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Melle van Gemerden Country (sports) NetherlandsResidence Amsterdam , NetherlandsBorn (1979-05-09 ) 9 May 1979 (age 45 ) Amsterdam , NetherlandsHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in ) Retired 2014 Plays Right-handed Prize money $214,727 Career record 4–9 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 100 (12 June 2006) Australian Open 1R (2005 ) French Open 1R (2006 ) Wimbledon 2R (2006 ) US Open Q1 (2008 ) Career record 0–4 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 178 (4 April 2005) Last updated on: 5 June 2021.
Melle van Gemerden (born 9 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.[1] Coined as ‘Mad Melle ’ by the Dutch press, due to his ethics on court, was part of a scandalous doping process in a Mauritius ATP Challenger in 2004 . He peaked his career as ATP singles world ranking as nr. 100 by June, 2006, maintaining it for a month.
Career
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Van Gemerden, coined as ‘Mad Melle ’ by the Dutch press , due to his ethics on court; was part of a scandalous cannabis doping during a Mauritius Challenger in 2004 . He was able to reach ATP singles world ranking nr. 100[2] by June, 2006, maintaining it for only a month. He made one time appearances in all Grand Slams and was also briefly a Davis Cup representative member of the Netherlands team.[3]
He marked the beginning of his career in 1997, with the Dutch Junior Champion under 18,[4] indoor and outdoor titles. In 1998–1999 he comprised the Jong Oranje [5] - a prized contract presented by the KNLTB to Netherlands' most proficient junior players. During a Mauritius Challenger tournament, late in December 2004, he was tested positive for a metabolite of cannabis or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Whilst the ATP tribunal accepted Van Gemerden had committed a doping offense[6] under the rules of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program with Exceptional Circumstances; the use of cannabis, in that case, was determined to not be for performance enhancing reasons. It was ruled he forfeit US$2,950 in prize money and all ranking points won at the Mauritius Challenger . Although he was eligible to return to competition immediately, Van Gemerden voluntarily sat out.[7] [8] Coming after, in July 2005, he defeated Kristof Vliegen , triumphing the Scheveningen Challenger.
Van Gemerden played for the Netherlands Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006. He took on Slovakia in the 2005 World Group quarter-finals and appeared both in the doubles, with Paul Haarhuis , and in the singles against Michal Mertiňák . He lost both of those matches and was also unable to register a win in the two other Davis Cup matches of his career, singles rubbers against Russians Nikolay Davydenko and Dmitry Tursunov in 2006.[9]
The Dutch tennis player begin his appearance at Grand Slams starting with the 2005 Australian Open , where he was drawn up against 31st seed Juan Carlos Ferrero , who won the match in four sets. The same year, he was a quarter-finalist in the 2005 Dutch Open , beating world number 46 Christophe Rochus en route. The following year, in 2006, he played in both the French Open and Wimbledon Championships .[10] In France he lost in the opening round to Juan Mónaco but he made the second round of Wimbledon, beating Josh Goodall ,[11] before being eliminated from the tournament by Mardy Fish .[10] Van Gemerden made it to US OPEN by 2008, being defeated by Jean-Yves Aubone at the first round.[12]
Van Gemerden carried as a hitting partner, from 2008 to 2010 to Ana Ivanovic and Fernando Verdasco , coached at different times by Sven Groeneveld ; and Sorana Cîrstea , coached by Rodrigo Nascimento . Then, turned into professional tennis coach to Thiemo de Bakker ,from 2014 until 2015; and Christian Lerby , for 5 months, in 2018. Lastly, from January 2019 until he was fired in February 2020, children for the KNLTB , as a traveling freelance coach.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
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Singles: 9 (4–5)
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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jun 2000
Germany F6, Villingen
Futures
Clay
Nikolay Davydenko
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win
2–0
Jun 2000
Germany F7, Trier
Futures
Clay
Nikolay Davydenko
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss
2–1
May 2004
Germany F5, Esslingen
Futures
Clay
Tobias Summerer
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
2–2
May 2004
Hungary F2, Hódmezővásárhely
Futures
Clay
Kornél Bardóczky
5–7, 3–6
Win
3–2
Jul 2004
Netherlands F2, Heerhugowaard
Futures
Clay
Fred Hemmes Jr.
6–3, 6-3
Loss
3–3
Sep 2004
Tehran , Iran
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Puerta
3–6, 4–6
Win
4–3
Jul 2005
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Kristof Vliegen
6–4, 6-3
Loss
4–4
Aug 2005
Manerbio , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Oliver Marach
3–6, 2–6
Loss
4–5
Jun 2008
Netherlands F2, Alkmaar
Futures
Clay
Thiemo de Bakker
6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Doubles: 17 (6–11)
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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–4)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–5)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Oct 1998
France F10, Saint-Dizier
Futures
Hard
Gordon Bergraaf
Pavel Kudrnáč Radim Žitko
4–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
May 1999
Germany F4, Villingen
Futures
Clay
Martijn Belgraver
Patrick Sommer Rene Nicklisch
7–5, 6–2
Loss
1–2
May 2000
Germany F2, Esslingen
Futures
Clay
Johan Settergren
Ali Hamadeh Jicham Zaatini
4–6, 1–6
Loss
1–3
Jun 2000
Germany F6, Villingen
Futures
Clay
Johan Settergren
Kris Goossens Ionuț Moldovan
6–7(6–8) , 3–6
Loss
1–4
Oct 2000
France F23, La Roche-sur-Yon
Futures
Hard
Johan Settergren
Martin Hromec Wim Neefs
3–6, 6–1, 6–7(8–10)
Win
2–4
Jun 2001
Germany F4, Villingen
Futures
Clay
Johan Settergren
Frank Moser Bernard Parun
6–4, 6–4
Loss
2–5
Mar 2002
New Zealand F1, Blenheim
Futures
Hard
Fredrik Lovén
Ashley Ford David Mcnamara
1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss
2–6
Sep 2002
Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den Rijn
Futures
Clay
Melvyn op der Heijde
O. Hernandez-Perez Gustavo Marcaccio
2–6, 3–6
Win
3–6
Oct 2003
Greece F3, Athens
Futures
Clay
Christian Grunes
Theodoros Angelinos Konstantinos Economidis
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss
3–7
May 2004
Hungary F2, Hódmezővásárhely
Futures
Clay
Zsolt Tatár
Kornél Bardóczky Gabriel Moraru
5–7, 7–6(7–3) , 3–6
Win
4–7
Jul 2004
Hilversum , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Fred Hemmes Jr.
Attila Sávolt Gabriel Trifu
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–3)
Win
5–7
Aug 2004
Samarkand , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Clay
Jean-François Bachelot
Sebastian Fitz Florin Mergea
6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss
5–8
Aug 2004
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Paul Logtens
Michal Mertiňák Pavel Šnobel
4–6, 2–6
Loss
5–9
Oct 2004
Bolton , United Kingdom
Challenger
Hard
Peter Wessels
Jeff Coetzee Jim Thomas
5–7, 3–6
Win
6–9
Aug 2005
Manerbio , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Peter Wessels
Oliver Marach Daniel Köllerer
6–3, 6–4
Loss
6–10
Jun 2008
Alessandria , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Matwé Middelkoop
Flavio Cipolla Simone Vagnozzi
6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss
6–11
Jul 2008
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Matwé Middelkoop
Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx
7–5, 2–6, [6–10]
References
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^ "Melle Van Gemerden | Overview" . ATP World Tour . Retrieved 2016-02-24 .
^ "Davis Cup player profile" . www.daviscup.com . Retrieved 2016-02-24 .
^ "KNLTB winner titles" (PDF) .
^ "KNLTB.nl" . www.knltb.nl . Retrieved 2016-02-24 .
^ "ITF TENNIS ANTIDOPING" .
^ ITF Anti-Doping - Decision in the case of Melle Van Gemerden
^ "Laatbloeier Van Gemerden heeft haast" . De Volkskrant . 21 July 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2015 .
^ Davis Cup Profile
^ a b ATP World Tour
^ "Britons handed tough draw at SW19" . BBC . 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2016-02-24 .
^ "US OPEN 2008" . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melle_van_Gemerden&oldid=1219515039 "
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