Izak van der Merwe

Izak van der Merwe
Country  South Africa
Residence Stellenbosch, South Africa
Born 26 January 1984 (1984-01-26) (age 28)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2005
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money $237,031
Singles
Career record 11-10
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 113 (August 1, 2011)
Current ranking No. 115 (November 7, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open -
French Open Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon 1R (2008)
US Open -
Doubles
Career record 2-4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 122 (November 22, 2010)
Last updated on: January 17, 2011.

Izak van der Merwe (born January 26, 1984) is a male South African tennis player.

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Professional career

In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer. He would then go on to lose to Guillermo García-López 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

He says he tried to base his play on the former Wimbledon champion, Pete Sampras. [1]>

Singles Titles: (3)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
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 (0/0)
ATP Challenger Tour (3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winners 1. 8 August 2010 Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Ricardo Mello 7–6(6), 6–3
Winners 2. 17 April 2011 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Rik de Voest 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3
Winners 3. 6 November 2011 Charlottesville, United States Hard Jesse Levine 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ Izak's Wimbledon Story

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals Top ten African male singles tennis players as of September 19, 2011
1. Kevin Anderson (33 1) · 2. Izak van der Merwe (129 1) · 3. Rik de Voest (133 ) · 4. Malek Jaziri (142 12) · 5. Fritz Wolmarans (204 )
6. Raven Klaasen (244 3) · 7. Reda El Amrani (387 4) · 8. Ruan Roelofse (487 2) · 9. Mohamed Safwat (507 2) · 10. Takanyi Garanganga (615 1)