Nicolaas Scholtz (tennis)

Nicolaas (Nikala) "Nik" Scholtz (born 5 February 1991) is a former professional tennis player from Greyton, South Africa. Nicolaas qualified for the 2011 SA Tennis Open.

Nicolaas Scholtz

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Caledon, South Africa
Born	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 34) Caledon, South Africa
Plays	Right-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$92,596
Singles
Career record	5–8
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 13 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 320 (8 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 467 (24 September 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2009)
French Open Junior	2R (2009)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2009)
US Open Junior	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 11 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 251 (17 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 1184 (24 September 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2009)
French Open Junior	QF (2009)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2009)
US Open Junior	1R (2009)
Last updated on: 6 July 2017.

Scholtz is the son of Calla Scholtz, a former rugby player who represented Western Province in South Africa's domestic competition, the Currie Cup, from 1982 to 1989 (a total of 116 matches).

In 2012, Nicolaas represented South Africa in their Davis Cup play-off against Canada for a spot in the much esteemed World Group. He faced world number fifteen, Milos Raonic, in his first and only match, losing 5–7, 4–6, 5–7. South Africa lost the tie 4–1. In total he played seven ties for South Africa, producing a 5–7 singles record.

After spending his childhood in Greyton, a small town in the Boland, Western Cape, Nicolaas' family moved to Caledon and he attended Paarl Boys High School. He completed his studies at the University of Mississippi in the United States in 2015, earning four All-American colours four times. He is currently playing on the ITF Futures tour.

Scholtz has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 5–8.

At retirement, Scholtz was South Africa's third ranked tennis player behind Kevin Anderson and Lloyd Harris.

Tennis career highlights

Juniors

In March 2008, Scholtz won his first ITF junior singles title at the G2 in Gaborone, Botswana.

As a junior, Scholtz reached a Career High Combined ranking of 22 in the International Tennis Federation's world junior ranking.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 67–27.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

• Australian Open: 1R (2009)
• French Open: 2R (2009)
• Wimbledon: 1R (2009)
• US Open: 1R (2009)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

• Australian Open: 1R (2009)
• French Open: QF (2009)
• Wimbledon: 1R (2009)
• US Open: 1R (2009)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (13 titles-7 runner-ups)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0-0) ITF Futures (13–7)

Titles by surface Hard (13-7) Clay (0-0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	16 December 2012	South Africa F2, Stellenbosch	Hard	Simon Cauvard	6-3, 6-0
Runner-up	2.	23 June 2013	Turkey F24, Turkey	Hard	Takanyi Garanganga	3-6, 5-7
Winner	3.	8 June 2014	South Africa F2, Stellenbosch	Hard	Tucker Vorster	6-4, 6-3
Winner	4.	15 June 2014	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	20 July 2014	Turkey F25, Turkey	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	7 September 2014	Turkey F30, Turkey	Hard	Tucker Vorster	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner	7.	14 September 2014	Turkey F31, Turkey	Hard	Rémi Boutillier	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	6 September 2015	Gabon F2, Libreville	Hard	Javier Pulgar-Garcia	6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	9.	4 October 2015	USA F28, Laguna Niguel	Hard	Wil Spencer	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	10.	8 November 2015	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Hard	Pascal Brunner	7-6, 7-5
Runner-up	11.	5 June 2016	Turkey F22, Antalya	Hard	Marc Sieber	0-6, 1-6
Runner-up	12.	10 July 2016	Zimbabwe F3, Harare	Hard	Tucker Vorster	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	13.	20 November 2016	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Hard	Lloyd Harris	5-7, 4-6
Winner	14.	19 March 2017	Egypt F9, Sharm el-Sheikh	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	7–6, 6–3
Winner	15.	14 May 2017	Mexico F3, Córdoba	Hard	Iván Endara	6-4, 6–3
Winner	16.	18 June 2017	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Hard	Lucas Catarina	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	17.	2 July 2017	Zimbabwe F3, Harare	Hard	Baptiste Crepatte	6–7, 6–3, 6–6
Winner	18.	26 November 2017	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Hard	Leny Mitjana	6-4, 6-4
Winner	19.	10 December 2017	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Hard	Leny Mitjana	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	20.	15 April 2018	USA F10, Little Rock	Hard	Karue Sell	5-7, 2-6

Doubles: 24 (12 titles- 12 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (1-1) ITF Futures (11–11)

Titles by surface Hard (12-12) Clay (0-0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	27 June 2011	Spain F22, Spain	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Juan Jose Leal-Gomez Borja Rodriguez Manzano	3–6, 6–3, 10–12
Winner	2.	4 July 2011	Spain F23, Spain	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Francesco Borgo Claudio Grassi	7-5, 6-3
Winner	3.	3 June 2013	Turkey F22, Turkey	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Anil Yuksel Abdullah Yilmaz	6-0, 6-4
Winner	4.	17 June 2013	Turkey F24, Turkey	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Anton Manegin Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	7-6(7−1), 6-4
Winner	5.	2 June 2014	South Africa F2, South Africa	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Mark Fynn Damon Gooch	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	6.	9 June 2014	South Africa F3, South Africa	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Ruan Roelofse Dean O'Brien	6-7(6−8), 4-6
Runner-up	7.	7 July 2014	Turkey F24, Turkey	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Scott Puodziunas Darren K. Polkinghorne	6-7(7−9), 6-7(5−7)
Winner	8.	14 July 2014	Turkey F25, Turkey	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Damian Farinola Petr Michnev	6-2, 6-4
Winner	9.	25 August 2014	Turkey F29, Turkey	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Tuna Altuna Efe Yurtacan	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	10.	1 June 2015	Mozambique F1, Maputo	Hard	Evan Song	Duncan Mugabe Hassan Ndayishimiye	3-6, 4-6
Winner	11.	21 June 2015	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Hard	Lloyd Harris	Evan King Anderson Reed	7-5, 6-4
Runner-up	12.	28 June 2015	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Romain Bauvy Ronan Joncour	6-4, 6-7(5−7), 5-10
Winner	13.	6 September 2015	Gabon F2, Libreville	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Javier Pulgar-Garcia Cameron Silverman	7-6(7-2), 6-1
Runner-up	14.	3 July 2016	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Hugo Nys Vishnu Vardhan	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	15.	31 July 2016	Lexington Challenger, USA	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	2-6, 5-7
Winner	16.	14 August 2016	Aptos Challenger, USA	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Mackenzie McDonald Ben McLachlan	6–7(5−7), 6–3, 10–8
Runner-up	17.	6 November 2016	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Hard	Chris Haggard	Alessandro Bega Luca Margaroli	5-7, 2-6
Winner	18.	12 February 2017	Egypt F4, Sharm el-Sheikh	Hard	Jonas Luetjen	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	6–2, 2–6, 11–9
Runner-up	19.	19 February 2017	Egypt F5, Sharm el-Sheikh	Hard	Jonas Luetjen	Nathan Eshmade Sem Verbeek	6–3, 3–6, 3–10
Runner-up	20.	19 March 2017	Egypt F9, Sharm el-Sheikh	Hard	Lloyd Harris	Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov	(W/O)
Winner	21.	7 May 2017	Mexico F2, Villahermosa	Hard (i)	Kevin King	Farris Fathi Gosea Nathaniel Lammons	7-6(7−4), 7-6(7−4)
Runner-up	22.	21 May 2017	Mexico F4, Pachuca	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Manuel Sánchez Federico Zeballos	6–7(3−7), 2–6
Runner-up	23.	18 June 2017	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Hard	Mark Fynn	Benjamin Lock Nathaniel Lammons	2-6, 3-6
Winner	24.	25 June 2017	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Hard	Mark Fynn	Benjamin Lock Nathaniel Lammons	3–6, 6–1, 10–7

References

• "Nikala Scholtz". ATP World Tour Inc. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
• http://www.supersport.com

External links

• Nicolaas Scholtz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nicolaas Scholtz at the International Tennis Federation
• Nicolaas Scholtz at the Davis Cup