Schalk van der Merwe

Schalk van der Merwe

Country	South Africa
Born	(1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 Robertson South Africa
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	10-20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 157 (3 Jan 1983)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	2R (1982)
US Open	3R (1982)
Doubles
Career record	23-32
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 81 (3 Jan 1983)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (1982)
Wimbledon	2R (1981, 1982)
Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (1982)
US Open	1R (1982)

Schalk van der Merwe (born 16 April 1961) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Career

Van der Merwe was a quarter-finalist in the juniors events at the 1978 US Open and 1979 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

In 1982, van der Merwe had his best season on tour.^[2] He reached the quarter-finals in Metz and was a doubles runner-up in the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, partnering Freddie Sauer.^[2] The South African made it to the third round in the 1982 US Open, with wins over Derek Tarr and Raul Ramirez, before losing to Bob Lutz in four sets.^[2] In Wimbledon he started the tournament by defeating Terry Moor and then lost a marathon second round match to Steve Denton.^[2] His match against Denton had to be stopped due to darkness, with the scores level at 10-10 in the fifth set.^[3] When play resumed the following day, Denton finished on top, 13-11.^[2] He did however make the third round of the mixed doubles, with Yvonne Vermaak as his partner.^[4]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1982	Boston, United States	Clay	Freddie Sauer	Steve Meister Craig Wittus	2–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1982	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Freddie Sauer	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6–2, 6–1

References