Alejandro Falla

Alejandro Falla

Country	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	November 14, 1983 (1983-11-14) Cali, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (170 lb; 12.0 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,201,170
Singles
Career record	56–74 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	–
Highest ranking	No. 58 (April 19, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 67 (February 27, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2010, 2012)
French Open	4R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2004, 2006, 2007)
US Open	2R (2006, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	5–17 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	–
Highest ranking	130 (03 August 2009)
Last updated on: November 29, 2010.

Medal record
Competitor for Colombia
Men's Tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver	2002 San Salvador	Men's Doubles
Bronze	2002 San Salvador	Men's Team

Alejandro Falla Ramirez (born 14 November 1983 in Cali, Colombia) is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb (76 kg) and measures 6'1" (185 cm). At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in 2007, beating players such as the 5th seed Ivan Ljubičić. On April 19, 2010, Falla achieved his career high of #58.

Career

The Colombian became the first player from his country to break into the top 100 of the ATP Rankings since Mauricio Hadad in 1996. In 2006, Alejandro qualified a career-high six times into the main draw of ATP level tournaments. In his second tournament of the year, he reached the final of the Mexico City Challenger. He then went on to earn points for his country in a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay Davis Team. Then later in April, he won the Bogotá Challenger. At Roland Garros, he reached the second round after defeating Justin Gimelstob, though he lost to Roger Federer in the second round. A few weeks later at Wimbledon, he managed to beat Nikolay Davydenko in a four-set thriller. His victory over Davydenko was his first win over a top-10 player, and a first ever for a Colombian player. However, he was then defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber in another four-set match. He then reached the second round in the US Open. In the first round, he beat Juan Martín del Potro in four sets, before being defeated by Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets.

Falla almost caused a sensation in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010, winning the first two sets against defending champion Roger Federer and serving for the match at 5–4 in the fourth set (he was three points away from winning), before Federer eventually won 5–7, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0.

His best result in a Grand Slam was in 2011 at the French Open. Falla reached the fourth round, where he lost to the unseeded Juan Ignacio Chela.

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2011	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Xavier Malisse	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]

Challengers & Futures Career Finals

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (7)
Futures (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	January 13, 2003	San Salvador	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–4, 6–4
2.	May 26, 2003	Pereira	Clay	Thiago Alves	7–5, 6–3
3.	October 13, 2003	Bogotá	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	7–5, 6–3
4.	March 8, 2004	Bogotá	Clay	Adrián García	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
5.	March 29, 2004	Salinas	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
6.	April 24, 2006	Bogotá	Clay	André Sá	6–4, 6–2
7.	May 03, 2009	Pereira	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
8.	September 20, 2009	Cali	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 6–4
9.	October 18, 2009	Rennes	Hard	Thierry Ascione	6–3, 6–2
10.	September 25, 2011	Cali	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	6–4, 6–3

Singles Performance Timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	LQ	2R	A	3R	1R	3R	0 / 4	5–4
French Open	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	Q1	2R	4R		0 / 6	7–6
Wimbledon	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R		0 / 7	3–7
US Open	A	A	2R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	2R		0 / 4	2–4
Win–Loss	2–2	0–0	3–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	3–4	4–4	2–1	0 / 21	17–21
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A		0 / 2	1–2
Miami Masters	A	A	A	3R	A	A	2R	Q1		0 / 2	3–2
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Masters	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R		0 / 3	0–3
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R		0 / 5	1–5
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q1		0 / 2	1–2
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series					A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–5	0–0	1–2	2–4	0–2	0–0	0 / 15	6–15
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Year-End Ranking	125	238	108	84	182	81	105	74		$1,201,170

External links

• Alejandro Falla at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Falla Recent Match Results
• Falla World Ranking History