# Jaime Yzaga

Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a Peruvian former professional tennis player. He reached two major singles quarterfinals during his career, at the 1991 Australian Open and the 1994 US Open.

## Tennis career

As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in 1985 and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon (also in 1985) and of the US Open (1984).
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 Australian Open 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: Cédric Pioline and Pete Sampras 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 Diego Schwartzman, 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 Davis Cup team.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (1–0)
* ATP World Series (7–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–0)
* Clay (3–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (7–3)
* Indoors (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1987 | Schenectady, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | Jim Pugh | 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 1987 | São Paulo, Brazil | Grand Prix | Hard | Luiz Mattar | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Nov 1988 | Itaparica, Brazil | Grand Prix | Hard | Javier Frana | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–1 | May 1989 | Forest Hills, United States | Grand Prix | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 1990 | São Paulo, Brazil | World Series | Carpet | Robbie Weiss | 6–3, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | May 1990 | Charlotte, United States | World Series | Clay | Jimmy Arias | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jan 1992 | Auckland, New Zealand | World Series | Hard | MaliVai Washington | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–2 | Apr 1992 | Tampa, United States | World Series | Clay | MaliVai Washington | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Apr 1993 | Charlotte, United States | World Series | Clay | Horacio de la Peña | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–3 | May 1993 | Tampa, United States | World Series | Clay | Richard Fromberg | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–3 | Oct 1993 | Sydney, Australia | Championship Series | Hard | Petr Korda | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–3)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 1988 | Boston, United States | Grand Prix | Clay | Bruno Orešar | Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 1989 | Charleston, United States | Grand Prix | Clay | Agustín Moreno | Mikael Pernfors Tobias Svantesson | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1989 | Bordeaux, France | Grand Prix | Clay | Agustín Moreno | Tomás Carbonell Carlos di Laura | 4–6, 3–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 1 (0–1)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–1)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 1992 | Ponte Vedra, United States | Challenger | Hard | Luis-Enrique Herrera | 5–7, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1–0)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–0)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 1995 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Americo Venero-Montes | Juan Carlos Bianchi Tamer El Sawy | 6–3, 6–4 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1985 | French Open | Clay | Thomas Muster | 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 |

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

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1984 | US Open | Hard | Agustín Moreno | Leonardo Lavalle Mihnea Nastase | 6–7, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Win | 1985 | Wimbledon | Grass | Agustín Moreno | Petr Korda Cyril Suk | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 8–10 | 44% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | 4R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 11 | 20–11 | 65% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 8–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 8–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 32 | 35–32 | 52% |
| National Representation |||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Miami | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 4R | QF | A | 0 / 10 | 15–10 | 60% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Rome | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 9 | 11–9 | 55% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | 50% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 8–5 | 3–5 | 9–8 | 6–6 | 0–0 | 0 / 45 | 49–45 | 52% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||
| Miami | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |