Jaime Yzaga

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Jaime Yzaga
Country (sports)Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Residence Lima, Peru
Born (1967-10-23) 23 October 1967 (age 57)
Lima, Peru
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,234,150
Singles
Career record265–222
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 18 (30 October 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (1991)
French Open 4R (1994)
Wimbledon 2R (1991, 1992, 1994)
US Open QF (1994)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup 1R (1991, 1994)
Doubles
Career record55–55
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 54 (20 November 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1980)
US Open 1R (1989, 1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (1986)
Last updated on: 12 June 2022.

Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a Pervian former professional tennis player. He reached two major singles quarterfinals during his career, at the 1991 Australian Open and the 1994 US Open.

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Tennis career

As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in 1985 and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon (also in 1985) and of the US Open (1984).

Yzaga played on the professional tour from 1984 to 1996, reaching career-high rankings of world No. 18 in singles and world No. 54 in doubles (both in 1989).

He was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open in 1991, and at the US Open in 1994, reaching the final eight by defeating in back-to-back matches finalists of the previous edition: Cédric Pioline and Pete Sampras in five sets. Yzaga came back from a 2-sets-to-0 deficit against Pioline and 2-sets-to-1 against Sampras. At 5'7" (1.70m), he was the shortest Grand Slam tournament quarterfinalist until Diego Schwartzman, also 5'7", at the 2017 U.S. Open. [1]

He had earlier been the first-ever opponent of Sampras in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1988 US Open, also winning that match in 5 sets.

Since retiring as a player, Yzaga has served as captain of Peru's Davis Cup team.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (7–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (7–3)
Indoors (1–0)


ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jul 1987 Schenectady, United StatesGrand PrixHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Pugh 0–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win2–0 Nov 1987 São Paulo, BrazilGrand PrixHard Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Mattar 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win3–0 Nov 1988 Itaparica, BrazilGrand PrixHard Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss3–1 May 1989 Forest Hills, United StatesGrand PrixClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Lendl 2–6, 1–6
Loss3–2 Oct 1990 São Paulo, BrazilWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Weiss 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win4–2 May 1990 Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Arias 6–3, 7–5
Win5–2 Jan 1992 Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg MaliVai Washington 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win6–2 Apr 1992 Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg MaliVai Washington 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss6–3 Apr 1993 Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio de la Peña 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win7–3 May 1993 Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Fromberg 6–4, 6–2
Win8–3 Oct 1993 Sydney, AustraliaChampionship SeriesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 May 1988 Boston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bruno Orešar Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Lozano
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Witsken
6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Loss0–2 May 1989 Charleston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Flag of Mexico.svg Agustín Moreno Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Pernfors
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Svantesson
4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss0–3 Oct 1989 Bordeaux, FranceGrand PrixClay Flag of Mexico.svg Agustín Moreno Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Carbonell
Flag of Peru.svg Carlos di Laura
4–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 1992 Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Mexico.svg Luis-Enrique Herrera 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 1995 Lima, PeruChallengerClay Flag of Peru.svg Americo Venero-Montes Flag of Venezuela.svg Juan Carlos Bianchi
Flag of Egypt.svg Tamer El Sawy
6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1985 French Open Clay Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1984 US Open Hard Flag of Mexico.svg Agustín Moreno Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Romania.svg Mihnea Nastase
6–7, 6–1, 1–6
Win 1985 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Mexico.svg Agustín Moreno Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk
7–6(7–3), 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AANHAAAA QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 64–640%
French Open AA 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R A0 / 108–1044%
Wimbledon AAA 1R 1R AA 2R 2R A 2R AA0 / 53–538%
US Open A 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R A0 / 1120–1165%
Win–loss0–03–13–22–32–34–22–28–41–41–38–41–30–10 / 3235–3252%
National Representation
Summer Olympics 1R Not HeldANot HeldANot HeldA0 / 10–10%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAA 1R 1R 1R A 1R 3R 2R 1R A0 / 73–730%
Miami AA 2R 2R 2R 4R 3R 2R 3R 1R 4R QF A0 / 1015–1060%
Monte Carlo AA 2R AAA 3R A 1R A 3R 1R A0 / 55–550%
Hamburg AAAAAA 2R AAA 3R 3R A0 / 35–363%
Rome AAA 2R QF 3R 2R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R A0 / 911–955%
Canada AAAAAAA 1R A 2R 3R AA0 / 33–350%
Cincinnati AAA 1R A QF A 2R QF 1R 1R 1R A0 / 77–750%
Paris AAAAAAAAAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–02–22–34–38–45–52–48–53–59–86–60–00 / 4549–4552%

Doubles

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open NHAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open A 1R A 2R AAAAAA0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
US Open AAA 1R 1R AAAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–10–01–20–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 41–420%
ATP Masters Series
Miami 1R AA 1R AAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Monte Carlo AAAA 2R AAAAA0 / 11–150%
Hamburg AAAAAAAAA Q1 0 / 00–0  
Rome AAA 2R 2R AAAA Q1 0 / 22–250%
Canada AAAAAAA Q1 Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati AAA 1R AAAAA Q1 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–00–01–32–20–00–00–00–00–00 / 63–633%

References

  1. "Denis Shapovalov's New York adventure comes to an end". The Irish Times . 4 September 2017.