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Jürgen Melzer was born on 22 May, 1981 in Vienna, Austria, is an Austrian tennis player. Discover Jürgen Melzer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?
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42 years old |
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Gemini |
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22 May 1981 |
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22 May |
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Vienna, Austria |
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Vienna
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Jürgen Melzer Height, Weight & Measurements
At 42 years old, Jürgen Melzer height is 1.83 m .
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Jürgen Melzer Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jürgen Melzer worth at the age of 42 years old? Jürgen Melzer’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from Vienna. We have estimated Jürgen Melzer's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player.
Melzer played his first junior match in September 1995 at the age of 14 at a Grade-3 tournament in Austria.
Throughout his junior career, he reached as high as world No. 26 in 1998 (and No. 24 in doubles) and posted a win–loss record of 52–26 in singles and 47–23 in doubles.
Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:
Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:
In 1998, Melzer started playing in Futures in his country, where he won his first two matches, but lost the next four.
In 1999, Melzer won the boys' singles title at Wimbledon.
For many years, he was known as one of the best players on the tour not to have progressed past the third round of a major.
At the 1999 Australian Open, Melzer won the doubles draw partnering singles champion Kristian Pless.
Then, at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.
He won the singles draw defeating junior world No. 1 and doubles partner, Kristian Pless, in the final.
Melzer ended his junior career after his Wimbledon victory.
Australian Open: 3R (1999)
Australian Open: W (1999)
In 1999, he started playing outside of Austria in Futures and Challengers.
He competed in his first main-draw match in the 1999 CA-TennisTrophy in Vienna, Austria, where he defeated Lars Burgsmüller, before losing to then world No. 11, Nicolas Kiefer, in two sets.
In 2000, Melzer continued playing in Futures and Challengers, but was only able to reach one quarterfinal.
He also made his Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships, but lost to Australian Mark Philippoussis in four sets.
In 2001, he reach his first Futures final event at Poprad, Slovakia, losing to Juraj Hasko.
However, he captured his first title at the Challenger in Mönchengladbach, Germany over local hero Jens Knippschild in three sets.
He had his first top-100 and top-20 win over Fabrice Santoro, then world No. 18 in the CA-TennisTrophy, but lost in the next round to Michel Kratochvil in two tiebreaks.
In 2002, he regularly competed in Challenger events, reaching two finals, but losing in both attempts to Alexander Popp in Heilbronn, Germany and to Luis Horna in Fürth, Germany.
He reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in the Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix, defeating Sargis Sargsian and Andrea Gaudenzi in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Nicolás Lapentti.
However, he did better in the Croatia Open by reaching the semifinals, defeating Vincent Spadea, Agustín Calleri, and Victor Hănescu, before losing to eventual champion Carlos Moyá.
He also won his first Grand Slam match at the US Open over Jack Brasington, before losing to Nicolás Massú in four sets.
At the Vienna Open, he earned one of the biggest wins of his career by defeating then world No. 2, Tommy Haas, to reach the quarterfinals, before losing to Jiří Novák in two sets.
The start of 2003 was not a good one for the Austrian, as he lost three consecutive Tour-level main-draw matches, including his Australian Open debut.
He ended this by reaching the semifinals of the 2010 French Open, losing to Rafael Nadal after coming from two sets down to defeat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
As of June 2023, he remains the only person to defeat Djokovic from two sets down.
Melzer had greater success in doubles, winning the men's doubles title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 US Open partnering Philipp Petzschner, as well as the mixed doubles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships partnering Iveta Benešová (whom he would later marry and divorce).
Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010.
He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he played doubles in several tournaments.
Melzer married Iveta Benešová, a WTA Tour tennis player, on 14 September 2012 and divorced in 2015.
Melzer is a left-handed tennis player, but is right-handed in everyday life.
