Jan Siemerink

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Jan Siemerink
Country Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth April 14, 1970 (1970-04-14) (age 38)
Place of birth Rijnsburg, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight 73 kg (160 lb/11.5 st)
Turned pro 1989
Retired 2002
Plays Left-handed; One-handed backhand
Career prize money $4,347,693
Singles
Career record: 273–272
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: 14 (October 12, 1998)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open R4 (1996)
French Open R3 (1998)
Wimbledon QF (1998)
US Open R4 (1998)
Doubles
Career record: 203–185
Career titles: 10
Highest ranking: 16 (October 14, 1996)

Infobox last updated on: May 31, 2007.

Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink (born April 14, 1970 in Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

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 in 1996, and at Rotterdam and Toulouse 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 quarter-finals before being knocked-out by Goran Ivanišević.

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 totalled US$4,347,693. He retired from the professional tour in 2002.

Afterwards he became a tennis analyst and commentator for TV channel RTL 5 in the Netherlands, until he was appointed Davis Cup Captain of the Dutch Team in december 2006.

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