Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán

Country (sports)	Argentina Switzerland
Residence	Neuchâtel, Suisse
Born	(1982-01-20) 20 January 1982 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Franco Davín
Prize money	$191,594
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 200 (7 July 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q2 (2005)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open	Q1 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	2–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 115 (6 February 2006)
Last updated on: 28 April 2021.

Cristian Villagrán (born 20 January 1982) is a Swiss-Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 200 achieved on 7 July 2009, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 115 achieved on 6 February 2006.

Villagran reached 28 career singles finals, posting a tally of 20 wins and 8 losses including a 1–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. He won the 2006 Mantova Challenger tournament held on clay courts in Italy, where he defeated Giorgio Galimberti 6–2, 5-7, 6–4 in the final to win the championship. Additionally, he has also reached 28 career doubles finals with a record of 23 wins and 5 losses which includes a 7–1 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.

Career

As a junior, Villagrán reached as high as world No. 13 in the singles rankings in 2000, as well as world No. 41 in doubles.

Villagran made his ATP Tour debut at the 2005 Buenos Aires tournament on clay courts in Argentina where he was granted a wild card entry into doubles main draw alongside compatriot Juan Pablo Brzezicki. They pulled off a major upset, defeating first seeds Gastón Etlis and Martín Rodríguez in the first round 2–6, 6-2, 6–3. They would continue their run by defeating Enzo Artoni and Ignacio González King in the second round 7–6^(7–3), 2-6, 6–3 before finally being defeated in the semifinals by José Acasuso and Sebastián Prieto by a score of 6–7^(8–10), 4-6 to end their impressive run. Two years later at the 2007 Buenos Aires Open he was given another wild card entry into the doubles draw, alongside Eduardo Schwank however they were defeated in the first round by Martin Garcia and Sebastian Prieto in three sets 4-6, 6–2, [12-14].

Personal life

Villagrán was born and raised in Argentina, but went to compete in a tennis tournament in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. There, he met his future wife and trainer, Pamela, who he married in 2008. He has since moved to Switzerland permanently, eventually becoming a citizen.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 28 (20–8)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–2) ITF Futures (19–6)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (20–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2002	Chile F1, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Phillip Harboe	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–0	Sep 2002	Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz	Futures	Clay	Diego Hartfield	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	May 2004	Argentina F1, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Cha Bo-ram	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–0	May 2004	Argentina F2, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–1	May 2004	Argentina F3, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–2	Jul 2004	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	6–7(3-7), 1–6
Win	5–2	Aug 2004	Chile F1B, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Julio Peralta	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–2	Sep 2004	Argentina F5, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 6–1
Win	7–2	Oct 2004	Bolivia F2, Santa Cruz	Futures	Clay	Leonardo Tavares	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–2	Mar 2006	Argentina F1, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–2	Mar 2006	Argentina F2, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Decoud	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	9–3	Apr 2006	Argentina F3, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	10–3	Apr 2006	Uruguay F2, Montevideo	Futures	Clay	Juan-Martin Aranguren	6–2, 6–3
Win	11–3	May 2006	Argentina F5, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	6–4, 6–1
Win	12–3	Jun 2006	Argentina F9, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	6–1, 6–2
Win	13–3	Jul 2006	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	6–2, 5-7, 6–4
Win	14–3	Jul 2007	Italy F21, Bologna	Futures	Clay	Enrico Burzi	3-6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	15–3	Jul 2007	Italy F22, Carpi	Futures	Clay	Matteo Marrai	6-7(1-7), 6–3, 6–2
Win	16–3	Jul 2007	Italy F23, Palazzolo	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Charpentier	5-7, 6–1, 6–4
Win	17–3	Jul 2007	Italy F24, Modena	Futures	Clay	Thomas Fabbiano	6–0, 6–1
Loss	17–4	Oct 2007	Portugal F4, Porto	Futures	Clay	Leonardo Tavares	6-4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	17–5	Oct 2007	Portugal F5, Espinho	Futures	Clay	José Antonio Sánchez de Luna	3–6, 2–6
Loss	17–6	Dec 2007	Uruguay F1, Montevideo	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Fabbri	6–3, 6-7(3-7), 3–6
Win	18–6	Apr 2009	Italy F7, Padova	Futures	Clay	Julian Reister	1–6, 7-6(7-5), 6–0
Loss	18–7	Jul 2009	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fabio Fognini	7-6(7-5), 6–7(2-7), 0–6
Win	19–7	Aug 2014	Switzerland F5, Lausanne	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estevez	6–4, 0-6, 6–2
Loss	19–8	Sep 2015	Switzerland F5, Lausanne	Futures	Clay	Roberto Marcora	6–7(5-7), 7-6(7-2), 4–6
Win	20–8	Aug 2016	Switzerland F4, Lausanne	Futures	Clay	Laurent Lokoli	6-4, 6–7(6-8), 6–3

Doubles: 28 (23–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–1) ITF Futures (16–4)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (21–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2000	Argentina F7, Concordia	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Sebastian Decoud Patricio Arquez	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Oct 2000	Bolivia F2, Cochabamba	Futures	Clay	Rodolfo Daruich	Gustavo Marcaccio Patricio Rudi	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2000	Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Jaime Fillol Jr. Miguel Miranda	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–1	Oct 2000	Paraguay F1, Asuncion	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Marcio Carlsson Ricardo Schlachter	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–1	Apr 2001	Argentina F4, Mendoza	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Guzman	Diego del Rio Leonardo Olguin	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–1	Oct 2001	Colombia F1, Bogota	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Guzman	Eduardo Bohrer Luis Marafelli	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	5–2	Aug 2002	Spain F8, Dénia	Futures	Clay	Antonio Pastorino	Julien Cuaz Jasper Smit	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	6–2	Jan 2003	Jamaica F1, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Carlos Berlocq	Diego Veronelli Juan-Pablo Guzman	7–5, 6–4
Win	7–2	Nov 2003	Argentina F5, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Christian Kordasz Andres Dellatorre	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
Win	8–2	Jun 2004	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Diego Hartfield	Jun Kato Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Oct 2004	Bolivia F2, Santa Cruz	Futures	Clay	Juan-Martin Aranguren	Thiago Alves Julio Silva	3–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win	9–3	Mar 2005	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Sergio Roitman Juan-Pablo Guzman	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–4	May 2005	Argentina F3, Cordoba	Futures	Clay	Matias Niemiz	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	2–6, 2–6
Win	10–4	Jun 2005	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Simone Vagnozzi Paul Capdeville	7–6(7-5), 6–2
Win	11–4	Aug 2005	Trani, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Irakli Labadze Giorgio Galimberti	4–6, 6-2, 6–4
Win	12–4	Feb 2006	Florianópolis, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Mirko Pehar Gianluca Naso	7–6(7-3), 6–2
Win	13–4	Mar 2006	Argentina F2, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	Eduardo Schwank Matias O'Neille	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	14–4	Apr 2006	Argentina F3, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	Eduardo Schwank Esteban Zanetti	6–4, 6–2
Win	15–4	May 2006	Argentina F5, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	Diego Cristin Martin Vilarrubi	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win	16–4	May 2006	Argentina F7, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	Ricardo Chile-Fonte Sandor Martinez-Breijo	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win	17–4	Jun 2006	Argentina F9, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Brian Dabul	Diego Cristin Marcel Felder	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–5
Win	18–4	Jul 2006	Rimini, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Pablo Brzezicki	Gabriel Moraru Vasilis Mazarakis	6–2, 5-7, [10–6]
Win	19–4	Sep 2006	Belém, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Brian Dabul	Alessandro Da Col Francesco Piccari	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win	20–4	Jun 2007	Italy F16, Cesena	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	Alessandro Da Col Francesco Piccari	6–3, 6–2
Win	21–4	Oct 2007	Portugal F4, Porto	Futures	Clay	Yann Marti	Pablo Santos-Gonzalez David Marrero	walkover
Loss	21–5	Jan 2008	La Serena, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Sebastian Decoud	Nicolas Lapentti Eduardo Schwank	4–6, 0–6
Win	22–5	Apr 2009	Italy F6, Vercelli	Futures	Clay	Mathieu Guenat	Alejandro Fabbri Leandro Migani	7–5, 6–4
Win	23–5	Jul 2009	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Ianni	Stephane Robert Niels Desein	7–6(7–3), 1–6, [10–6]

External links

• Cristian Villagrán at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Cristian Villagrán at the International Tennis Federation