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Alejandro González
Alejandro González at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Colombia
ResidenceMedellín, Colombia
Born (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 35)
Medellín, Colombia[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,091,245
Singles
Career record17-40
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 70 (9 June 2014)
Current rankingNo. 331 (5 February 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record5–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (2 August 2010)
Current rankingNo. 451 (5 February 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
Last updated on: 5 February 2018.

Alejandro González (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo ɣonˈsales];[a] born 7 February 1989)[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on the 9 June 2014.

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 Jérémy 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 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: 26 (11–15)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
ITF Futures (7–9)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 30 September 2007 F15 Futures Recife, Brazil Clay Brazil Daniel Dutra da Silva 6–7(1–7), 5–7
Runner–up 2. 8 February 2009 F1 Futures Manizales, Colombia Clay Chile Guillermo Hormazábal 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 16 May 2009 F1 Futures Maracay, Venezuela Hard Venezuela Jhonnatan Medina-Alvarez 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–1
Winner 4. 23 May 2009 F2 Futures Merida, Venezuela Hard Venezuela Yohny Romero 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Runner–up 5. 30 May 2009 F3 Futures Maracaibo, Venezuela Hard Venezuela José de Armas 5–7, 3–6
Winner 6. 15 August 2009 F3 Futures Barranquilla, Colombia Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–2, 6–4
Runner–up 7. 22 August 2009 F4 Futures Bogota, Colombia Clay Uruguay Marcel Felder 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 8. 30 August 2009 F5 Futures Medellin, Colombia Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner–up 9. 26 June 2010 F14 Futures Aosta, Italy Clay Italy Matteo Marrai 2–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 23 October 2010 F5 Futures Caracas, Venezuela Hard United States Greg Ouellette 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up 11. 14 March 2011 F9 Futures Antalya, Turkey Clay Austria Daniel Köllerer 6–1, 6–0
Runner–up 12. 28 March 2011 F11 Futures Antalya, Turkey Hard Moldova Radu Albot 7–5, 6–3
Runner–up 13. 22 August 2011 F4 Futures Medellin, Colombia Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay 6–4, 6–2
Winner 14. 29 August 2011 F5 Futures Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 15. 24 September 2012 F3 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia Clay Colombia Michael Quintero 7–5, 6–2
Runner–up 16. 1 October 2012 F4 Futures Villavicencio, Colombia Clay Argentina Patricio Heras 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Winner 1. 25 February 2013 Salinas, Ecuador Clay Argentina Renzo Olivo 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 (9–7)
Runner–up 2. 15 April 2013 Panama City, Panama Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4, 5–7, 7–6 (7–4)
Winner 3. 28 July 2013 Medellín, Colombia Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi 6–4, 6–4
Winner 4. 4 August 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Eduardo Schwank 6–2, 6–3
Runner–up 5. 13 October 2013 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Clay Brazil João Souza 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Runner–up 1. 17 November 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Italy Filippo Volandri 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner–up 6. 6 January 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Brazil João Souza 6–4, 6–4
Winner 7. 26 October 2014 Córdoba, Argentina Clay Argentina Máximo González 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
Runner–up 8. 4 October 2015 Pereira, Colombia Clay (Red) Italy Paolo Lorenzi 6–4, 3–6, 4-6
Runner–up 9. 20 February 2016 Morelos, Mexico Hard Austria Gerald Melzer 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 26 (11–15)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)
ITF Futures (6–9)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 19 August 2007 F1 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Chile Borja Malo-Casado Mexico Daniel Garza
Mexico Santiago González
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 2. 28 October 2007 F1 Futures Managua, Nicaragua Hard Argentina Nicolás Todero Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella
Bolivia José-Roberto Velasco
7–5, 6–4
Runner–up 3. 11 May 2018 F4 Futures Barranquilla, Colombia Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay Ecuador Julio César Campozano
Argentina Alejandro Kon
6–2, 6–7(1–7), [9–11]
Winner 1. 19 July 2008 Manta, Ecuador Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella
Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner–up 4. 27 July 2008 F4 Futures Maracaibo, Venezuela Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [12–14]
Winner 5. 3 August 2008 F5 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
w/o
Winner 6. 12 October 2008 F8 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Colombia Pablo González Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 8 February 2009 F1 Futures Manizales, Colombia Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay Argentina Juan Pablo Amado
Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Winner 8. 23 May 2009 F2 Futures Merida, Venezuela Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Peru Mauricio Echazú
Ecuador Iván Endara
6–2, 7–5
Runner–up 9. 14 June 2009 F12 Futures Loomis, United States Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay United States Austin Krajicek
United States Conor Pollock
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner–up 10. 22 August 2009 F4 Futures Bogota, Colombia Clay Colombia Felipe Mantilla Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Ecuador Julio César Campozano
2–6, 0–6
Winner 11. 30 August 2009 F5 Futures Medellin, Colombia Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Mexico Daniel Garza
Colombia Michael Quintero
6–1, 6–4
Winner 2. 27 September 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla Argentina Diego Álvarez
Argentina Sebastián Decoud
5–7, 6–4 (10–8)
Runner–up 3. 12 July 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
7–6(7–6), 6–4
Runner–up 4. 4 October 2010 Quito, Ecuador Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca Mexico Daniel Garza
United States Eric Nunez
7–5, 6–4
Runner–up 12. 31 January 2011 F1 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay Argentina Martín Alund
Argentina Diego Álvarez
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 13. 9 May 2011 F9 Futures Pozzuoli, Italy Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay Italy Erik Crepaldi
Italy Claudio Grassi
6–7(12–14),6–1, [10–6]
Runner–up 14. 8 August 2011 F5 Futures Guayaquil, Ecuador Hard Colombia Felipe Mantilla Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Uruguay Ariel Behar
7–6(17–9),4–6, [10–8]
Winner 5. 8 July 2012 Panama City, Panama Clay Ecuador Júlio César Campozano United States Daniel Kosakowski
Canada Peter Polansky
6–4, 7–5
Runner–up 15. 30 July 2012 F20 Futures La Spezia, Italy Clay Portugal Pedro Sousa Colombia Cristian Rodriguez
Colombia Oscar Rodriguez-Sanchez
7–6(7–1),6–4
Runner–up 6. 15 April 2013 Panama City, Panama Clay Ecuador Júlio César Campozano Chile Jorge Aguilar
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 7. 1 July 2013 Manta, Ecuador Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–3, 6–4
Winner 8. 10 November 2013 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Colombia Eduardo Struvay
6–3, 6–2
Runner–up 9. 4 October 2014 Cali, Colombia Clay (Red) Mexico César Ramírez Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Guillermo Durán
6–3, 6–4
Winner 10. 7 August 2016 Granby, Canada Hard Brazil Guilherme Clezar India Saketh Myneni
India Sanam Singh
3–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Runner–up 11. 6 January 2018 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Spain Jaume Munar France Hugo Nys
Germany Tim Pütz
2–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current till 2015 US Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A 1R 2R Q3 0 / 4 3–3
French Open A Q1 2R Q1 Q2 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A Q1 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open Q2 Q2 2R 1R Q3 0 / 2 1–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 2–4 1–2 0-0 0 / 6 3–6
Davis Cup Singles
Americas Zone Group I A A A 2R 0 / 0 2–0
World Group A A PO 0 / 1 1–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 2-0 0 / 1 3–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 3R A 0 / 1 2–1
Miami A A 2R Q2 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid A Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1
Canada A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 0 / 4 3–4
Career statistics
Year End Ranking 243 91 92 141

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2014 Australian Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 0 / 3 0–3
ATP World Tour 250 series
Quito Not Held QF 0 / 1 1–1
Viña del Mar A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1
Buenos Aires A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
São Paulo A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Houston A A SF A 0 / 1 2–1
Oeiras A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1
Bogotá NH 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3
Atlanta A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 2–7 1-2 0 / 10 3–10
Career statistics
Year End Ranking 379 204 414 N. 177

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, González is pronounced [ɡonˈsales].

References

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