Guido Pella
 Pella at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament | |
| Country (sports) |
 Argentina |
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| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Born |
17 May 1990 Bahia Blanca, Argentina |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2007 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,397,680 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 27–45 (37.5% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (21 March 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 80 (28 November 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2013, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2013, 2016) |
| US Open | 2R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 5–14 |
| Career titles |
0 1 Challenger, 8 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 119 (21 September 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 211 (21 November 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2016) |
| US Open | 1R (2016) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2016) |
| Last updated on: 21 November 2016. | |
Guido Pella (born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. In March 2016, Pella reached his best singles rankings of world number 39. On 21 September 2015, he peaked at world number 119 in the doubles rankings.
Early life
His father, Carlos, first taught him the game at the age of five.[1] His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments.[2]
Career
Junior career
As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008.[3] Entering as a qualifier, he had a good showing at the junior French Open, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals, but lost to Jerzy Janowicz in the following round.
Junior Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: -
French Open: SF (2008)
Wimbledon: -
US Open: 3R (2008)
2006–2011
Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 in July 2008 without dropping a set. In the following years, he won six further Futures titles, all of them on clay. His first Challenger final came at Guayaquil, Ecuador in November 2011, losing the match to Matteo Viola in straight sets. He finished the 2011 season ranked world no. 350 in singles and no. 501 in doubles.
2012
Pella started his 2012 Challenger season in March, capturing his first title in that category at the Salinas Challenger in Ecuador, with a victory over Paolo Lorenzi in the final round. The following month, he won his first doubles Challenger title at the Pereira Challenger in Colombia, partnering Martín Alund.
In May, he entered the French Open qualifying draw, losing in the first round to former world no. 2 Tommy Haas.[4] In August, he won his first hard-court tournament at the Manta Challenger, beating Maximiliano Estévez in the final. In the US Open, he made it through the qualifying stage of the tournament, beating Lukáš Rosol to reach his first Grand Slam main-draw match, which he lost to Nikolay Davydenko in four sets.[5] In September, he defeated Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and Leonardo Kirche on his way to win the Campinas Challenger in Brazil.
He cracked the top 100 for the first time after winning the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, defeating Adrian Ungur in the final round.[6] Pella finished the year ranked world no. 97 in singles and world no. 187 in doubles,[7] a career high and a 249-spots improvement since the beginning of the season.
2013
Guido Pella entered the 2013 Australian Open main draw directly, but he lost in the first round to qualifier Amir Weintraub. He then competed in Viña del Mar, also losing in the first round, this time to countryman Federico Delbonis. The following week, he played at the Brasil Open, winning his first ATP World Tour-level match against sixth seed Fabio Fognini,[8] losing then in the second round to eventual finalist David Nalbandian. At 2013 Düsseldorf, he advanced to his first ATP SF starting as a qualifier, defeating No. 10 Janko Tipsarević along the way.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 2016 | Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay |  Pablo Cuevas |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6 |
Team competition finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 25–27 November 2016 | Davis Cup, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Juan Martín del Potro Federico Delbonis Leonardo Mayer |
 Marin Čilić Ivo Karlović Ivan Dodig Franko Škugor |
3–2 |
Challenger career finals
Singles: 8 (8–2)
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| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 27 November 2011 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay |  Matteo Viola |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3 March 2012 | Salinas, Ecuador | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi |
1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5 August 2012 | Manta, Ecuador | Hard | Maximiliano Estévez |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 23 September 2012 | Campinas, Brazil | Clay |  Leonardo Kirche |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Winner | 1 December 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard (i) |  Adrian Ungur |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4) |
| Winner | 6 October 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Facundo Argüello |
6–1, 6–0 |
| Winner | 17 November 2014 | Lima, Peru | Clay |  Jason Kubler |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 31 March 2015 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay |  James McGee |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 27 April 2015 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay |  Christian Lindell |
7–5, 7–6(7–1) |
| Runner-up | 11 May 2015 | Heilbronn, Germany | Clay (i) |  Alexander Zverev |
1–6, 6–7(7–9) |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||||
| French Open | A | Q1 | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | Q3 | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||||||
| US Open | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | ||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0 / 10 | 4–10 | 29% | ||||||
References
- ↑ "ATP Profile". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Catalina Pella ITF Profile". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "ITF Junior Profile". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Tommy Haas vs. Guido Pella – French Open Qualifying R1". RolandGarros.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Nikolay Davydenko vs. Guido Pella – US Open R1". USOpen.org. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Pella wins ATP Challenger Tour Finals crown". ATPWorldTour.com. 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Guido Pella 2012 ATP Rankings history". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Tuvo su primera vez". Ole. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
External links
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- Guido Pella at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Guido Pella at the International Tennis Federation
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Argentine male singles tennis players as of 5 December 2016 | |
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Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Argentine male doubles tennis players as of 5 December 2016 | |
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