Alejandro González (tennis)


Alejandro González is a Colombian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on the 9 June 2014.

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 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 lost in three sets despite taking the opening set. Gonzalez received 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 made it 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 the first ever 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, in 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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Brazil F15, RecifeFuturesClay Daniel Dutra da Silva6–7, 5–7
Loss0–2Colombia F1, ManizalesFuturesClay Guillermo Hormazábal7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win1–2Venezuela F1, MaracayFuturesHard Jhonnatan Medina-Alvarez6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win2–2Venezuela F2, MéridaFuturesHard Yohny Romero6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss2–3Venezuela F3, MaracaiboFuturesHard José de Armas5–7, 3–6
Win3–3Colombia F3, BarranquillaFuturesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal6–2, 6–4
Loss3–4Colombia F4, BogotáFuturesClay Marcel Felder4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win4–4Colombia F5, MedellínFuturesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss4–5Italy F14, AostaFuturesClay Matteo Marrai2–6, 3–6
Win5–5Venezuela F5, CaracasFuturesHard Greg Ouellette6–1, 7–6
Loss5–6Turkey F9, AntalyaFuturesClay Daniel Köllerer1–6, 0–6
Loss5–7Turkey F11, AntalyaFuturesHard Radu Albot5–7, 3–6
Loss5–8Colombia F4, MedellínFuturesClay Eduardo Struvay4–6, 2–6
Win6–8Colombia F5, BogotáFuturesClay Carlos Salamanca5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win7–8Colombia F3, CúcutaFuturesClay Michael Quintero7–5, 6–2
Loss7–9Colombia F4, VillavicencioFuturesClay Patricio Heras7–6, 6–4
Win8–92013 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso – Singles|Salinas, EcuadorChallengerClay Renzo Olivo4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss8–102013 Visit Panamá Cup – Singles|Panama City, PanamaChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Win9–102013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles|Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi6–4, 6–4
Win10–102013 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Men's Singles|São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank6–2, 6–3
Loss10–112013 Aberto Rio Preto – Singles|São José do Rio Preto, BrazilChallengerClay João Souza7–6, 6–3
Loss10–122013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles|São Paulo, BrazilChallenger FinalsClay Filippo Volandri4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss10–132014 Aberto de São Paulo – Singles|São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard João Souza6–4, 6–4
Win11–132014 Copa Gobierno de Córdoba – Singles|Córdoba, ArgentinaChallengerClay Máximo González7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Loss11–142015 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles|Pereira, ColombiaChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss11–152016 Morelos Open – Men's Singles|Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Gerald Melzer6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 26 (11–15)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner–up1.19 August 2007F1 Futures Valencia, VenezuelaHard Borja Malo-Casado Daniel Garza
Santiago González		3–6, 6–7
Winner2.28 October 2007F1 Futures Managua, NicaraguaHard Nicolás Todero Víctor Estrella
José-Roberto Velasco		7–5, 6–4
Runner–up3.11 May 2018F4 Futures Barranquilla, ColombiaClay Eduardo Struvay Julio César Campozano
Alejandro Kon		6–2, 6–7,
Winner1.19 July 2008Manta, EcuadorHard Eduardo Struvay Víctor Estrella
Alejandro Fabbri		7–5, 3–6,
Runner–up4.27 July 2008F4 Futures Maracaibo, VenezuelaHard Eduardo Struvay Piero Luisi
Roberto Maytín		7–6, 6–7,
Winner5.3 August 2008F5 Futures Valencia, VenezuelaHard Eduardo Struvay Piero Luisi
Roberto Maytín		w/o
Winner6.12 October 2008F8 Futures Valencia, VenezuelaHard Pablo González Piero Luisi
Roberto Maytín		6–3, 6–4
Winner7.8 February 2009F1 Futures Manizales, ColombiaClay Eduardo Struvay Juan Pablo Amado
Víctor Estrella		6–2, 6–7,
Winner8.23 May 2009F2 Futures Merida, VenezuelaHard Eduardo Struvay Mauricio Echazú
Iván Endara		6–2, 7–5
Runner–up9.14 June 2009F12 Futures Loomis, United StatesHard Eduardo Struvay Austin Krajicek
Conor Pollock		2–6, 6–7
Runner–up10.22 August 2009F4 Futures Bogota, ColombiaClay Felipe Mantilla Juan Sebastián Cabal
Julio César Campozano		2–6, 0–6
Winner11.30 August 2009F5 Futures Medellin, ColombiaClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Daniel Garza
Michael Quintero		6–1, 6–4
Winner2.27 September 2009Bogotá, ColombiaClay Alejandro Falla Diego Álvarez
Sebastián Decoud		5–7, 6–4
Runner–up3.12 July 2010Bogotá, ColombiaClay Víctor Estrella Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		7–6, 6–4
Runner–up4.4 October 2010Quito, EcuadorClay Carlos Salamanca Daniel Garza
Eric Nunez		7–5, 6–4
Runner–up12.31 January 2011F1 Futures Cúcuta, ColombiaClay Eduardo Struvay Martín Alund
Diego Álvarez		6–4, 6–4
Runner–up13.9 May 2011F9 Futures Pozzuoli, ItalyClay Eduardo Struvay Erik Crepaldi
Claudio Grassi		6–7,6–1,
Runner–up14.8 August 2011F5 Futures Guayaquil, EcuadorHard Felipe Mantilla Guido Andreozzi
Ariel Behar		7–6,4–6,
Winner5.8 July 2012Panama City, PanamaClay Júlio César Campozano Daniel Kosakowski
Peter Polansky		6–4, 7–5
Runner–up15.30 July 2012F20 Futures La Spezia, ItalyClay Pedro Sousa Cristian Rodriguez
Oscar Rodriguez-Sanchez		7–6,6–4
Runner–up6.15 April 2013Panama City, PanamaClay Júlio César Campozano Jorge Aguilar
Sergio Galdós		6–4, 6–4
Runner–up7.1 July 2013Manta, EcuadorClay Carlos Salamanca Marcelo Arévalo
Sergio Galdós		6–3, 6–4
Winner8.10 November 2013Bogotá, ColombiaClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Nicolás Barrientos
Eduardo Struvay		6–3, 6–2
Runner–up9.4 October 2014Cali, ColombiaClay César Ramírez Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán		6–3, 6–4
Winner10.7 August 2016Granby, CanadaHard Guilherme Clezar Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh		3–6, 6–1,
Runner–up11.6 January 2018Nouméa, New CaledoniaHard Jaume Munar Hugo Nys
Tim Pütz		2–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

''Current till 2015 US Open.

Doubles performance timeline

''This table is current through the 2014 Australian Open.