Alejandro González (tennis)
![]() Alejandro González at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Medellin, Colombia |
Born | Colombia[1] | 7 February 1989
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $388,093 |
Singles | |
Career record | 9-21 (30.00%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 70 (9 June 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 92 (17 November 2014) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2015) |
French Open | 2R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2014) |
US Open | 2R (2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 177 (2 August 2010) |
Current ranking | No. 228 (7 April 2014) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2014) |
French Open | 1R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2014) |
Last updated on: 10 February 2014. |
Alejandro González (born 7 February 1989)[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player. He is currently coached by Pablo Fuente, and has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70.
Career
Alejandro Gonzalez won his first singles title on the ATP Challenger Tour at the Ecuador tournament Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso in March 2013, defeating Argentine Renzo Olivo in three sets in the final. Previously, he had already won seven singles and six doubles tournaments on the circuit Future ITF and three doubles tournaments ATP Challenger Series. He followed this up with two more Challenger titles the same year, the Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín defeating Argentinian Guido Andreozzi in two sets, and the first edition of the São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, defeating another Argentinian Eduardo Schwank taking his tally to three Challenger wins in 2013.
ATP Tour
In July 2013 Gonzalez received direct entry to his first ATP World Tour event, the 2013 Claro Open Colombia, however he lost in the first round to Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in three sets.
Gonzalez made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the beginning of 2014 at the Australian Open, receiving direct entry for the first time. He was drawn against third seed David Ferrer, however lost in straight sets to the Spaniard. He also entered the doubles draw, teaming up with Argentine Carlos Berlocq. The pair were drawn against local wildcard pairing of Benjamin Mitchell and Jordan Thompson, however lost in three sets despite taking the opening set. Gonzalez received direct entry to two consecutive ATP Tour events in South America, losing in the first round of the Royal Guard Open to Italian Paolo Lorenzi, followed by another opening round loss, at the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, this time to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. He followed this with an appearance at the inaugural rio Open in Brazil, losing once again in the first round to Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay. The following week, he made it four losses in a row, losing to Potito Starace of Italy at the Brasil Open.
At the 2014 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Gonzalez received his first ever entry to a Masters 1000 tournament. Here he recorded the first ever Tour level wins of his career, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the first round, and backing that up with a win over 31st seed Ivan Dodig of Croatia. His third round opponent was be world number 2 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic, in a significant step up from his previous opponents. He took a set off the former world number one before succumbing 1-6 6-3 1-6.
ATP challenger and ITF futures
Singles: 14 (6–8)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–1) |
ATP Challenger Tour (4–3) |
ITF Futures (2–4) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner–up | 1. | 14 March 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–0 |
Runner–up | 2. | 28 March 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner–up | 3. | 22 August 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 29 August 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 24 September 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Runner–up | 6. | 1 October 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
Winner | 1. | 25 February 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 7–6 (9–7) |
Runner–up | 2. | 15 April 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 7–6 (7–4) |
Winner | 3. | 28 July 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 4 August 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner–up | 5. | 13 October 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–0), 6–3 |
Runner–up | 1. | 17 November 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner–up | 6. | 6 January 2014 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 26 October 2014 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7-5, 1-6, 6-3 |
Doubles: 13 (4–9)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (4–4) |
ITF Futures (0–4) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 14 July 2008 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6(10–7) |
Winner | 2. | 9 July 2007 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4 (10–8) |
Runner–up | 3. | 12 July 2010 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–6), 6–4 |
Runner–up | 4. | 4 October 2010 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 1. | 31 January 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 2. | 9 May 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(12–14),6–1, [10–6] |
Runner–up | 3. | 8 August 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(17–9),4–6, [10–8] |
Winner | 5. | 8 July 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner–up | 4. | 30 July 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–1),6–4 |
Runner–up | 6. | 15 April 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 7. | 1 July 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 10 November 2013 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner–up | 9. | 4 October 2014 | ![]() |
Clay (Red) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current till 2014 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W-L | |||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
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Q1 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
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A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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Q2 | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | ||||
Davis Cup Singles | |||||||||
Americas Zone Group I | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
World Group | A | A | PO | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||
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A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||
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A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
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A | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||||
ATP World Tour 500 series | |||||||||
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Not Held | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||||
ATP World Tour 250 series | |||||||||
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Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
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A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
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Q1 | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
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A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
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Q3 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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NH | 1R | QF | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | ||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–10 | 0–2 | 0 / 13 | 4–13 | |||
Career statistics | |||||||||
Year End Ranking | 238 | 91 | 92 | N. 72 |
Doubles Performance Timeline
This table is current through the 2014 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR | W-L |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
ATP World Tour 250 series | |||||
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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A | A | SF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
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NH | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
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A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 0 / 8 | 2–8 |
Career statistics | |||||
Year End Ranking | 378 | 205 | N. 177 |
References
External links
Template:Top ten Colombian male singles tennis players Template:Top ten Colombian male doubles tennis players