Jürgen Melzer

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Jurgen Melzer
country= AUT


residence= Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
datebirth= birth date and age|1981|5|22
placebirth= Vienna, Austria
height= height|m=1.82
weight= convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 1999
plays= Left-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $2,834,413
singlesrecord= 162–165
singlestitles= 1
highestsinglesranking= No. 28 (March 05, 2007)
AustralianOpenresult= 3R (2004, 2005)
FrenchOpenresult= 3R(2005, 2008)
Wimbledonresult= 3R (2005, 2008)
USOpenresult= 3R (2004, 2008)
doublesrecord= 126–101
doublestitles= 4
highestdoublesranking= 17 (March 19, 2007)
updated = September 29, 2008

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).Jürgen has dated WTA players Anastasia Myskina and Nicole Vaidisova.

ATP Tour Titles

Doubles Finalist (11)

* 2002: Newport (w/ Alexander Popp) (lost to Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan)
* 2003: Newport (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Jordan Kerr / David Macpherson)
* 2003: Kitzbuhel (w/ Alexander Peya) (lost to Martin Damm / Cyril Suk)
* 2006: Houston (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Waske)
* 2006: Metz (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Richard Gasquet / Fabrice Santoro)
* 2006: Vienna (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Petr Pala / Pavel Vizner)
* 2006: St. Petersburg (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry)
* 2007: Memphis (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Eric Butorac / Jamie Murray)
* 2007: St. Petersburg (w/ Todd Perry) (lost to Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic)
* 2008: Auckland (w/ Xavier Malisse) (lost to Luis Horna / Juan Monaco)
* 2008: Pörtschach (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Marcelo Melo / Andre Sa)

External links and references

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* [http://www.juergenmelzer.com/ Official site]