of South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Flag of United States Justin Gimelstob
7-6 6-0

[edit] Doubles Finalist (7)

[edit] External links and references

  • ATP profile - [1]
  • Official site - [2]