75 Facts About Jurgen Melzer

Jurgen Melzer was born on 22 May 1981 and is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

Jurgen Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No 6 in September 2010.

Jurgen Melzer has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he played doubles in several tournaments.

Jurgen Melzer ended this by reaching the semifinals of the 2010 French Open, losing to Rafael Nadal after coming from two sets down to defeat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

Jurgen Melzer had greater success in doubles, winning the men's doubles title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 US Open partnering Philipp Petzschner, as well as the mixed doubles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships partnering Iveta Benesova .

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Jurgen Melzer married Iveta Benesova, a WTA Tour tennis player, on 14 September 2012 and divorced in 2015.

Jurgen Melzer is a left-handed tennis player, but is right-handed in everyday life.

Jurgen Melzer played his first junior match in September 1995 at the age of 14 at a Grade-3 tournament in Austria.

At the 1999 Australian Open, Jurgen Melzer won the doubles draw partnering singles champion Kristian Pless.

Jurgen Melzer won the singles draw defeating junior world No 1 and doubles partner, Kristian Pless, in the final.

In 1998, Jurgen Melzer started playing in Futures in his country, where he won his first two matches, but lost the next four.

Jurgen Melzer competed in his first main-draw match in the 1999 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna, Austria, where he defeated Lars Burgsmuller, before losing to then world No 11, Nicolas Kiefer, in two sets.

In 2000, Jurgen Melzer continued playing in Futures and Challengers, but was only able to reach one quarterfinal.

Jurgen Melzer made his Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships, but lost to Australian Mark Philippoussis in four sets.

Jurgen Melzer had his first top-100 and top-20 win over Fabrice Santoro, then world No 18 in the CA-TennisTrophy, but lost in the next round to Michel Kratochvil in two tiebreaks.

Jurgen Melzer reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in the Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix, defeating Sargis Sargsian and Andrea Gaudenzi in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Nicolas Lapentti.

Jurgen Melzer won his first Grand Slam match at the US Open over Jack Brasington, before losing to Nicolas Massu in four sets.

Jurgen Melzer made his French Open debut, but lost to David Ferrer.

Jurgen Melzer reached his first ATP Tour final at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships without defeating a player in the top 100, but lost to Robby Ginepri in the final.

Jurgen Melzer earned another top-20 victory over Tommy Robredo in the Vienna Open.

Jurgen Melzer made his Master Series debut at Indian Wells, losing to Victor Hanescu.

Jurgen Melzer then reached the semifinals of the Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix, losing to Xavier Malisse in three sets.

Jurgen Melzer reached his second semifinal of the year at the U S Clay Court Championships, but lost to Andy Roddick.

Jurgen Melzer reached his second ATP tour final at the Hypo Group Tennis International, but lost to Nikolay Davydenko in three sets.

At Roand Garros and Wimbledon, Jurgen Melzer reached the third round and lost to Guillermo Coria on both occasions.

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Jurgen Melzer then lost six straight main-draw matches in the Austrian Open to Fernando Verdasco, and the Rogers Cup, Cincinnati Masters, New Haven Open, US Open, and Open de Moselle.

Jurgen Melzer then continued his bad run with second-round losses at the Vienna Open, the Madrid Masters, and the St Petersburg Open.

Jurgen Melzer then rebounded in the U S Clay Court Championships, where he reached his third final without dropping a set, but lost to Mardy Fish.

Jurgen Melzer reached the semifinals of the BMW Open, losing to eventual champion Olivier Rochus, and the quarterfinals of the Hypo Group Tennis International, losing to Jiri Novak.

Jurgen Melzer reached the quarterfinals of the Austrian Open and the New Haven Open.

Jurgen Melzer then suffered two losses to Juan Monaco in the third round of the Mercedes Cup and the first round of the Warsaw Open.

Jurgen Melzer then reached back-to-back finals at the Romanian Open and the Open de Moselle.

Jurgen Melzer ended the year with a quarterfinal showing at the Vienna Open, losing to Andy Roddick, but earned his first win over Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Jurgen Melzer made a first-round exit at the St Petersburg Open, losing to Lukas Dlouhy.

In 2007, Jurgen Melzer began the year with a first-round exit at the Qatar Open and a semifinal exit at the Medibank International, withdrawing against James Blake.

Jurgen Melzer reached the quarterfinals of the U S Clay Court Championships and the BMW Open.

In 2008, Jurgen Melzer reached the second round of his first three tournaments, including the Australian Open.

Jurgen Melzer carried his good performance through the French Open with a third-round exit to Frenchman Gael Monfils, having led two sets to one.

Jurgen Melzer then returned to clay at the Austrian Open and reached his seventh final, but lost to Juan Martin del Potro.

Jurgen Melzer made a good performance at the Beijing Olympics by reaching the final eight, losing to eventual gold medalist Rafael Nadal.

Jurgen Melzer then had a good performance by reaching the third rounds of the Pilot Pen Tennis and the US Open.

Jurgen Melzer made a good year end with quarterfinal results in the Thailand Open and the Vienna Open, which put him back to the top 40.

In 2009, Jurgen Melzer again made a poor first quarter of the year, only managing one back-to-back win in his first ten tournaments, and it was at the Australian Open, where he reached the third round, losing to Andy Murray.

Jurgen Melzer then reached the quarterfinals of the Austrian Open and the Gerry Weber Open , and the third round of the French Open and Wimbledon for the second year in a row.

Jurgen Melzer reach his first semifinal of a year at the Croatia Open, but lost to eventual champion Nikolay Davydenko.

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Jurgen Melzer reached the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen Tennis with a victory over Victor Hanescu, but lost in the following round to Fernando Verdasco.

At the Shanghai Masters, Jurgen Melzer defeated a then-world No 5, Juan Martin del Potro, before losing to Feliciano Lopez.

Jurgen Melzer ended 2009 on a high note by winning his second career title at the Bank Austria-TennisTrophy over Marin Cilic in straight sets, which included a victory over Radek Stepanek in the quarterfinals.

Later in the year, Jurgen Melzer reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid, losing to Nicolas Almagro.

Jurgen Melzer followed this up with his best result in a Grand Slam to date by reaching the semifinals of the French Open.

Jurgen Melzer beat Dudi Sela and Nicolas Mahut before he caused a significant upset by defeating ninth seed David Ferrer in straight sets, followed by a four-set win over Teymuraz Gabashvili, and by a five set triumph over Novak Djokovic, coming back from a two-set deficit for the first time in his career.

Jurgen Melzer was eventually defeated by four-time champion Rafael Nadal, in straight sets.

Jurgen Melzer followed this up by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon, where he was defeated by Roger Federer in their first career meeting.

Jurgen Melzer then played the US Open, where he reached the fourth round for the third consecutive Grand Slam tournament, having never been past the third round prior to the French Open.

Jurgen Melzer played Roger Federer for a spot in the quarterfinals, having played him in the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Jurgen Melzer then lost to Argentina's Juan Monaco in the quarterfinals.

Jurgen Melzer reached the third round without dropping a set, before defeating 21st seed Marcos Baghdatis in the third round after Baghdatis retired with Melzer leading.

Since then, Jurgen Melzer failed to chalk up any back-to-back wins until appearing at the Monte-Carlo Masters.

In singles, Jurgen Melzer had an inauspicious start to the year, exiting in the first round in Brisbane and the Australian Open.

Jurgen Melzer did make the final in Brisbane in doubles, partnering Philipp Petzschner, and he won the tournament in Memphis against Canadian Milos Raonic.

Jurgen Melzer partnered with Leander Paes in Canada and made it to the semifinals, losing to the Bryan brothers.

Jurgen Melzer made quarterfinal showings in Beijing and Shanghai and a semifinal in Vienna, with various partners.

Jurgen Melzer made the quarterfinals in Brisbane, where he was eliminated by Grigor Dimitrov.

Jurgen Melzer made the final in Zagreb, only to lose to Marin Cilic in straight sets.

Jurgen Melzer went out in the first round at Indian Wells, but made it to the quarterfinals in Miami, losing to David Ferrer in three sets.

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Jurgen Melzer was eliminated in the third round at Monte Carlo by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Jurgen Melzer made a quick first-round exit at the French Open, but made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon, losing to young rising player Jerzy Janowicz.

Jurgen Melzer made it to the semifinals in Kuala Lumpur, losing to Portuguese Joao Sousa in three tight sets.

Jurgen Melzer pulled out of the Australian Open with a shoulder injury.

Jurgen Melzer defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round of the Paris Masters and lost again to Tsonga in the second round.

Jurgen Melzer announced his retirement from the ATP Tour in singles, with the Vienna Open marking his final appearance.

Jurgen Melzer won the doubles title at the Sofia Open, partnering Nikola Mektic.

In October, Jurgen Melzer announced his retirement from professional tennis after the 2021 Australian Open.

Contrary to his announcement, Jurgen Melzer did not play at the Australian Open due to COVID-19 quarantine measures.

Jurgen Melzer played his final tournament on the ATP Tour at the Vienna Open, where he partnered Alexander Zverev and lost in the first round.