Jimy Szymanski

Jimy Szymanski Ottaviano (born September 15, 1975, in Caracas) is a former tennis player from Venezuela.

He reached his highest junior world ranking of no. 1 in the world in summer 1993. He reached finals in Wimbledon Juniors 1993 and won the Italian Junior world championship in Bonfiglio Milano in 1993. He won the Junior Orange Bowl in doubles in 1993 and finished no. 3 in the juniors world ranking in 1993.

He turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest singles ATP ranking on November 15, 1999, at no. 160.

He played in the ATP tour for more than 10 years and had wins over Fernando González, Nicolás Lapentti, James Blake, Félix Mantilla, Olivier Rochus, Goran Ivanišević, Nicolás Pereira, Horst Skoff, Nuno Marques, Franco Squillari, Jaime Oncins, and Sébastien Lareau.

Szymanski represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney.

As a coach, he worked with Milagros Sequera, Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova, and was Davis Cup captain and Fed Cup captain for his native country.

He is president of STA TENNIS LLC, a company that manages tennis facilities in South Florida.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Răzvan Sabău	1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–3) ITF Futures (6–3)

Finals by surface Hard (7–5) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Philippines F1, Manila	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Richard Brostowicz	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Philippines F2, Manila	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Solon Peppas	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Template:Dts	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon André Sá	2–6, 6–7
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon André Sá	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Espinho, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	4–4	Template:Dts	USA F24, Kenosha	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Raven Klaasen	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–5	Template:Dts	USA F25, Claremont	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Glenn Weiner	3–6, 1–6
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	USA F26, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Aleksander Vlaski	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	6–5	Template:Dts	USA F27, Ojai	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Aleksander Vlaski	7–5, 6–4
Win	7–5	Template:Dts	USA F27A, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robert Yim	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–5	Template:Dts	Venezuela F2, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dejan Cvetkovic	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	8–6	Template:Dts	Venezuela F3, Valencia	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Miguel Gallardo Valles	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–7) ITF Futures (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (1–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bernardo Mota	Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques Template:Flagicon Emanuel Couto	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	Template:Flagicon Mark Merklein Template:Flagicon Jeff Salzenstein	6–7, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Template:Dts	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kris Goossens	Template:Flagicon Mariano Hood Template:Flagicon Sebastián Prieto	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Template:Dts	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kepler Orellana	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Charpentier Template:Flagicon Andrés Schneiter	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Template:Dts	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kepler Orellana	Template:Flagicon Adriano Ferreira Template:Flagicon Óscar Ortiz	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–5	Template:Dts	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kevin Kim	Template:Flagicon Harel Levy Template:Flagicon Lior Mor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Template:Dts	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon José de Armas	Template:Flagicon Gastón Etlis Template:Flagicon Martín Rodríguez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–7	Template:Dts	USA F2, Altamonte Springs	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Óscar Ortiz	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Harel Levy	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–7	Template:Dts	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon José de Armas	Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Robichaud Template:Flagicon Michael Sell	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–8	Template:Dts	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eric Nunez	Template:Flagicon Marcos Daniel Template:Flagicon Santiago González	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–9	Template:Dts	Venezuela F1C, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez	Template:Flagicon Alejandro Kon Template:Flagicon Damian Listingart	walkover
Win	3–9	Template:Dts	Venezuela F5, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon José de Armas	Template:Flagicon Piero Luisi Template:Flagicon Roberto Maytín	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–1]
Win	4–9	Template:Dts	Venezuela F7, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon José de Armas	Template:Flagicon Miguel Cicenia Template:Flagicon Luis David Martínez	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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