Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo

Escobedo at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)  United States
Residence West Covina, California
Born (1996-07-04) July 4, 1996
Los Angeles, California
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2014
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Peter Lucassen
Prize money $179,189
Singles
Career record 2–4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 126 (24 October 2016)
Current ranking No. 126 (24 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open 2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 1,523 (September 30, 2013)
Last updated on: October 17, 2016.

Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo (born July 4, 1996) is an American tennis player who has won two ATP Challenger titles.

Personal life

Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father also briefly played professional tennis.[1] He is of Mexican descent.[2]

Career

2016: Multiple Challenger titles

Escobedo reached his first ATP Challenger final at São Paulo in April 2016 to advance him to a career-high ranking inside the top 300. With that success, he became the seventh American teenager to reach a Challenger final in the previous seven months.[3]

He won first career ATP match at the Aegon Open in Nottingham against Top 100 player Diego Schwartzman shortly before turning 20 years old. The next month, he won his first Challenger title at Lexington over fellow up-and-coming American Frances Tiafoe. With this victory, he also won the US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a wild card into the main draw of the final grand slam of the year. Escobedo put this wild card to good use by defeating Lukas Lacko in the first round to crack the Top 200 for the first time and record his first career grand slam match win.

Towards the end of the season, Escobedo returned to Monterrey where he had made the semifinals the previous year, and defended his points by winning the title over Denis Kudla.

Tour finals

Singles (2–7)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. September 22, 2013 United States United States F24 Hard Tunisia Haythem Abid 1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up 2. November 17, 2013 Mexico Mexico F19 Hard United States Nicolas Meister 7–6, 1–6, 6–7
Runner-up 3. May 24, 2015 Mexico Mexico F4 Hard Barbados Darian King 5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 4. June 14, 2015 United States United States F16B Hard United States Tennys Sandgren 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. September 27, 2015 United States United States F27 Hard United States Ryan Shane 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. April 24, 2016 Brazil São Paulo Clay Chile Gonzalo Lama 2–6, 2–6
Winner 7. July 31, 2016 United States Lexington Hard United States Frances Tiafoe 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 8. September 18, 2016 United States Cary Hard Republic of Ireland James McGee 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Winner 9. October 15, 2016 Mexico Monterrey Hard United States Denis Kudla 6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament2016SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
US Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0
Year End Ranking $72,881

References

  1. ↑ "Ernesto Escobedo grinds out win in Citi Open qualifier". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mexican-American Ernesto Escobedo into Semifinals". Monterrey Open. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Escobedo Becomes Newest Teen To Excel In Challengers". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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