Career
In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World Number. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World Number. 126 Kristian Pless, and World Number.
246 Frédéric Niemeyer.
He would then go on to lose to Guillermo García-López 7–5, 6–2, 6–2.