Nicolaas (Nikala) "Nik" Scholtz (born 5 February 1991) is a former professional tennis player from Greyton, South Africa. Nicolaas qualified for the 2011 SA Tennis Open.

Scholtz is the son of Calla Scholtz, a former rugby player who represented Western Province in South Africa's domestic competition, the Currie Cup, from 1982 to 1989 (a total of 116 matches).

In 2012, Nicolaas represented South Africa in their Davis Cup play-off against Canada for a spot in the much esteemed World Group. He faced world number fifteen, Milos Raonic, in his first and only match, losing 5–7, 4–6, 5–7. South Africa lost the tie 4–1. In total he played seven ties for South Africa, producing a 5–7 singles record.

After spending his childhood in Greyton, a small town in the Boland, Western Cape, Nicolaas' family moved to Caledon and he attended Paarl Boys High School. He completed his studies at the University of Mississippi in the United States in 2015, earning four All-American colours four times. He is currently playing on the ITF Futures tour.

Scholtz has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 5–8.

At retirement, Scholtz was South Africa's third ranked tennis player behind Kevin Anderson and Lloyd Harris.

Tennis career highlights

Juniors

In March 2008, Scholtz won his first ITF junior singles title at the G2 in Gaborone, Botswana.

As a junior, Scholtz reached a Career High Combined ranking of 22 in the International Tennis Federation's world junior ranking.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 67–27.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: 1R (2009) French Open: 2R (2009) Wimbledon: 1R (2009) US Open: 1R (2009)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: 1R (2009) French Open: QF (2009) Wimbledon: 1R (2009) US Open: 1R (2009)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (13 titles-7 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)ITF Futures (13–7)Titles by surfaceHard (13-7)Clay (0-0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the finalWinner1.16 December 2012South Africa F2, StellenboschHard Simon Cauvard6-3, 6-0Runner-up2.23 June 2013Turkey F24, TurkeyHard Takanyi Garanganga3-6, 5-7Winner3.8 June 2014South Africa F2, StellenboschHard Tucker Vorster6-4, 6-3Winner4.15 June 2014South Africa F3, StellenboschHard Fritz Wolmarans 4–6, 6–2, 6–4Runner-up5.20 July 2014Turkey F25, TurkeyHard Aldin Šetkić2–6, 3–6Runner-up6.7 September 2014Turkey F30, TurkeyHard Tucker Vorster 3–6, 6–3, 6–7Winner7.14 September 2014Turkey F31, TurkeyHard Rémi Boutillier 6–4, 3–6, 7–6Winner8.6 September 2015Gabon F2, LibrevilleHard Javier Pulgar-Garcia 6–2, 5–7, 7–5Winner9.4 October 2015USA F28, Laguna NiguelHard Wil Spencer 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Winner10.8 November 2015South Africa F1, StellenboschHard Pascal Brunner7-6, 7-5Runner-up11.5 June 2016Turkey F22, AntalyaHard Marc Sieber0-6, 1-6Runner-up12.10 July 2016Zimbabwe F3, HarareHard Tucker Vorster 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Runner-up13.20 November 2016South Africa F3, StellenboschHard Lloyd Harris5-7, 4-6Winner14.19 March 2017Egypt F9, Sharm el-SheikhHard Aldin Šetkić7–6, 6–3Winner15.14 May 2017Mexico F3, CórdobaHard Iván Endara6-4, 6–3Winner16.18 June 2017Zimbabwe F1, HarareHard Lucas Catarina 2–6, 6–3, 6–0Winner17.2 July 2017Zimbabwe F3, HarareHard Baptiste Crepatte 6–7, 6–3, 6–6Winner18.26 November 2017South Africa F1, StellenboschHard Leny Mitjana6-4, 6-4Winner19.10 December 2017South Africa F3, StellenboschHard Leny Mitjana 3–6, 6–1, 7–6Runner-up20.15 April 2018USA F10, Little RockHard Karue Sell5-7, 2-6

Doubles: 24 (12 titles- 12 runner-ups) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (1-1)ITF Futures (11–11)Titles by surfaceHard (12-12)Clay (0-0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore in the finalRunner-up1.27 June 2011Spain F22, SpainHard Ruan Roelofse Juan Jose Leal-Gomez Borja Rodriguez Manzano3–6, 6–3, 10–12Winner2.4 July 2011Spain F23, SpainHard Ruan Roelofse Francesco Borgo Claudio Grassi7-5, 6-3Winner3.3 June 2013Turkey F22, TurkeyHard Tucker Vorster Anil Yuksel Abdullah Yilmaz6-0, 6-4Winner4.17 June 2013Turkey F24, TurkeyHard Tucker Vorster Anton Manegin Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy7-6(7−1), 6-4Winner5.2 June 2014South Africa F2, South AfricaHard Tucker Vorster Mark Fynn Damon Gooch6-3, 6-4Runner-up6.9 June 2014South Africa F3, South AfricaHard Tucker Vorster Ruan Roelofse Dean O'Brien6-7(6−8), 4-6Runner-up7.7 July 2014Turkey F24, TurkeyHard Tucker Vorster Scott Puodziunas Darren K. Polkinghorne6-7(7−9), 6-7(5−7)Winner8.14 July 2014Turkey F25, TurkeyHard Tucker Vorster Damian Farinola Petr Michnev6-2, 6-4Winner9.25 August 2014Turkey F29, TurkeyHard Tucker Vorster Tuna Altuna Efe Yurtacan6-4, 6-4Runner-up10.1 June 2015Mozambique F1, MaputoHard Evan Song Duncan Mugabe Hassan Ndayishimiye3-6, 4-6Winner11.21 June 2015Zimbabwe F1, HarareHard Lloyd Harris Evan King Anderson Reed7-5, 6-4Runner-up12.28 June 2015Zimbabwe F2, HarareHard Tucker Vorster Romain Bauvy Ronan Joncour6-4, 6-7(5−7), 5-10Winner13.6 September 2015Gabon F2, LibrevilleHard Tucker Vorster Javier Pulgar-Garcia Cameron Silverman7-6(7-2), 6-1Runner-up14.3 July 2016Zimbabwe F2, HarareHard Tucker Vorster Hugo Nys Vishnu Vardhan4-6, 2-6Runner-up15.31 July 2016Lexington Challenger, USAHard Tucker Vorster Luke Saville Jordan Thompson2-6, 5-7Winner16.14 August 2016Aptos Challenger, USAHard Tucker Vorster Mackenzie McDonald Ben McLachlan6–7(5−7), 6–3, 10–8Runner-up17.6 November 2016South Africa F1, StellenboschHard Chris Haggard Alessandro Bega Luca Margaroli5-7, 2-6Winner18.12 February 2017Egypt F4, Sharm el-SheikhHard Jonas Luetjen Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic6–2, 2–6, 11–9Runner-up19.19 February 2017Egypt F5, Sharm el-SheikhHard Jonas Luetjen Nathan Eshmade Sem Verbeek 6–3, 3–6, 3–10Runner-up20.19 March 2017Egypt F9, Sharm el-SheikhHard Lloyd Harris Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov(W/O)Winner21.7 May 2017Mexico F2, VillahermosaHard (i) Kevin King Farris Fathi Gosea Nathaniel Lammons7-6(7−4), 7-6(7−4)Runner-up22.21 May 2017Mexico F4, PachucaHard Ruben Gonzales Manuel Sánchez Federico Zeballos6–7(3−7), 2–6Runner-up23.18 June 2017Zimbabwe F1, HarareHard Mark Fynn Benjamin Lock Nathaniel Lammons2-6, 3-6Winner24.25 June 2017Zimbabwe F2, HarareHard Mark Fynn Benjamin Lock Nathaniel Lammons3–6, 6–1, 10–7

References

http://www.supersport.com

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