Jan Siemerink

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Jan Siemerink
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Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-04-14) 14 April 1970 (age 51)
Rijnsburg, Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2002
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,347,693
Singles
Career record273–272 (ATP, Grand Prix and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 14 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (1991)
French Open3R (1997)
WimbledonQF (1998)
US Open4R (1998)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1992, 1996)
Doubles
Career record203–185 (ATP, Grand Prix and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 16 (14 October 1996)

Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink (born 14 April 1970) is a retired tennis player from the Netherlands. The former Dutch Davis Cup captain reached a career-high ATP ranking of 14.

Career[]

Tennis[]

As a junior player, Siemerink was the Dutch 18-under champion in 1988. He also won the doubles title at the 1988 Orange Bowl junior championship in Florida.

Siemerink turned professional in 1989. Over the course of his career, he won four top-level singles titles (at Singapore in 1991, Nottingham in 1996, and at Rotterdam and Toulouse in 1998).[1] He also won ten tour doubles titles, the most significant of which were the Miami Masters in 1993 and the Monte Carlo Masters in 1996.

Siemerink's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1998, where he reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ctislav Doseděl, David Prinosil, Jonas Björkman and Magnus Larsson before being knocked-out by Goran Ivanišević. Siemerink is also known for winning a fourth set tiebreak against compatriot Richard Krajicek from 6–0 down in the 1994 US Open, though Krajicek eventually won the match.

Siemerink played for the Netherlands in the Davis Cup between 1991 and 2001, compiling a 17–10 record. He helped the Netherlands reach the World Group semifinals in 2001.

Siemerink's career-high rankings were world No. 14 in singles (in 1998) and world No. 16 in doubles (in 1996). His career prize-money totaled $4,347,693.

After his playing career Siemerink was captain of the Dutch Davis Cup team from 2006 until 2016.[2][3]

Other[]

In February 2018, Siemerink became team manager of the Amsterdam professional football club AFC Ajax.[4]

Career finals[]

Singles: 12 (4 wins, 8 losses)[]

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2)
Grass (1)
Clay (0)
Carpet (1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1991 Singapore Hard Israel Gilad Bloom 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 1991 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) Germany Michael Stich 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 1993 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset 2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 1–3 Jul 1995 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay Chile Marcelo Ríos 4–6, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 1995 Long Island, USA Hard Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7(0–7), 2–6
Loss 1–5 Oct 1995 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) United States Jim Courier 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win 2–5 Jun 1996 Nottingham, UK Grass Australia Sandon Stolle 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 2–6 Aug 1996 New Haven, USA Hard United States Alex O'Brien 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 2–7 Oct 1996 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) Germany Boris Becker 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–8 Nov 1997 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–8 Mar 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Sweden Thomas Johansson 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 4–8 Sep 1998 Toulouse, France Hard (i) United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 18 (10–7)[]

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jun 1991 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Netherlands Richard Krajicek Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 6–7
Win 1. Jul 1991 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Richard Krajicek Spain Francisco Clavet
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
7–5, 6–4
Loss 2. Oct 1991 Berlin, Germany Carpet (i) Czech Republic Daniel Vacek Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Win 2. Mar 1993 Miami, USA Hard Netherlands Richard Krajicek United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jonathan Stark
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win 3. Feb 1994 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Czech Republic Daniel Vacek Czech Republic Martin Damm
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win 4. Jul 1994 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Argentina Daniel Orsanic South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 6–2
Loss 3. Jan 1995 Doha, Qatar Hard Russia Andrei Olhovskiy Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Magnus Larsson
6–7, 2–6
Win 5. Jun 1995 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Netherlands Richard Krajicek Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–5, 6–3
Loss 4. Jul 1995 Stuttgart, Germany Clay South Africa Ellis Ferreira Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 6. Oct 1995 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) South Africa Ellis Ferreira Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–4, 7–5
Win 7. Jan 1996 Sydney, Australia Hard South Africa Ellis Ferreira United States Patrick McEnroe
Australia Sandon Stolle
5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win 8. Apr 1996 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay South Africa Ellis Ferreira Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5. Jan 1997 Sydney, Australia Hard Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Mar 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) New Zealand Brett Steven Netherlands Tom Kempers
Netherlands Menno Oosting
4–6, 6–7
Win 9. Jun 1998 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass France Guillaume Raoux Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent
7–6, 6–2
Loss 7. Oct 1998 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Netherlands Paul Haarhuis France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
2–6, 4–6
Win - Jun 1999 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass India Leander Paes South Africa Ellis Ferreira
Czech Republic David Rikl
cancelled (rain)
Win 10. May 2000 Orlando, USA Clay India Leander Paes United States Justin Gimelstob
Canada Sébastien Lareau
6–3, 6–4

References[]

  1. ^ "ABN-AMRO; Siemerink wins for home crowd". The New York Times. 9 March 1998.
  2. ^ Fred Buddenberg (11 December 2006). "Siemerink coach Davis Cup-team". Trouw (in Dutch).
  3. ^ "Haarhuis vervangt Siemerink na tien jaar als Davis Cup-captain". NU.nl (in Dutch). 16 December 2016.
  4. ^ Luigi Gatto (10 February 2018). "Former ATP top-15 Jan Siemerink becomes Ajax' team manager". Tennis World.

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