{{short description|Danish tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Jacob Melskens | image = | caption = | country = {{DEN}} | residence = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|3|20}} | birth_place = Rungsted, Denmark | death_date = | death_place = | height = | turnedpro = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $12,186 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 773 (20 Mar 2006) | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 535 (16 Oct 2006) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | USOpenDoublesresult = }} ''' Jacob Melskens ''' (born 20 March 1985) is a Danish former tennis player, who represented Denmark in the Davis Cup.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800230346|title=Davis Cup - Players|website=www.daviscup.com|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jacob Melskens – ATP Tour Overview|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jacob-melskens/mc31/overview|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-24|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> ==Tennis career== Melskens played in four Davis Cup ties for Denmark, making his debut in 2005 during the Group III play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina. During his Davis Cup career, he won his one singles match and 3 of the 4 doubles matches that he played.<ref name=":0" />
Melskens mainly participated on the Futures circuit and partnering with Rasmus Nørby, won one Futures doubles title.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jacob Melskens|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/jacob-melskens/800230346/den/mt/s/activity/#pprofile-info-tabs|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-24|website=www.itftennis.com}}</ref>
==ITF Futures titles== ===Doubles: 1 ===
{|class="sortable wikitable" !class="unsortable"|No. !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- |1. |{{dts|Jun 2007}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Norway F2, Gausdal |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Nørby |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Heinrich Heyl <br>{{flagicon|ISL}} Arnar Sigurdsson |6–3, 6–4 |}
==See also== *List of Denmark Davis Cup team representatives
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{ATP|mc31}} *{{ITF|jacob-melskens/800230346/den|Jacob Melskens}} *{{Davis Cup player|id=800230346}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Melkens, Jacob}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Danish male tennis players Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen Category:Sportspeople from Hørsholm Municipality Category:Tennis players from the Capital Region of Denmark