- Jan Siemerink
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Jan Siemerink
nickname =
country = NED
residence =Monte Carlo ,Monaco
datebirth = birth date and age|1970|4|14
placebirth =Rijnsburg ,Netherlands
height = height|m=1.82
weight = convert|73|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1989
retired = 2002
plays = Left-handed; One-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = $4,347,693
singlesrecord = 273–272
singlestitles = 4
highestsinglesranking = 14 (October 12 ,1998 )
AustralianOpenresult = R4 (1991)
FrenchOpenresult = R3 (1997)
Wimbledonresult = QF (1998)
USOpenresult = R4 (1998)
doublesrecord = 203–185
doublestitles = 10
highestdoublesranking = 16 (October 14 ,1996 )
updated =May 31 ,2007 Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink (born
April 14 ,1970 inRijnsburg ,Zuid-Holland ) is a former professional tennis player from theNetherlands .As a junior player, Siemerink was the Dutch 18-under champion in 1988. He also won the doubles title at the 1988 Orange Bowl junior championship in
Florida .Siemerink turned professional in 1989. Over the course of his career he won four top-level singles titles (at
Singapore in 1991,Nottingham in 1996, and at Rotterdam andToulouse in 1998). He also won ten tour doubles titles, the most significant of which were theMiami Masters in 1993 and theMonte Carlo Masters in 1996.Siemerink's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1998, where he reached the quarter-finals before being knocked-out by
Goran Ivanišević .Siemerink played for the Netherlands in the
Davis Cup between 1991 and 2001, compiling a 17–10 record. He helped the Netherlands reach the World Group semi-finals in 2001.Siemerink's career-high rankings were World No. 14 in singles (in 1998) and World No. 16 in doubles (in 1996). His career prize-money totalled US$4,347,693. He retired from the professional tour in 2002.
Afterwards he became a tennis analyst and commentator for TV channel RTL 5 in the Netherlands, until he was appointed Davis Cup Captain of the Dutch Team in December 2006.
External links
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* [http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=10001275 Davis Cup record]
* [http://www.jansiemerink.nl www.jansiemerink.nl]
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