Jurgen melzer vs marin cilic biography
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Jürgen Melzer turns 40 - a legend in singles and doubles
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Jürgen Melzer celebrates his 40th birthday today. The Lower Austrian already showed great performance as a junior - and still not enough of professional tennis.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: May 21, 2021, 09:40 pm
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Jürgen Melzer probably would not have thought that on his 40th birthday he was in the middle of preparing for the French Open 2021, yes, even arrived in Roland Garros, as the Austrian tennis legend posted on Instagram on Friday evening. Actually, Melzer had wanted to mark the end of his outstanding career at the Australian Open this year, now it will be another three majors and one appearance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. If the latter take place
Jürgen Melzer always took place, especially when it came to starting for Austria. The Davis Cup career of the left-hander had ups and downs, in total Melzer took part in 38 international matches, contributed 37 points for red-white-red. The last legendary appearance probably came in the spring of 2018 in Moscow, when Melzer made the Austrians' surprising victory perfect with his success against Evgeny Donskoy.
Two major titles with Petzschner
Tennis fans really noticed Jürgen Melzer in 1998. Then Jo
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Jürgen Melzer
Austrian tennis player
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. 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.
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. 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.[1] As of January 2025, 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).
Career
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Melzer married Iveta Benešová, a WTA Tour tennis player, on 14 September 2012 and divorced in 2015.[2] Melzer is a left-handed te
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Marin Čilić
Croatian sport player (born 1988)
Čilić at say publicly 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters | |
| Country (sports) | Croatia |
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| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Born | (1988-09-28) 28 Sept 1988 (age 36) Medjugorje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia crucial Herzegovina) |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Bob Brett (2004–2013) Goran Ivanišević (2013–2016) Jonas Björkman (2016–2017) Vedran Martić (2020–2021) Ivan Cinkuš (2017–2020, 2021–2023)[1][2] Vilim Višak (2020–)[3] |
| Prize money | US $31,569,141[4] |
| Official website | marincilic.com |
| Career record | 588–338[a] |
| Career titles | 21 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (29 January 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 184 (11 November 2024) |
| Australian Open | F (2018) |
| French Open | SF (2022) |
| Wimbledon | F (2017) |
| US Open | W (2014) |
| Tour Finals | RR (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2016) |
| Career record | 88–99 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 49 (15 April 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 554 (11 November 2024) |
| Olympic Games | F (2021) |
| Davis Cup | W (2018) |
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