Alejandro González (tennis)

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 González

Alejandro González at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Medellín, Colombia
Born	(1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 36) Medellín, Colombia[1]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	2022
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,156,362
Singles
Career record	19–42
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (9 June 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	5–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 177 (2 August 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
Last updated on: 27 April 2022.

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 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

Singles: 26 (11–15)

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)

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

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

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

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

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