Juan Ignacio Chela

Juan Ignacio Chela

Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	August 30, 1979 (1979-08-30) Ciudad Evita, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$5,601,394
Singles
Career record	302–250
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 15 (August 9, 2004)
Current ranking	No. 25 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2006)
French Open	QF (2004, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004, 2007, 2011)
US Open	QF (2007)
Doubles
Career record	89–104
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 34 (May 17, 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	3R (2004, 2008)
Wimbledon	SF (2010)
US Open	2R (2006)
Last updated on: April 11, 2011.

Juan Ignacio Chela (born August 30, 1979) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface. He was born at Ciudad Evita, Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Career

2004

In February, he reached the quarterfinals in Salvador, defeating Flavio Saretta and David Ferrer, before falling to Agustin Calleri 3–6, 6–3, 3–6. He won in doubles at Viña del Mar, partnering Gaston Gaudio.

At Acapulco and Indian Wells, he reached the quarterfinals, but lost to Oscar Hernandez Perez and Roger Federer, respectively. In Acapulco, he also reached the final in doubles, partnering Nicolas Massu, but they lost to the Bryan brothers 2–6, 3–6.

In April, Chela won in Estoril against Marat Safin 6–7, 6–3, 6–3. He also won in doubles, partnering Gaston Gaudio.

He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, where he lost to Tim Henman 2–6, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles, he reached the quarterfinals in Rome, where he and Guillermo Cañas lost to the Bryan brothers, and in Hamburg, where he also partnered with Cañas.

On August 9, 2004, he reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 15.

2005

Chela (The Torino) was involved in a controversy during a third-round loss to Lleyton Hewitt in the Australian Open in 2005, when he attempted to spit on Hewitt.

2006

As part of the Argentine team for the Davis Cup, he holds a record of six victories and four losses, the most important of his victories in April 2006, giving Argentina the third point to beat defending champions Croatia in the quarterfinals.

2007

In May 2007, he appeared in the quarterfinals of his sixth different Masters event at Rome, also his personal best showing, with wins over Marc Gicquel, Igor Andreev, and world no. 3 Andy Roddick, the latter being Chela's best victory since defeating no. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the second round in Mallorca in May 2000. He also partnered Pablo Cuevas in doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in Barcelona, where they lost to the Bryan brothers 1–6, 2–6.

In July, he reached the semifinals in Stuttgart, where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 7–6, 4–6 1–6.

He reached the quarterfinals of the US Open, but lost to David Ferrer, 2–6, 3–6 5–7.

In October, he reached the quarterfinals in Vienna, where he lost to Novak Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–7. He also reached the semifinals in doubles, partnering Fernando Gonzalez.

2008

In February, he reached the semifinals in Buenos Aires, only to lose to David Nalbandian 1–6, 2–6.

In April, he reached the quarterfinals in Barcelona, where he lost to Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 2–6.

2009

In 2009, Chela played mostly Challenger tournaments, although he did reach the quarterfinals in Viña del Mar, where he lost to Tommy Robredo 6–0, 3–6, 4–6.

2010

In 2010, Chela won the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, beating Sam Querrey 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, for his first ATP Tour championship in over three years. After he beat Rajeev Ram in straight sets, Chela won a controversial three-set second-round match, in which fellow countryman Eduardo Schwank was fined for his use of tactics when injured. Chela then beat defending champion Lleyton Hewitt and another Argentine Horacio Zeballos in straight sets to reach the final. Also in 2010, Chela won the BCR Open Romania in singles, defeating Pablo Andújar in the final 7–5, 6–1, and doubles partnering Łukasz Kubot. The singles title was his sixth career ATP World Tour victory.

2011

He reached the quarterfinals in Vienna and Santiago, and the semifinals in Costa do Sauipe, where he lost to Nicolás Almagro 6–1, 2–6 4–6. He reached the final in Buenos Aires, where he again lost to Almagro 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. In doubles, he reached the semifinals in Santiago, partnering Santiago Gonzalez.

In April, he reached the final in doubles in Monte Carlo, partnering Bruno Soares, but they lost to the Bryan brothers 3–6, 2–6.

He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, where he lost to Andy Murray 6–7, 5–7, 2–6. In August, he reached the semifinals in Kitzbühel, where he lost to Albert Montañés 2–6, 4–7.

He reached his career-high doubles ranking of no. 32 on 6 June 2011.

At the US Open, he made the third round, where he was defeated by young American Donald Young 5–7, 4–6, 3–6.

His trainer and fitness coach (and also a close friend) is Fernando Aguirre.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 series (2–2) ATP World Tour 250 series (4–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–2) Clay (6–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Surface Outdoors (6–6) Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date (Final)	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	21 February, 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Mariano Puerta	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	1.	28 January, 2001	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Fernando Vicente	4–5, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	2.	13 January 13, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Roger Federer	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	15 July, 2002	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Albert Costa	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	25 August, 2002	Long Island, United States	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	12 April, 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Marat Safin	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	5 March, 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Luis Horna	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Runner-up	5.	24 July, 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Agustín Calleri	6–7(9–11), 2–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	26 February, 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	5.	11 April, 2010	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sam Querrey	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	26 September, 2010	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Pablo Andújar	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	20 February, 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	3–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 series (3–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Surface Outdoors (3–3) Indoors (0–0)

Doubles winner (3)

• 2004 Estoril
• 2004 Viña del Mar
• 2010 Bucharest

Doubles finalist (3)

• 2004 Acapulco
• 2005 Estoril
• 2011 Monte Carlo

Singles Performance Timeline

Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2012 Australian Open.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	14–11
French Open	2R	A	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF		15–11
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	1R	2R		4–8
US Open	1R	A	4R	3R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	2R	2R	3R		13–10
Win–Loss	1–3	2–1	4–4	6–4	6–4	3–3	3–4	8–4	1–2	1–2	2–4	8–4	2–1	46–40
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	3R	2R	QF	3R	2R	QF	3R	1R	1R	3R		12–11
Miami Masters	A	1R	QF	3R	3R	3R	4R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R		13–11
Monte Carlo Masters	3R	A	3R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R		12–10
Rome Masters	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R		8–11
Madrid Masters	A	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R		6–9
Canada Masters	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	1R		4–9
Cincinnati Masters	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	A	1R		9–8
Paris Masters	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	A	A	1R	A		1–6
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R	2R	ATP 500 series				7–7
Win–Loss	2–4	0–2	11–9	12–9	10–9	9–8	7–9	12–9	2–5	1–5	3–6	3–7	0–0	72–82
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	6–12
Year-End Ranking	63	70	23	38	26	39	33	20	140	73	38	29

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Juan Ignacio Chela at the Association of Tennis Professionals