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Melvyn op der Heijde (born 11 June 1975) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.[1]

Melvyn op der Heijde

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1975-06-11) 11 June 1975 (age 47) Hoorn, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$100,988
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 231 (10 Oct 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2002)
US Open	Q1 (2005)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 259 (26 Dec 2005)

Born in Hoorn, North Holland in 1975, Op der Heijde came late to professional tennis. As a 21-year old in 1996 he was playing in the third division of club tennis, but made improvements when he switched to Amstelpark. In 1999 he earned an international ranking and had a surprise win over leading Dutch player Paul Haarhuis, as well as securing his first ITF Futures title in Verona.[2][3] During his career he won six singles and three doubles tournaments at Futures level. He achieved a best world ranking of 231 and featured in the qualifying draws in three of the four grand slams.[4][5]

ITF Futures titles

Singles: (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	May 1999	Italy F7, Verona	Clay	Rainer Falenti	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2.	May 2004	USA F11, Orange Park	Clay	Goran Dragicevic	6–4, 6–0
3.	Nov 2004	China F3, Jiangmen	Hard	Zhu Benqiang	6–4, 6–2
4.	Dec 2004	Qatar F5, Doha	Hard	Artem Sitak	6–4, 6–3
5.	Jan 2005	UAE F1, Dubai	Hard	Alexander Hartman	6–4, 6–0
6.	Jun 2005	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Clay	Torsten Popp	4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0

Doubles: (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Sep 2001	Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den Rijn	Clay	Jan Weinzierl	Emin Ağayev Thomas Blake	6–3, 6–4
2.	Sep 2001	Ukraine F2, Gorlivka	Clay	Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	Ivan Cinkus Gergely Kisgyörgy	6–2, 6–4
3.	Apr 2004	Germany F4, Riemerling	Clay	Edwin Kempes	Andreas Beck Torsten Popp	7–5, 6–4

References

External links

• Melvyn op der Heijde at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Melvyn op der Heijde at the International Tennis Federation

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