Frederic Niemeyer
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Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian
Davis Cup
tennis
player who now is a Tennis Canada
coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick
, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec. He became Canada's top ranked singles player according to the ATP rankings on January 7, 2002, retaining the position for one year solid, and most recently was thus ranked on January 23, 2006.
2003 by beating World No. 8 Felix Mantilla
. He also reached the second round of Wimbledon twice in doubles, in 2005 partnering Glenn Weiner, and again the following year with Tuomas Ketola
.
Niemeyer was Canada's top-ranked singles player, according to the ATP, from January 7, 2002, when he surpassed both Sébastien Lareau
and Daniel Nestor
, until January 6, 2003, from July 7 until July 21, 2003, from October 20, 2003 to June 7, 2004, the week beginning June 21, 2004, from August 2 to August 16, 2004, the week beginning July 25, 2005, and again from October 17, 2005 until January 30, 2006, when he was permanently displaced by Frank Dancevic
. During 2003 through 2005 he, Dancevic, and Simon Larose
each took turns as the country's top-ranked player.
Niemeyer played college tennis at Middle Tennessee State University
. He was named Canada's tennis Player of the Year for 2002. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134, which he reached in March 2004.
) in February. In late June he played both singles (as the No. 4 seed) and doubles at Canada F2 Futures event, reaching the semi-finals in both (in doubles partnering Emin Agaev
). At Granby he lost in the first round in singles, as a Wild Card entry, to World No. 228 Justin Bower, while in doubles he reached the final, partnering compatriot Bobby Kokavec. Niemeyer again received a wild card into main draw of the Canadian Open
, losing in his opening match to Italian and World No. 132 Vincenzo Santopadre
in straight sets. He also lost his opening match in doubles, again partnering Kokavec.
Niemeyer attempted to qualify for a grand slam tournament in August/September 1998 but lost in the first round of qualifying to No. 3 seed Laurence Tieleman
, in three sets. Niemeyer next saw action in late September at the Urbana, Illinois Challenger
, losing in the second round in singles and first round in doubles. In October he played for the first time as a pro in Europe, at France F10, losing in the first round in singles, as the No. 3 seed, but reaching the semis in doubles, partnering Valentin Sanon. In early December in Clearwater, Florida
, Niemeyer lost in the opening round of U.S.A. F11 in singles and reached the quarters (second round) in doubles, partnering Agaev for a second time.
. He reached the third round of U.S.A. F2 as the No. 9 seed, and then lost in the second round of qualifying for the Laser Vision USTA Challenger in Amarillo, Texas
. In February Niemeyer saw his first ever Davis Cup
action, losing the deciding rubber in straight sets to Colombian
Hadad Mauricio.
In doubles, Niemeyer lost in the second round of both U.S.A. F1 and F2 partnering compatriot Dave Abelson, then again in the same round in Amarillo. In March in Manila
, he reached the second round in singles at Philippines F1 as the No. 11 seed, but lost in the first in doubles, partnering Larose, as the No. 3 seeds. Then the following week at Philippines F2 he and Larose reached in the second round. In singles, as the No. 8 seed, he reached the second round.
Niemeyer attempted for the first time to qualify for Wimbledon
, losing a three setter to Max Mirnyi
, the No. 6 seed. In doubles qualifying, he and partner Yves Allegro
lost in the first round. At Canada F3 Niemeyer reached the quarters in singles, as the No. 3 seed, but lost his opening match in doubles (partnering David McNamara). Next at Granby, he reached the second round in singles, losing to World No. 226 Jimy Szymanski
in three sets. In doubles he again lost in the first round, partnering Doyle as the No. 3 seeds. Two weeks again, Niemeyer was again with the Davis Cup team
in a tie with a strong Bahamas
, featuring Mark Knowles
and Roger Smith. Niemeyer won his dead rubber handily over unheralded Lavaughan Munroe.
In early August Niemeyer again received a wild card into the main draw of the Canadian Open
, and again lost his opening match, this time to World No. 25 Vince Spadea
. He again lost in the opening round in doubles, this time partnering Guillaume Raoux
. The following week Niemeyer qualified for the main draw of the Frito Lay/USTA Challenger, reaching the second round in both singles and doubles. He next attempted to qualify for the main draw of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, but lost in the second round (as the No. 14 seed). He also lost in qualifying for the Hamlet Cup, in the first round. Unseeded at qualifying for the U.S. Open, lost to No. 11 seed Michael Kohlmann
in the second round.
In late September in singles Niemeyer lost in the first round of the USTA Challenger of Austin. The following week he lost in the first round of qualifying for the USTA Challenger of San Antonio. Three weeks later, Niemeyer won his first doubles title of his career, the U.S.A. F16 in Phoenix
, partnering compatriot Jerry Turek. Losing in the first round in singles as the No. 2 seed, he reached the third round the following week in Clearwater at U.S.A. F17, as the top seed. He and Turek lost, however, in doubles qualifying. Two weeks later, Niemeyer lost in the first round of qualifying, as the top seed, for Acura USTA Pro Tennis Classic at Mission Hills. Things turned around however as he won his first singles title, and at the challenger level, the following week at the Urbana Challenger, winning a tight three-set final over compatriot Sébastien Lareau
, who then was World No. 107. The following week, coming off his big win, he suffered his worst ever loss in the opening round of the USTA Challenger of Burbank, 0-6, 1-6, to now World No. 177 Szymanski.
On December 13, Niemeyer was ranked by ATP as World No. 230 in singles and No. 377 in doubles.
in the first round. He played Davis Cup the following week and won a dead rubber over Adrián García
of Chile
. In late February he played both singles and doubles at Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
, losing in the first round in singles and the second in doubles, partnering Ota Fukárek
. The following week he lost in qualifying, in the first round as the No. 3 seed, at the Open de Franche-Comté challenger in Besançon
. He did likewise the next week too, as the No. 2 seed, at the Sparkessen Magdeburg Open in Magdeburg
. In late March he lost in singles in the first round of U.S.A. F7, as the No. 4 seed, but the following week, at U.S.A. F8, reached the second round, as the top seed, while winning doubles, partnering again Grant Doyle. The next week at U.S.A. F9, Niemeyer reached the finals of the singles, as the No. 3 seed, losing to Damian Furmanski 2-6, 7-5, 4-6. In doubles he reached the second round, with Keith Brill.
Niemeyer lost in first round qualifying action in singles for the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
at the beginning of May. He next played the inaugural Fergana Challenger
, losing in the second round to eventual champion Vladimir Voltchkov
, the No. 7 seed. He lost in the second round too in doubles, partnering Stefano Galvani
. The following week Niemeyer reached the second round in singles at the 16th Eisenberg Jerusalem Open, and the lost in the first round in doubles (with Sébastien de Chaunac
). Niemeyer attempted to qualify for the French Open for the first time but lost soundly in the first round, to No. 9 seed Gastón Etlis
6-1, 6-3. In June, he bypassed the grass-court season in Europe and played instead at a couple of American challenger events. Playing just singles, he reached the quarters in Tallahassee and lost in the first round at the USTA Tennis Championships of Denver. He did attempt to qualify for Wimbledon but lost in the first round of qualifying to Martin Lee
.
In July at Granby, Niemeyer reached the finals in doubles, partnering Turek as an unseeded team, while he lost in the first round in singles as a wild card entrant, to Mark Knowles. Two weeks at in Winnetka, he again lost in singles in the first round, as the No. 8 seed, while reaching the quarters in doubles, again with Jerry Turek. Niemeyer took the opening set off Max Mirnyi
but lost for the fourth straight time in the first round of the Canadian Open
. He and Turek also bowed out in the opening round in doubles as wild card entrants.
Niemeyer and Turek fared better the following week in Binghamton, reaching the semi-final round after having qualified. In singles, Niemeyer again failed to win a match, this time losing World No. 257 Rudolphe Cadart. Niemeyer again attempted to qualify for the Legg Mason in Washington, D.C. and the Hamlet Cup in on Long Island but lost in the first round on both occasions. He lost in the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Open in singles, to No. 11 seed Takao Suzuki
. Dropping down to Futures level for his next tournament in early September, Niemeyer reached the semi-finals, as the No. 2 seed, of France F17. He and partner Rik de Voest
won the doubles tournament. The following week at France F18, the unseeded Niemeyer lost his only singles match and reached the second round in doubles, playing along side Yves Allegro
.
In October, Niemeyer played another Challenger event, the St. Francis Health System USTA Challenger, in Tulsa, and again lost his opening round match. In doubles, playing with Cédric Kaufmann, he reached the second round. The following week Niemeyer played U.S.A. F23 in Waco, reaching the semis in both singles and doubles. Two weeks later in Yokohama
he again played doubles with Frenchman Kaufmann, and the tandem reached the semi-finals. The following week in Seoul, Niemeyer and Kaufmann reached the quarters. Meanwhile in singles, Niemeyer lost both times in the Far East in the first round of the main draw. He failed to qualify for the main draw of the Osaka International Tennis Tournament, despite being the No. 2 seed.
Niemeyer finally won a Challenger event singles match when he defeated Glenn Weiner in the first round in Knoxville
. He lost to World No. 136 Xavier Malisse
in the next round. In doubles, he and Jerry Turek lost their opening match. This concluded a disappointing 2000 for Niemeyer in singles, who saw his ranking drop from World No. 229 on January 10 to World No. 354 on December 18. He had a successful year in doubles however, improving from a ranking of World No. 380 to No. 245 for the same dates, and claiming two titles, one runners-up, and three semi-finals appearances.
, he reached semis in doubles partnering Marcos Ondruska
. Taking a week off, Niemeyer played his next three tournaments in Europe challengers. Partnering Cedric Kaufmann in doubles at Challenger 42 in Andrezieux, they lost in first round. The following week however, at Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
, they reached the finals. Niemeyer singles play finally improved. He qualified for both, reaching the second round of the main draw of the first event and the semi-finals at the second. To do so, he defeated three higher-ranked opponents before falling to World No. 192 Clemens Trimmel. At the Residenza Open two weeks later, held in Magdeburg
, again getting through the qualifying rounds, Niemeyer reached the second round in singles. He won the doubles, partnering Radek Štěpánek
.
In April, Niemeyer again was called upon to play Davis Cup, in America's Zone Group I second round tie away to Argentina
. He competed in live rubbers for the first time, losing in straight sets in the tie's second match, to Franco Squillari
. He also saw doubles action for the first time, partnering Robichaud. The tandem lost however to Agustín Calleri
and Mariano Puerta
in straight sets, as well, as Canada went down without winning a set. Immediately following the tie, Niemeyer contested singles at U.S.A. F9, but retired from his first round match. The following week at U.S.A. F10, he reached the second round in both singles (as the No. 4 seed) and doubles. Two weeks later Niemeyer, partnering Doug Root, won doubles at Mexico F3, as the top seed. Losing in the first round in singles as the No. 2 seed, Niemeyer redeemed himself the following week at Mexico F4, again as the No. 2 seed, winning the tournament for his second-ever career singles title. He and Root reached the semis of this tourney.
Niemeyer focussed his attention to his singles from May to July. He reached the quarter-finals of Mexico F5 as the top seed. Three weeks later he played in a main draw at tour level on grass for the first time ever, qualifying to do so at the Surbiton Trophy. He won the first set before losing to Sargis Sargsian
. The following week, Niemeyer lost in the first round of qualifying for the Stella Artois Championships. The week after, he reached the third round of qualifying for the Nottingham Open
, as the No. 6 seed, falling to No. 3 seeded Arvind Parmar
. Niemeyer reached the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon
. He and partner Todd Perry
reached the second and qualifying round in doubles but lost in straight sets. After a week off, Niemeyer, unseeded, reached the semis in singles at the Granby Challenger
. The following week saw Niemeyer be the Canadian Davis Cup hero, as he won the deciding rubber, in four sets, over Miguel Gallardo-Valles of Mexico
at the Chapultepec Sports Club, in zonal play-offs tie.
August saw Niemeyer make his fifth straight wild card appearance at the ATP Tour event formerly branded the Canadian Open, and now named Tennis Master's Series Canada
. Again, for the second straight year he faced Max Miryni and lost is three sets. In doubles, he and partner Bobby Kokavec lost to the No. 2 seeded team of Donald Johnson
and Jared Palmer
. Niemeyer continued the same schedule as the previous summer, playing Binghamton, where he and partner Kokavec, unseeded, won the doubles. He lost in the first round in singles. In qualifying for the U.S. Open in singles, Niemeyer lost in the second round to Australian veteran Todd Woodbridge
. Next he again went to France, winning the singles title of France F17 in Plaisir, as the No. 4 seed. In doubles, he and partner Andrew Nisker, a fellow Canadian, reached the final as the No. 2 seeds. The following week, as a Special Entry and No. 1 seed, Niemeyer claimed a second singles title, and his fourth on tour, winning France F 18 in Nevers
. Taking a week off, he withdrew from his first round qualifying match as the No. 4 seed at the IPP Open
. Niemeyer's final action for 2001 came in doubles at Switzerland F3, where with partner Yves Allegro
, as top seeds, he reached semi-finals.
On December 17, Niemeyer's singles ATP ranking stood at No. 239 and his doubles ranking, No. 227.
in the final in two tie-breaks. He also won the doubles title, as the top seeds, partnering Brandon Coupe
. Again not attempting to qualify for the Australian Open, Niemeyer next competed at the USTA challenger in Dallas, reaching the second round in singles, going out in three close sets to top seed Cecil Mamiit
, and won the doubles, partnering Giorgio Galimberti
. The following week in Davis Cup, Canada defeated Mexico in Waterloo, Ontario
on carpet, as Niemeyer took the opening singles rubber as well as the doubles match, partnering Daniel Nestor
for the first time. Two weeks later, as the tournament No. 4 seed, Niemeyer lost in the first round of the LTA Hull Challenger in England. He and partner Gilles Elseneer
won the doubles, giving Niemeyer 3 titles in 3 tournaments for the year. Niemeyer next made his usual stops in France and Germany. In Cherbourg, Niemeyer played only singles and lost in the opening round. The week after in Magdeburg, he reached the second round in singles and doubles (with Galimberti). The following week at France F6, as the No. 4 seed, Niemeyer lost in the first round in singles and did not compete in doubles.
Taking a few weeks off, Niemeyer was again a big part of a big Davis Cup story for Canada. He won the opening singles over World No. 14 Fernando González
of Chile
as Canada swept the fancied South Americans, in Calgary
on carpet, to qualify for World Group qualifying round. Niemeyer next saw action two weeks later at the Eddleman USTA Challenger in Birmingham, Alabama
. Played on clay, he lost in the first round of both the singles and doubles (partnering Jack Waite
). The following week, also on clay at the ARMS USTA Challenger, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
, Niemeyer again lost in the first round in singles and the semi-finals in doubles, playing along side Cecil Mamiit. Losing in the first round of qualifying for the singles main draw at the French Open
, Niemeyer played Sporting Challenger - Turin, in Turin
, reaching the second round. The following week, he was forced to retire from his second round qualifying match at the Surbiton Trophy. Recovering, Niemeyer reached the qualifying round of the Gerry Weber Open
, as the No. 8 seed, losing in three sets to No. 2 seed Radek Štěpánek
. He lost handily in the first round of qualifying for singles at Wimbledon, however, as well as in the second round in doubles qualification, partnering Belgian Elseneer. In the same week, he retired from his first round match of the Open Internacional de Tennis Andbanc in Andorra
, and lost there in the second round of doubles, partnering again Brandon Coupe.
Niemeyer returned to North America to play Granby for the sixth consecutive time, matching his singles result of the previous year, losing in the semis to World No. 219 and eventual champion Peter Luczak
. As the top seeds in doubles, partnering Denis Golovanov, Niemeyer reached the semi-finals. He lost in the first round the following week at the USTA Seascape Challenger in Aptos in both singles and doubles (again with Golovanov). For the fifth straight year Niemeyer received a wild card into the main draw of the Tennis Masters Series event in Canada, and again failed to get out of the first round, this time losing to No. 3 seed Tommy Haas
. Partnering fellow Quebecer Simon Larose
, he reached the second round in doubles. Not playing Binghamton this year, Niemeyer lost in the first round of the GHI Bronx Classic in both singles and doubles the following week. Two weeks later he lost in the first round of qualifying in singles at the U.S. Open.
In late September, Niemeyer next saw action, for the last time in 2002, reaching the second round in singles and semi-finals in doubles (partnering Coupe) at the Tulsa Auto Group USTA Challenger in Tulsa. His singles ranking on December 16 stood at World No. 262 in singles and No. 153 in doubles.
after having defeated two higher ranked players, Harel Levy
and Lukáš Dlouhý
.
Niemeyer reached the second round of the Rimouski Challenger in early November, his first action since playing two challenger events in Colombia
in September. He then lost in the final qualifying round of the Champaign, Illinois
challenger.
2-3, despite being up 2-1, Niemeyer lost both his single rubbers and won the doubles.
Niemeyer has been named to the Canadian team for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Peru
. Not surprisingly, he and Nestor won their doubles rubber. Niemeyer was forced into singles action when Peter Polansky
became ill, but lost in four sets to Luis Horna
. Canada won the tie, however, 3-2.
Niemeyer defeated Samuel Groth
in the first round singles qualifying for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, an ATP 250 event, by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(9). He lost in the next round however, to No. 3 seed Go Soeda
, 6-7(4), 5-7. The following week Niemeyer was a wild card entrant of the main draw at the Granby Challenger
. He reached the quarter-finals by first hammering No. 8 seed Alexandre Kudryavtsev
6-0, 6-1 and then eliminating Michael Yani
6-3, 6-4. In his final match he was defeated by No.4 seed Kevin Anderson
, 4-6, 0-6.
Niemeyer received a wild card entry into the main singles draw of the Rogers Cup. In the first round he surprisingly defeated Igor Kunitsyn
7-5 6-1, a win worth 45 ATP ranking points. He next lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer
6-7, 4-6 in the second round, in a surprisingly closely contested match. His result in Montreal has seen Niemeyer climb 102 ranking places to rest at World No. 385. He did not compete in qualifying for the U.S. Open
.
Niemeyer announced in November his playing retirement as well as his intention to coach up and coming Canadian player Milos Raonic
.
In 16 Davis Cup
ties for Canada, Niemeyer has a win – loss record of 20–10, including an impressive 11–2 record in doubles (9–1 partnering Daniel Nestor
). In singles his best win came in 2002 when he defeated then World No. 14 Fernando González
in a tie against Chile
.
, reaching the second round in doubles partnering Daniel Nestor
. He did the same for the 2008 Olympics
, participating in the singles tournament as a late replacement. Despite winning the opening set 6–3, he retired from his first round match versus Guillermo Cañas
with a slight shoulder injury, largely as a precaution, so as not to jeopardize through injury his and Nestor's participation in doubles. The Canadian tandem could not duplicate their result of four years previous, losing in the opening round.
. He keeps an official website and blog here http://www.fredericniemeyer.com/en/index.php.
Canada
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Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
tennis
Tennis
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player who now is a Tennis Canada
Tennis Canada
Tennis Canada is the national governing body of tennis within Canada. It works together with the provincial associations to organize tournaments and rules. Tennis Canada also host one ATP Masters Series tournament and one WTA Tier I tournament . The event locations rotate between Montreal and...
coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Campbellton is a Canadian city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.Situated on the south bank of the Restigouche River opposite Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Campbellton was officially incorporated in 1889 and achieved city status in 1958.Forestry and tourism are major industries in the regional...
, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec. He became Canada's top ranked singles player according to the ATP rankings on January 7, 2002, retaining the position for one year solid, and most recently was thus ranked on January 23, 2006.
Career highlights
In his only Grand Slam appearance Niemeyer reached the second round of WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
2003 by beating World No. 8 Felix Mantilla
Félix Mantilla Botella
Félix Mantilla Botella is a former Spanish professional tennis player, born in Barcelona. In common with many of his fellow countrymen, Mantilla's best surface is clay. While not as successful away from the clay, Mantilla also produced good hardcourt results...
. He also reached the second round of Wimbledon twice in doubles, in 2005 partnering Glenn Weiner, and again the following year with Tuomas Ketola
Tuomas Ketola
Tuomas Ketola is a Finnish former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour.Ketola was the number two tennis player in Finland behind Jarkko Nieminen and as of April 14, 2006 is the 716th ranked player in the world. In 2004, he reached the first round of Wimbledon in singles by defeating three...
.
Niemeyer was Canada's top-ranked singles player, according to the ATP, from January 7, 2002, when he surpassed both Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...
and Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
, until January 6, 2003, from July 7 until July 21, 2003, from October 20, 2003 to June 7, 2004, the week beginning June 21, 2004, from August 2 to August 16, 2004, the week beginning July 25, 2005, and again from October 17, 2005 until January 30, 2006, when he was permanently displaced by Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...
. During 2003 through 2005 he, Dancevic, and Simon Larose
Simon Larose
Simon Larose is a former professional tennis player. He was Canada's top-ranked singles player for some months during 2003 and 2004...
each took turns as the country's top-ranked player.
Niemeyer played college tennis at Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....
. He was named Canada's tennis Player of the Year for 2002. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134, which he reached in March 2004.
1998
Niemeyer reached the second round in singles as a qualifier at the Cadillac Pro Indoor USTA Challenger (in West BloomfieldWest Bloomfield Township, Michigan
West Bloomfield Charter Township is an affluent charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 64,690. As of 2008, West Bloomfield Township was ranked the 8th highest income city in the...
) in February. In late June he played both singles (as the No. 4 seed) and doubles at Canada F2 Futures event, reaching the semi-finals in both (in doubles partnering Emin Agaev
Emin Agaev
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). At Granby he lost in the first round in singles, as a Wild Card entry, to World No. 228 Justin Bower, while in doubles he reached the final, partnering compatriot Bobby Kokavec. Niemeyer again received a wild card into main draw of the Canadian Open
1998 du Maurier Open - Men's Singles
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, losing in his opening match to Italian and World No. 132 Vincenzo Santopadre
Vincenzo Santopadre
Vincenzo Santopadre , is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Santopadre reached a career high World No. 100 on May 3, 1999. He won 1 doubles title and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 103 in on August 24, 1998.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
in straight sets. He also lost his opening match in doubles, again partnering Kokavec.
Niemeyer attempted to qualify for a grand slam tournament in August/September 1998 but lost in the first round of qualifying to No. 3 seed Laurence Tieleman
Laurence Tieleman
Laurence Tieleman is a former tennis player from Italy.Turning professional in 1993, Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He won one doubles title during his career...
, in three sets. Niemeyer next saw action in late September at the Urbana, Illinois Challenger
JSM Challenger
The JSM Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois since 1996. The event is part of the challenger series and is played on indoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :***...
, losing in the second round in singles and first round in doubles. In October he played for the first time as a pro in Europe, at France F10, losing in the first round in singles, as the No. 3 seed, but reaching the semis in doubles, partnering Valentin Sanon. In early December in Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, US, nearly due west of Tampa and northwest of St. Petersburg. In the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and in the east lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,787. It is the county seat of...
, Niemeyer lost in the opening round of U.S.A. F11 in singles and reached the quarters (second round) in doubles, partnering Agaev for a second time.
1999
Niemeyer started off the year brightly, reaching the semi-finals of U.S.A. F1 as the No. 8 seed in singles, where he lost to then World No. 682 James BlakeJames Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
. He reached the third round of U.S.A. F2 as the No. 9 seed, and then lost in the second round of qualifying for the Laser Vision USTA Challenger in Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas
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. In February Niemeyer saw his first ever Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
action, losing the deciding rubber in straight sets to Colombian
Colombia Davis Cup team
The Colombia Davis Cup team represents Colombia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Colombiana de Tenis.Colombia currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I and have never competed in the World Group...
Hadad Mauricio.
In doubles, Niemeyer lost in the second round of both U.S.A. F1 and F2 partnering compatriot Dave Abelson, then again in the same round in Amarillo. In March in Manila
Manila
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, he reached the second round in singles at Philippines F1 as the No. 11 seed, but lost in the first in doubles, partnering Larose, as the No. 3 seeds. Then the following week at Philippines F2 he and Larose reached in the second round. In singles, as the No. 8 seed, he reached the second round.
Niemeyer attempted for the first time to qualify for Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, losing a three setter to Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
, the No. 6 seed. In doubles qualifying, he and partner Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro is a professional male tennis player from Switzerland. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as Roger Federer's doubles partner and good friend.-Doubles: 9 :-External links:...
lost in the first round. At Canada F3 Niemeyer reached the quarters in singles, as the No. 3 seed, but lost his opening match in doubles (partnering David McNamara). Next at Granby, he reached the second round in singles, losing to World No. 226 Jimy Szymanski
Jimy Szymanski
Jimy Szymanski Ottaviano is a former tennis player from Venezuela.Turned professional in 1994, Szymanski reached his highest singles ATP ranking on November 15, 1999, when he became World No...
in three sets. In doubles he again lost in the first round, partnering Doyle as the No. 3 seeds. Two weeks again, Niemeyer was again with the Davis Cup team
Canada Davis Cup team
The Canada Davis Cup team represents Canada in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Tennis Canada.Canada currently competes in the Americas Zone of Group I. The team's best result came in its first appearance in 1913 when it reached the World Group final, losing to the United States 0–3...
in a tie with a strong Bahamas
Bahamas Davis Cup team
The Bahamas Davis Cup team represents the Bahamas in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association.The Bahamas currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group II. They reached the World Group Play-offs in 1993....
, featuring Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...
and Roger Smith. Niemeyer won his dead rubber handily over unheralded Lavaughan Munroe.
In early August Niemeyer again received a wild card into the main draw of the Canadian Open
1999 du Maurier Open - Men's Singles
- Seeds :A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* ALT = Alternate...
, and again lost his opening match, this time to World No. 25 Vince Spadea
Vince Spadea
Vincent Spadea [SPAY-dee-ya] is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States. He is one of only four players in history to defeat Roger Federer 6–0 in set, at a major event....
. He again lost in the opening round in doubles, this time partnering Guillaume Raoux
Guillaume Raoux
Guillaume Raoux is a retired tennis player from France.-Career:Raoux turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black...
. The following week Niemeyer qualified for the main draw of the Frito Lay/USTA Challenger, reaching the second round in both singles and doubles. He next attempted to qualify for the main draw of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, but lost in the second round (as the No. 14 seed). He also lost in qualifying for the Hamlet Cup, in the first round. Unseeded at qualifying for the U.S. Open, lost to No. 11 seed Michael Kohlmann
Michael Kohlmann
Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...
in the second round.
In late September in singles Niemeyer lost in the first round of the USTA Challenger of Austin. The following week he lost in the first round of qualifying for the USTA Challenger of San Antonio. Three weeks later, Niemeyer won his first doubles title of his career, the U.S.A. F16 in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, partnering compatriot Jerry Turek. Losing in the first round in singles as the No. 2 seed, he reached the third round the following week in Clearwater at U.S.A. F17, as the top seed. He and Turek lost, however, in doubles qualifying. Two weeks later, Niemeyer lost in the first round of qualifying, as the top seed, for Acura USTA Pro Tennis Classic at Mission Hills. Things turned around however as he won his first singles title, and at the challenger level, the following week at the Urbana Challenger, winning a tight three-set final over compatriot Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau
Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...
, who then was World No. 107. The following week, coming off his big win, he suffered his worst ever loss in the opening round of the USTA Challenger of Burbank, 0-6, 1-6, to now World No. 177 Szymanski.
On December 13, Niemeyer was ranked by ATP as World No. 230 in singles and No. 377 in doubles.
2000
Niemeyer qualified for the main draw in singles at the USTA Waikoloa Challenger in late January, losing 4-6, 2-6 to André SáAndré Sá
André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:...
in the first round. He played Davis Cup the following week and won a dead rubber over Adrián García
Adrián García
Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo is a Chilean tennis player.García was born in Concepción, Chile. On September 13, 2004, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 103.-Source:* ATP Tour profile for...
of Chile
Chile Davis Cup team
The Chile Davis Cup Team represents Chile in Davis Cup tennis tournament and is governed by Chile Tennis Federation. The team is currently captained by former Chilean tennis player Hans Gildemeister.-History:...
. In late February he played both singles and doubles at Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
The Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Complexe Sportif Chantereyne in Cherbourg, France, since 1994.-Singles:-Doubles:-External...
, losing in the first round in singles and the second in doubles, partnering Ota Fukárek
Ota Fukárek
Ota Fukárek is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
. The following week he lost in qualifying, in the first round as the No. 3 seed, at the Open de Franche-Comté challenger in Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
. He did likewise the next week too, as the No. 2 seed, at the Sparkessen Magdeburg Open in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
. In late March he lost in singles in the first round of U.S.A. F7, as the No. 4 seed, but the following week, at U.S.A. F8, reached the second round, as the top seed, while winning doubles, partnering again Grant Doyle. The next week at U.S.A. F9, Niemeyer reached the finals of the singles, as the No. 3 seed, losing to Damian Furmanski 2-6, 7-5, 4-6. In doubles he reached the second round, with Keith Brill.
Niemeyer lost in first round qualifying action in singles for the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts....
at the beginning of May. He next played the inaugural Fergana Challenger
Fergana Challenger
The Fergana Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Istiklol Tennis Club in Fergana, Uzbekistan, since 2000....
, losing in the second round to eventual champion Vladimir Voltchkov
Vladimir Voltchkov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov is a Belarusian tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semi-final at the 2000 Wimbledon, where, as a qualifer, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets...
, the No. 7 seed. He lost in the second round too in doubles, partnering Stefano Galvani
Stefano Galvani
Stefano Galvani is a professional male tennis player from Italy.- 2008 :In June, Galvani qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon, beating #222 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, #148 Andrey Golubev, and #197 Ilija Bozoljac....
. The following week Niemeyer reached the second round in singles at the 16th Eisenberg Jerusalem Open, and the lost in the first round in doubles (with Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac is a now inactive French professional tennis player. He mainly played ATP Challenger Series tournaments, capturing one singles and two doubles titles...
). Niemeyer attempted to qualify for the French Open for the first time but lost soundly in the first round, to No. 9 seed Gastón Etlis
Gastón Etlis
Gastón Etlis is a former tennis player from Argentina. He is Jewish.In January 2005 Etlis was ranked No.17 in doubles....
6-1, 6-3. In June, he bypassed the grass-court season in Europe and played instead at a couple of American challenger events. Playing just singles, he reached the quarters in Tallahassee and lost in the first round at the USTA Tennis Championships of Denver. He did attempt to qualify for Wimbledon but lost in the first round of qualifying to Martin Lee
Martin Lee
Martin Lee , QC, SC, JP, was the founding chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong. He was a directly-elected Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency...
.
In July at Granby, Niemeyer reached the finals in doubles, partnering Turek as an unseeded team, while he lost in the first round in singles as a wild card entrant, to Mark Knowles. Two weeks at in Winnetka, he again lost in singles in the first round, as the No. 8 seed, while reaching the quarters in doubles, again with Jerry Turek. Niemeyer took the opening set off Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
but lost for the fourth straight time in the first round of the Canadian Open
2000 du Maurier Open - Men's Singles
Thomas Johansson was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Wayne Ferreira.Marat Safin won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Harel Levy.-Seeds:# Andre Agassi # Pete Sampras # Magnus Norman ...
. He and Turek also bowed out in the opening round in doubles as wild card entrants.
Niemeyer and Turek fared better the following week in Binghamton, reaching the semi-final round after having qualified. In singles, Niemeyer again failed to win a match, this time losing World No. 257 Rudolphe Cadart. Niemeyer again attempted to qualify for the Legg Mason in Washington, D.C. and the Hamlet Cup in on Long Island but lost in the first round on both occasions. He lost in the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Open in singles, to No. 11 seed Takao Suzuki
Takao Suzuki
----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....
. Dropping down to Futures level for his next tournament in early September, Niemeyer reached the semi-finals, as the No. 2 seed, of France F17. He and partner Rik de Voest
Rik de Voest
Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006....
won the doubles tournament. The following week at France F18, the unseeded Niemeyer lost his only singles match and reached the second round in doubles, playing along side Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro is a professional male tennis player from Switzerland. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as Roger Federer's doubles partner and good friend.-Doubles: 9 :-External links:...
.
In October, Niemeyer played another Challenger event, the St. Francis Health System USTA Challenger, in Tulsa, and again lost his opening round match. In doubles, playing with Cédric Kaufmann, he reached the second round. The following week Niemeyer played U.S.A. F23 in Waco, reaching the semis in both singles and doubles. Two weeks later in Yokohama
Keio Challenger International Tennis Tournament
The Keio Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Yokohama, Japan, since 1999 .-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*...
he again played doubles with Frenchman Kaufmann, and the tandem reached the semi-finals. The following week in Seoul, Niemeyer and Kaufmann reached the quarters. Meanwhile in singles, Niemeyer lost both times in the Far East in the first round of the main draw. He failed to qualify for the main draw of the Osaka International Tennis Tournament, despite being the No. 2 seed.
Niemeyer finally won a Challenger event singles match when he defeated Glenn Weiner in the first round in Knoxville
Knoxville Challenger
The Knoxville Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor Hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, since 2000.-Singles:...
. He lost to World No. 136 Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
in the next round. In doubles, he and Jerry Turek lost their opening match. This concluded a disappointing 2000 for Niemeyer in singles, who saw his ranking drop from World No. 229 on January 10 to World No. 354 on December 18. He had a successful year in doubles however, improving from a ranking of World No. 380 to No. 245 for the same dates, and claiming two titles, one runners-up, and three semi-finals appearances.
2001
The year began as the previous won had left off. Niemeyer lost in the first round of U.S.A. F2 and F3 to far lesser ranked opponents in singles, but reached the semis of F2 and won F3 partnering his first-ever partner, fellow Quebecer Jocelyn Robichaud. He lost in the second round of qualifying in singles for the Challenger of DallasChallenger of Dallas
The Challenger of Dallas is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas, USA, since 1998....
, he reached semis in doubles partnering Marcos Ondruska
Marcos Ondruska
Marcos Ondruska is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway's Christian Ruud...
. Taking a week off, Niemeyer played his next three tournaments in Europe challengers. Partnering Cedric Kaufmann in doubles at Challenger 42 in Andrezieux, they lost in first round. The following week however, at Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg
The Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Complexe Sportif Chantereyne in Cherbourg, France, since 1994.-Singles:-Doubles:-External...
, they reached the finals. Niemeyer singles play finally improved. He qualified for both, reaching the second round of the main draw of the first event and the semi-finals at the second. To do so, he defeated three higher-ranked opponents before falling to World No. 192 Clemens Trimmel. At the Residenza Open two weeks later, held in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
, again getting through the qualifying rounds, Niemeyer reached the second round in singles. He won the doubles, partnering Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
.
In April, Niemeyer again was called upon to play Davis Cup, in America's Zone Group I second round tie away to Argentina
Argentina Davis Cup team
The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis.Argentina has never won the tournament, but have finished as the runner-up three times, in 1981, 2006 and 2008....
. He competed in live rubbers for the first time, losing in straight sets in the tie's second match, to Franco Squillari
Franco Squillari
Franco Squillari is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina.In his career he has won 3 ATP Tour singles titles and he has reached the semi-finals at the 2000 French Open. He stopped his career in 2005...
. He also saw doubles action for the first time, partnering Robichaud. The tandem lost however to Agustín Calleri
Agustín Calleri
Agustín Calleri Shaal is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay....
and Mariano Puerta
Mariano Puerta
Mariano Ruben Puerta is a former Argentine professional male tennis player best known for making the final of the French Open in 2005, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets.-Career:...
in straight sets, as well, as Canada went down without winning a set. Immediately following the tie, Niemeyer contested singles at U.S.A. F9, but retired from his first round match. The following week at U.S.A. F10, he reached the second round in both singles (as the No. 4 seed) and doubles. Two weeks later Niemeyer, partnering Doug Root, won doubles at Mexico F3, as the top seed. Losing in the first round in singles as the No. 2 seed, Niemeyer redeemed himself the following week at Mexico F4, again as the No. 2 seed, winning the tournament for his second-ever career singles title. He and Root reached the semis of this tourney.
Niemeyer focussed his attention to his singles from May to July. He reached the quarter-finals of Mexico F5 as the top seed. Three weeks later he played in a main draw at tour level on grass for the first time ever, qualifying to do so at the Surbiton Trophy. He won the first set before losing to Sargis Sargsian
Sargis Sargsian
Sargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour...
. The following week, Niemeyer lost in the first round of qualifying for the Stella Artois Championships. The week after, he reached the third round of qualifying for the Nottingham Open
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
, as the No. 6 seed, falling to No. 3 seeded Arvind Parmar
Arvind Parmar
Arvind Parmar was born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and attended Whitehill Junior School followed by Hitchin Boys School. He is a former top British tennis player. Of Indian descent, he retired in December 2006. Parmar is nicknamed the "Hitchin Hurricane". After retiring he began coaching and...
. Niemeyer reached the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon
2001 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles
29-year-old Pete Sampras was the four-time defending champion, but he lost in the fourth round to 19-year-old and future six-time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer in what would be one of the most notable matches in tennis history...
. He and partner Todd Perry
Todd Perry
----Todd Perry is a presently inactive tour professional tennis player from Australia.Perry turned turned professional in 1998. He played more doubles than singles, and his most usual partner was the Swedish Simon Aspelin...
reached the second and qualifying round in doubles but lost in straight sets. After a week off, Niemeyer, unseeded, reached the semis in singles at the Granby Challenger
Granby Challenger
The Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since 1993....
. The following week saw Niemeyer be the Canadian Davis Cup hero, as he won the deciding rubber, in four sets, over Miguel Gallardo-Valles of Mexico
Mexico Davis Cup team
The Mexico Davis Cup team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis.Mexico finished as runners-up in 1962. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group II. They last competed in the World Group in 1997.-History:Mexico competed in...
at the Chapultepec Sports Club, in zonal play-offs tie.
August saw Niemeyer make his fifth straight wild card appearance at the ATP Tour event formerly branded the Canadian Open, and now named Tennis Master's Series Canada
2001 Canada Masters - Men's Singles
Marat Safin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Nicolas Escudé.Andrei Pavel won in the final 7–6 , 2–6, 6–3 against Patrick Rafter.-Seeds:...
. Again, for the second straight year he faced Max Miryni and lost is three sets. In doubles, he and partner Bobby Kokavec lost to the No. 2 seeded team of Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...
and Jared Palmer
Jared Palmer
Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit...
. Niemeyer continued the same schedule as the previous summer, playing Binghamton, where he and partner Kokavec, unseeded, won the doubles. He lost in the first round in singles. In qualifying for the U.S. Open in singles, Niemeyer lost in the second round to Australian veteran Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...
. Next he again went to France, winning the singles title of France F17 in Plaisir, as the No. 4 seed. In doubles, he and partner Andrew Nisker, a fellow Canadian, reached the final as the No. 2 seeds. The following week, as a Special Entry and No. 1 seed, Niemeyer claimed a second singles title, and his fourth on tour, winning France F 18 in Nevers
Nevers
Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...
. Taking a week off, he withdrew from his first round qualifying match as the No. 4 seed at the IPP Open
IPP Open
The IPP Open is a tennis tournament held in Helsinki, Finland since 2001. The event is part of the challenger series and is played on indoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...
. Niemeyer's final action for 2001 came in doubles at Switzerland F3, where with partner Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro is a professional male tennis player from Switzerland. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as Roger Federer's doubles partner and good friend.-Doubles: 9 :-External links:...
, as top seeds, he reached semi-finals.
On December 17, Niemeyer's singles ATP ranking stood at No. 239 and his doubles ranking, No. 227.
2002
Niemeyer began the year with a bang, winning his second ever singles title at a challenger event, the Nossa Caixa Aberto de São Paulo. Unseeded, he defeated No. 7 seed Martín Vassallo ArgüelloMartín Vassallo Argüello
Martin Miguel Vassallo Argüello is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #47 .He turned pro in 1999...
in the final in two tie-breaks. He also won the doubles title, as the top seeds, partnering Brandon Coupe
Brandon Coupe
Bramdon Coupe , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
. Again not attempting to qualify for the Australian Open, Niemeyer next competed at the USTA challenger in Dallas, reaching the second round in singles, going out in three close sets to top seed Cecil Mamiit
Cecil Mamiit
Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit is a tennis player from the United States who now represents the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996. He reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999, when he became World No...
, and won the doubles, partnering Giorgio Galimberti
Giorgio Galimberti
Giorgio Galimberti is an Italian professional tennis player.Galimberti was born in Milan and is currently ranked at No. 1009 in men's singles, peaking at No...
. The following week in Davis Cup, Canada defeated Mexico in Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
on carpet, as Niemeyer took the opening singles rubber as well as the doubles match, partnering Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
for the first time. Two weeks later, as the tournament No. 4 seed, Niemeyer lost in the first round of the LTA Hull Challenger in England. He and partner Gilles Elseneer
Gilles Elseneer
Gilles Valere Jacque Elseneer is a professional tennis player on the ATP tour from Belgium. He is mostly known for his grass court game, and has achieved his best results on this surface....
won the doubles, giving Niemeyer 3 titles in 3 tournaments for the year. Niemeyer next made his usual stops in France and Germany. In Cherbourg, Niemeyer played only singles and lost in the opening round. The week after in Magdeburg, he reached the second round in singles and doubles (with Galimberti). The following week at France F6, as the No. 4 seed, Niemeyer lost in the first round in singles and did not compete in doubles.
Taking a few weeks off, Niemeyer was again a big part of a big Davis Cup story for Canada. He won the opening singles over World No. 14 Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
of Chile
Chile Davis Cup team
The Chile Davis Cup Team represents Chile in Davis Cup tennis tournament and is governed by Chile Tennis Federation. The team is currently captained by former Chilean tennis player Hans Gildemeister.-History:...
as Canada swept the fancied South Americans, in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
on carpet, to qualify for World Group qualifying round. Niemeyer next saw action two weeks later at the Eddleman USTA Challenger in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
. Played on clay, he lost in the first round of both the singles and doubles (partnering Jack Waite
Jack Waite
Jack Waite , is a former American tennis player.Waite won 3 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest doubles ATP ranking on September, 1997, when he became the number 44 in the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
). The following week, also on clay at the ARMS USTA Challenger, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is an All-America City Award-winning city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the coastal plains of the state of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1867, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of...
, Niemeyer again lost in the first round in singles and the semi-finals in doubles, playing along side Cecil Mamiit. Losing in the first round of qualifying for the singles main draw at the French Open
2002 French Open - Men's Singles
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Albert Costa.Albert Costa won in the final 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3, against Juan Carlos Ferrero.-Seeds:# Lleyton Hewitt ...
, Niemeyer played Sporting Challenger - Turin, in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, reaching the second round. The following week, he was forced to retire from his second round qualifying match at the Surbiton Trophy. Recovering, Niemeyer reached the qualifying round of the Gerry Weber Open
Gerry Weber Open
The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule....
, as the No. 8 seed, losing in three sets to No. 2 seed Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štepánek
Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...
. He lost handily in the first round of qualifying for singles at Wimbledon, however, as well as in the second round in doubles qualification, partnering Belgian Elseneer. In the same week, he retired from his first round match of the Open Internacional de Tennis Andbanc in Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
, and lost there in the second round of doubles, partnering again Brandon Coupe.
Niemeyer returned to North America to play Granby for the sixth consecutive time, matching his singles result of the previous year, losing in the semis to World No. 219 and eventual champion Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....
. As the top seeds in doubles, partnering Denis Golovanov, Niemeyer reached the semi-finals. He lost in the first round the following week at the USTA Seascape Challenger in Aptos in both singles and doubles (again with Golovanov). For the fifth straight year Niemeyer received a wild card into the main draw of the Tennis Masters Series event in Canada, and again failed to get out of the first round, this time losing to No. 3 seed Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
. Partnering fellow Quebecer Simon Larose
Simon Larose
Simon Larose is a former professional tennis player. He was Canada's top-ranked singles player for some months during 2003 and 2004...
, he reached the second round in doubles. Not playing Binghamton this year, Niemeyer lost in the first round of the GHI Bronx Classic in both singles and doubles the following week. Two weeks later he lost in the first round of qualifying in singles at the U.S. Open.
In late September, Niemeyer next saw action, for the last time in 2002, reaching the second round in singles and semi-finals in doubles (partnering Coupe) at the Tulsa Auto Group USTA Challenger in Tulsa. His singles ranking on December 16 stood at World No. 262 in singles and No. 153 in doubles.
2008
Niemeyer narrowly missed out in participating in the singles main draw at Wimbledon for the second time in 2008, losing in four sets in the final round of qualifying to Izak van der MerweIzak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
after having defeated two higher ranked players, Harel Levy
Harel Levy
Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....
and Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:...
.
Niemeyer reached the second round of the Rimouski Challenger in early November, his first action since playing two challenger events in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
in September. He then lost in the final qualifying round of the Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago, west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of...
challenger.
2009
In March, in a disappointing Davis Cup tie, where Canada lost to EcuadorEcuador Davis Cup team
The Ecuador Davis Cup team represents Ecuador in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Ecuador Tennis Federation.Ecuador currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group II...
2-3, despite being up 2-1, Niemeyer lost both his single rubbers and won the doubles.
Niemeyer has been named to the Canadian team for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Peru
Peru Davis Cup team
The Peru Davis Cup Team is the Davis Cup team that represents the nation of Peru. The team is governed by the Federación de Tenis de Peru. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group I, and their best result was reaching the World Group in 2008....
. Not surprisingly, he and Nestor won their doubles rubber. Niemeyer was forced into singles action when Peter Polansky
Peter Polansky
Peter Polansky is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is now Canada's seventh-ranked singles performer, according to the ATP; he was however the country's top singles player from June 21, 2010 until January 17, 2011. Previously he was also Canada's No...
became ill, but lost in four sets to Luis Horna
Luis Horna
Luis Horna Biscari is a former tour professional tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Horna plays right-handed, he has a strong serve for a relatively short player and the forehand is his best stroke. He uses a single-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay...
. Canada won the tie, however, 3-2.
Niemeyer defeated Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth is a professional Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached on 16 November 2009...
in the first round singles qualifying for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, an ATP 250 event, by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(9). He lost in the next round however, to No. 3 seed Go Soeda
Go Soeda
Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...
, 6-7(4), 5-7. The following week Niemeyer was a wild card entrant of the main draw at the Granby Challenger
Granby Challenger
The Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since 1993....
. He reached the quarter-finals by first hammering No. 8 seed Alexandre Kudryavtsev
Alexandre Kudryavtsev
Alexandre Kudryavtsev is a Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing in "Challenger" and "Futures" events...
6-0, 6-1 and then eliminating Michael Yani
Michael Yani
Michael Yani is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.Yani is 6 ft 1 in and 75 kg . He resides in Durham, North Carolina. His high singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009...
6-3, 6-4. In his final match he was defeated by No.4 seed Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
, 4-6, 0-6.
Niemeyer received a wild card entry into the main singles draw of the Rogers Cup. In the first round he surprisingly defeated Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...
7-5 6-1, a win worth 45 ATP ranking points. He next lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
6-7, 4-6 in the second round, in a surprisingly closely contested match. His result in Montreal has seen Niemeyer climb 102 ranking places to rest at World No. 385. He did not compete in qualifying for the U.S. Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
.
Niemeyer announced in November his playing retirement as well as his intention to coach up and coming Canadian player Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
.
Singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (7) |
| ITF Futures (6) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 6 December 1999 |  UrbanaJSM Challenger The JSM Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois since 1996. The event is part of the challenger series and is played on indoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :***... |
Hard |  Sébastien LareauSébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss... |
7–67,3–6, 7–65 |
| 2. | 21 May 2001 |  CozumelCozumel Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. Cozumel is one of the ten municipalities of the state of Quintana Roo... |
Hard | Alejandro Hernández |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 3. | 8 October 2001 |  Plaisir |
Hard | Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva... |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 4. | 15 October 2001 | Nevers Nevers Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France... |
Hard |  Slimane SaoudiSlimane Saoudi Slimane Saoudi is a former professional Algerian tennis player.Saoudi reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 21, 2003, when he became World number 212. His only appearance at a Grand Slam came at the 2002 U.S... |
6–4, 56–7, 7–62 |
| 5. | 7 January 2002 |  São PauloPrime Aberto de São Paulo The Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Parque Villa Lobos in São Paulo, Brazil, since 2001.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**... |
Hard |  Martín Vassallo ArgüelloMartín Vassallo Argüello Martin Miguel Vassallo Argüello is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #47 .He turned pro in 1999... |
7–66, 0–1 Ret. |
| 6. | 26 May 2003 |  Montego BayMontego Bay Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches... |
Hard |  Pavel Ivanov |
7–64, 6–4 |
| 7. | 21 February 2005 | Joplin |
Hard |  Łukasz Kubot |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 8. | 4 July 2005 | Forest Hills |
Grass |  Prakash AmritrajPrakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a... |
6–4, 7–63 |
| 9. | 17 April 2006 | Valencia |
Hard |  Benjamin BeckerBenjamin Becker Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes.... |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 10. | 18 March 2007 | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Hard | Vincent Millot Vincent Millot Vincent Millot is a professional tennis player.-Singles :-External links:... |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 11. | 25 March 2007 | Rock-Forest |
Hard | Ludovic Walter |
4–6, 6–3, 7–67 |
| 12. | 23 April 2007 |  Cardiff |
Hard | Alex Bogdanović Alex Bogdanovic Aleksa Bogdanovic , also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian-British tennis player born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002... |
6–4, 7–5 |
| 13. | 6 August 2007 | Vancouver Odlum Brown Vancouver Open The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit... |
Hard | Sam Querrey Sam Querrey Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong... |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 14. | 22 March 2009 | Sherbrooke |
Hard | Charles-Antoine Brézac |
6–1, 6–2 |
Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
ties for Canada, Niemeyer has a win – loss record of 20–10, including an impressive 11–2 record in doubles (9–1 partnering Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
). In singles his best win came in 2002 when he defeated then World No. 14 Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
in a tie against Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
Olympic tennis
Niemeyer competed in both singles and doubles at the 2004 Athens OlympicsTennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....
, reaching the second round in doubles partnering Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
. He did the same for the 2008 Olympics
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....
, participating in the singles tournament as a late replacement. Despite winning the opening set 6–3, he retired from his first round match versus Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas , often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th . After retirement Cañas took on coaching, he...
with a slight shoulder injury, largely as a precaution, so as not to jeopardize through injury his and Nestor's participation in doubles. The Canadian tandem could not duplicate their result of four years previous, losing in the opening round.
Personal
Niemeyer's mother is AcadianAcadian
The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...
. He keeps an official website and blog here http://www.fredericniemeyer.com/en/index.php.