Alejandro Ganzábal
Argentine tennis player
Country (sports) |
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Born |
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1960-02-16
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16 February 1960
(age
63)
Buenos Aires , Argentina |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $151,882 |
Singles | |
Career record | 46–68 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 58 (28 January 1985) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1981 ) |
US Open | 1R ( 1985 ) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 18–35 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 89 (7 April 1986) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1981, 1982) |
Alejandro Román Ganzábal (born 16 February 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina . [1]
Career
Ganzabal made his Grand Slam debut in the 1981 French Open and managed to reach the third round, beating former finalist Manuel Orantes and American Steve Krulevitz . [2]
In 1982 he was runner-up in the Buenos Aires Grand Prix tournament and made quarter-finals at Venice , Boston and Quito . [2] He had an upset win over third seed Eliot Teltscher in Boston. [2] At the French Open that year, Ganzabal defeated Júlio Góes in the opening round but was unable to overcome Mike Myburg in the second round, losing in five sets. [2]
His best result in 1983 was at Aix-En-Provence in France, where he was a quarter-finalist. [2] He was defeated by Fernando Luna in the opening round of that year's French Open . [2]
The Argentine didn't make an appearance on the 1984 Grand Prix season until July, as he had been ill with hepatitis . [2] He finished the year well, making the quarter-finals in North Conway , semi-finals in Geneva and quarter-finals in Indianapolis . [2] At these tournaments he secured two wins over top 20 player Tomáš Šmíd and also defeated world number 11 Henrik Sundström . [2]
Ganzabal beat Russell Simpson in the opening round of the 1985 French Open , then lost to countryman José Luis Clerc . [2] He was however unable to progress past the first round at the 1985 US Open , losing to Brian Teacher . [2]
As a doubles player, he made two Grand Slam appearances, both with Gustavo Guerrero . [2] He and partner Claudio Panatta won the 1985 Kim Top Line Trophy , held in Bari . [2]
He took part in three Davis Cup ties for Argentina , all while they were in the World Group. In 1982 he played a doubles rubber with Guillermo Vilas , which they lost to the French pairing of Gilles Moretton and Yannick Noah . He other two matches were dead rubbers and he lost both, against Michael Westphal of West Germany and American player Gene Mayer . [3]
Grand Prix career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1982 | Buenos Aires , Argentina | Clay |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 1985 | Bari , Italy | Clay |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Challenger titles
Doubles: (1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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1. | 1982 | Bari , Italy | Clay |
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6–3, 6–2 |
References