Guido Pella

Guido Pella

Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1990-05-17) 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)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 21 February 2016 Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Uruguay 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) Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Argentina Federico Delbonis
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Croatia Marin Čilić
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Croatia Franko Škugor
3–2

Challenger career finals

Singles: 8 (8–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP Challengers (7–2)
Finals by Surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 27 November 2011 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Italy Matteo Viola 4–6, 1–6
Winner 3 March 2012 Salinas, Ecuador Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner 5 August 2012 Manta, Ecuador Hard Argentina Maximiliano Estévez 6–4, 7–5
Winner 23 September 2012 Campinas, Brazil Clay Brazil Leonardo Kirche 6–4, 6–0
Winner 1 December 2012 São Paulo, Brazil Hard (i) Romania Adrian Ungur 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4)
Winner 6 October 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello 6–1, 6–0
Winner 17 November 2014 Lima, Peru Clay Australia Jason Kubler 6–2, 6–4
Winner 31 March 2015 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Republic of Ireland James McGee 6–3, 6–3
Winner 27 April 2015 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Sweden Christian Lindell 7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up 11 May 2015 Heilbronn, Germany Clay (i) Germany Alexander Zverev 1–6, 6–7(7–9)

Singles performance timeline

Tournament201120122013201420152016SRW–LWin %
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

  1. "ATP Profile". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. "Catalina Pella ITF Profile". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. "ITF Junior Profile". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. "Tommy Haas vs. Guido Pella – French Open Qualifying R1". RolandGarros.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. "Nikolay Davydenko vs. Guido Pella – US Open R1". USOpen.org. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  6. "Pella wins ATP Challenger Tour Finals crown". ATPWorldTour.com. 1 December 2012.
  7. "Guido Pella 2012 ATP Rankings history". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  8. "Tuvo su primera vez". Ole. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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