Rolf Hertzog

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Rolf Hertzog
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Born (1968-04-25) 25 April 1968 (age 53)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$21,863
Singles
Career record1–4
Highest rankingNo. 205 (11 July 1988)
Doubles
Career record4–7
Highest rankingNo. 181 (13 June 1988)

Rolf Hertzog (born 25 April 1968) is a Swiss former professional tennis player.

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Hertzog, a Zürich native, won four Swiss junior championship and had a win over Petr Korda at the junior French Open in 1986, where he reached the quarter-finals. He won the Port Washington international junior championships in 1987. [1]

During the late 1980s he featured on the Grand Prix tennis circuit, where his appearances included a first round loss to Stefan Edberg at Basel in 1986 and a win over Paolo Canè to make the second round at Gstaad in 1988. [2] He was a doubles finalist partnering Marc Walder at the 1988 Bologna Open. [3]

Grand Prix finals

Doubles (0–1)

ResultW-L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 1988 Bologna, ItalyClay Flag of Switzerland.svg Marc Walder Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez
Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez
1–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW-L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 1988 Münster, West GermanyCarpet Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Goran Prpić Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Volkov
2–6, 0–6

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