Fritz Wolmarans

Fritz Wolmarans
Nation:	South Africa
Birthday:	March 7, 1986
Resignation:	2015
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Stanford Boster
Prize money:	$ 172,382
singles
Career record:	4: 4
Highest ranking:	198 (May 16, 2011)
Double
Career record:	1: 2
Highest ranking:	412 (February 7, 2011)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Fritz Wolmarans (born March 7, 1986 in Bloemfontein ) is a former South African tennis player .

Career

Fritz Wolmarans was already quite successful as a junior and played for his country at the junior Davis Cup in 2002. He won the singles and doubles competition of the African Closed Junior Championships in 2003 and took part in three junior Grand Slam tournaments. The following year he played all four Grand Slams, where his best result was the third round at the Australian Open . His best placement was a 25th place in the individual ranking and a combined 12th place.

In 2002 Wolmarans started playing tournaments on the lower class ITF Future Tour . However, it was not until 2005 that he could reach a final for the first time. A year later he was able to win two singles and three doubles. He won a total of seven singles and five doubles titles on the Future Tour. In the same year he celebrated his Davis Cup premiere for the South African Davis Cup team against Latvia . In the 2007 season Wolmarans played regularly tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour . In the Davis Cup he was used in all three group games and the playoff games. He made it to Continental Group II with the Davis Cup team. He made his debut on the ATP World Tour in 2009 in Johannesburg . With his compatriot Izak van der Merwe he received a wildcard for the double field. In the first round they managed a surprise victory over the seeding list runners-up Eric Butorac and Ross Hutchins , before they were eliminated in the second round against eventual tournament winners James Cerretani and Dick Norman .

In 2010 Wolmarans played for the first time on the World Tour in the individual main draw by fighting his way through qualifying in Johannesburg . However, he was eliminated in two sets against Björn Phau in the first round . In the same year he ended his title slump, which had persisted since 2006, with three individual titles on the Future Tour. In addition, he celebrated his first success on the Challenger Tour. In Tulsa he won the double competition on the side of Andrew Anderson . In 2011 Wolmarans received another wildcard for the tournament in Johannesburg . This time he started in singles and doubles, where he made it into the second round in singles. A month later, he won his only individual title on the Challenger Tour. He managed to move into the final without losing a set, where he met the top seeded Bobby Reynolds . In a close match he prevailed in three sets and celebrated his greatest single triumph. In May of the same year he reached his best single place in the world rankings with a 198th place , while he never made it into the top 400 in doubles with a 412th place.

A year later he succeeded as a qualifier in Binghamton again a final at Challenger level; he lost there against Michael Yani in straight sets. In the following years he could not qualify for any tournament on the World Tour and he could not celebrate any further successes on the Challenger Tour, only on the Future Tour in 2014 he won one title each in singles and doubles. In 2015 Wolmarans was nominated again for the Davis Cup after eight years of absence and played the games against Turkey and Ireland . Overall, Wolmarans had an individual record of 6: 2 in the Davis Cup and 4: 0 in doubles. After he failed in the first qualifying round at the Challenger in Las Vegas , Wolmarans ended his career.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (2)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 20, 2011	Rimouski	Hard court (i)	Bobby Reynolds	6: 7 2 , 6: 3, 7: 6 3

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 18, 2010	Tulsa	Hard court	Andrew Anderson	Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann	6: 2, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Fritz Wolmarans (English)
• ITF profile of Fritz Wolmarans (English)
• ITF junior profile Fritz Wolmarans (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Fritz Wolmarans (English)