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Jürgen Melzer
Singles

Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
Height	182cm (6ft 0in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Left; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	$2,049,667
Career record	121-124
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 28 (March 05, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3rd (2004, 2005)
French Open	3rd(2005)
Wimbledon	3rd (2005)
US Open	3rd (2004)
Doubles
Career record	96-74
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	17 (March 19, 2007)

Jürgen Melzer (born May 22, 1981) is a male Austrian tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of #28 in the world on March 05, 2007, and a doubles ranking of #17 on March 19, 2007. Melzer plays left-handed and is 6'0" tall. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. On Sunday July 16, he won the doubles title at the 2006 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tenis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, with his American playing partner Robert Kendrick. In the final, the duo beat South African Jeff Coetzee and the unfortunate American Justin Gimelstob, who also lost the singles final on the same day. Melzer won the final of the ATP tournament in Bucharest beating Filippo Volandri in the final (6-1, 7-5).

Titles (4)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (4)

Singles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the Final	Score
1.	17 September, 2006	Bucharest	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6-1, 7-5

Singles Finalist (4)

2003: Newport (lost to Robby Ginepri)
2005: St. Pölten (lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
2006: Houston (lost to Mardy Fish)
2006: Metz (lost to Novak Đoković)
2007: Las Vegas (lost to Lleyton Hewitt)

Doubles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 30, 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Julian Knowle	Max Mirnyi Jonas Björkman	4-6 7-5 7-5
2.	April 30, 2006	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Julian Knowle	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	6-3 6-4
3.	July 16, 2006	Newport, Rhode Island	Grass	Robert Kendrick	Jeff Coetzee Justin Gimelstob	7-6 6-0

Doubles Finalist (7)

2002: Newport (w/ Alexander Popp) (lost to Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan)
2003: Newport (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Jordan Kerr / David Macpherson)
2003: Kitzbuhel (w/ Alexander Peya) (lost to Martin Damm / Cyril Suk)
2006: Houston (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Waske)
2006: Metz (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Richard Gasquet / Fabrice Santoro)
2006: Vienna (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Petr Pala / Pavel Vizner)
2006: St. Petersburg (w/ Julian Knowle) (lost to Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry)

External links and references

ATP profile -
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