Agustín Calleri


Agustín Calleri is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

Career

Born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, he picked up first ATP win in 1999 over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarter-final at Umag. In 2000 he made the third round in Roland Garros, before losing to Andrei Medvedev. He beat Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to two tie-breakers in US Open's third round. Then in 2001 he won three challenger events beating Juan Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian.
He finished in Top 50 for his first time in 2002, and had match points to Nicolás Massú in Buenos Aires final. Later in October he beat Marat Safin and Thomas Johansson to make an impressive quarterfinal in Madrid.
In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo Ríos, Felix Mantilla and then Mariano Zabaleta in the final and reached his career-high ranking of World No. 16. In Estoril he reached the final but lost to Nikolay Davydenko. In Hamburg he made his greatest result reaching the final before losing to Guillermo Coria in straight sets. He also posted a stunning win against former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in Davis Cup.
In 2004 he beat Andre Agassi in Miami before losing to Vince Spadea and reached the decisive match at Costa Do Sauipe. In 2005 he lost the final in Amersfoort to Chilean Fernando González.
Calleri won his second career title in the 2006 Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came 3 years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolás Massú, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6 6–2 6–3. Calleri made his first final on hardcourt in New Haven losing to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–4 6–3 and after this result will move inside the top 30 in the ATP rankings. At the 2007 US Open, Calleri made it to the third round after defeating Lleyton Hewitt 4–6 6–4 6–4 6–2.
Calleri announced his retirement in February 2010 at the age of 33.

Career finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 2002Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Nicolás Massú6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Win1–1Mar 2003Acapulco, MexicoClay Mariano Zabaleta7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss1–2Apr 2003Estoril, PortugalClay Nikolay Davydenko4–6, 3–6
Loss1–3May 2003Hamburg, GermanyClay Guillermo Coria3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss1–4Mar 2004Costa do Sauipe, BrazilClay Gustavo Kuerten6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss1–5Jul 2005Amersfoort, NetherlandsClay Fernando González5–7, 3–6
Win2–5Jul 2006Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Juan Ignacio Chela7–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss2–6Aug 2006New Haven, United StatesHard Nikolay Davydenko4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Feb 2003Viña del Mar, ChileClay Mariano Hood František Čermák
Leoš Friedl		6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win2–0Oct 2005Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Fernando González Stephen Huss
Wesley Moodie		7–5, 7–5
Win3–0Feb 2008Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Luis Horna Werner Eschauer
Peter Luczak		6–0, 66–7,

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2009 Australian Open in Melbourne, which ended on January 19, 2009.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.