- 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
Austria ntennis player. He reached a career high ranking of #28 in the world onMarch 05 ,2007 , and a doubles ranking of #17 onMarch 19 ,2007 . Melzer plays left-handed and is 6'0" tall. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. On SundayJuly 16 , he won the doubles title at the 2006 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tenis Championships inNewport, Rhode Island , with his American playing partnerRobert Kendrick . In the final, the duo beatSouth Africa nJeff Coetzee and the unfortunate AmericanJustin Gimelstob , who also lost the singles final on the same day. Melzer won the final of the ATP tournament inBucharest beatingFilippo Volandri in the final (6–1, 7–5).Jürgen has dated WTA playersAnastasia Myskina andNicole Vaidisova .ATP Tour TitlesDoubles Finalist (11)
* 2002: Newport (w/
Alexander Popp ) (lost toBob Bryan /Mike Bryan )
* 2003: Newport (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toJordan Kerr / David Macpherson)
* 2003: Kitzbuhel (w/Alexander Peya ) (lost toMartin Damm /Cyril Suk )
* 2006: Houston (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toMichael Kohlmann /Alexander Waske )
* 2006: Metz (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toRichard Gasquet /Fabrice Santoro )
* 2006: Vienna (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toPetr Pala /Pavel Vizner )
* 2006: St. Petersburg (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toSimon Aspelin /Todd Perry )
* 2007: Memphis (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toEric Butorac /Jamie Murray )
* 2007: St. Petersburg (w/Todd Perry ) (lost toDaniel Nestor /Nenad Zimonjic )
* 2008: Auckland (w/Xavier Malisse ) (lost toLuis Horna /Juan Monaco )
* 2008: Pörtschach (w/Julian Knowle ) (lost toMarcelo Melo /Andre Sa )External links and references
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* [http://www.juergenmelzer.com/ Official site]
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