Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Peru.

Jaime Yzaga
Country (sports) Peru
ResidenceLima, Peru
Born (1967-10-23) 23 October 1967 (age 57)
Lima, Peru
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,234,150
Singles
Career record265–222
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 18 (30 October 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1991)
French Open4R (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1991, 1992, 1994)
US OpenQF (1994)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup1R (1991, 1994)
Doubles
Career record55–55
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 54 (20 November 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1980)
US Open1R (1989, 1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1986)
Last updated on: 12 June 2022.

Tennis career

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As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in 1985 and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon (also in 1985) and of the US Open (1984).

Yzaga played on the professional tour from 1984 to 1996, reaching career-high rankings of world No. 18 in singles and world No. 54 in doubles (both in 1989).

He was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open in 1991, and at the US Open in 1994, reaching the final eight by defeating in back-to-back matches finalists of the previous edition: Cédric Pioline and Pete Sampras in five sets. Yzaga came back from a 2-sets-to-0 deficit against Pioline and 2-sets-to-1 against Sampras. At 5'7" (1.70m), he was the shortest Grand Slam tournament quarterfinalist until Diego Schwartzman, also 5'7", at the 2017 U.S. Open.[1]

He had earlier been the first-ever opponent of Sampras in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1988 US Open, also winning that match in 5 sets.

Since retiring as a player, Yzaga has served as captain of Peru's Davis Cup team.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (7–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (7–3)
Indoors (1–0)


Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1987 Schenectady, United States Grand Prix Hard   Jim Pugh 0–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 2–0 Nov 1987 São Paulo, Brazil Grand Prix Hard   Luiz Mattar 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 1988 Itaparica, Brazil Grand Prix Hard   Javier Frana 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 3–1 May 1989 Forest Hills, United States Grand Prix Clay   Ivan Lendl 2–6, 1–6
Loss 3–2 Oct 1990 São Paulo, Brazil World Series Carpet   Robbie Weiss 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win 4–2 May 1990 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay   Jimmy Arias 6–3, 7–5
Win 5–2 Jan 1992 Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard   MaliVai Washington 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 6–2 Apr 1992 Tampa, United States World Series Clay   MaliVai Washington 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 6–3 Apr 1993 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay   Horacio de la Peña 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 7–3 May 1993 Tampa, United States World Series Clay   Richard Fromberg 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–3 Oct 1993 Sydney, Australia Championship Series Hard   Petr Korda 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1988 Boston, United States Grand Prix Clay   Bruno Orešar   Jorge Lozano
  Todd Witsken
6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 1989 Charleston, United States Grand Prix Clay   Agustín Moreno   Mikael Pernfors
  Tobias Svantesson
4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Oct 1989 Bordeaux, France Grand Prix Clay   Agustín Moreno   Tomás Carbonell
  Carlos di Laura
4–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1992 Ponte Vedra, United States Challenger Hard   Luis-Enrique Herrera 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1995 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Americo Venero-Montes   Juan Carlos Bianchi
  Tamer El Sawy
6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1985 French Open Clay   Thomas Muster 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1984 US Open Hard   Agustín Moreno   Leonardo Lavalle
  Mihnea Nastase
6–7, 6–1, 1–6
Win 1985 Wimbledon Grass   Agustín Moreno   Petr Korda
  Cyril Suk
7–6(7–3), 6–4

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A NH A A A A QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
French Open A A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R A 0 / 10 8–10 44%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 1R A A 2R 2R A 2R A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open A 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R A 0 / 11 20–11 65%
Win–loss 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–3 2–3 4–2 2–2 8–4 1–4 1–3 8–4 1–3 0–1 0 / 32 35–32 52%
National Representation
Summer Olympics 1R Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 3R 2R 1R A 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Miami A A 2R 2R 2R 4R 3R 2R 3R 1R 4R QF A 0 / 10 15–10 60%
Monte Carlo A A 2R A A A 3R A 1R A 3R 1R A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Hamburg A A A A A A 2R A A A 3R 3R A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Rome A A A 2R QF 3R 2R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 9 11–9 55%
Canada A A A A A A A 1R A 2R 3R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A QF A 2R QF 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Paris A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 4–3 8–4 5–5 2–4 8–5 3–5 9–8 6–6 0–0 0 / 45 49–45 52%

Doubles

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Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open NH A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 1R A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 1–4 20%
ATP Masters Series
Miami 1R A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A 2R 2R A A A A Q1 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Canada A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A A A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 3–6 33%

References

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  1. ^ "Denis Shapovalov's New York adventure comes to an end". The Irish Times. 4 September 2017.
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