In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Szymanski and the second or maternal family name is Ottaviano.
Jimy Szymanski
Country (sports)
Venezuela
Residence
Caracas, Venezuela
Born
(1975-09-15) September 15, 1975 (age 48) Caracas, Venezuela
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro
1994
Plays
Right-handed
Prize money
$194,839
Singles
Career record
7–31 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
0 2 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking
No. 160 (15 November 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open
Q2 (2000)
Wimbledon
Q3 (1994, 2001)
US Open
1R {1996, 1997}
Doubles
Career record
8–12 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
0 2 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking
No. 187 (19 June 2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
2R (2000)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing Venezuela
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata
Doubles
1995 Mar del Plata
Singles
Last updated on: 1 November 2021.
Jimy Szymanski Ottaviano (born September 15, 1975, in Caracas) is a former tennis player from Venezuela.
He reached his highest junior world ranking of no. 1 in the world in summer 1993. He reached finals in Wimbledon Juniors 1993 and won the Italian Junior world championship in Bonfiglio Milano in 1993. He won the Junior Orange Bowl in doubles in 1993 and finished no. 3 in the juniors world ranking in 1993.
He turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest singles ATP ranking on November 15, 1999, at no. 160.
He played in the ATP tour for more than 10 years and had wins over Fernando González, Nicolás Lapentti, James Blake, Félix Mantilla, Olivier Rochus, Goran Ivanišević, Nicolás Pereira, Horst Skoff, Nuno Marques, Franco Squillari, Jaime Oncins, and Sébastien Lareau.
Szymanski represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney.
As a coach, he worked with Milagros Sequera, Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova, and was Davis Cup captain and Fed Cup captain for his native country.
He is president of STA TENNIS LLC, a company that manages tennis facilities in South Florida.
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