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Nicolaas Scholtz (tennis)

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Nicolaas Scholtz
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceCaledon, South Africa
Born (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33)
Caledon, South Africa
PlaysRight-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money$92,596
Singles
Career record5–8
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 13 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 320 (8 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 467 (24 September 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2009)
French Open Junior2R (2009)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2009)
US Open Junior1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 11 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 251 (17 July 2017)
Current rankingNo. 1184 (24 September 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2009)
French Open JuniorQF (2009)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2009)
US Open Junior1R (2009)
Last updated on: 6 July 2017.

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.

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

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Juniors

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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

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

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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 France Simon Cauvard 6-3, 6-0
Runner-up 2. 23 June 2013 Turkey F24, Turkey Hard Zimbabwe Takanyi Garanganga 3-6, 5-7
Winner 3. 8 June 2014 South Africa F2, Stellenbosch Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster 6-4, 6-3
Winner 4. 15 June 2014 South Africa F3, Stellenbosch Hard South Africa Fritz Wolmarans 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 20 July 2014 Turkey F25, Turkey Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 7 September 2014 Turkey F30, Turkey Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner 7. 14 September 2014 Turkey F31, Turkey Hard France Rémi Boutillier 6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Winner 8. 6 September 2015 Gabon F2, Libreville Hard Spain Javier Pulgar-Garcia 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Winner 9. 4 October 2015 USA F28, Laguna Niguel Hard United States Wil Spencer 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 10. 8 November 2015 South Africa F1, Stellenbosch Hard Austria Pascal Brunner 7-6, 7-5
Runner-up 11. 5 June 2016 Turkey F22, Antalya Hard Germany Marc Sieber 0-6, 1-6
Runner-up 12. 10 July 2016 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 13. 20 November 2016 South Africa F3, Stellenbosch Hard South Africa Lloyd Harris 5-7, 4-6
Winner 14. 19 March 2017 Egypt F9, Sharm el-Sheikh Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić 7–6, 6–3
Winner 15. 14 May 2017 Mexico F3, Córdoba Hard Ecuador Iván Endara 6-4, 6–3
Winner 16. 18 June 2017 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Hard Monaco Lucas Catarina 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner 17. 2 July 2017 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Hard France Baptiste Crepatte 6–7, 6–3, 6–6
Winner 18. 26 November 2017 South Africa F1, Stellenbosch Hard France Leny Mitjana 6-4, 6-4
Winner 19. 10 December 2017 South Africa F3, Stellenbosch Hard France Leny Mitjana 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 20. 15 April 2018 USA F10, Little Rock Hard Brazil Karue Sell 5-7, 2-6

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

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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 South Africa Ruan Roelofse Spain Juan Jose Leal-Gomez
Spain Borja Rodriguez Manzano
3–6, 6–3, 10–12
Winner 2. 4 July 2011 Spain F23, Spain Hard South Africa Ruan Roelofse Italy Francesco Borgo
Italy Claudio Grassi
7-5, 6-3
Winner 3. 3 June 2013 Turkey F22, Turkey Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Turkey Anil Yuksel
Turkey Abdullah Yilmaz
6-0, 6-4
Winner 4. 17 June 2013 Turkey F24, Turkey Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Russia Anton Manegin
Russia Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy
7-6(7−1), 6-4
Winner 5. 2 June 2014 South Africa F2, South Africa Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Zimbabwe Mark Fynn
South Africa Damon Gooch
6-3, 6-4
Runner-up 6. 9 June 2014 South Africa F3, South Africa Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster South Africa Ruan Roelofse
South Africa Dean O'Brien
6-7(6−8), 4-6
Runner-up 7. 7 July 2014 Turkey F24, Turkey Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Australia Scott Puodziunas
Australia Darren K. Polkinghorne
6-7(7−9), 6-7(5−7)
Winner 8. 14 July 2014 Turkey F25, Turkey Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Australia Damian Farinola
Czech Republic Petr Michnev
6-2, 6-4
Winner 9. 25 August 2014 Turkey F29, Turkey Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Turkey Tuna Altuna
Turkey Efe Yurtacan
6-4, 6-4
Runner-up 10. 1 June 2015 Mozambique F1, Maputo Hard United States Evan Song Uganda Duncan Mugabe
Burundi Hassan Ndayishimiye
3-6, 4-6
Winner 11. 21 June 2015 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Hard South Africa Lloyd Harris United States Evan King
United States Anderson Reed
7-5, 6-4
Runner-up 12. 28 June 2015 Zimbabwe F2, Harare Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster France Romain Bauvy
France Ronan Joncour
6-4, 6-7(5−7), 5-10
Winner 13. 6 September 2015 Gabon F2, Libreville Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Spain Javier Pulgar-Garcia
United States Cameron Silverman
7-6(7-2), 6-1
Runner-up 14. 3 July 2016 Zimbabwe F2, Harare Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster France Hugo Nys
India Vishnu Vardhan
4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 15. 31 July 2016 Lexington Challenger, USA Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster Australia Luke Saville
Australia Jordan Thompson
2-6, 5-7
Winner 16. 14 August 2016 Aptos Challenger, USA Hard South Africa Tucker Vorster United States Mackenzie McDonald
Japan Ben McLachlan
6–7(5−7), 6–3, 10–8
Runner-up 17. 6 November 2016 South Africa F1, Stellenbosch Hard South Africa Chris Haggard Italy Alessandro Bega
Switzerland Luca Margaroli
5-7, 2-6
Winner 18. 12 February 2017 Egypt F4, Sharm el-Sheikh Hard Germany Jonas Luetjen Sweden Markus Eriksson
Sweden Milos Sekulic
6–2, 2–6, 11–9
Runner-up 19. 19 February 2017 Egypt F5, Sharm el-Sheikh Hard Germany Jonas Luetjen Australia Nathan Eshmade
Netherlands Sem Verbeek
6–3, 3–6, 3–10
Runner-up 20. 19 March 2017 Egypt F9, Sharm el-Sheikh Hard South Africa Lloyd Harris Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Ukraine Artem Smirnov
(W/O)
Winner 21. 7 May 2017 Mexico F2, Villahermosa Hard (i) United States Kevin King United Kingdom Farris Fathi Gosea
United States Nathaniel Lammons
7-6(7−4), 7-6(7−4)
Runner-up 22. 21 May 2017 Mexico F4, Pachuca Hard Philippines Ruben Gonzales Mexico Manuel Sánchez
Bolivia Federico Zeballos
6–7(3−7), 2–6
Runner-up 23. 18 June 2017 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Hard Zimbabwe Mark Fynn Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
United States Nathaniel Lammons
2-6, 3-6
Winner 24. 25 June 2017 Zimbabwe F2, Harare Hard Zimbabwe Mark Fynn Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
United States Nathaniel Lammons
3–6, 6–1, 10–7

References

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