About Jürgen Melzer
Began playing tennis at age nine...Father, Rudolf, is a businessman and mayor of his hometown Deutsch-Wagram; mother, Michaela, is a saleswoman and has one younger brother, Gerald...Speaks German, English and French...Childhood idols were Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich and Patrick Rafter...Captured Wimbledon junior title (d. Pless) in 1999...Hobbies include watching his favorite soccer teams, Bayern Munich and Austria Wien, playing golf and going to movies...Favorite shot is backhand drop shot...Has a 17-27 career Davis Cup record (10-19 in singles) in 20 ties since 1999...Fitness trainer is Manfred Kogler and coached by former ATP pro Joakim Nystrom (since November 2007).
Year in Review
2010
Reached Auckland QFs (l. to Clement) and Zagreb SFs (l. to Cilic), going 5-4 through first four tournaments…In doubles play (w/Petzschner) reached Brisbane SFs and won first ATP World Tour title at Zagreb…Beat No. 1 Cermak-Mertinak in QFs, No. 3 Damm-Polasek in SFs, before edging Clement-O. Rochus 36 63 10-8 in a 77-minute final…Was his seventh doubles title in 19 finals...In February continued fine singles form, reaching Rotterdam QFs (l. to Davydenko) and Dubai SFs (l. to Youzhny)...Went on to represent Austria versus Slovak Republic in Davis Cup Euro-African zone tie, winning two singles rubbers over Klizan and Lacko and one doubles rubber (w/Knowle)...
At Indian Wells, as No. 22 seed, reached 4th RD before falling to No. 7 seed Roddick 76(5) 64...best ATP World Tour Masters 1000 performance since making Toronto QFs in August 2004...As No. 23 in Miami, beat Falla before losing to No. 10 seed Verdasco 36 76(4) 61 in 3rd RD...
Career Highlights
2009 -- The top Austrian was one of two players to finish in Top 30 in both singles (28) and doubles (26) — Robredo also accomplished the feat…Won his second career ATP World Tour title in Vienna in October, defeating Stepanek, Tipsarevic and Cilic in last three rounds…Posted a 8-14 mark until mid-May before reaching QF in Kitzbühel (l to. Youzhny), Halle (l. to Djokovic) and Båstad (l. to Vinciguerra) in five event span…Followed with SF appearance in Umag (l. to Davydenko)…On hard courts, reached QF in New Haven (l. to Verdasco) and SF in Bangkok (l. to Simon)…Also advanced to 3rd RD at Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon…In doubles, won titles in Tokyo and New Haven and reached SF at Miami* and Shanghai* (all w/Knowle)…Finished with a personal-best 36-29 record and earned a career-high $866,529…Went 1-10 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 19-17 on hard, 13-10 on clay and 4-2 on grass.
2008 -- The top Austrian finished a year-end best No. 34 highlighted by a runner-up showing in Kitzbuhel...After a 6-11 start in first four months, put together a 24-15 mark from May-on...Turned things around on home soil in Poertschach where he reached QF...Followed with 3rd RD at Roland Garros (l. Monfils in five sets)...On grass, advanced to QF at 's-Hertogenbosch and 3rd RD at Wimbledon (l. to Clement)...Returned to clay in July and reached final in Kitzbuhel (l. to del Potro)...At Beijing Olympics, turned in a QF effort (l. to Nadal) and followed with 3rd RD at US Open (l. to Murray in five sets)...Then helped his country into '09 Davis Cup World Group vs. Great Britain by defeating Bogdanovic...During indoor circuit reached QF in Bangkok (l. to Tsonga) and Vienna (l. to Lopez)...Went 1-6 vs. Top 10 opponents with lone win over No. 10 Wawrinka at Olympics...Compiled marks of 17-15 on hard, 8-7 on clay and 5-4 on grass...Earned a career-high $574,640.
2007 – Finished in Top 60 for fourth straight year highlighted by a runner-up showing in Las Vegas (l. to Hewitt)...Began season with SF in Sydney (d. Berdych, W/O vs. Blake)...On clay, advanced to QF in Houston (l. to Zabaleta) and Munich (l. to Youzhny) along with 3rd RD at AMS Hamburg (d. Gasquet, l. to Gonzalez)...Suffered a left wrist injury in Halle and withdrew from Wimbledon, snapping a streak of 20 consecutive Grand Slams played...After missing seven weeks returned in August and reached 3rd RD at AMS Cincinnati (d. Karlovic, Ancic, l. to Hewitt)...In September, won both of his singles matches against Brazil in Davis Cup playoff tie to help Austria qualify for 2008 World Group...In doubles, reached final in Memphis (w/Knowle) and St. Petersburg (w/Perry).
2006 – Compiled his best results by appearing in a career-high three ATP finals, winning his first title, and putting together a personal-best 33 match wins...Began year with a 1-8 mark through March before reaching the Houston final (l. to Fish)...Followed with SF in Munich (l. to O. Rochus) and QF in Portschach (d. Gasquet, l. to Novak)...Compiled a 21-9 record from July-on...Won his first ATP title in Bucharest (d. Volandri) and reached final in Metz (l. to Djokovic)...Also a SF in Newport and QF in Kitzbuhel, New Haven and Vienna...Compiled records of 20-10 on clay, 9-11 on hard, 4-4 on grass...In doubles, titled in Casablanca (w/Knowle) and Newport (w/Kendrick)...Finalist in Houston, Metz (had 6 M.P.), Vienna (had 1 M.P.) and St. Petersburg (all w/Knowle)...Finished No. 11 in ATP Doubles Race (w/Knowle) and a year-end best No. 22 individually...
2005 – Reached SF in San Jose (l. to Saulnier) and Houston (l. to Roddick)...Finalist in St. Polten (l. to Davydenko)...Reached career-best 3rd RD at Roland Garros (l. to Coria) and Wimbledon (l. to Coria)...In doubles, captured first career ATP title in St. Petersburg (w/Knowle)...
2004 – Finished as No. 1 Austrian for first time...Won Boca Raton Challenger (d. Enqvist)...Advanced to SF in St. Polten (l. to Malisse)...Reached QF in Houston (l. to Roddick), AMS Hamburg (d. Massu, Safin; l. to Hewitt), AMS Toronto and Lyon...In Toronto, posted Top 20 wins over Hrbaty, Agassi and Gonzalez before falling to Kiefer...
2003 – Reached first ATP singles final in Newport (l. to Ginepri)...Also doubles finalist (w/Knowle)...Advanced to SF in Houston...Runner-up at two Challengers...In doubles, also reached final in Kitzbuhel (w/Peya)...
2002 – Finished in Top 100 for first time...Reached first ATP QF in St. Polten and first ATP SF in Umag (l. to eventual champion Moya)...Finished year with QF in native Vienna, upsetting Haas in 2nd RD (l. to Novak)...Also finalist at two Challenger events...In doubles, advanced to first ATP final in Newport (w/Popp) and won Challenger title in Andrezieux (w/Knowle)...
2001 – Won Challenger title in Monchengladbach (d. Knippschild)...
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