Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink (; born 14 April 1970) is a retired tennis player from the Netherlands. The former Dutch Davis Cup captain reached a career-high
ATP ranking of 14.
Career
Tennis
As a junior player, Siemerink was the Dutch 18-under champion in 1988. He also won the doubles title at the 1988 Orange Bowl junior championship in Florida.
Siemerink turned professional in 1989. Over the course of his career, he won four top-level singles titles (at Singapore in 1991,
Nottingham
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in 1996, and at
Rotterdam
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and
Toulouse
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in 1998). He also won ten tour doubles titles, the most significant of which were the
Miami Masters in 1993 and the
Monte-Carlo Masters in 1996.
Siemerink's best performance at a
Grand Slam event came at
Wimbledon in 1998, where he reached the quarterfinals by defeating
Ctislav Doseděl,
David Prinosil,
Jonas Björkman and
Magnus Larsson, before being knocked-out by
Goran Ivanišević in three tie-breaks. Siemerink is also known for winning a fourth set tie-break against compatriot
Richard Krajicek from 6–0 down in the 1994 US Open, though Krajicek eventually won the match.
Siemerink played for the Netherlands in the
Davis Cup between 1991 and 2001, compiling a 17–10 record. He helped the Netherlands reach the World Group semi-finals in 2001.
Siemerink's career-high rankings were world No. 14 in singles (in 1998) and world No. 16 in doubles (in 1996). His career prize-money totaled $4,347,693.
After his playing career Siemerink was captain of the Dutch Davis Cup team from 2006 until 2016.
Other
In February 2018, Siemerink became team manager of the football club
Ajax
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ATP career finals
Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (3–2)
Doubles: 7 (6–1)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Dutch male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Katwijk
Tennis players from South Holland
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Hopman Cup competitors
Tennis commentators
AFC Ajax non-playing staff
20th-century Dutch sportsmen