Jaime Yzaga
Jaime Yzaga Tori is a Peruvian former professional tennis player. He reached two Grand [Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major] singles quarterfinals during his career, at the 1991 Australian [Open – Men's singles|1991 Australian Open] and the US Open – Men's singles|1994 US Open].
Tennis career
As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in 1985 and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and of the US Open.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.
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, 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)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | [1987 Schenectady Open – Singles|] | Schenectady, United States | Grand Prix | Hard |  dts|Nov 1987Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
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