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Izak van der Merwe

South African tennis player

Summary

South African tennis player

Field	Value
name	Izak van der Merwe
country
residence	Stellenbosch, South Africa
birth_date
birth_place	Johannesburg, South Africa
height
turnedpro	2005
retired	2014
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	$430,017
singlesrecord	16–16
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 113 (1 August 2011)
AustralianOpenresult	Q3 (2011)
FrenchOpenresult	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledonresult	1R (2008)
USOpenresult	Q2 (2009)
doublesrecord	8–8
doublestitles	0
highestdoublesranking	No. 94 (18 July 2011)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	A
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	A
WimbledonDoublesresult	2R (2012)
USOpenDoublesresult	A
updated	05 Oktober 2018

Izak van der Merwe (born 26 January 1984) is a retired South African tennis player.

Van der Merwe had a career-high ATP singles ranking of 113 achieved on 1 August 2011.

Van der Merwe represented South Africa at the Davis Cup.

He says he tried to base his play on the former Wimbledon champion, Pete Sampras.

Tennis career highlights

2005–2007: Career beginnings

Van der Merwe turned pro in 2005 and ended the year with a singles ranking of 721. During this time Van der Merwe mainly played in the ITF Futures tour. In October 2005, Van der Merwe won his first ITF Futures singles title in Zimbabwe F1.

In 2006 Van der Merwe reached 5 ITF Futures tour singles finals, winning 1. In 2007 Van der Merwe won 3 ITF Futures tour titles.

2008: 1st Grand Slam entry

In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer. He would then go on to lose to Guillermo García-López 7–5, 6–2, 6–2.

In August 2008 Van der Merwe also reached his first Challenger tour final at the [[ Torneio Internacional de Tênis Campos do Jordão| Campos Do Jordao-1]] in Brazil, where he lost to Brian Dabul.

2010: 1st ATP Challenger title

In August 2010 Van der Merwe won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the [[Torneio Internacional de Tênis Campos do Jordão| Campos Do Jordao-1]] in Brazil, when he defeated world number 88 Ricardo Mello.

2011: Second and Third ATP Challenger titles

In February Van der Merwe reached his first main draw semifinal on the ATP World Tour, when he reached the semifinal of the SA Tennis Open (ATP 250 event) in Johannesburg, South Africa. He went on to lose to world number 110 Somdev Devvarman.

In April Van der Merwe won his second ATP Challenger title at the Soweto Open in Johannesburg, South Africa, when he defeated countryman and world number 184 Rik De Voest. In November Van der Merwe won his third ATP Challenger title at [[Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger| Charlottesville]], Virginia, United States, when he defeated world number 283 Jesse Levine.

2012

In July he reached the quarterfinal of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (ATP 250 event) in Newport, RI, U.S.A. .

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles-9 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–5)
ITF Futures (5–4)

Titles by surface
Hard (8–16)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	23 October 2005	Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo	Hard	RSA Andrew Anderson	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	2.	21 May 2006	USA F11, Tampa	Clay	USA Robert Yim	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	2 July 2006	Thailand F3, Bangkok	Hard	JPN Takahiro Terachi	7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	8 October 2006	USA F25, Laguna Niguel	Hard	USA Brian Wilson	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	5.	22 October 2006	USA F26, Mansfield	Hard	USA Michael McClune	7–6, 6–4
Loss	6.	29 October 2006	USA F27, Baton Rouge	Hard	ISR Dudi Sela	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win	7.	15 April 2007	USA F7, Mobile	Hard	USA Ryler DeHeart	6–1, 6–4
Win	8.	22 July 2007	USA F18, Joplin	Hard	RUS Andrey Kumantsov	6–3, 6–4
Win	9.	28 October 2007	USA F27, Baton Rouge	Hard	AUS Carsten Ball	6–2, 7–6
Loss	10.	10 August 2008	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	ARG Brian Dabul	5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	24 May 2009	Cremona, Italy	Hard	GER Benjamin Becker	5–7, 1–6
Loss	12.	18 April 2010	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	GER Dustin Brown	6–7, 3–6
Win	13.	8 August 2010	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	BRA Ricardo Mello	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	14.	15 August 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Hard	JPN Tatsuma Ito	4–6, 4–6
Win	15.	17 April 2011	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	RSA Rik de Voest	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
Loss	16.	7 August 2011	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	BRA Rogerio Dutra Silva	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	17.	6 November 2011	Charlottesville, United States	Hard	USA Jesse Levine	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Current till 2013 US Open.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	R1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	A	0–0
US Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	0–0
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	269	304	272	174	113	214	1109

References

"Izak's Wimbledon Story".

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