Fritz Wolmarans

{{short description|South African tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use South African English|date=July 2012}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Fritz Wolmarans

|fullname =

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|country={{RSA}}

|residence= Cape Town, South Africa

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1986|03|07|df=y}}

|birth_place= Bloemfontein, South Africa

|height =

|turnedpro=

|plays= Left-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney= $172,382

|singlesrecord= 4–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

|singlestitles=0

|highestsinglesranking= No. 198 (16 May 2011)

|AustralianOpenresult= Q2 (2011)

|FrenchOpenresult=

|Wimbledonresult= Q2 (2011)

|USOpenresult= Q2 (2011)

|doublesrecord= 1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

|doublestitles=0

|highestdoublesranking= No. 412 (7 February 2011)

|updated= 22 September 2014

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Fritz Wolmarans (born 7 March 1986) is a former professional South African tennis player.

Wolmarans has a career high ATP singles ranking of 198 achieved on 16 May 2011.

He also played for the South Africa Davis Cup team.

Tennis career

=Juniors=

As a junior, Wolmarans reached as high as No. 12 in the combined world rankings in 2004. He scored notable victories over Juan Martín del Potro and Fabio Fognini.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 49–31.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: 3R (2004)

French Open: 2R (2004)

Wimbledon: 2R (2003)

US Open: 3R (2003)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: 1R (2004)

French Open: QF (2004)

Wimbledon: A

US Open: A

=Pro tour=

In May 2011, Wolmarans reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 198, whilst his highest doubles ranking is World No. 413 (achieved in September 2010).{{cite news

| title = Fritz Wolmarans' biography

| url = http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100027322

| publisher = International Tennis Federation

| access-date= 2016-03-07

}} He has won one challenger in both singles and doubles.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 14 (8 titles-6 runner-ups)=

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!Legend (singles)

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|ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)

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|ITF Futures (7–5)

|

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!Titles by surface

Hard (7–6)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!width=25|No.

!width=120|Date

!width=230|Tournament

!width=50|Surface

!width=180|Opponent

!width=150 class="unsortable"|Score

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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1.

|10 April 2005

|USA F7, Little Rock, AR, USA

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Zbynek Mlynarik

|3–6, 5–7

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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2.

|9 July 2006

|Romania F10, Romania

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Teodor-Dacian Craciun

|6–2, 6–3

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3.

|6 August 2006

|U.S.A. F20, IL, U.S.A.

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryler DeHeart

|6–4, 6–3

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4.

|19 November 2006

|USA F29, HI, U.S.A.

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Dudi Sela

|3–6, 3–6

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5.

|20 June 2010

|U.S.A. F14, Davis, CA, U.S.A.

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Artem Sitak

|6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6.

|26 September 2010

|U.S.A. F24, CA, U.S.A.

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robbye Poole

|6–0, 6–3

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|7.

|24 October 2010

|U.S.A. F27, TX, U.S.A.

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Cox

|6–1, 6–2

bgcolor="moccasin"

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|8.

|20 March 2011

|Rimouski, Canada

|Hard(i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Reynolds

|6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

bgcolor="moccasin"

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|9.

|22 July 2012

|Binghamton, United States

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Yani

|4–6, 6–7(11–13)

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|10.

|16 September 2012

|Canada F8, Canada

|Hard

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Márton Fucsovics

|6–3, 7–6

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|11.

|1 June 2014

|South Africa F1, Stellenbosch

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Tucker Vorster

|3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|12.

|15 June 2014

|South Africa F3, Stellenbosch

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Nicolaas Scholtz

|6–4, 2–6, 4–6

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|13.

|13 July 2014

|Canada F5, Canada

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis

|6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)

bgcolor=cffcff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|14.

|30 August 2015

|Canada F7, Canada

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ECU}} Gonzalo Escobar

|6–7(4–7), 0–6

Doubles finals: 3 (1–2)

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{| class="wikitable"

! Legend

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| Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)

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| ATP World Tour Finals (0/0)

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| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0/0)

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| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0/0)

ATP World Tour 250 Series (0/0)
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| ATP Challenger Tour (1/2)

| valign=top width=33% align=left |

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! Titles by surface

Hard (1/1)
Grass (0/0)
Clay (0/1)
Carpet (0/0)

|}

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!style="width:40px"|Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

bgcolor="moccasin"

| style="background:#FFA07A"|Loss

| 1.

| 9 May 2010

| Savannah, United States

| Clay (green)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Reynolds

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Baker
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Ward

| 3–6, 4–6

bgcolor="moccasin"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 19 September 2010

| Tulsa, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Andrew Anderson

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brett Joelson
{{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Klingemann

| 6–2, 6–3

bgcolor="moccasin"

| style="background:#FFA07A"|Loss

| 3.

| 11 September 2011

| Shanghai, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Yani

| {{flagicon|THA}} Sanchai Ratiwatana
{{flagicon|THA}} Sonchat Ratiwatana

| 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Singles performance timeline

{{performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

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!Tournament!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!W–L

colspan=10 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|Q1

|A

|A

|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|0–0

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0–0

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|0–0

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|0–0

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

colspan=11 align=left|Career statistics
style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

align=left|Year-end ranking

|722

|419

|275

|299

|340

|640

|420

!

References

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