Gerald Melzer

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Gerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer - Wimbledon Qualifying 2016 - 1.jpg
Melzer at the 2016 Wimbledon
qualifying tournament
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Residence Linz, Austria
Born (1990-07-13) 13 July 1990 (age 33)
Vienna, Austria
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $980,460
Singles
Career record20–36 (35.7%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 68 (21 November 2016)
Current rankingNo. 553 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2017, 2018)
French Open 1R (2016)
Wimbledon Q3 (2016, 2017)
US Open Q3 (2018)
Doubles
Career record4–10 (28.6%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 197 (28 April 2014)
Current rankingNo. 1253 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2017)
Wimbledon Q1 (2018)
Last updated on: 20 March 2024.

Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is a professional Austrian tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016.

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Personal Information

He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player Jürgen Melzer (hence his nickname, Mini Melts) [1] and is the son of Rudolf Melzer, an Austrian businessman and mayor of Deutsch-Wagram, and Michaela, a saleswoman.

Career

Gerald Melzer has primarily spent his time on the Futures circuit, while also playing challengers and several doubles events with his brother. He began playing on the tour in 2007, competing in tournaments in Austria as well as Futures tournaments in Africa.

In 2008, he has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz, Austria. [2]

In 2015, as a qualifier, Gerald reached the semifinals of Munich.

He faced his brother, Jürgen, in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, and lost in straight sets. Jürgen described it as the "worst tennis day of my life and I hope we will never play each other again." [3]

At the 2017 Australian Open, Melzer lost in the first round to Australian Alex De Minaur in five sets. He held a match point in the fourth set, but was unable to close it out. [4]

Gerald is also part of Austrian Davis Cup team, where he has 4 singles wins and 6 losses.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAA Q2 A 1R 1R AAAA0 / 20–2
French Open AAA Q1 Q2 Q1 1R Q3 Q1 Q1 AAA0 / 10–1
Wimbledon AAAAA Q1 Q3 Q3 Q2 ANHA Q1 0 / 00–0
US Open AAA Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q3 AAA Q1 0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 30–3
National representation
Davis Cup AAAA Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 PO A RR 0 / 14–6
Career statistics
Tournaments100234676000029
Overall win–loss0–10–00–00–20–44–43–89–94–60–00–00–10–020–35
Year-end ranking438349281202162166681002441072110429237336%

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 19 (19–0)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (11–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (17–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2010 Bujumbura, BurundiFuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bart Govaerts6–2, 6–4
Win2–0Sep 2010 Kigali, RwandaFuturesClay Flag of Russia.svg Stanislav Vovk 7–6(10–8), 6–0
Win3–0Sep 2010 Kampala, UgandaFuturesClay Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Takanyi Garanganga 6–4, 6–4
Win4–0May 2011Orange Park, United StatesFuturesClay Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel Garza 1–1, ret.
Win5–0Oct 2011Bujumbura, Burundi (2)FuturesClay Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse 6–4, 6–2
Win6–0Nov 2011Kigali, Rwanda

(2)

FuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Jastraunig6–2, 6–4
Win7–0Feb 2012 Santiago, ChileFuturesClay Flag of Chile.svg Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win8–0May 2012Orange Park, United States

(2)

FuturesClay Flag of the United States.svg Tennys Sandgren 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win9–0Nov 2012Bujumbura, Burundi

(3)

FuturesClay Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bega 6–2, 6–3
Win10–0Nov 2012Kigali, Rwanda

(3)

FuturesClay Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif Sabry 6–4, 6–4
Win11–0Sep 2013Kigali, Rwanda

(4)

FuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Jastraunig6–1, 6–1
Win12–0 Feb 2014 Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Victor Estrella Burgos 6–1, 6–4
Win13–0 Jan 2016 Mendoza, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Axel Michon 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win14–0 Jan 2016 Bucaramanga, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Lorenzi 6–3, 6–1
Win15–0 Feb 2016 Morelos, Mexico (2)ChallengerHard Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro González 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win16–0 Oct 2016 Mohammedia, MoroccoChallengerClay Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win17–0 Oct 2017 Lima, PeruChallengerClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kovalík 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win18–0 Nov 2017 Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Bagnis 6–3, 6–1
Win19–0 Oct 2021 Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Mena 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 5 (5-0)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2008 Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer Flag of France.svg Julien Jeanpierre
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Renavand 		1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]
Win2–0 Jul 2012 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Michael Linzer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Niels Desein
Flag of Brazil.svg André Ghem 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–0 Feb 2014 Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Martin Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Moreno Figueroa
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6–2, 6–4
Win4–0 Jul 2017 Cortina, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven de Waard
Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan 		6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win5–0 Oct 2021 Lima, PeruChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Julian Lenz Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Barrientos
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)

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References

  1. ↑ "Gerald, non più l'altro Melzer – SPAZIO TENNIS". 11 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "ITF Pro Circuits Meets... Gerald Melzer". ITF. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ "'The worst tennis day of my life,' says victorious Melzer". Wimbledon.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alex De Minaur wins through to second round on Australian Open debut". The Guardian. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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