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Gerald Melzer

{{short description|Austrian tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Gerald Melzer

|image = Gerald Melzer – Wimbledon Qualifying 2016 – 1.jpg

|caption = Melzer at the 2016 Wimbledon
qualifying tournament

|country = {{AUT}}

|residence = Linz, Austria

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1990|07|13}}

|birth_place = Vienna, Austria

|height = 1.88 m

|turnedpro = 2007

|retired = Sep 2024 (last match played)

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

|careerprizemoney = $990,350

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=20|lost=36}}

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 68 (21 November 2016)

|currentsinglesranking =

|AustralianOpenresult = 1R (2017, 2018)

|FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2016)

|Wimbledonresult = Q3 (2016, 2017)

|USOpenresult = Q3 (2018)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=4|lost=10}}

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 197 (28 April 2014)

|currentdoublesranking =

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2017)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = Q1 (2018)

|updated = 20 March 2025

}}

Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is an Austrian professional inactive tennis player who competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016.

Gerald is also part of Austrian Davis Cup team, for which he recorded four singles wins and six losses.

Career

Gerald Melzer has primarily spent his time on the Futures circuit, while also playing Challengers and several doubles events with his brother. He began playing on the tour in 2007, competing in tournaments in Austria as well as Futures tournaments in Africa.

In 2008, he has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz, Austria.{{cite news|url=http://www.itftennis.com/mens/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=21866 |title=ITF Pro Circuits Meets... Gerald Melzer |publisher=ITF |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206120057/http://www.itftennis.com/mens/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=21866 |url-status=dead }}

In 2015, as a qualifier, Gerald reached the semifinals of Munich.

He faced his brother, Jürgen, in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, and lost in straight sets. Jürgen described it as the "worst tennis day of my life and I hope we will never play each other again."{{cite web|title='The worst tennis day of my life,' says victorious Melzer|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2015-06-23/the_worst_tennis_day_of_my_life_victorious_melzer.html|website=Wimbledon.com|access-date=27 June 2015}}

At the 2017 Australian Open, Melzer lost in the first round to Australian Alex de Minaur in five sets. He held a match point in the fourth set, but was unable to close it out.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jan/16/alex-de-minaur-wins-through-to-second-round-on-australian-open-debut|title=Alex De Minaur wins through to second round on Australian Open debut|work=The Guardian|date=16 January 2017|access-date=17 January 2017}}

Personal information

He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player Jürgen Melzer (hence his nickname, Mini Melts){{Cite web|url=http://www.spaziotennis.com/editor/melzer-gerard-atp-profilo-storia-jurgen-fratelli/47858|title = Gerald, non più l'altro Melzer – SPAZIO TENNIS|date = 11 January 2017}} and is the son of Rudolf Melzer, an Austrian businessman and mayor of Deutsch-Wagram, and Michaela, a saleswoman.

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes}}

Current through the 2023 ATP Tour.

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!Tournament!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!SR!!width=35|W–L

colspan="17" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 2

|0–2

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–1

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 3

|0–3

colspan="17" align="left" |National representation
align="left"|Davis Cup

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Z1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|PO

|A

|colspan="2" bgcolor=afeeee|RR

|A

|A

|0 / 1

|4–6

colspan="17" align="left" |Career statistics
bgcolor=efefef

|style=text-align:left|Tournaments

|1

|0

|0

|2

|3

|4

|6

|7

|6

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|colspan=2|30

style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Overall win–loss

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|0–2

|0–4

|4–4

|3–8

|9–9

|4–6

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–1

|0–0

|colspan=2|20–36

bgcolor=efefef

|style=text-align:left|Year-end ranking

|438

|349

|281

|202

|162

|166

|68

|100

|244

|1072

|1104

|292

|373

|564

|colspan=2|{{tennis win percentage|won=20|lost=36|integer=yes}}

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles

=Singles: 19=

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bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (8)

bgcolor=CFFCFF

|ITF Futures (11)

class="sortable wikitable nowrap"

!class="unsortable"|No.

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

1

|{{dts|Sep 2010}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Bujumbura, Burundi

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Bart Govaerts

|6–2, 6–4

2

|{{dts|Sep 2010}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Kigali, Rwanda

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Stanislav Vovk

|7–6(10–8), 6–0

3

|{{dts|Sep 2010}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Kampala, Uganda

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Takanyi Garanganga

|6–4, 6–4

4

|{{dts|May 2011}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Orange Park, United States

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Daniel Garza

|1–1 ret.

5

|{{dts|Oct 2011}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Bujumbura, Burundi

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Ruan Roelofse

|6–4, 6–2

6

|{{dts|Nov 2011}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Kigali, Rwanda

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Lukas Jastraunig

|6–2, 6–4

7

|{{dts|Feb 2012}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Santiago, Chile

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz

|7–6(7–4), 6–3

8

|{{dts|May 2012}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Orange Park, United States

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tennys Sandgren

|7–6(7–5), 6–3

9

|{{dts|Nov 2012}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Bujumbura, Burundi

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Bega

|6–2, 6–3

10

|{{dts|Nov 2012}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Kigali, Rwanda

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|EGY}} Sherif Sabry

|6–4, 6–4

11

|{{dts|Sep 2013}}

|bgcolor=cffcff|Kigali, Rwanda

|bgcolor=cffcff|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Lukas Jastraunig

|6–1, 6–1

1

|2014 Morelos Open – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Morelos, Mexico

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Victor Estrella Burgos

|6–1, 6–4

2

|2016 Torneo de Mendoza – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Mendoza, Argentina

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Axel Michon

|4–6, 6–4, 6–0

3

|2016 Claro Open Bucaramanga – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Bucaramanga, Colombia

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Lorenzi

|6–3, 6–1

4

|2016 Morelos Open – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Morelos, Mexico (2)

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|COL}} Alejandro González

|7–6(7–4), 6–3

5

|2016 Morocco Tennis Tour – Mohammedia – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Mohammedia, Morocco

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas

|3–6, 6–3, 6–2

6

|2017 Lima Challenger – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Lima, Peru

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Jozef Kovalík

|7–5, 7–6(7–4)

7

|2017 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Guayaquil, Ecuador

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Facundo Bagnis

|6–3, 6–1

8

|2021 Open Bogotá

|bgcolor=moccasin|Bogotá, Colombia

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Facundo Mena

|6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)

=Doubles: 17=

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bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (5)

bgcolor=CFFCFF

|ITF Futures (12)

class="sortable wikitable nowrap"

!class="unsortable"|No.

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

1

|{{dts|Aug 2008}}

|bgcolor=moccasin|Graz, Austria

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Jürgen Melzer

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Jeanpierre
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Renavand

|1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]

2

|2012 Tampere Open – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Tampere, Finland

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Michael Linzer

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Niels Desein
{{flagicon|BRA}} André Ghem

|6–1, 7–6(7–3)

3

|2014 Morelos Open – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Morelos, Mexico

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Andrej Martin

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Alejandro Moreno Figueroa
{{flagicon|MEX}} Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

|6–2, 6–4

4

|2017 International Tennis Tournament of Cortina – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Cortina, Italy

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Andreozzi

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Steven de Waard
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ben McLachlan

|6–2, 7–6(7–4)

5

|2021 Lima Challenger – Doubles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Lima, Peru

|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Julian Lenz

|{{flagicon|COL}} Nicolás Barrientos
{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando Romboli

|7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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Category:1990 births

Category:Living people

Category:Austrian male tennis players

Category:Tennis players from Vienna

Category:21st-century Austrian sportsmen