Colombian tennis player
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.
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Singles: 26 (11–15) [ edit ] 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 Daniel Dutra da Silva 6–7(1–7) , 5–7 Loss 0–2 Feb 2009 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Guillermo Hormazábal 7–6(7–2) , 1–6, 4–6 Win 1–2 May 2009 Venezuela F1, Maracay Futures Hard Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez 6–7(5–7) , 6–3, 6–1 Win 2–2 May 2009 Venezuela F2, Mérida Futures Hard Yohny Romero 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 Loss 2–3 May 2009 Venezuela F3, Maracaibo Futures Hard José de Armas 5–7, 3–6 Win 3–3 Aug 2009 Colombia F3, Barranquilla Futures Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–2, 6–4 Loss 3–4 Aug 2009 Colombia F4, Bogotá Futures Clay Marcel Felder 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 Win 4–4 Aug 2009 Colombia F5, Medellín Futures Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 Loss 4–5 Jun 2010 Italy F14, Aosta Futures Clay Matteo Marrai 2–6, 3–6 Win 5–5 Oct 2010 Venezuela F5, Caracas Futures Hard Greg Ouellette 6–1, 7–6(7–3) Loss 5–6 Mar 2011 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Clay Daniel Köllerer 1–6, 0–6 Loss 5–7 Mar 2011 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Hard Radu Albot 5–7, 3–6 Loss 5–8 Aug 2011 Colombia F4, Medellín Futures Clay Eduardo Struvay 4–6, 2–6 Win 6–8 Aug 2011 Colombia F5, Bogotá Futures Clay Carlos Salamanca 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 Win 7–8 Sep 2012 Colombia F3, Cúcuta Futures Clay Michael Quintero 7–5, 6–2 Loss 7–9 Oct 2012 Colombia F4, Villavicencio Futures Clay Patricio Heras 7–6(9–7) , 6–4 Win 8–9 Feb 2013 Salinas , Ecuador Challenger Clay Renzo Olivo 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 (9–7) Loss 8–10 Apr 2013 Panama City , Panama Challenger Clay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4, 5–7, 7–6 (7–4) Win 9–10 Jul 2013 Medellín , Colombia Challenger Clay Guido Andreozzi 6–4, 6–4 Win 10–10 Aug 2013 São Paulo , Brazil Challenger Clay Eduardo Schwank 6–2, 6–3 Loss 10–11 Oct 2013 São José do Rio Preto , Brazil Challenger Clay João Souza 7–6(7–0) , 6–3 Loss 10–12 Nov 2013 São Paulo , Brazil Challenger Finals Clay Filippo Volandri 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 Loss 10–13 Jan 2014 São Paulo , Brazil Challenger Hard João Souza 6–4, 6–4 Win 11–13 Oct 2014 Córdoba , Argentina Challenger Clay Máximo González 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 Loss 11–14 Oct 2015 Pereira , Colombia Challenger Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 Loss 11–15 Feb 2016 Morelos , Mexico Challenger Hard Gerald Melzer 6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Doubles: 26 (11–15) [ edit ] 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 Borja Malo-Casado Daniel Garza Santiago González 3–6, 6–7(3–7) Win 2. 28 October 2007 F1 Futures Managua, Nicaragua Hard Nicolás Todero Víctor Estrella José-Roberto Velasco 7–5, 6–4 Loss 3. 11 May 2018 F4 Futures Barranquilla, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Julio César Campozano Alejandro Kon 6–2, 6–7(1–7), [9–11] Win 1. 19 July 2008 Manta , Ecuador Hard Eduardo Struvay Víctor Estrella Alejandro Fabbri 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] Loss 4. 27 July 2008 F4 Futures Maracaibo, Venezuela Hard Eduardo Struvay Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(5–7) , [12–14] Win 5. 3 August 2008 F5 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Eduardo Struvay Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín w/o Win 6. 12 October 2008 F8 Futures Valencia, Venezuela Hard Pablo González Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín 6–3, 6–4 Win 7. 8 February 2009 F1 Futures Manizales, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Juan Pablo Amado Víctor Estrella 6–2, 6–7(6–8) , [10–5] Win 8. 23 May 2009 F2 Futures Mérida, Venezuela Hard Eduardo Struvay Mauricio Echazú Iván Endara 6–2, 7–5 Loss 9. 14 June 2009 F12 Futures Loomis, United States Hard Eduardo Struvay Austin Krajicek Conor Pollock 2–6, 6–7(1–7) Loss 10. 22 August 2009 F4 Futures Bogota, Colombia Clay Felipe Mantilla Juan Sebastián Cabal Julio César Campozano 2–6, 0–6 Win 11. 30 August 2009 F5 Futures Medellin, Colombia Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal Daniel Garza Michael Quintero 6–1, 6–4 Win 2. 27 September 2009 Bogotá , Colombia Clay Alejandro Falla Diego Álvarez Sebastián Decoud 5–7, 6–4 (10–8) Loss 3. 12 July 2010 Bogotá , Colombia Clay Víctor Estrella Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 7–6(7–6) , 6–4 Loss 4. 4 October 2010 Quito , Ecuador Clay Carlos Salamanca Daniel Garza Eric Nunez 7–5, 6–4 Loss 12. 31 January 2011 F1 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Martín Alund Diego Álvarez 6–4, 6–4 Loss 13. 9 May 2011 F9 Futures Pozzuoli, Italy Clay Eduardo Struvay Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi 6–7(12–14) ,6–1, [10–6] Loss 14. 8 August 2011 F5 Futures Guayaquil, Ecuador Hard Felipe Mantilla Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar 7–6(17–9) ,4–6, [10–8] Win 5. 8 July 2012 Panama City , Panama Clay Júlio César Campozano Daniel Kosakowski Peter Polansky 6–4, 7–5 Loss 15. 30 July 2012 F20 Futures La Spezia, Italy Clay Pedro Sousa Cristian Rodriguez Óscar Rodríguez 7–6(7–1) ,6–4 Loss 6. 15 April 2013 Panama City , Panama Clay Júlio César Campozano Jorge Aguilar Sergio Galdós 6–4, 6–4 Loss 7. 1 July 2013 Manta , Ecuador Clay Carlos Salamanca Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós 6–3, 6–4 Win 8. 10 November 2013 Bogotá , Colombia Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay 6–3, 6–2 Loss 9. 4 October 2014 Cali , Colombia Clay (red) César Ramírez Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán 6–3, 6–4 Win 10. 7 August 2016 Granby , Canada Hard Guilherme Clezar Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh 3–6, 6–1, [12–10] Loss 11. 6 January 2018 Nouméa , New Caledonia Hard Jaume Munar Hugo Nys Tim Pütz 2–6, 2–6
Performance timelines [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Current till 2015 US Open .
Doubles [ edit ] This table is current through the 2014 Australian Open .
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]