Jan Siemerink

Johannes Martinus ("Jan") Siemerink (born 14 April 1970) 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 quarterfinals before being knocked-out by Goran Ivanišević. Siemerink is also known for winning a fourth set tiebreak 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 semifinals 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.

Singles: 12 (4 titles – 8 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 April 1991	Singapore, Singapore	Hard	Gilad Bloom	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	20 October 1991	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Michael Stich	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	7 February 1993	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Marc Rosset	2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	3.	30 July 1995	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Clay	Marcelo Ríos	4–6, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	27 August 1995	Long Island, USA	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(0–7), 2–6
Runner-up	5.	1 October 1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jim Courier	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	17 June 1996	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Sandon Stolle	6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Runner-up	6.	18 August 1996	New Haven, USA	Hard	Alex O'Brien	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	13 October 1996	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	9 November 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	2 March 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Thomas Johansson	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	4.	28 September 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Greg Rusedski	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 18 (11–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 June 1991	Rosmalen, The Netherlands	Grass	Richard Krajicek	Hendrik Jan Davids Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	28 July 1991	Hilversum, The Netherlands	Clay	Richard Krajicek	Francisco Clavet Magnus Gustafsson	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	13 October 1991	Berlin, Germany	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Winner	2.	21 March 1993	Miami, USA	Hard	Richard Krajicek	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	3.	6 February 1994	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	Martin Damm Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	31 July 1994	Hilversum, The Netherlands	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	8 January 1995	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Stefan Edberg Magnus Larsson	6–7, 2–6
Winner	5.	18 June 1995	Rosmalen, The Netherlands	Grass	Richard Krajicek	Hendrik Jan Davids Andrei Olhovskiy	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	24 July 1995	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	22 October 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Ellis Ferreira	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 7–5
Winner	7.	14 January 1996	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Patrick McEnroe Sandon Stolle	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	28 April 1996	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ellis Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	12 January 1997	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	15 March 1998	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Brett Steven	Tom Kempers Menno Oosting	4–6, 6–7
Winner	9.	21 June 1998	Rosmalen, The Netherlands	Grass	Guillaume Raoux	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	4 October 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Paul Haarhuis	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	2–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	20 June 1999	Rosmalen, The Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Ellis Ferreira David Rikl	cancelled (rain)
Winner	11.	7 May 2000	Orlando, USA	Clay	Leander Paes	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	6–3, 6–4

Siemerink 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.