Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is a professional Austrian tennis player. As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of Munich in 2015. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016.
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.
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.
He has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz, Austria.[2] Gerald 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]
(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.
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Gerald Melzer born 13 July 1990 is a professional Austrian tennis player As a qualifier he reached the semifinals of Munich in 2015 He achieved a career high singles ranking of world No 68 in November 2016 Gerald MelzerMelzer at the 2016 Wimbledonqualifying tournamentCountry sports AustriaResidenceLinz AustriaBorn 1990 07 13 13 July 1990 age 32 Vienna AustriaHeight1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Turned pro2007PlaysLeft handed two handed backhand Prize money 927 778SinglesCareer record20 36 35 7 Career titles0Highest rankingNo 68 21 November 2016 Current rankingNo 199 18 July 2022 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R 2017 2018 French Open1R 2016 WimbledonQ3 2016 2017 US OpenQ3 2018 DoublesCareer record4 10 28 6 Career titles0Highest rankingNo 197 28 April 2014 Current rankingNo 475 16 May 2022 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 2017 WimbledonQ1 2018 Last updated on 16 May 2022 He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player Jurgen 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 Contents 1 Career 2 Singles performance timeline 3 ATP Challenger and ITF Future titles 3 1 Singles 19 3 2 Doubles 17 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditGerald 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 He has had more success playing doubles partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz Austria 2 Gerald faced his brother Jurgen in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament and lost in straight sets Jurgen 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 EditKey W F SF QF R RR Q P DNQ A Z PO G S B NMS NTI P NH 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 SR W LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A A A A Q2 A 1R 1R A A A A 0 2 0 2French Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 1R Q3 Q1 Q1 A A A 0 1 0 1Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 Q3 Q3 Q2 A NH A Q1 0 0 0 0US Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q3 A A A Q1 0 0 0 0Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3National representationDavis Cup A A A A Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 PO A RR 0 1 4 6Career statisticsTournaments 1 0 0 2 3 4 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 29Overall win loss 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 4 3 8 9 9 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 35Year end ranking 438 349 281 202 162 166 68 100 244 1072 1104 292 36 ATP Challenger and ITF Future titles EditSingles 19 Edit Challengers 8 Futures 11 No Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score1 Sep 2010 Bujumbura Burundi Futures Clay Bart Govaerts 6 2 6 42 Sep 2010 Kigali Rwanda Futures Clay Stanislav Vovk 7 6 10 8 6 03 Sep 2010 Kampala Uganda Futures Clay Takanyi Garanganga 6 4 6 44 May 2011 Orange Park United States Futures Clay Daniel Garza 1 1 ret 5 Oct 2011 Bujumbura Burundi Futures Clay Ruan Roelofse 6 4 6 26 Nov 2011 Kigali Rwanda Futures Clay Lukas Jastraunig 6 2 6 47 Feb 2012 Santiago Chile Futures Clay Guillermo Rivera Aranguiz 7 6 7 4 6 38 May 2012 Orange Park United States Futures Clay Tennys Sandgren 7 6 7 5 6 39 Nov 2012 Bujumbura Burundi Futures Clay Alessandro Bega 6 2 6 310 Nov 2012 Kigali Rwanda Futures Clay Sherif Sabry 6 4 6 411 Sep 2013 Kigali Rwanda Futures Clay Lukas Jastraunig 6 1 6 11 Feb 2014 Morelos Mexico Challenger Hard Victor Estrella Burgos 6 1 6 42 Jan 2016 Mendoza Argentina Challenger Clay Axel Michon 4 6 6 4 6 03 Jan 2016 Bucaramanga Colombia Challenger Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6 3 6 14 Feb 2016 Morelos Mexico 2 Challenger Hard Alejandro Gonzalez 7 6 7 4 6 35 Oct 2016 Mohammedia Morocco Challenger Clay Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 6 6 3 6 26 Oct 2017 Lima Peru Challenger Clay Jozef Kovalik 7 5 7 6 7 4 7 Nov 2017 Guayaquil Ecuador Challenger Clay Facundo Bagnis 6 3 6 18 Oct 2021 Bogota Colombia Challenger Clay Facundo Mena 6 2 3 6 7 6 7 5 Doubles 17 Edit Challengers 5 Futures 12 No Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score1 Aug 2008 Graz Austria Challenger Clay Jurgen Melzer Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand 1 6 7 6 10 8 10 4 2 Jul 2012 Tampere Finland Challenger Clay Michael Linzer Niels Desein Andre Ghem 6 1 7 6 7 3 3 Feb 2014 Morelos Mexico Challenger Hard Andrej Martin Alejandro Moreno Figueroa Miguel Angel Reyes Varela 6 2 6 44 Jul 2017 Cortina Italy Challenger Clay Guido Andreozzi Steven de Waard Ben McLachlan 6 2 7 6 7 4 5 Oct 2021 Lima Peru Challenger Clay Julian Lenz Nicolas Barrientos Fernando Romboli 7 6 7 4 7 6 7 3 References Edit Gerald non piu l altro Melzer SPAZIO TENNIS 11 January 2017 ITF Pro Circuits Meets Gerald Melzer ITF Archived from the original on December 6 2010 Retrieved January 12 2011 The worst tennis day of my life says victorious Melzer Wimbledon com Retrieved 27 June 2015 Alex De Minaur wins through to second round on Australian Open debut The Guardian 16 January 2017 Retrieved 17 January 2017 External links EditGerald Melzer at the Association of Tennis Professionals Gerald Melzer at the International Tennis Federation Gerald Melzer at the Davis Cup Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerald Melzer amp oldid 1106565687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
