Jan Siemerink


Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a retired tennis player from the Netherlands. The former Dutch Davis Cup captain reached a career-high ATP ranking of 14.

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. 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 and world No. 16 in doubles. 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.

Other

In February 2018, Siemerink became team manager of the Amsterdam professional football club AFC Ajax.

Career finals

Singles: 12 (4 wins, 8 losses)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Apr 1991SingaporeHard Gilad Bloom6–4, 6–3
Loss1.Oct 1991Vienna, AustriaCarpet Michael Stich4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss2.Feb 1993Marseille, FranceCarpet Marc Rosset2–6, 6–7
Loss3.Jul 1995Amsterdam, NetherlandsClay Marcelo Ríos4–6, 5–7, 4–6
Loss4.Aug 1995Long Island, USAHard Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–7, 2–6
Loss5.Oct 1995Basel, SwitzerlandHard Jim Courier7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win2.Jun 1996Nottingham, UKGrass Sandon Stolle6–3, 7–6
Loss6.Aug 1996New Haven, USAHard Alex O'Brien6–7, 4–6
Loss7.Oct 1996Vienna, AustriaCarpet Boris Becker4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss8.Nov 1997Stockholm, SwedenHard Jonas Björkman6–3, 6–7, 2–6, 4–6
Win3.Mar 1998Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet Thomas Johansson7–6, 6–2
Win4.Sep 1998Toulouse, FranceHard Greg Rusedski6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 18 (10–7)