Jan Hajer (The Hague, 31 March 1942 - Breda, 27 August 2002) was a Dutch
tennis player. He was the national champion in 1963. He represented the Netherlands in the
Davis-Cup between 1964 and 1968.
Biography
Hajer was a contemporary of
Tom Okker who overshadowed Hajer's career. The two were teammates in the Haarlem Lawn Tennis Club.
Hajer won the 1963 national championships, succeeding
Willem Maris
Willem Maris (18 February 1844 – 10 October 1910) was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School.
Biography
He was born in The Hague. Willem was the third in a family of five children. His two brothers Jacob and Matthijs Maris preceded him ...
who was Dutch national champion in 1962. In 1964 Jan Hajer lost the final against
Tom Okker. Later Hajer and Okker represented the Netherlands in the
Davis Cup
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team. Hajer played 18 singles matches in seven Davis Cup ties, scoring 5 victories and 13 losses. His most famous win was over
Cliff Drysdale
Eric Clifford Drysdale (born 26 May 1941) is a South African former tennis player. After a career as a highly ranked professional player in the 1960s and early 1970s, he became a well-known tennis announcer.
Drysdale won the singles title at t ...
in the 1967 Davis Cup.
Hajer participated in
Wimbledon
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three times. In 1967 he reached the second round which he lost in five sets to
Jaidip Mukerjea.
Hajer and Okker competed in doubles events in
South Africa,
Philippines and
Australia
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.
References
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1942 births
Dutch male tennis players
Sportspeople from The Hague
2002 deaths
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