Jan Siemerink

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.

Jan Siemerink

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	14 April 1970 Rijnsburg, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2002
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,347,693
Singles
Career record	273–272 (ATP, Grand Prix and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 14 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1991)
French Open	3R (1997)
Wimbledon	QF (1998)
US Open	4R (1998)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992, 1996)
Doubles
Career record	203–185 (ATP, Grand Prix and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 16 (14 October 1996)

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)

Titles by surface Hard (2) Grass (1) Clay (0) Carpet (1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Apr 1991	Singapore	Hard	Gilad Bloom	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1.	Oct 1991	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Michael Stich	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Feb 1993	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Marc Rosset	2–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	3.	Jul 1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Marcelo Ríos	4–6, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	4.	Aug 1995	Long Island, USA	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7^(0–7), 2–6
Loss	5.	Oct 1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jim Courier	7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win	2.	Jun 1996	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Sandon Stolle	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
Loss	6.	Aug 1996	New Haven, USA	Hard	Alex O'Brien	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Loss	7.	Oct 1996	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 2–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	Nov 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Mar 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Thomas Johansson	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Win	4.	Sep 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	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	Richard Krajicek	Hendrik Jan Davids Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7
Win	1.	Jul 1991	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Richard Krajicek	Francisco Clavet Magnus Gustafsson	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2.	Oct 1991	Berlin, Germany	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Win	2.	Mar 1993	Miami, USA	Hard	Richard Krajicek	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	3.	Feb 1994	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	Martin Damm Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	4.	Jul 1994	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3.	Jan 1995	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Stefan Edberg Magnus Larsson	6–7, 2–6
Win	5.	Jun 1995	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Richard Krajicek	Hendrik Jan Davids Andrei Olhovskiy	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4.	Jul 1995	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	6.	Oct 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Ellis Ferreira	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 7–5
Win	7.	Jan 1996	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Patrick McEnroe Sandon Stolle	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	8.	Apr 1996	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	Jan 1997	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	Mar 1998	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Brett Steven	Tom Kempers Menno Oosting	4–6, 6–7
Win	9.	Jun 1998	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Guillaume Raoux	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	7–6, 6–2
Loss	7.	Oct 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Paul Haarhuis	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	2–6, 4–6
Win	-	Jun 1999	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira David Rikl	cancelled (rain)
Win	10.	May 2000	Orlando, USA	Clay	Leander Paes	Justin Gimelstob 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.

External links

• Jan Siemerink at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jan Siemerink at the International Tennis Federation
• Jan Siemerink at the Davis Cup