Juan Ignacio Chela

Juan Ignacio Chela
Singles

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1979-08-30) August 30, 1979 Ciudad Evita, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	December 3, 2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,601,394
Career record	326–272
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 15 (August 9, 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2006)
French Open	QF (2004, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004, 2007, 2011)
US Open	QF (2007)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	Alt (2007)
Olympic Games	2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	104–122
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 32 (June 6, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	3R (2004, 2008)
Wimbledon	SF (2010)
US Open	2R (2006)
Last updated on: April 2, 2012.

Juan Ignacio Chela, nicknamed as “El Flaco”, (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan iɣˈnaθjo ˈtʃela]; born August 30, 1979) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players, he is comfortable on clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface. Chela reached the quarter-finals of the 2004 and 2011 French Open, and the 2007 US Open, attaining a career-high singles ranking of World No. 15 in August 2004.

Personal life

He was born in Ciudad Evita, Buenos Aires Province.

Career

2004

In February, he reached the quarter-finals in Salvador, defeating Flavio Saretta and David Ferrer, before falling to Agustín Calleri, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6. He won in doubles at Viña del Mar, partnering Gastón Gaudio.

At Acapulco and Indian Wells, he reached the quarterfinals, but lost to Oscar Hernandez Perez and Roger Federer, respectively. In Acapulco, he also reached the final in doubles, partnering Nicolás Massú, but they lost to the Bryan brothers, 2–6, 3–6.

In April, Chela won in Estoril against Marat Safin, 6–7, 6–3, 6–3. He also won in doubles, partnering Gastón Gaudio.

He reached the quarter-finals of the French Open, where he lost to Tim Henman, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles, he reached the quarter-finals in Rome, where he and Guillermo Cañas lost to the Bryan brothers, and in Hamburg, where he also partnered with Cañas.

On August 9, 2004, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 15.

2005

Chela (The Torino) was involved in a controversy during a third-round loss to Lleyton Hewitt in the Australian Open in 2005, when he attempted to spit on Hewitt.^[1]

2006

As part of the Argentine team for the Davis Cup, he holds a record of six victories and four losses, the most important of his victories in April 2006, giving Argentina the third point to beat defending champions Croatia in the quarter-finals.

2007

In May 2007, he appeared in the quarter-finals of his sixth different Masters event at Rome, also his personal best showing, with wins over Marc Gicquel, Igor Andreev, and World No. 3 Andy Roddick, the latter being Chela's best victory since defeating No. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the second round in Mallorca in May 2000. He also partnered Pablo Cuevas in doubles, reaching the quarter-finals in Barcelona, where they lost to the Bryan brothers 1–6, 2–6.

In July, he reached the semi-finals in Stuttgart, where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 7–6, 4–6 1–6.

He reached the quarter-finals of the US Open, but lost to David Ferrer, 2–6, 3–6 5–7.

In October, he reached the quarter-finals in Vienna, where he lost to Novak Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–7. He also reached the semi-finals in doubles, partnering Fernando González.

2008

In February, he reached the semi-finals in Buenos Aires, only to lose to David Nalbandian 1–6, 2–6.

In April, he reached the quarter-finals in Barcelona, where he lost to Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 2–6.

2009

In 2009, Chela played mostly Challenger tournaments, although he did reach the quarterfinals in Viña del Mar, where he lost to Tommy Robredo 6–0, 3–6, 4–6.

2010

In 2010, Chela won the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, beating Sam Querrey 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, for his first ATP Tour championship in over three years. After he beat Rajeev Ram in straight sets, Chela won a controversial three-set second-round match, in which fellow countryman Eduardo Schwank was fined for his use of tactics when injured. Chela then beat defending champion Lleyton Hewitt and another Argentine Horacio Zeballos in straight sets to reach the final. Also in 2010, Chela won the BCR Open Romania in singles, defeating Pablo Andújar in the final 7–5, 6–1, and doubles partnering Łukasz Kubot.^[2] The singles title was his sixth career ATP World Tour victory.

2011

He reached the quarter-finals in Vienna and Santiago, and the semi-finals in Costa do Sauipe, where he lost to Nicolás Almagro 6–1, 2–6 4–6. He reached the final in Buenos Aires, where he again lost to Almagro 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. In doubles, he reached the semi-finals in Santiago, partnering Santiago Gonzalez.

In April, he reached the final in doubles in Monte Carlo, partnering Bruno Soares, but they lost to the Bryan brothers 3–6, 2–6.

He reached the quarter-finals of the French Open, where he lost to Andy Murray 6–7, 5–7, 2–6. In August, he reached the semi-finals in Kitzbühel, where he lost to Albert Montañés 2–6, 4–7.

He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 32 on 6 June 2011.

At the US Open, he made the third round, where he was defeated by young American Donald Young 5–7, 4–6, 3–6.

His trainer and fitness coach (and also a close friend) is Fernando Gonzales.

2012

Chela did not make any ATP Tour finals in 2012, either in singles or in doubles. He did reach the third round of Wimbledon 2012 doubles, along with his partner Eduardo Schwank, losing to Daniele Bracciali and Julian Knowle, 5–7, 5–7, 1–6. He also reached the singles semi-finals in Viña del Mar, where he lost to Carlos Berlocq, 3–6, 6–4, 0–6. He also reached the doubles semifinals in Acapulco with Schwank.

ATP career finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 series (2–2)
ATP World Tour 250 series (4–4)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Surface
Outdoors (6–6)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	21 February 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Mariano Puerta	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	1.	28 January 2001	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Fernando Vicente	4–5, 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	2.	13 January 13, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Roger Federer	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	15 July 2002	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Albert Costa	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	25 August 2002	Long Island, United States	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	12 April 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Marat Safin	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	5 March 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Luis Horna	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Runner-up	5.	24 July 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Agustín Calleri	6–7^(9–11), 2–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	26 February 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	5.	11 April 2010	Houston, United States	Clay	Sam Querrey	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	26 September 2010	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Pablo Andújar	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	20 February 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	3–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 series (3–1)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Surface
Outdoors (3–3)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	15 February 2004	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	Nicolás Lapentti Martín Rodríguez	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	1.	7 March 2004	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Nicolás Massú	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	18 April 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	1 May 2005	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tommy Robredo	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	25 September 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	6–2, 5–7, [13–11]
Runner-up	3.	17 April 2011	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Bruno Soares	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	14–11
French Open	2R	A	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	15–12
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	4–9
US Open	1R	A	4R	3R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	2R	2R	3R	A	13–10
Win–Loss	1–3	2–1	4–4	6–4	6–4	3–3	3–4	8–4	1–2	1–2	2–4	8–4	2–3	46–42
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	3R	2R	QF	3R	2R	QF	3R	1R	1R	3R	2R	12–12
Miami Masters	A	1R	QF	3R	3R	3R	4R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	13–12
Monte Carlo Masters	3R	A	3R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	12–11
Rome Masters	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	8–12
Madrid Masters	A	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	6–10
Canada Masters	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	4–9
Cincinnati Masters	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	9–8
Paris Masters	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	1–6
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R	2R	Not Masters Series				7–7
Win–Loss	2–4	0–2	11–9	12–9	10–9	9–8	7–9	12–9	2–5	1–5	3–6	3–7	0–5	72–87
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	6–12
Year-End Ranking	63	70	23	38	26	39	33	20	140	73	38	29	176

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	2R	3R	2R	3R			1R	1R	2R	7–7
French Open	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	7–9
Wimbledon	2R	1R					SF	3R		7–4
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R		3R	2R	2R		5–7
Win–Loss	3–4	4–4	2–3	3–3	2–1	2–2	5–4	3–4	2–2	26–27

References

↑ "Most Hated Athletes".
↑ "Chela: "Quiero meterme en el top 30 y volver a la Copa Davis"". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-09-26.

External links

Juan Ignacio Chela at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Juan Ignacio Chela at the International Tennis Federation
Juan Ignacio Chela at the Davis Cup

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