Jürgen Melzer

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**Jurgen Melzer**

Country	Austria
Residence	Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
Date of birth	May 22, 1981 (1981-05-22) (age 27)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	182cm (6ft 0in)
Weight	75kg (165lb)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Left-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$2,474,449
Singles
Career record:	143 - 154
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 28 (March 05, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2004, 2005)
French Open	3rd(2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	3rd (2005)
US Open	3rd (2004)
Doubles
Career record:	115 - 92
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	17 (March 19, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: May 26, 2008.

Jurgen Melzer (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). Jurgen has also dated WTA players Anastasia Myskina and Nicole Vaidisova. Both relationships failed.

1 Titles (4)
2 External links and references

[edit] Titles (4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)

[edit] Singles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the Final	Score
1.	17 September 2006	Bucharest	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–1, 7–5

[edit] Singles Finalist (5)

2003: Newport (lost to Robby Ginepri)
2005: St. Pölten (lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
2006: Houston (lost to Mardy Fish)
2006: Metz (lost to Novak Djokovic)
2007: Las Vegas (lost to Lleyton Hewitt)

[edit] Doubles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 30, 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Julian Knowle	Max Mirnyi Jonas Bjorkman	4–6 7–5 7–5
2.	April 30, 2006	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Julian Knowle	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	6–3 6–4
3.	July 16, 2006	Newport, Rhode Island	Grass	Robert Kendrick	Jeff Coetzee Justin Gimelstob	7–6 6–0