Jimy Szymanski Ottaviano (born September 15, 1975, in Caracas) is a former tennis player from Venezuela.
He reached his highest junior world ranking of no. 1 in the world in summer 1993. He reached finals in Wimbledon Juniors 1993 and won the Italian Junior world championship in Bonfiglio Milano in 1993. He won the Junior Orange Bowl in doubles in 1993 and finished no. 3 in the juniors world ranking in 1993.
He turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest singles ATP ranking on November 15, 1999, at no. 160.
He played in the ATP tour for more than 10 years and had wins over Fernando González, Nicolás Lapentti, James Blake, Félix Mantilla, Olivier Rochus, Goran Ivanišević, Nicolás Pereira, Horst Skoff, Nuno Marques, Franco Squillari, Jaime Oncins, and Sébastien Lareau.
Szymanski represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney.
As a coach, he worked with Milagros Sequera, Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova, and was Davis Cup captain and Fed Cup captain for his native country.
He is president of STA TENNIS LLC, a company that manages tennis facilities in South Florida.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1993WimbledonGrass Răzvan Sabău1–6, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (8–6) LegendATP Challenger (2–3)ITF Futures (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (7–5)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Nuno Marques2–6, 6–3, 6–3Win2–0Philippines F1, ManilaFuturesHard Richard Brostowicz6–2, 6–1Win3–0Philippines F2, ManilaFuturesHard Solon Peppas6–3, 6–4Loss3–1Tulsa, United StatesChallengerHard André Sá2–6, 6–7Loss3–2Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard André Sá5–7, 6–4, 4–6Loss3–3Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Tommy Robredo4–6, 2–6Win4–3Tulsa, United StatesChallengerHard Raemon Sluiter7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3)Loss4–4USA F24, KenoshaFuturesHard Raven Klaasen3–6, 3–6Loss4–5USA F25, ClaremontFuturesHard Glenn Weiner3–6, 1–6Win5–5USA F26, Costa MesaFuturesHard Aleksander Vlaski6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win6–5USA F27, OjaiFuturesHard Aleksander Vlaski7–5, 6–4Win7–5USA F27A, Laguna NiguelFuturesHard Robert Yim6–2, 6–4Win8–5Venezuela F2, CaracasFuturesHard Dejan Cvetkovic6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2Loss8–6Venezuela F3, ValenciaFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 13 (4–9) LegendATP Challenger (2–7)ITF Futures (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (1–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Bernardo Mota Nuno Marques Emanuel Couto7–6, 3–6, 5–7Loss0–2Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Cecil Mamiit Mark Merklein Jeff Salzenstein6–7, 1–6Loss0–3Lima, PeruChallengerClay Kris Goossens Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto2–6, 1–6Loss0–4Santa Cruz, BoliviaChallengerClay Kepler Orellana Marcelo Charpentier Andrés Schneiter2–6, 3–6Loss0–5Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Kepler Orellana Adriano Ferreira Óscar Ortiz3–6, 4–6Win1–5Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Kevin Kim Harel Levy Lior Mor4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss1–6Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerClay José de Armas Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez4–6, 3–6Loss1–7USA F2, Altamonte SpringsFuturesHard Óscar Ortiz Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy3–6, 4–6Win2–7San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay José de Armas Jocelyn Robichaud Michael Sell5–7, 6–4, 6–2Loss2–8Manta, EcuadorChallengerHard Eric Nunez Marcos Daniel Santiago González6–3, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss2–9Venezuela F1C, CaracasFuturesHard Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Alejandro Kon Damian ListingartwalkoverWin3–9Venezuela F5, CaracasFuturesHard José de Armas Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–1]Win4–9Venezuela F7, CaracasFuturesHard José de Armas Miguel Cicenia Luis David Martínez7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAQ1AAQ2Q10 / 00–0WimbledonQ3AAAAAQ1Q30 / 00–0US OpenAQ11R1RAQ2Q1A0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 20–2ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAQ1Q1AAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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