Álex Calatrava

Spanish tennis player

Álex CalatravaCountry (sports)|  Spain

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Residence| Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Born|  (1973-06-14) 14 June 1973 (age 50)
Cologne, West Germany
Height| 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro| 1993
Retired| 2007
Plays| Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach| José Francisco Altur
Prize money| $1,335,933
Singles
Career record| 67–109
Career titles| 1
Highest ranking| No. 44 (12 February 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open| 3R (2001)
French Open| 2R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon| 2R (2005)
US Open| 2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record| 21–29
Career titles| 0
Highest ranking| No. 110 (10 October 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open| 3R (2005)
French Open| 2R (2005)
US Open| 1R (2005)
Last updated on: 22 April 2022.

Alex Patricio Calatrava (born 14 June 1973) is a former tour tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1993. The right-hander won one singles title (2000, San Marino). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 44 in February 2001.

## Tennis career[edit]

Calatrava defeated 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras in three sets at 2001 Hamburg Masters

In July 2005 Calatrava was beaten by 18-year old Novak Djokovic. The Serb dispatched Calatrava in straight sets at the Umag tournament in Croatia.[1]

## Personal[edit]

Calatrava was born in Germany while his parents lived there, returning to Spain live in 1980. His Spanish father, José, met his French mother, Gabrielle, while working Germany. Calatrava's uncle is the renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.[2]

Calatrava lived in California from 1989 to 1991 and attended a high school for one year in Palm Springs. He also lived a year in Indian Wells under the guidance of Spanish coach José Higueras. He was the number one ranked junior player in California in 1991.[2]

## ATP career finals[edit]

### Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[edit]

| Legend

Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–2)
| Finals by surface

Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
| Finals by setting

Outdoors (1–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result  | W–L  | Date  | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | Mar 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco  | World Series  | Clay  |  Andrea Gaudenzi | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss  | 0–2 | Mar 2000 | Delray Beach, United States  | International Series  | Hard  |  Stefan Koubek | 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win  | 1–2 | Jul 2000 | San Marino, San Marino  | International Series  | Clay  |  Sergi Bruguera | 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

| Legend

Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (0–0)
| Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
| Finals by setting

Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result  | W–L  | Date  | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | Aug 1999 | Kitzbühel, Austria  | Championship Series  | Clay  |  Dušan Vemić |  Chris Haggard
Peter Nyborg | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7)

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

### Singles: 9 (4–5)[edit]

| Legend

ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
| Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Loss  | 0-1 | Jul 1997 | Ostend, Belgium  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Jordi Burillo | 6–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win  | 1-1 | Sep 1997 | Sevilla, Spain  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Álex López Morón | 6–2, 6–4
Loss  | 1-2 | Jul 2000 | Sassuolo, Italy  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Stefano Tarallo | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Loss  | 1-3 | Aug 2000 | Geneva, Switzerland  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Nicolas Thomann | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6
Loss  | 1-4 | Jun 2003 | Lugano, Switzerland  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Diego Moyano | 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
Win  | 2-4 | May 2004 | Turin, Italy  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Hermes Gamonal | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win  | 3-4 | Jun 2004 | Lugano, Switzerland  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Jérôme Haehnel | 6–2, 6–3
Win  | 4-4 | Jul 2004 | Montauban, France  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Óscar Hernández | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss  | 4-5 | Jul 2004 | Rimini, Italy  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Tomas Tenconi | 2–6, 1–6

### Doubles: 7 (2–5)[edit]

| Legend

ATP Challenger (2–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
| Finals by surface

Hard (0–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Loss  | 0-1 | Aug 1995 | Istanbul, Turkey  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Carlos Gómez-Díaz |  Omar Camporese
Lorenzo Manta | 3–6, 4–6
Win  | 1-1 | Jul 1997 | Scheveningen, Netherlands  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Tom Vanhoudt |  Raemon Sluiter
Peter Wessels | 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss  | 1-2 | Sep 1997 | Espinho, Portugal  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Bernardo Mota |  Álex López Morón
Juan Ignacio Carrasco | 6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss  | 1-3 | Sep 1997 | Seville, Spain  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Jose Imaz-Ruiz |  Tuomas Ketola
Michael Kohlmann | 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss  | 1-4 | Nov 1997 | Réunion Island, Réunion  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Jérôme Golmard |  Clinton Ferreira
Jan Siemerink | 2–6, 3–6
Loss  | 1-5 | Mar 2000 | Salinas, Ecuador  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Emilio Benfele Álvarez |  Juan Balcells
Mauricio Hadad | walkover
Win  | 2-5 | Jul 2000 | Sassuolo, Italy  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Salvador Navarro |  Daniele Bracciali
Federico Luzzi | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4

## Performance timeline[edit]

Key W |  F | SF  | QF  | #R  | RR  | Q#  | DNQ  | A  | NH

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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

### Singles[edit]

Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | SR | W–L | Win %

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Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | 3R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 4  | 3–4  | 43%
French Open | Q1 | A  | Q3 | Q2 | A  | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 1R | A  | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 6  | 2–6  | 25%
Wimbledon | Q2 | A  | A  | A  | Q1 | 1R | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | A  | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 3  | 1–3  | 25%
US Open | A  | A  | Q3 | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | A  | 0 / 2  | 1–2  | 33%
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 3–4  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0 / 15  | 7–15  | 32%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells | A  | A  | A  | Q1 | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | Q2 | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 2  | 0–2  | 0%
Miami | A  | A  | A  | Q1 | A  | A  | A  | Q1 | 2R | A  | A  | Q1 | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 2  | 1–2  | 33%
Monte Carlo | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 2R | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 1–1  | 50%
Hamburg | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 2R | A  | Q1 | A  | Q2 | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 1–1  | 50%
Rome | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 2R | 1R | A  | A  | Q1 | A  | A  | 0 / 2  | 1–2  | 33%
Canada | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 0–1  | 0%
Cincinnati | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 0–1  | 0%
Stuttgart | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | Q2 | A  | Not Held  | 0 / 0  | 0–0  |  –
Madrid | Not Held  | A  | Q1 | Q1 | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 0  | 0–0  |  –
Paris  | A  | A  | Q1 | A  | Q2 | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 0  | 0–0  |  –
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 4–7  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0 / 10  | 4–10  | 29%

## References[edit]

1. ^ Soper, Aaron (25 July 2005). "Match Facts". ATP World Tour. UK. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
2. ^ a b "Alex Calatrava". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

## External links[edit]

* Álex Calatrava at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Álex Calatrava at the International Tennis Federation

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