Pablo Cuevas
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| Country | Uruguay |
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| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Date of birth | January 1, 1986 |
| Place of birth | Concordia, Argentina[1] |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Plays | Right-handed; one-handed backhand |
| Career prize money | $1,065,038 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 39–31 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 45 (October 12, 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 85 (July 26, 2010) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2010) |
| French Open | 1R (2008, 2010) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2009) |
| US Open | 2R (2009) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 48-32 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 14 (April 20, 2009) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | - |
| French Open | W (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2009) |
| US Open | 2R (2007, 2008) |
| Last updated on: October 26, 2009. | |
Pablo Cuevas (born January 1, 1986, in Concordia, Argentina)[1] is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna.
In February 2009, Cuevas reached the doubles ranking of No. 16 after winning the 2009 Movistar Open. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of No. 45 on October 12, 2009.
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Professional career
Early career
At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentine partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger tilities.
2008
Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Viña del Mar, Chile. He earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria. He then beat Fernando Verdasco and José Acasuso, before falling in the semi-final against Fernando González.[2] Cuevas reached his career-high singles ranking of No. 88 following Viña del Mar.
In March, Cuevas qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, his first ATP Masters Series event. He defeated Vince Spadea in the first round. before falling to Fernando González in the second round. At Houston, he partnered with Spaniard Marcel Granollers to reach the doubles final, falling to Ernests Gulbis and Rainer Schüttler.
At the 2008 French Open in May, Cuevas partnered with Peruvian Luis Horna to win the doubles title. On their way to the title, the pair defeated seventh seeds Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the first round, ninth seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes in the third round, top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarter-finals, and second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. They defeated Nestor and Zimonjić 6-2, 6-3, in only 56 minutes to win the title.[3] Cuevas and Horna became the first all-South American team to win a Grand Slam Men's Doubles title, and Cuevas became the second Uruguayan, after Fiorella Bonicelli, to win a Grand Slam title.
2009
At the 2009 Movistar Open in Viña del Mar Cuevas, as in 2008, he reached the semifinals in singles, where he met local favorite Fernando González. González won the match 6-3, 6-2. In doubles Cuevas paired with Argentinean Brian Dabul, and together they won the tournament, winning the final against František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák by 6-3, 6-3. This win helped Cuevas achieve his doubles ranking high of 17 in the world on February 9, 2009.
In the first round at Wimbledon 2009, Cuevas defeated Christophe Rochus of Belgium in a come-from-behind victory, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 11-9.[1] In the second round he lost to 21-year-old Jesse Levine of the U.S. (who defeated Marat Safin in the first round) 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3.[4]
Cuevas qualified into the 2009 International German Open. He reached the semifinals of that tournament by beating Björn Phau, 9th seeded Jürgen Melzer, 8th seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, and 14th seeded Nicolás Almagro in the quarterfinals. He lost in his semifinal match with Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 3-6, 5-7.
Cuevas played in the 2009 Kremlin Cup as the #5 seed. He advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Lu Yen-hsun and Teimuraz Gabashvili. He lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 1-6, 4-6. He did, however, win the doubles title partnering with Marcel Granollers.
Davis Cup
Cuevas is 15-5 in Davis Cup singles matches, and 6–4 in Davis Cup doubles matches.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 2008 | French Open | Clay |  Luis Horna |
 Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6–2, 6–3 |
ATP World Tour finals
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-up)
- Wins (4)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (1) |
| ATP World Tour Finals |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| ATP World Tour 500 |
| ATP World Tour 250 (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | June 7, 2008 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | Luis Horna |
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 2. | February 7, 2009 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay |  Brian Dabul |
 František Čermák Michal Mertiňák |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 3. | October 22, 2009 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) |  Marcel Granollers |
František Čermák Michal Mertiňák |
4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
| 4. | February 14, 2010 | Costa do Sauípe, Brazil | Clay | Marcel Granollers |
 Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach |
7–5, 6–4 |
- Runner-up (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | April 14, 2008 | Houston, USA | Clay | Marcel Granollers |
 Ernests Gulbis Rainer Schüttler |
7–5, 7–6(3) |
| 2. | May 9, 2010 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Marcel Granollers |
Marc López David Marrero |
6–7(1), 6–4, [10–4] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ATPtennis.com - Players - Profiles - Profile
- ↑ atptennis.com (2008-02-02). "Gonzalez Captures Vina Title in Strange Circumstances". http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/vina_saturday.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ↑ atptennis.com (2008-06-06). "Horna/Cuevas Surprise Roland Garros Champions". http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/rolandgarros8.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ↑ Martin, John (2009-06-25). "Another Victory for Levine". The New York Times. http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/safin-goes-out-with-a-whimper/. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
External links
- Pablo Cuevas at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Pablo Cuevas at the International Tennis Federation
- Pablo Cuevas at Davis Cup
- Cuevas Recent Match Results
- Cuevas World Ranking History
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