Juergen Melzer
Juergen Melzer


Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of No. 28 on 5 March, 2007, and a doubles ranking of No. 17 on 19 March 2007. Melzer plays left-handed and is 182 cm (6'0") tall. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. His only title on the ATP tour came in Bucharest 2006, where he beat Filippo Volandri in the final (6–1, 7–5). In ATP doubles, Melzer has four titles with different partners (Julian Knowle, Robert Kendrick, Mario Ancic). At the Graz Challenger 2008 he teamed up with his younger brother Gerald to win the tournament. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Melzer advanced to the quarterfinals before finally losing Rafael Nadal, who went on to win the gold medal.

 


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