Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is an Austrian tennis coach and a former professional player who competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. Gerald was also part of the Austrian Davis Cup team.
Gerald is currently coaching Arthur Géa.
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.
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."
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.
Personal information He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player Jürgen Melzer (hence his nickname, Mini Melts) and is the son of Rudolf Melzer, an Austrian businessman and mayor of Deutsch-Wagram, and Michaela, a saleswoman.
Performance timeline
Current through the 2023 ATP Tour. Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAQ2A1R1RAAAAA0 / 20–2French OpenAAAQ1Q2Q11RQ3Q1Q1AAAA0 / 10–1WimbledonAAAAAQ1Q3Q3Q2ANHAQ1A0 / 00–0US OpenAAAQ1Q1Q1AQ1Q3AAAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 30–3National representationDavis CupAAAAZ1Z1Z1Z1POARRAA0 / 14–6Career statisticsTournaments1002346760001030Overall win–loss0–10–00–00–20–44–43–89–94–60–00–00–10–10–020–36Year-end ranking4383492812021621666810024410721104292373564
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles
Singles: 19 ATP Challenger (8)ITF Futures (11)
No.DateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore1Bujumbura, BurundiFuturesClay Bart Govaerts6–2, 6–42Kigali, RwandaFuturesClay Stanislav Vovk7–6(10–8), 6–03Kampala, UgandaFuturesClay Takanyi Garanganga6–4, 6–44Orange Park, United StatesFuturesClay Daniel Garza1–1 ret.5Bujumbura, BurundiFuturesClay Ruan Roelofse6–4, 6–26Kigali, RwandaFuturesClay Lukas Jastraunig6–2, 6–47Santiago, ChileFuturesClay Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz7–6(7–4), 6–38Orange Park, United StatesFuturesClay Tennys Sandgren7–6(7–5), 6–39Bujumbura, BurundiFuturesClay Alessandro Bega6–2, 6–310Kigali, RwandaFuturesClay Sherif Sabry6–4, 6–411Kigali, RwandaFuturesClay Lukas Jastraunig6–1, 6–11Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Victor Estrella Burgos6–1, 6–42Mendoza, ArgentinaChallengerClay Axel Michon4–6, 6–4, 6–03Bucaramanga, ColombiaChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi6–3, 6–14Morelos, Mexico (2)ChallengerHard Alejandro González7–6(7–4), 6–35Mohammedia, MoroccoChallengerClay Stefanos Tsitsipas3–6, 6–3, 6–26Lima, PeruChallengerClay Jozef Kovalík7–5, 7–6(7–4)7Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Facundo Bagnis6–3, 6–18Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Facundo Mena6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Doubles: 17 ATP Challenger (5)ITF Futures (12)
No.DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Jürgen Melzer Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]2Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Michael Linzer Niels Desein André Ghem6–1, 7–6(7–3)3Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Andrej Martin Alejandro Moreno Figueroa Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–2, 6–44Cortina, ItalyChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Steven de Waard Ben McLachlan6–2, 7–6(7–4)5Lima, PeruChallengerClay Julian Lenz Nicolás Barrientos Fernando Romboli7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
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