Jean Erasmus

Jean Erasmus (born 17 May 1991) is a South African born Namibian tennis player.

Jean Erasmus

Country (sports)	Namibia
Residence	Windhoek, Namibia
Born	(1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 32) Johannesburg, South Africa
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Drake
Prize money	$735
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 1,591 (30 July 2018)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 1,124 (4 July 2011)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	21–22
Last updated on: 14 October 2019.

Erasmus has a career high ATP singles ranking 1591, achieved on 30 July 2018, he also has a career high doubles ranking of 1124, achieved on 4 July 2011.^[1] Erasmus has played 1 ITF doubles final.^[2]

Erasmus has represented Namibia at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 21–22.^[3]

He played tennis at Drake University between from 2009 to 2013.^[4]

Future and Challenger finals

Doubles 1 (0–1)

Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 May 2011	Durban, South Africa F2	Hard	Edward Louies Oueilhe	Nikolaus Moser   Richard Ruckelshausen	2–6, 5–7

Davis Cup

Participations: (21–22)

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–0) Group III (19–20) Group IV (2–2)

Matches by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (21–22) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (10–16) Doubles (11–6)

•     indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
0–3; 30 April 2008; Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	1	I	Singles	Iceland	Raj-Kumar Bonifacius	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
3–0;^[5] 1 May 2008; Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	2	I	Singles	Rwanda	Olivier Nkunda	6–1, 6–2
2–1; 2 May 2008; Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia; Europe/Africa Zone Group IV Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	3	I	Singles	San Marino	Domenico Vicini	6–0, 6–2
Defeat	4	III	Doubles (with Jacobus Serdyn)		William Forcellini / Domenico Vicini	2–6, 4–6
0–3; 1 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	5	I	Singles	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ismar Gorčić	1–6, 1–6
Defeat	6	III	Doubles (with Jurgens Strydom)		Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić	2–6, 3–6
0–3; 2 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	7	I	Singles	Norway	Erling Tveit	2–6, 0–6
Defeat	8	III	Doubles (with Warren Frewer)		Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit	1–6, 1–6
1–2; 3 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	9	I	Singles	Andorra	Jordi Vila-Vila	1–6, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7)
Victory	10	III	Doubles (with Jurgens Strydom)		Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Hector Hormigo-Herrera	6–3, 6–3
2–1; 4 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Relegation Play off; Clay surface
Defeat	11	I	Singles	San Marino	Domenico Vicini	2–6, 4–6
Victory	12	III	Doubles (with Jurgens Strydom)		Domenico Vicini / Giacomo Zonzini	6–7^(2–7), 6–0, 6–3
1–2; 5 April 2009; Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, La Marsa, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group III Relegation Play off; Clay surface
Defeat	13	I	Singles	Nigeria	Lawal Shehu	2–6, 3–6
Defeat	14	III	Doubles (with Jurgens Strydom)		Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu	1–6, 3–6
2–1; 2 July 2012; Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	15	II	Singles	Ghana	Henry Adjei-Darko	1–6, 1–6
Victory	16	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Henry Adjei-Darko / Raymond Hayford	6–4, 6–1
0–3; 3 July 2012; Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	17	II	Singles	Tunisia	Malek Jaziri	2–6, 4–6
0–3; 4 July 2012; Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	18	II	Singles	Zimbabwe	Mark Fynn	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
2–1; 6 July 2012; Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia; Africa Zone Group III 5th-6th Play off; Clay surface
Victory	19	II	Singles	Kenya	Fazal Mohamed Khan	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Victory	20	III	Doubles (with Johan de Witt)		Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego	6–2, 6–0
2–1; 11 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	21	I	Singles	Nigeria	Sylvester Emmanuel	2–6, 3–6
Victory	22	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu	6–4, 7–5
0–3; 12 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	23	I	Singles	Morocco	Yassine Idmbarek	1–6, 3–6
3–0; 13 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	24	I	Singles	Cameroon	Blaise Nkwenti	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Victory	25	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Augustin Ntouba / Etienne Teboh	6–3, 6–2
3–0; 14 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	26	I	Singles	Mozambique	Jossefa Simao Elias	6–1, 6–1
0–2; 16 July 2016; University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Playoff; Clay surface
Defeat	27	I	Singles	Madagascar	Jean-Jacques Rakotohasy	1–6, 2–6
3–0; 18 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	28	I	Singles	Algeria	Nazim Makhlouf	6–0, 6–2
Victory	29	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan	6–1, 6–4
2–1; 19 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	30	I	Singles	Uganda	David Oringa	6–4, 6–0
Defeat	31	III	Doubles (with Gideon Van Dyk)		Simon Peter Ayella / David Oringa	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
3–0; 20 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	32	I	Singles	Mozambique	Bruno Nhavene	6–4, 6–3
Victory	33	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2–1; 21 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	34	I	Singles	Kenya	Sheil Kotecha	5–7, 3–6
Victory	35	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego	7–5, 6–7^(8–10), 7–5
2–1; 23 June 2018; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Playoff; Clay surface
Defeat	36	I	Singles	Nigeria	Sylvester Emmanuel	1–6, 2–6
Victory	37	III	Doubles (with Tukhula Jacobs)		Sylvester Emmanuel / Joseph Imeh Ubon	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
2–1; 11 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Pool A Round robin; Clay surface
Victory	38	II	Singles	Nigeria	Emmanuel Audu	6–2, 6–4
Victory	39	III	Doubles (with Codie Van Schalkwyk)		Paul Etim / Emmanuel Idoko	6–4, 6–4
1–2; 12 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Pool A Round robin; Clay surface
Victory	40	II	Singles	Mozambique	Franco Mata	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Defeat	41	III	Doubles (with Codie Van Schalkwyk)		Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene	4–6, 3–6
0–3; 13 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Pool A Round robin; Clay surface
Defeat	42	II	Singles	Tunisia	Aziz Dougaz	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
1–2; 13 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III 7th-8th playoff; Clay surface
Defeat	43	II	Singles	Benin	Alexis Klégou	1–6, 2–6

References

1. "Jean Erasmus". ATP. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
2. "Jean Erasmus". ITF. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
3. "Jean Erasmus". Davis Cup. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
4. "Jean Erasmus". godrakebulldogs.com. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
5. "Rwanda Qualifies for Davis Cup group III". www.newtimes.co.rw. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

External links

• Jean Erasmus at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jean Erasmus at the International Tennis Federation  
• Jean Erasmus at the Davis Cup
• Drake profile