Alejandro González (tennis)

Alejandro González

Alejandro González at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Medellin, Colombia
Born	(1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 Medellin, Colombia[1]
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$900,406
Singles
Career record	15–32
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (9 June 2014)
Current ranking	No. 151 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	5–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 177 (2 August 2010)
Current ranking	No. 346 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
Last updated on: 4 February 2016.

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 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: 15 (6–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	14 March 2011	F9 Futures Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Daniel Köllerer	6–1, 6–0
Runner–up	2.	28 March 2011	F11 Futures Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Radu Albot	7–5, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	22 August 2011	F4 Futures Medellin, Colombia	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	29 August 2011	F5 Futures Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	24 September 2012	F3 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia	Clay	Michael Quintero	7–5, 6–2
Runner–up	6.	1 October 2012	F4 Futures Villavicencio, Colombia	Clay	Patricio Heras	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Winner	1.	25 February 2013	Salinas, Ecuador	Clay	Renzo Olivo	4–6, 6–3, 7–6 (9–7)
Runner–up	2.	15 April 2013	Panama City, Panama	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 5–7, 7–6 (7–4)
Winner	3.	28 July 2013	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	4 August 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	6–2, 6–3
Runner–up	5.	13 October 2013	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	João Souza	7–6(7–0), 6–3
Runner–up	1.	17 November 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Filippo Volandri	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	6.	6 January 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	João Souza	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	26 October 2014	Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Máximo González	7-5, 1-6, 6-3
Runner–up	8.	4 October 2015	Pereira, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 3–6, 4-6

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	14 July 2008	Manta, Ecuador	Hard	Eduardo Struvay	Víctor Estrella Alejandro Fabbri	7–5, 3–6(10–7)
Winner	2.	9 July 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Diego Álvarez Sebastián Decoud	5–7, 6–4 (10–8)
Runner–up	3.	12 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Víctor Estrella	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6(7–6), 6–4
Runner–up	4.	4 October 2010	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	Daniel Garza Eric Nunez	7–5, 6–4
Runner–up	1.	31 January 2011	F1 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	Martín Alund Diego Álvarez	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	2.	9 May 2011	F9 Futures Pozzuoli, Italy	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi	6–7(12–14),6–1, [10–6]
Runner–up	3.	8 August 2011	F5 Futures Guayaquil, Ecuador	Hard	Felipe Mantilla	Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar	7–6(17–9),4–6, [10–8]
Winner	5.	8 July 2012	Panama City, Panama	Clay	Júlio César Campozano	Daniel Kosakowski Peter Polansky	6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	4.	30 July 2012	F20 Futures La Spezia, Italy	Clay	Pedro Sousa	Cristian Rodriguez Oscar Rodriguez-Sanchez	7–6(7–1),6–4
Runner–up	6.	15 April 2013	Panama City, Panama	Clay	Júlio César Campozano	Jorge Aguilar Sergio Galdós	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	7.	1 July 2013	Manta, Ecuador	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	6–3, 6–4
Winner	8.	10 November 2013	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	9.	4 October 2014	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	César Ramírez	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	6–3, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Current till 2015 US Open.

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2014 Australian Open.

References

External links

• Alejandro González at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alejandro González at the International Tennis Federation
• Alejandro González at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Colombian male singles tennis players as of 14 November 2016
1. Santiago Giraldo (93 5) 2. Alejandro González (220 4) 3. Alejandro Falla (270 3) 4. Eduardo Struvay (273 9) 5. Nicolás Barrientos (375 1)
6. Daniel Elahi Galán (411 64) 7. Alejandro Gómez (431 66) 8. Cristian Rodríguez (603 2) 9. Juan Sebastián Gómez (604 1) 10. Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga (684 85)

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Colombian male doubles tennis players as of 14 November 2016
1. Juan Sebastián Cabal (30 ) 1. Robert Farah (30 ) 3. Nicolás Barrientos (176 ) 4. Alejandro González (248 1) 5. Eduardo Struvay (273 1)
6. Alejandro Falla (287 1) 7. Alejandro Gómez (440 121) 8. Cristian Rodríguez (508 2) 9. Felipe Mantilla (680 2) 10. José Daniel Bendeck (811 1)