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Jürgen Melzer
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceDeutsch-Wagram, Austria
Height182cm (6ft 0in)
Turned pro1999
PlaysLeft-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money$2,474,449
Singles
Career record143 - 154
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 28 (March 05, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3rd (2004, 2005)
French Open3rd(2005, 2008)
Wimbledon3rd (2005)
US Open3rd (2004)
Doubles
Career record115 - 92
Career titles3
Highest ranking17 (March 19, 2007)
Last updated on: May 26, 2008.

Jurgen Melzer (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). Jurgen has also dated WTA players Anastasia Myskina and Nicole Vaidisova. Both relationships failed.

Titles (4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)

Singles (1)

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

Singles Finalist (5)

Doubles (3)

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

Doubles Finalist (11)

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