Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is a professional Austrian
tennis
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player. As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
in 2015. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016.
He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Gera ...
(hence his nickname,
Mini Melts) and is the son of Rudolf Melzer, an Austrian businessman and mayor of
Deutsch-Wagram
Deutsch-Wagram (literally "German Wagram", ), often shortened to Wagram, is a village in the Gänserndorf District, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria. It is in the Marchfeld Basin, close to the Vienna city limits, about 15 km (9 mi) northeas ...
, and Michaela, a saleswoman.
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.
He has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in
Graz, Austria
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popula ...
. Gerald 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
Alex de Minaur ( ; es, Álex de Miñaur Román, ; born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 15 on 28 June 2021 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020.
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in five sets. He held a match point in the fourth set, but was unable to close it out.
Gerald is also part of
Austrian Davis Cup team, where he has 4 singles wins and 6 losses.
Singles performance timeline
''Current through the
2021 Davis Cup Finals
The Finals, formerly known as World Group, was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2021. It was held on indoor hard courts at three venues in Innsbruck, Austria, Madrid, Spain and Turin, Italy. The 2020 edition was originally scheduled ...
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ATP Challenger and ITF Future titles
Singles: 19
Doubles: 17
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1990 births
Living people
Austrian male tennis players
Tennis players from Vienna