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Alejandro González (tennis)

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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
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,156,362
Singles
Career record19–42
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 70 (9 June 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record5–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (2 August 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
Last updated on: 27 April 2022.

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

Career

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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

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In July 2013 Gonzalez received a 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 they lost in three sets despite taking the opening set. Gonzalez received a 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 recorded 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 his first ever ATP 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 was 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.

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 26 (11–15)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
ITF Futures (7–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (8–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2007 Brazil F15, Recife Futures Clay Brazil Daniel Dutra da Silva 6–7(1–7), 5–7
Loss 0–2 Feb 2009 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Chile Guillermo Hormazábal 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 May 2009 Venezuela F1, Maracay Futures Hard Venezuela Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–2 May 2009 Venezuela F2, Mérida Futures Hard Venezuela Yohny Romero 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 2–3 May 2009 Venezuela F3, Maracaibo Futures Hard Venezuela José de Armas 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–3 Aug 2009 Colombia F3, Barranquilla Futures Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Aug 2009 Colombia F4, Bogotá Futures Clay Uruguay Marcel Felder 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 4–4 Aug 2009 Colombia F5, Medellín Futures Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 4–5 Jun 2010 Italy F14, Aosta Futures Clay Italy Matteo Marrai 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–5 Oct 2010 Venezuela F5, Caracas Futures Hard United States Greg Ouellette 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 5–6 Mar 2011 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Clay Austria Daniel Köllerer 1–6, 0–6
Loss 5–7 Mar 2011 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Hard Moldova Radu Albot 5–7, 3–6
Loss 5–8 Aug 2011 Colombia F4, Medellín Futures Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay 4–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Aug 2011 Colombia F5, Bogotá Futures Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–8 Sep 2012 Colombia F3, Cúcuta Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–9 Oct 2012 Colombia F4, Villavicencio Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 8–9 Feb 2013 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Renzo Olivo 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 (9–7)
Loss 8–10 Apr 2013 Panama City, Panama Challenger Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4, 5–7, 7–6 (7–4)
Win 9–10 Jul 2013 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi 6–4, 6–4
Win 10–10 Aug 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Eduardo Schwank 6–2, 6–3
Loss 10–11 Oct 2013 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil João Souza 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Loss 10–12 Nov 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Finals Clay Italy Filippo Volandri 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–13 Jan 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Brazil João Souza 6–4, 6–4
Win 11–13 Oct 2014 Córdoba, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Máximo González 7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 11–14 Oct 2015 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 11–15 Feb 2016 Morelos, Mexico Challenger Hard Austria Gerald Melzer 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 26 (11–15)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)
ITF Futures (6–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (5–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 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)
Win 2. 28 October 2007 F1 Futures Managua, Nicaragua Hard Argentina Nicolás Todero Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella
Bolivia José-Roberto Velasco
7–5, 6–4
Loss 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]
Win 1. 19 July 2008 Manta, Ecuador Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella
Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 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]
Win 5. 3 August 2008 F5 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
w/o
Win 6. 12 October 2008 F8 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Colombia Pablo González Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
6–3, 6–4
Win 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]
Win 8. 23 May 2009 F2 Futures Mérida, Venezuela Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay Peru Mauricio Echazú
Ecuador Iván Endara
6–2, 7–5
Loss 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)
Loss 10. 22 August 2009 F4 Futures Bogota, Colombia Clay Colombia Felipe Mantilla Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Ecuador Julio César Campozano
2–6, 0–6
Win 11. 30 August 2009 F5 Futures Medellin, Colombia Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Mexico Daniel Garza
Colombia Michael Quintero
6–1, 6–4
Win 2. 27 September 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla Argentina Diego Álvarez
Argentina Sebastián Decoud
5–7, 6–4 (10–8)
Loss 3. 12 July 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
7–6(7–6), 6–4
Loss 4. 4 October 2010 Quito, Ecuador Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca Mexico Daniel Garza
United States Eric Nunez
7–5, 6–4
Loss 12. 31 January 2011 F1 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay Argentina Martín Alund
Argentina Diego Álvarez
6–4, 6–4
Loss 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]
Loss 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]
Win 5. 8 July 2012 Panama City, Panama Clay Ecuador Júlio César Campozano United States Daniel Kosakowski
Canada Peter Polansky
6–4, 7–5
Loss 15. 30 July 2012 F20 Futures La Spezia, Italy Clay Portugal Pedro Sousa Colombia Cristian Rodriguez
Colombia Óscar Rodríguez
7–6(7–1),6–4
Loss 6. 15 April 2013 Panama City, Panama Clay Ecuador Júlio César Campozano Chile Jorge Aguilar
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7. 1 July 2013 Manta, Ecuador Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–3, 6–4
Win 8. 10 November 2013 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Colombia Eduardo Struvay
6–3, 6–2
Loss 9. 4 October 2014 Cali, Colombia Clay (red) Mexico César Ramírez Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Guillermo Durán
6–3, 6–4
Win 10. 7 August 2016 Granby, Canada Hard Brazil Guilherme Clezar India Saketh Myneni
India Sanam Singh
3–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Loss 11. 6 January 2018 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Spain Jaume Munar France Hugo Nys
Germany Tim Pütz
2–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Current till 2015 US Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A 1R 2R Q3 A Q3 A A A A 0 / 4 3–3
French Open A Q1 2R Q1 Q2 Q2 A A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A Q1 1R Q1 A Q2 A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open Q2 Q2 2R 1R Q3 Q3 A A A A 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 3–6
National representation
Davis Cup A A PO Z1 Z1 PO Z1 GS A A 0 / 1 7–7
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 7–7
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 3R A Q1 A A A NH A 0 / 1 2–1
Miami A A 2R Q2 1R A A A NH A 0 / 2 1–2
Madrid A Q1 Q2 1R A A A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A A 1R Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Canada A A A Q2 1R A A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati A A Q2 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 3–6
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 243 91 92 141 219 373 312 468 448 433

Doubles

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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 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0 / 3 0–3
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 379 204 414 383 177

Notes

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

References

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