Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a former professional
tennis player from
Peru.
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 5'7" (1.70m), he was the shortest Grand Slam tournament quarterfinalist until
Diego Schwartzman, also 5'7", at the
2017 U.S. Open.[1]
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.