Melvyn op der Heijde (born 11 June 1975) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
Born in Hoorn, North Holland in 1975, Op der Heijde came late to professional tennis. As a 21-year old in 1996 he was playing in the third division of club tennis, but made improvements when he switched to Amstelpark. In 1999 he earned an international ranking and had a surprise win over leading Dutch player Paul Haarhuis, as well as securing his first ITF Futures title in Verona. During his career he won six singles and three doubles tournaments at Futures level. He achieved a best world ranking of 231 and featured in the qualifying draws in three of the four grand slams.
ITF Futures titles Singles: (6) No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.Italy F7, VeronaClay Rainer Falenti6–3, 2–6, 6–32.USA F11, Orange ParkClay Goran Dragicevic6–4, 6–03.China F3, JiangmenHard Zhu Benqiang6–4, 6–24.Qatar F5, DohaHard Artem Sitak6–4, 6–35.UAE F1, DubaiHard Alexander Hartman6–4, 6–06.Netherlands F1, AlkmaarClay Torsten Popp4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0
Doubles: (3) No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den RijnClay Jan Weinzierl Emin Ağayev Thomas Blake6–3, 6–42.Ukraine F2, GorlivkaClay Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Ivan Cinkus Gergely Kisgyörgy6–2, 6–43.Germany F4, RiemerlingClay Edwin Kempes Andreas Beck Torsten Popp7–5, 6–4
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