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 , 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) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (5–0)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (7–3)Indoors (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Schenectady, United StatesGrand PrixHard Jim Pugh0–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1Win2–0São Paulo, BrazilGrand PrixHard Luiz Mattar6–2, 4–6, 6–2Win3–0Itaparica, BrazilGrand PrixHard Javier Frana7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss3–1Forest Hills, United StatesGrand PrixClay Ivan Lendl2–6, 1–6Loss3–2São Paulo, BrazilWorld SeriesCarpet Robbie Weiss6–3, 6–7(7–9), 3–6Win4–2Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jimmy Arias6–3, 7–5Win5–2Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard MaliVai Washington7–6(8–6), 6–4Win6–2Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay MaliVai Washington3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss6–3Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Horacio de la Peña6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win7–3Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Richard Fromberg6–4, 6–2Win8–3Sydney, AustraliaChampionship SeriesHard Petr Korda6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–3)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Boston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Bruno Orešar Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken6–3, 5–7, 2–6Loss0–2Charleston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Agustín Moreno Mikael Pernfors Tobias Svantesson4–6, 6–4, 5–7Loss0–3Bordeaux, FranceGrand PrixClay Agustín Moreno Tomás Carbonell Carlos di Laura4–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Luis-Enrique Herrera5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Lima, PeruChallengerClay Americo Venero-Montes Juan Carlos Bianchi Tamer El Sawy6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1985French OpenClay Thomas Muster2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1984US OpenHard Agustín Moreno Leonardo Lavalle Mihnea Nastase6–7, 6–1, 1–6Win1985WimbledonGrass Agustín Moreno Petr Korda Cyril Suk7–6(7–3), 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAANHAAAAQF1R1R1R1R1R0 / 64–6French OpenAA2R1R1R3R1R3R1R1R4R1RA0 / 108–10WimbledonAAA1R1RAA2R2RA2RAA0 / 53–5US OpenA4R3R3R3R3R3R2R1R2RQF2RA0 / 1120–11Win–loss0–03–13–22–32–34–22–28–41–41–38–41–30–10 / 3235–32National RepresentationSummer Olympics1RNot HeldANot HeldANot HeldA0 / 10–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1R1R1RA1R3R2R1RA0 / 73–7MiamiAA2R2R2R4R3R2R3R1R4RQFA0 / 1015–10Monte CarloAA2RAAA3RA1RA3R1RA0 / 55–5HamburgAAAAAA2RAAA3R3RA0 / 35–3RomeAAA2RQF3R2R1RQF1R1R2RA0 / 911–9CanadaAAAAAAA1RA2R3RAA0 / 33–3CincinnatiAAA1RAQFA2RQF1R1R1RA0 / 77–7ParisAAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–02–22–34–38–45–52–48–53–59–86–60–00 / 4549–45

Doubles Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenNHAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenA1RA2RAAAAAA0 / 21–2WimbledonAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAA1R1RAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–10–01–20–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 41–4ATP Masters SeriesMiami1RAA1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2Monte CarloAAAA2RAAAAA0 / 11–1HamburgAAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0RomeAAA2R2RAAAAQ10 / 22–2CanadaAAAAAAAQ1Q1A0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAA1RAAAAAQ10 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–01–32–20–00–00–00–00–00 / 63–6

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