Gerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer | |||||||||||||
Melzer 2019 in Paris | |||||||||||||
Nation: | Austria | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | July 13, 1990 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 188 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 80 kg | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 2007 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Left, two-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Trainer: | Werner Eschauer | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 871,161 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 20:34 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 68 (November 8, 2016) | ||||||||||||
Current placement: | 288 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 4:10 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 197 (April 28, 2014) | ||||||||||||
Current placement: | 480 | ||||||||||||
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Last update of the infobox: March 25, 2019 |
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Gerald Melzer (born July 13, 1990 in Vienna ) is an Austrian tennis player .
biography
Gerald Melzer's father, Kommerzialrat Rudolf Melzer ( SPÖ ), was mayor of Deutsch-Wagram from 1998 to 2001 ; his mother Michaela Melzer is an employee. His older brother Jürgen Melzer is one of the most successful Austrian tennis players.
Career
2008 to 2010
Melzer's greatest success in 2008 was surviving the qualification and reaching the 2nd round of the ATP Challenger tournament in Graz . He also won the double title at the same tournament together with his brother Jürgen.
In July 2010 Gerald Melzer survived the qualification of the ATP tournament in Umag and was thus in the main competition of an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time . There he failed already in the first round against the Czech Jan Hájek with 4: 6, 3: 6. In September of the same year he won his first three futures tournaments in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.
Since 2011
After a mediocre start to the season with some first and second round defeats, Melzer won his fourth future in the United States in May 2011 and moved into the finals of the doubles competition at the same tournament. In November Melzer successfully defended his title in the futures in Burundi and Rwanda. In October Melzer took part for the second time in the main competition of the ATP double tournament in Vienna , but failed, as in the previous year, in the first round.
Melzer won further futures in 2012 as well as his second tournament in the Challenger category.
In April 2013 Melzer survived the qualification in Houston and was in the main draw of an ATP tournament for the second time in his career. However, he clearly failed in the first round with 6: 2 and 6: 2 against the Italian Paolo Lorenzi .
In 2014 he made his debut for the Austrian Davis Cup team in Europe-Africa Zone I against Slovakia. However, in the last game, which was of no importance for Slovakia when the score was 3: 1.
2015 he won the Davis Cup in early March in the Euro-African Zone I against Sweden in the last match of the decisive third point for Austria after his Davis Cup experienced brother and Jürgen both their opening single, the double at the side of Alexander Peya lost had, but Andreas Haider-Maurer had won his two singles.
successes
Legend (number of victories) |
Grand Slam |
Tennis Masters Cup |
ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 |
ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 |
ATP Challenger Tour (11) |
singles
Tournament victories
No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | February 22, 2014 | Morelos (1) | Hard court | Victor Estrella | 6: 1, 6: 4 |
2. | January 10, 2016 | Mendoza | sand | Axel Michon | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0 |
3. | January 31, 2016 | Bucaramanga | sand | Paolo Lorenzi | 6: 3, 6: 1 |
4th | 20th February 2016 | Morelos (2) | Hard court | Alejandro González | 7: 6 4 , 6: 3 |
5. | October 8, 2016 | Mohammedia | sand | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
6th | October 29, 2017 | Lima | sand | Jozef Kovalík | 7: 5, 7: 6 4 |
7th | 4th November 2017 | Guayaquil | sand | Facundo Bagnis | 6: 3, 6: 1 |
Double
Tournament victories
No. | date | competition | Topping | partner | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | August 2, 2008 | Graz | sand | Jürgen Melzer |
Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand |
1: 6, 7: 6 8 , [10: 4] |
2. | July 29, 2012 | Tampere | sand | Michael Linzer |
Niels Desein André Ghem |
6: 1, 7: 6 3 |
3. | February 22, 2014 | Morelos | Hard court | Andrei Martin |
Alejandro Moreno Figueroa Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
6: 2, 6: 4 |
4th | 29th July 2017 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | sand | Guido Andreozzi |
Steven De Waard Ben McLachlan |
6: 2, 7: 6 4 |
Web links
- ATP profile of Gerald Melzer (English)
- ITF profile of Gerald Melzer (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Gerald Melzer (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ^ The other Melzer as a match winner for Austria. In: derstandard.at. March 8, 2015, accessed July 13, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Melzer, Gerald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |