Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a former professional

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player from

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Tennis career

As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in

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and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon (also in

) and of the US Open (

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). Yzaga played on the professional tour from 1984 to 1996, reaching career-high rankings of world No. 18 in singles and world No. 54 in doubles (both in 1989). He was a quarterfinalist at the

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in 1991, and at the US Open in 1994, reaching the final eight by defeating in back-to-back matches finalists of the previous edition:

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and

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in five sets. Yzaga came back from a 2-sets-to-0 deficit against Pioline and 2-sets-to-1 against Sampras. At 5'7" / 1.70m, he was the shortest Grand Slam tournament quarterfinalist until

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, also 5'7", at the 2017 U.S. Open. He had earlier been the first-ever opponent of Sampras in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1988 US Open, also winning that match in 5 sets. Since retiring as a player, Yzaga has served as captain of Peru's

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team.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yzaga, Jaime 1967 births Living people Peruvian male tennis players French Open junior champions Olympic tennis players of Peru Sportspeople from Lima Peruvian people of Basque descent Peruvian people of Italian descent Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 20th-century Peruvian people