Jimy Szymanski Ottaviano (born September 15, 1975, in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

) 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

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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

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, Nicolás Lapentti, James Blake, Félix Mantilla,

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, and

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. Szymanski represented his native country at the

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in Atlanta and in

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at Sydney. As a coach, he worked with Milagros Sequera,

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲenkə, a=Ru-Maria_Kirilenko.ogg; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champio ...

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, and was

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captain and

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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)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Performance timeline

Singles

External links

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