Lukáš Dlouhý in the first two. At his first tournament in nearly two months, he reached the second round of the Rimouski Challenger, and then lost in the final qualifying round of the Champaign, Illinois challenger. 2009 In a disappointing Davis Cup tie in March, where Canada lost to Ecuador 2–3 despite being up 2–1, Niemeyer lost both his single rubbers but won the doubles. He was again named to the Canadian team for the tie against Peru. Not surprisingly, he and Nestor won their doubles rubber, and he was called into singles action when Peter Polansky became ill, but lost in four sets to Luis Horna. Canada won the tie, however, 3–2. Niemeyer defeated Samuel Groth in the first round singles qualifying for the ATP 250 event in Indianapolis by a score of 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(11–9). He lost in the next round to Go Soeda 6–7(4–7), 5–7. With a wild card entry the following week at the Granby Challenger, he reached the quarter-finals by dominating No. 8 seed Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6–0, 6–1 and then betteringMichael Yani 6–3, 6–4 before falling to No.4 seed Kevin Anderson, 4–6, 0–6. Niemeyer received a wild card entry into the main singles draw of the Rogers Cup. In the first round he surprisingly defeated Igor Kunitsyn 7–5, 6–1. He lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer 6–7, 4–6 in the second round. His result in Montreal saw Niemeyer climb 102 ranking places to reach World No. 385. Niemeyer announced in his retirement in November 2009, and stated his intention to coach Milos Raonic. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 18 (14–4) Doubles: 18 (11–7) Performance timelines Singles Doubles Davis Cup In 16 Davis Cup ties for Canada, Niemeyer has a win – loss record of 20–10, including an impressive 11–2 record in doubles (9–1 partnering Daniel Nestor). In singles his best win came in 2002 when he defeated then World No. 14 Fernando González in a tie against Chile. Olympic tennis Niemeyer competed in both singles and doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, reaching the second round in doubles partnering Daniel Nestor. He did the same for the 2008 Olympics, participating in the singles tournament as a late replacement. Despite winning the opening set 6–3, he retired from his first round match versus Guillermo Cañas with a slight shoulder injury, largely as a precaution, so as not to jeopardize through injury his and