Eduardo Schwank

Eduardo Schwank (born April 23, 1986, in Rosario, Argentina) is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. In 2006, he won four consecutive futures events: the former two in Argentina, the latter two in Bolivia. In 2007 he won a challenger title in Medellín, defeating Chris Guccione in the final, as well as three consecutive futures events. He also won the bronze medal in singles and the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2007 United States Open qualifying singles, he defeated Mischa Zverev and Richard Bloomfield before falling to Alexander Waske. In April 2008, Schwank won two consecutive challenger events, the first in Cremona, Italy and the second in Rome, Italy. On May 12, 2008, a hotel in which Schwank was staying while competing in a challenger event in Bordeaux, France caught fire. Schwank's room was engulfed by the blaze, which destroyed his laptop, passport, as well as the prize money he had earned from the Rome challenger tournament. Schwank was not in his room at the time. He ended up winning the tournament, making that his third consecutive challenger title for the year. At the 2008 Roland Garros tournament (commonly known as the French Open) Schwank was the number 1 seed in the qualifying round. He defeated Bjorn Rehnquist and Uladzimir Ignatik in the first and second qualifying rounds respectively. He is currently ranked 74 in the world in singles.