Fritz Wolmarans
# Fritz Wolmarans

Fritz Wolmarans (born 7 March 1986) is a former professional South African tennis player.

Wolmarans has a career high ATP singles ranking of 198 achieved on 16 May 2011.

He also played for the South Africa Davis Cup team.

## Tennis career

### Juniors

As a junior, Wolmarans reached as high as No. 12 in the combined world rankings in 2004. He scored notable victories over Juan Martín del Potro and Fabio Fognini.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 49–31.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: 3R (2004) French Open: 2R (2004) Wimbledon: 2R (2003) US Open: 3R (2003)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: 1R (2004) French Open: QF (2004) Wimbledon: A

US Open: A

### Pro tour

In May 2011, Wolmarans reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 198, whilst his highest doubles ranking is World No. 413 (achieved in September 2010). He has won one challenger in both singles and doubles.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

### Singles: 14 (8 titles-6 runner-ups)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
* ITF Futures (7–5)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (7–6)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 1. | 10 April 2005 | USA F7, Little Rock, AR, USA | Hard | Zbynek Mlynarik | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2. | 9 July 2006 | Romania F10, Romania | Clay | Teodor-Dacian Craciun | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3. | 6 August 2006 | U.S.A. F20, IL, U.S.A. | Hard | Ryler DeHeart | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | 19 November 2006 | USA F29, HI, U.S.A. | Hard | Dudi Sela | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5. | 20 June 2010 | U.S.A. F14, Davis, CA, U.S.A. | Hard | Artem Sitak | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6. | 26 September 2010 | U.S.A. F24, CA, U.S.A. | Hard | Robbye Poole | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 7. | 24 October 2010 | U.S.A. F27, TX, U.S.A. | Hard | Jordan Cox | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 20 March 2011 | Rimouski, Canada | Hard(i) | Bobby Reynolds | $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 6–3, $7–6^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 9. | 22 July 2012 | Binghamton, United States | Hard | Michael Yani | 4–6, $6–7^{(11–13)}$ |
| Win | 10. | 16 September 2012 | Canada F8, Canada | Hard | Márton Fucsovics | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 11. | 1 June 2014 | South Africa F1, Stellenbosch | Hard | Tucker Vorster | 3–6, 6–3, $7–6^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 12. | 15 June 2014 | South Africa F3, Stellenbosch | Hard | Nicolaas Scholtz | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13. | 13 July 2014 | Canada F5, Canada | Hard | Thanasi Kokkinakis | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ $6–7^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 14. | 30 August 2015 | Canada F7, Canada | Hard | Gonzalo Escobar | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 0–6 |

## Doubles finals: 3 (1–2)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0/0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0/0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0/0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (0/0)
* ATP Challenger Tour (1/2)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1/1)
* Grass (0/0)
* Clay (0/1)
* Carpet (0/0)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 1. | 9 May 2010 | Savannah, United States | Clay (green) | Bobby Reynolds | Jamie Baker James Ward | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 19 September 2010 | Tulsa, United States | Hard | Andrew Anderson | Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3. | 11 September 2011 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Michael Yani | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 3–6 |

## Singles performance timeline

Key :

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Career statistics |||||||||
| Titles–Finals | | | | | | | | |
| Year-end ranking | 722 | 419 | 275 | 299 | 340 | 640 | 420 | |
