Frederic Niemeyer was born on April 24,1976 and is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and current tennis coach at Tennis Canada.
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66 Facts About Fred Niemeyer
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Fred Niemeyer reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No 142, achieved on 5 August 2002.
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Fred Niemeyer reached the Wimbledon doubles second round on two occasions, in 2005 partnering Glenn Weiner, and again the following year with Tuomas Ketola.
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Fred Niemeyer had multiple stints as Canada's number one over the next three years alternating with Simon Larose and Frank Dancevic until 30 January 2006 when he was permanently displaced by Dancevic.
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Fred Niemeyer was named Canada's tennis Player of the Year for 2002.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in the finals to Michael Russell at the Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships.
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Fred Niemeyer received a wild card at the Canadian Open losing in his opening match to Italian World No 132 Vincenzo Santopadre, and lost his opening match in doubles, again partnering Kokavec.
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Fred Niemeyer started off the year brightly, reaching the semi-finals of USA F1 as the No 8 seed in singles, where he lost to then World No 682 James Blake.
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In doubles, Fred Niemeyer lost in the second round of both USA F1 and F2 partnering compatriot Dave Abelson, then again in the same round in Amarillo.
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Fred Niemeyer attempted for the first time to qualify for Wimbledon, but lost to Max Mirnyi in three sets.
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At Canada F3 Fred Niemeyer reached the quarters in singles, as the No 3 seed, but lost his opening match in doubles.
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Two weeks again, Fred Niemeyer was again with the Davis Cup team in a tie with a strong Bahamas, featuring Mark Knowles and Roger Smith.
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Fred Niemeyer won his dead rubber handily over unheralded Lavaughan Munroe.
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Fred Niemeyer again lost in the opening round in doubles, this time partnering Guillaume Raoux.
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Fred Niemeyer next attempted to qualify for the main draw of the Washington Open, but lost in the second round.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in qualifying for the Hamlet Cup, in the first round.
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Three weeks later, Fred Niemeyer won his first doubles title of his career, the USA F16 in Phoenix, partnering compatriot Jerry Turek.
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Fred Niemeyer won his first singles title the following week at the Champaign Challenger, winning a tight three-set final over compatriot and then No 107 Sebastien Lareau.
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Fred Niemeyer would go on to lose in the opening round of the Burbank Challenger the following week.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in the second round too in doubles, partnering Stefano Galvani.
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The following week Fred Niemeyer reached the second round in singles at the 16th Eisenberg Jerusalem Open, and the lost in the first round in doubles.
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Fred Niemeyer did attempt to qualify for Wimbledon but lost in the first round of qualifying to Martin Lee.
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Fred Niemeyer took the opening set off Max Mirnyi but lost for the fourth straight time in the first round of the Canadian Open.
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In singles, Fred Niemeyer again failed to win a match, this time losing World No 257 Rodolphe Cadart.
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Fred Niemeyer again attempted to qualify for the Legg Mason in Washington, DC and the Hamlet Cup in on Long Island but lost in the first round on both occasions.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in the second round of qualifying for the US Open in singles, to No 11 seed Takao Suzuki.
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The following week at France F18, the unseeded Fred Niemeyer lost his only singles match and reached the second round in doubles, playing alongside Yves Allegro.
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The following week Fred Niemeyer played USA F23 in Waco, reaching the semis in both singles and doubles.
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Meanwhile, in singles, Fred Niemeyer lost both times in the Far East in the first round of the main draw.
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Fred Niemeyer finally won a Challenger event singles match when he defeated Glenn Weiner in the first round in Knoxville.
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Fred Niemeyer had a successful year in doubles however, improving from a ranking of World No 380 to No 245 for the same dates, and claiming two titles, one runners-up, and three semi-finals appearances.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in the first round of USA F2 and F3 to far lesser ranked opponents in singles, but reached the semis of F2 and won F3 partnering his first-ever partner, fellow Quebecer Jocelyn Robichaud.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in the second round of qualifying in singles for the Dallas Challenger, he reached semis in doubles partnering Marcos Ondruska.
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Fred Niemeyer competed in live rubbers for the first time, losing in straight sets in the tie's second match, to Franco Squillari.
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Fred Niemeyer saw doubles action for the first time, partnering Robichaud.
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Immediately following the tie, Fred Niemeyer contested singles at USA F9, but retired from his first round match.
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Fred Niemeyer reached the quarter-finals of Mexico F5 as the top seed.
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Fred Niemeyer won the first set before losing to Sargis Sargsian.
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The following week saw Fred Niemeyer be the Canadian Davis Cup hero, as he won the deciding rubber, in four sets, over Miguel Gallardo-Valles of Mexico at the Chapultepec Sports Club, in zonal play-offs tie.
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Fred Niemeyer continued the same schedule as the previous summer, playing Binghamton, where he and partner Kokavec, unseeded, won the doubles.
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In qualifying for the US Open in singles, Fred Niemeyer lost in the second round to Australian veteran Todd Woodbridge.
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The following week, as a Special Entry and No 1 seed, Fred Niemeyer claimed a second singles title, and his fourth on tour, winning France F 18 in Nevers.
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Fred Niemeyer began the year with a bang, winning his second ever singles title at the Sao Paulo Challenger.
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Fred Niemeyer won the doubles title, as the top seeds, partnering Brandon Coupe.
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Again not attempting to qualify for the Australian Open, Fred Niemeyer next competed at the Dallas Challenger reaching the second round in singles, going out in three close sets to top seed Cecil Mamiit, and won the doubles, partnering Giorgio Galimberti.
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The following week in Davis Cup, Canada defeated Mexico in Waterloo, Ontario on carpet, as Fred Niemeyer took the opening singles rubber as well as the doubles match, partnering Daniel Nestor for the first time.
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Two weeks later, as the tournament No 4 seed, Fred Niemeyer lost in the first round of the LTA Hull Challenger in England.
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The following week at France F6, as the No 4 seed, Fred Niemeyer lost in the first round in singles and did not compete in doubles.
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Fred Niemeyer won the opening singles over World No 14 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile as Canada swept the fancied South Americans, in Calgary on carpet, to qualify for World Group qualifying round.
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The following week, on clay at the ARMS USTA Challenger, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Fred Niemeyer again lost in the first round in singles and the semi-finals in doubles, playing alongside Cecil Mamiit.
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Recovering, Fred Niemeyer reached the qualifying round of the Gerry Weber Open, as the No 8 seed, losing in three sets to No 2 seed Radek Stepanek.
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Fred Niemeyer lost handily in the first round of qualifying for singles at Wimbledon as well as in the second round in doubles qualification, partnering Belgian Elseneer.
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Fred Niemeyer returned to North America to play Granby for the sixth consecutive time, matching his singles result of the previous year, losing in the semis to World No 219 and eventual champion Peter Luczak.
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Fred Niemeyer lost in the first round the following week at the Aptos Challenger in both singles and doubles.
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Not playing Binghamton this year, Fred Niemeyer lost in the first round of the Bronx Classic in both singles and doubles the following week.
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Fred Niemeyer fell in the final qualifying round at Wimbledon to Izak van der Merwe after having defeated two higher ranked players, Harel Levy and Lukas Dlouhy in the first two.
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Fred Niemeyer was again named to the Canadian team for the tie against Peru.
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Fred Niemeyer received a wild card entry into the main singles draw of the Rogers Cup.
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Fred Niemeyer announced in his retirement in November 2009, and stated his intention to coach Milos Raonic.
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Fred Niemeyer competed in both singles and doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, reaching the second round in doubles partnering Daniel Nestor.
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Fred Niemeyer did the same for the 2008 Olympics, participating in the singles tournament as a late replacement.
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