Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink 
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| Birthday: | April 14, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 183 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 73 kg | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Left | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 4,347,693 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 325: 304 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 14 (October 12 1998) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 246: 207 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 16 (October 14 1996) | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Jan Siemerink (born April 14, 1970 in Rijnsburg , South Holland ) is a former Dutch tennis player .
Siemerink won four tournaments in singles and eleven in doubles and was able to surprise again and again with individual victories against the best tennis players in the world. He defeated nine of the former world number one .
However, he achieved his greatest successes in doubles with the tournament victories at the Masters Series tournaments in Monte Carlo and Key Biscayne ( Miami Masters ).
He also played for the Netherlands in the Davis Cup and participated in the Olympic Games in Barcelona and in 1996 in Atlanta .
Jan Siemerink has been the captain of the Dutch Davis Cup team since January 2007. His greatest success so far as team captain was qualifying for the 2009 World Group. However, the Netherlands lost to Argentina 0-5 in the first round. For the 2010 world group, Siemerink and his team could not qualify.
Since February 2018, Siemerink has also been the team manager of the Dutch football club Ajax Amsterdam .
successes
singles
Victories
| No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Bottom line |
| 1. | April 22, 1991 |
 Singapore
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Hard court |
 Gilad Bloom
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6: 4, 6: 3 |
| 2. | June 23, 1996 |
 Nottingham
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race |
 Sandon Stolle
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6: 3, 7: 6 |
| 3. | March 8, 1998 |
Rotterdam
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Carpet (i) |
 Thomas Johansson
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7: 6 2 , 6: 2 |
| 4th | October 4, 1998 |
 Toulouse
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Hard court |
Greg Rusedski
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6: 4, 6: 4 |
Final participation
| No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Bottom line |
| 1. | October 20, 1991 |
 Vienna
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Carpet (i) |
 Michael Stich
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4: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6 |
| 2. | February 7, 1993 |
Marseille
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Carpet (i) |
 Marc Rosset
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2: 6, 6: 7 1 |
| 3. | July 30, 1995 |
Amsterdam
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sand |
 Marcelo Ríos
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4: 6, 5: 7, 4: 6 |
| 4th | August 27, 1995 |
 long Island
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Hard court |
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
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6: 7, 2: 6 |
| 5. | October 1, 1995 |
Basel
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Hard court (i) |
Jim Courier
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7: 6 2 , 6: 7 5 , 7: 5, 2: 6, 5: 7 |
| 6th | August 18, 1996 |
New Haven
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Hard court |
Alex O'Brien
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6: 7 6 , 4: 6 |
| 7th | October 13, 1996 |
Vienna
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Carpet (i) |
Boris Becker
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4: 6, 7: 6 7 , 2: 6, 3: 6 |
| 8th. | November 9, 1997 |
Stockholm
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Hard court |
Jonas Björkman
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6: 3, 6: 7 2 , 2: 6, 4: 6 |
Tournament wins - doubles
Siemerink won 11 tournaments in doubles in his career. The two most important tournament victories were the Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo and Key Biscayne ( Miami Masters ).
| Tournament wins double | |||
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| year | competition | partner | |
| 2000 | Orlando |
 Leander Paes
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| 1999 | 's-Hertogenbosch |
Leander Paes
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| 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch |
Guillaume Raoux
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| 1996 | Monte Carlo Masters |
 Ellis Ferreira
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| Sydney | |||
| 1995 | Vienna | ||
| 's-Hertogenbosch |
Richard Krajicek
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| 1994 | Hilversum |
 Daniel Orsanic
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| Marseille |
 Daniel Vacek
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| 1993 | Miami Masters |
Richard Krajicek
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| 1991 | Hilversum | ||
Davis Cup
Between 1991 and 2001, Siemerink competed for the Netherlands 21 times in singles (13 wins) and 6 times in doubles in the Davis Cup. He won 13 singles and 4 doubles. His greatest success was reaching the semi-finals of the world group in 2001. In the quarter-finals, Siemerink made a significant contribution to the 4-1 against Germany with wins against Nicolas Kiefer and David Prinosil .
Olympic games
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1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta : First round loss to Todd Woodbridge
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1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona : first round loss to Leonardo Lavalle
Web links
- ATP profile of Jan Siemerink (English)
- ITF profile of Jan Siemerink (English)
- Davis Cup Statistics for Jan Siemerink (English)
- www.jansiemerink.nl
- Jan Siemerink in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Siemerink nieuwe team manager Ajax. In: ajax.nl. Retrieved February 24, 2018 (Dutch).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Siemerink, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rijnsburg , South Holland , Netherlands |