Thomaz Bellucci
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Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born December 30, 1987 in Tietê
), a professional tennis
player, is the top ranked Brazil
ian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010.
Bellucci used a string of ITF Challenger tournament victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. In 2009, he reached his first tour final at the Brasil Open
and won his first tour title at the Swiss Open
. In 2010, He won his second tour title at the Movistar Open
in Chile
.
Thomaz's playing style is using the heavy topspin of his big forehand to control points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off of the court which leads to him taking the offensive at the beginning of the point. His two-handed backhand is much more compact than his forehand, and is flatter, which allows him to take balls earlier on his backhand wing and drive the ball for winners. His preferred court is clay, but shows the adaptive potential to get much better at faster courts as well.
.
Bellucci had little success in his next few tournaments, but in February he got back on track, beating #145 Pablo Andújar
while qualifying into an ATP stop in Buenos Aires
and then recording his first-ever ATP match win, over #83 Werner Eschauer
, before bowing out in the next round to #25 Juan Ignacio Chela
. The following week, he beat #130 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
and #140 Eduardo Schwank
en route to his first-ever Challenger title, in Santiago
, Chile, to improve his ranking to #145. The next week, he beat #162 Dick Norman
before losing in a Challenger second round match.
In April, Bellucci began an amazing string of Challenger match wins in singles play.
First he won a minor Challenger in Florianópolis
, Brazil, and made the final in doubles.
Two weeks later, he ran his singles streak to 10 matches while winning a major Challenger in Tunis, beating #155 Andreas Beck
, #363 Martin Verkerk
, #136 Paul Capdeville
, #113 Nicolás Massú
, and #175 Dušan Vemić
, and also won the doubles title.
Those wins got him into the top 100 for the first time at #100.
The following week, at a minor Challenger in Rabat
, Morocco, he ran his streak to 15 matches while beating #136 Capdeville
again, #96 Guillermo García López
, and #119 Martín Vassallo Argüello
to win the title and get his ranking to #81. His streak ended at 17 matches the next week, after beating #128 Rik de Voest
to reach the quarterfinals of a challenger in Bordeaux
, France, when he finally lost to #111 Igor Kunitsyn
, improving Bellucci's ranking to #75.
In late May, he qualified into his first French Open, lost to 3-time defending champion and ATP #2 Rafael Nadal
in the first round. At Wimbledon, he achieved his first win in a Grand Slam event, defeating Igor Kunitsyn
in four sets.
final for the first time. He upset the former world #1, 2003 French Open
champion, and 2007 Brasil Open titlist Juan Carlos Ferrero
in the Quarterfinals, but eventually lost in 3 sets to second-seeded Tommy Robredo
. It was his first ATP Tour final, after a string of Challengers.
In August, he would win his first title at the Swiss Open
in Gstaad after reaching the main draw through qualification and going on to beat local hope and former world #9 Stanislas Wawrinka
, former world #4 Nicolas Kiefer
, two-time Swiss Open runner-up Igor Andreev
, and first-time finalist Andreas Beck
in straight sets. Ranked #119 in the world at the time of his victory in Switzerland, Bellucci jumped 53 spots in the ATP World Tour rankings to #66 as a result.
In October, Bellucci reached his first hard-court ATP World Tour semifinal. He reached the last 4 at the Stockholm Open, losing to Olivier Rochus
in three sets.
He then followed his good form to win his second challenger title of the year, at the 2009 Copa Petrobras São Paulo
in Brazil
. He beat Nicolás Lapentti
of Ecuador
6–4, 6–4 to win the sixth challenger of his career, and the second on his native soil. This result bumped Bellucci up to #37 in the world, the first time that Thomaz was ranked inside the Top 40 in the world in singles.
ATP tournament worth 250 points. He made the quarter-finals after being narrowly edged out by Czech Tomáš Berdych
6–7, 6–2, 6–7. On Heineken Open
, at Auckland, he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
4–6 1–6 on second round after beating Marco Chiudinelli
on a two sets game. Lost to Andy Roddick
at the 2010 Australian Open
2nd round.
Going to the Latin America clay tournaments, on 2010 Movistar Open
, at Chile, Bellucci defeated defending champion Fernando González
in the semifinals and Juan Mónaco
in the final match to capture his second tour title.
In the 2010 Brasil Open
He lost to comaptriot Ricardo Mello
in the Quarterfinals. He then played in 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
losing in the second round to eventual champion David Ferrer
6–4, 6–1. In the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
after receiving a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second round he lost to Guillermo García López
4–6, 6–2, 6–1. In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open
he upset James Blake
in the second round and then won over Olivier Rochus
but lost in a hard match to a Spaniard for the third straight time this time to Nicolás Almagro
losing 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 in the Fourth Round. In Monte Carlo he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
in the First Round in three sets 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. In ATP 500 Barcelona reached the Quarterfinals, losing to David Ferrer
after defeating Jarkko Nieminen
, Victor Hănescu
and Guillermo García López
. In Rome Masters 1000, defeated Leonardo Mayer
, John Isner
, and lost to world #2, Novak Djokovic
in third round.
He continued in good form at the 2010 French Open. Thomaz reached the fourth round, losing to World Number 2 and former French Open champion Rafael Nadal
. He lost in a closely fought battle 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 bringing the match to over 2 and a half hours. On route to the 4th round he defeated 14th seed Ivan Ljubičić
7–6, 6–2, 6–4 in third round, Spanish qualifier, Pablo Andújar
1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 in second round Michaël Llodra
6–4, 6–2, 6–2 in the first round. Reached the third round in Wimbledon, losing to Robin Söderling
, and lost a marathon quarterfinal at ATP 500 event in Hamburg to Seppi.
At the US Open, Thomaz started promisingly, beating American Tim Smyczek
in straight sets, 6–3, 7–5, 7–6. However, after a gruelling 3h51m battle with South African Kevin Anderson
, he succumbed in a fifth set tiebreaker, 6–7, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 7–6.
in the second at the 2011 Australian Open
, Bellucci went through a relatively poor run of form. He failed to defend his title at Santiago losing at the quarterfinals to Fognini. He also reached the quarterfinals at his hometown 2011 Brasil Open
but played poorly to get thrashed 1–6, 2–6 by eventual finalist Juan Ignacio Chela
.
He did rediscover some form as he then reached the semifinals of the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
tournament, while beating a top ten player for the first time in his career, Fernando Verdasco
in the first round 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, which allowed him to progress all the way to the semifinals. However in the semifinal match, he lost to eventual finalist Nicolás Almagro
6–7, 4–6.
At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
, after getting a first round bye as the 26th seed, he managed to win his opening second round match against Benjamin Becker
6–3, 7–6 but was unable to progress further as he was dumped out 3–6, 2–6 by Tomas Berdych
in the third round.
After this, Bellucci's worrying form continued as he bowed out in the opening rounds of the next three tournaments; at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
6–2, 4–6, 6–7 to James Blake
(in the second round after receiving a first round bye due to being seeded 27th), the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
3–6, 2–6 to Gilles Simon
, and at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
5–7, 3–6 to Santiago Giraldo
.
He also appeared at the 2011 Estoril Open
, and struggled unconvincingly through to the quarterfinals by beating two players who were outside the top 100. There in the quarterfinals, he lost out to Pablo Cuevas
4–6, 2–6.
Bellucci then finally found a rich vein of form when he appeared at the Madrid Open
, managing to claim solid wins over in-form Pablo Andujar
6–4, 6–2 and also an in-form Florian Mayer
6–7, 6–3, 3–0 who retired due to fatigue. At the third round, he produced a cool-headed performance to defeat World Number 4 Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2 to claim his first top 5 win. The following day in the quarterfinals, he backed up his win by producing a brutal display to dismiss World Number 7 Tomáš Berdych
7–6, 6–3 (for the first time in three meetings and notably avenging the loss at Indian Wells) to reach the semifinals of a ATP World Tour Masters 1000
tournament for the first time in his career, and also produce back-to-back wins over top 10 opponents for the first time in his career. Bellucci ended up losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic
, who was yet to be defeated this season. The Brazilian controlled the match at the beginning, taking the first set 6–4 and going up a break for a 3–1 lead in the second set, but the Serbian fought back and eventually won 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, extending his winning streak in 2011 to 31 matches, and eventually winning the tournament by ending Nadal's 37-match clay winning streak. Bellucci's semifinal effort in Madrid marked eight years since a Brazilian reached a semifinal stage in a Masters Series event, the last being former World No.1 Gustavo Kuerten
who appeared in the 2003 Indian Wells
final (lost to Lleyton Hewitt
).
Besides showing a great form in Madrid, Bellucci lost to local qualifier Paolo Lorenzi
in the first round of the Rome Masters
in straight sets.
At the French Open
, Bellucci (seeded 23rd) defeated Andrey Golubev
in the first round 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 7–6. At the second round he defeated Andreas Seppi
in 6–1, 6–2, 6–4, showing a strong and solid performance. For the third round, he didn't keep the same rhythm against 13th seed Richard Gasquet
. Bellucci made more than 40 unforced errors in this match. Even so, he managed to battle for almost three hours before losing, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6.
Bellucci's next tournament was the AEGON Championship
, opening his grass court season. He was defeated in the third round by Marin Čilić
, 6-77-3,6-0,3-6.
At Wimbledon
, he lost in the first round to Rainer Schüttler
, 6-73-7, 4-6, 2-6. He made it to the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic
in Los Angeles, but was defeated by Alex Bogomolov, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6.
At the US Open
, he was defeated in the first round by Israeli Dudi Sela
despite winning the first two sets, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 0-6.
Tietê, São Paulo
Tietê is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 35,214 and the area is 396.56 km². The elevation is 508 m....
), a professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player, is the top ranked Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010.
Bellucci used a string of ITF Challenger tournament victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. In 2009, he reached his first tour final at the Brasil Open
Brasil Open
The Brasil Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Costa do Sauípe, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A part of the ATP World Tour 250 series, it is currently the main event in the Brazilian tennis calendar. Since 2004, it has been a part of the South American clay court circuit but was held on hard...
and won his first tour title at the Swiss Open
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts...
. In 2010, He won his second tour title at the Movistar Open
Movistar Open
The Movistar Open is an ATP International Series men's tennis tournament held in February 2010 in Las Condes commune, and it's played on clay. It was previously played in Viña del Mar.-History:In 1992, Brazil suspended its three ATP tournaments...
in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
Thomaz's playing style is using the heavy topspin of his big forehand to control points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off of the court which leads to him taking the offensive at the beginning of the point. His two-handed backhand is much more compact than his forehand, and is flatter, which allows him to take balls earlier on his backhand wing and drive the ball for winners. His preferred court is clay, but shows the adaptive potential to get much better at faster courts as well.
Juniors career
Bellucci reached a high of #15 in the world two weeks after his 17th birthday, in January, 2005.2007
Bellucci began 2007 ranked #582, but began a rapid ascent in June to finish the year at #202.2008
The 20-year-old Bellucci continued his rapid rise early in 2008. The first week of the year, ranked #202, he made it to the quarterfinals of a Challenger in São PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
.
Bellucci had little success in his next few tournaments, but in February he got back on track, beating #145 Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
while qualifying into an ATP stop in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and then recording his first-ever ATP match win, over #83 Werner Eschauer
Werner Eschauer
Werner Eschauer is a now inactive Austrian professional tennis player.In his first 12 years as a pro, Eschauer found little success, winning just 7 ATP-level matches and cracking the top-100 for just a few weeks in late 2003, peaking at #96....
, before bowing out in the next round to #25 Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
. The following week, he beat #130 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...
and #140 Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....
en route to his first-ever Challenger title, in Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, Chile, to improve his ranking to #145. The next week, he beat #162 Dick Norman
Dick Norman
Dick Norman is a professional tennis player. He has achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height , his left-handed power game and, in the last few years, his age .Turning professional in 1991, Norman notched up only his 14th Grand Slam...
before losing in a Challenger second round match.
In April, Bellucci began an amazing string of Challenger match wins in singles play.
First he won a minor Challenger in Florianópolis
Florianópolis
-Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter...
, Brazil, and made the final in doubles.
Two weeks later, he ran his singles streak to 10 matches while winning a major Challenger in Tunis, beating #155 Andreas Beck
Andreas Beck (tennis)
Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
, #363 Martin Verkerk
Martin Verkerk
Martin Willem Verkerk is a retired Dutch tennis player. As a relatively unknown player, he had a brilliant run at the French Open in 2003, reaching the final before losing to Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero...
, #136 Paul Capdeville
Paul Capdeville
Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76....
, #113 Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
, and #175 Dušan Vemić
Dušan Vemic
Dušan Vemić is a Serbian professional tennis player. He was born on June 17, 1976, in Zadar, in Yugoslavia, now Croatia; he currently lives in Belgrade.-Professional career:...
, and also won the doubles title.
Those wins got him into the top 100 for the first time at #100.
The following week, at a minor Challenger in Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...
, Morocco, he ran his streak to 15 matches while beating #136 Capdeville
Paul Capdeville
Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76....
again, #96 Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
, and #119 Martín Vassallo Argüello
Martín Vassallo Argüello
Martin Miguel Vassallo Argüello is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #47 .He turned pro in 1999...
to win the title and get his ranking to #81. His streak ended at 17 matches the next week, after beating #128 Rik de Voest
Rik de Voest
Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006....
to reach the quarterfinals of a challenger in Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, France, when he finally lost to #111 Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...
, improving Bellucci's ranking to #75.
In late May, he qualified into his first French Open, lost to 3-time defending champion and ATP #2 Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in the first round. At Wimbledon, he achieved his first win in a Grand Slam event, defeating Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...
in four sets.
2009
Bellucci began the year reaching the Brasil OpenBrasil Open
The Brasil Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Costa do Sauípe, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A part of the ATP World Tour 250 series, it is currently the main event in the Brazilian tennis calendar. Since 2004, it has been a part of the South American clay court circuit but was held on hard...
final for the first time. He upset the former world #1, 2003 French Open
2003 French Open
The 2003 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2003 and the 102nd edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 26 through June 8, 2003.-Men's singles:...
champion, and 2007 Brasil Open titlist Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
in the Quarterfinals, but eventually lost in 3 sets to second-seeded Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
. It was his first ATP Tour final, after a string of Challengers.
In August, he would win his first title at the Swiss Open
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts...
in Gstaad after reaching the main draw through qualification and going on to beat local hope and former world #9 Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
, former world #4 Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
, two-time Swiss Open runner-up Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...
, and first-time finalist Andreas Beck
Andreas Beck (tennis)
Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
in straight sets. Ranked #119 in the world at the time of his victory in Switzerland, Bellucci jumped 53 spots in the ATP World Tour rankings to #66 as a result.
In October, Bellucci reached his first hard-court ATP World Tour semifinal. He reached the last 4 at the Stockholm Open, losing to Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...
in three sets.
He then followed his good form to win his second challenger title of the year, at the 2009 Copa Petrobras São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. He beat Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...
of Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
6–4, 6–4 to win the sixth challenger of his career, and the second on his native soil. This result bumped Bellucci up to #37 in the world, the first time that Thomaz was ranked inside the Top 40 in the world in singles.
2010
Thomaz entered the first tournament of the season, the Brisbane InternationalBrisbane International
The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association Tour...
ATP tournament worth 250 points. He made the quarter-finals after being narrowly edged out by Czech Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
6–7, 6–2, 6–7. On Heineken Open
Heineken Open (tennis)
The Heineken Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series played in Auckland, New Zealand. It was also a combined mens and womens tournament until 1981.-History:...
, at Auckland, he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
4–6 1–6 on second round after beating Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli is a tennis player from Switzerland.-Biography:Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, . Marco grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel...
on a two sets game. Lost to Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
at the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
2nd round.
Going to the Latin America clay tournaments, on 2010 Movistar Open
2010 Movistar Open
The 2010 Movistar Open was a tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the Movistar Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
, at Chile, Bellucci defeated defending champion Fernando González
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
in the semifinals and Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:...
in the final match to capture his second tour title.
In the 2010 Brasil Open
2010 Brasil Open
The 2010 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
He lost to comaptriot Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005...
in the Quarterfinals. He then played in 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
The 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, and was part of the 500 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and was in the International category of tournaments on the 2010 WTA Tour...
losing in the second round to eventual champion David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
6–4, 6–1. In the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 36th edition of the event, known this year as the BNP Paribas Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on...
after receiving a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second round he lost to Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
4–6, 6–2, 6–1. In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open
2010 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open , was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
he upset James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
in the second round and then won over Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...
but lost in a hard match to a Spaniard for the third straight time this time to Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
losing 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 in the Fourth Round. In Monte Carlo he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
in the First Round in three sets 2–6, 6–3, 7–6. In ATP 500 Barcelona reached the Quarterfinals, losing to David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
after defeating Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...
, Victor Hănescu
Victor Hanescu
Victor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...
and Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
. In Rome Masters 1000, defeated Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi...
, John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
, and lost to world #2, Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
in third round.
He continued in good form at the 2010 French Open. Thomaz reached the fourth round, losing to World Number 2 and former French Open champion Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
. He lost in a closely fought battle 2–6, 5–7, 4–6 bringing the match to over 2 and a half hours. On route to the 4th round he defeated 14th seed Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
7–6, 6–2, 6–4 in third round, Spanish qualifier, Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 in second round Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
6–4, 6–2, 6–2 in the first round. Reached the third round in Wimbledon, losing to Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
, and lost a marathon quarterfinal at ATP 500 event in Hamburg to Seppi.
At the US Open, Thomaz started promisingly, beating American Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...
in straight sets, 6–3, 7–5, 7–6. However, after a gruelling 3h51m battle with South African Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
, he succumbed in a fifth set tiebreaker, 6–7, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 7–6.
2011
After reaching the quarterfinals in Auckland to start off the year, and losing a heartbreaking 5th set match ending 2–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–8 to Jan HernychJan Hernych
Jan Mauda Hernych is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking of World No. 59 on 27 April 2009. He is currently 241st in the ATP rankings.-External links:...
in the second at the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
, Bellucci went through a relatively poor run of form. He failed to defend his title at Santiago losing at the quarterfinals to Fognini. He also reached the quarterfinals at his hometown 2011 Brasil Open
2011 Brasil Open
The 2011 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
but played poorly to get thrashed 1–6, 2–6 by eventual finalist Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
.
He did rediscover some form as he then reached the semifinals of the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles
David Ferrer successfully defended his title by defeating Nicolás Almagro 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 in the final.-Seeds:# David Ferrer # Fernando Verdasco # Nicolás Almagro # Stanislas Wawrinka ...
tournament, while beating a top ten player for the first time in his career, Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
in the first round 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, which allowed him to progress all the way to the semifinals. However in the semifinal match, he lost to eventual finalist Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
6–7, 4–6.
At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
2011 BNP Paribas Open
The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 36th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011...
, after getting a first round bye as the 26th seed, he managed to win his opening second round match against Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
6–3, 7–6 but was unable to progress further as he was dumped out 3–6, 2–6 by Tomas Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
in the third round.
After this, Bellucci's worrying form continued as he bowed out in the opening rounds of the next three tournaments; at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
2011 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open , a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 21 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami...
6–2, 4–6, 6–7 to James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
(in the second round after receiving a first round bye due to being seeded 27th), the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
The 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, a tennis tournament for male professional players, was played from April 9 through April 17, 2011, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 105th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the third time...
3–6, 2–6 to Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
, and at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
The 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 59th edition of the event known this year as the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
5–7, 3–6 to Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...
.
He also appeared at the 2011 Estoril Open
2011 Estoril Open
The 2011 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Estoril Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the International-level tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, and struggled unconvincingly through to the quarterfinals by beating two players who were outside the top 100. There in the quarterfinals, he lost out to Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna....
4–6, 2–6.
Bellucci then finally found a rich vein of form when he appeared at the Madrid Open
2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to world No. 2 Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–4 in the final. It was the second win for Djokovic on a ATP Master 1000 Tournament played on clay courts, the 6th title of the year and 24th of his career...
, managing to claim solid wins over in-form Pablo Andujar
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
6–4, 6–2 and also an in-form Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
6–7, 6–3, 3–0 who retired due to fatigue. At the third round, he produced a cool-headed performance to defeat World Number 4 Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2 to claim his first top 5 win. The following day in the quarterfinals, he backed up his win by producing a brutal display to dismiss World Number 7 Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
7–6, 6–3 (for the first time in three meetings and notably avenging the loss at Indian Wells) to reach the semifinals of a ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia...
tournament for the first time in his career, and also produce back-to-back wins over top 10 opponents for the first time in his career. Bellucci ended up losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
, who was yet to be defeated this season. The Brazilian controlled the match at the beginning, taking the first set 6–4 and going up a break for a 3–1 lead in the second set, but the Serbian fought back and eventually won 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, extending his winning streak in 2011 to 31 matches, and eventually winning the tournament by ending Nadal's 37-match clay winning streak. Bellucci's semifinal effort in Madrid marked eight years since a Brazilian reached a semifinal stage in a Masters Series event, the last being former World No.1 Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...
who appeared in the 2003 Indian Wells
Indian Wells
Indian Wells may refer to:*Indian Wells, Arizona, community within the Navajo Nation*Indian Wells, California, city in Riverside County**Indian Wells Masters, tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California...
final (lost to Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
).
Besides showing a great form in Madrid, Bellucci lost to local qualifier Paolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009...
in the first round of the Rome Masters
2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
The 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour...
in straight sets.
At the French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, Bellucci (seeded 23rd) defeated Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...
in the first round 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 7–6. At the second round he defeated Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi is a professional tennis player from South Tyrol, northern Italy, who turned professional in 2000. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces. and is coached by Massimo Sartori....
in 6–1, 6–2, 6–4, showing a strong and solid performance. For the third round, he didn't keep the same rhythm against 13th seed Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
. Bellucci made more than 40 unforced errors in this match. Even so, he managed to battle for almost three hours before losing, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6.
Bellucci's next tournament was the AEGON Championship
2011 AEGON Championships
The 2011 AEGON Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 108th edition of the AEGON Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, in the club's 125th year...
, opening his grass court season. He was defeated in the third round by Marin Čilić
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
, 6-77-3,6-0,3-6.
At Wimbledon
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
, he lost in the first round to Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player, ranked World No. 113 in the ATP rankings. He is the last German player who reached a final in a grand slam tournament....
, 6-73-7, 4-6, 2-6. He made it to the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic
2011 Farmers Classic
The 2011 Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Los Angeles. It was the 85th edition of the Los Angeles Open, and was part of the Olympus US Open Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
in Los Angeles, but was defeated by Alex Bogomolov, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6.
At the US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
, he was defeated in the first round by Israeli Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...
despite winning the first two sets, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 0-6.
Singles: 3 (2–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date (Final) | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 14 February 2009 |  Costa do Sauípe2009 Brasil Open The 2009 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP Tour. It took place in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil, from February 9 through February 14, 2008.The singles line up was led... , Brazil |
Clay |  Tommy RobredoTommy Robredo Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No... |
3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 2 August 2009 |  GstaadAllianz Suisse Open Gstaad The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts... , Switzerland |
Clay |  Andreas BeckAndreas Beck (tennis) Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :... |
6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| Winner | 3. | 7 February 2010 |  SantiagoMovistar Open The Movistar Open is an ATP International Series men's tennis tournament held in February 2010 in Las Condes commune, and it's played on clay. It was previously played in Viña del Mar.-History:In 1992, Brazil suspended its three ATP tournaments... , Chile |
Clay |  Juan MónacoJuan Mónaco Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:... |
6–2, 0–6, 6–4 |
Singles: 9 (6–3)
| Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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| ATP Challenger Series ATP Challenger Series The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments... / ATP Challenger Tour (6–3) |
| Outcome | No. | Date (Final) | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 15 July 2007 |  BogotáSeguros Bolivar Open Bogotá The Open Seguros Bolívar is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Bogotá, Colombia, since 2005.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Colombia |
Clay |  Carlos SalamancaCarlos Salamanca Carlos Salamanca Caicedo is a Colombian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*... |
6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 July 2007 | Cuenca, Ecuador |
Clay | Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi... |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 2 March 2008 | Santiago, Chile |
Clay | Eduardo Schwank Eduardo Schwank Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian.... |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Winner | 4. | 14 April 2008 | Florianapolis, Brazil |
Clay | Franco Ferreiro Franco Ferreiro Franco Ferreiro is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Feliciano López in five sets in the first round after leading two sets to love.-Doubles: 2 :... |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 4 May 2008 |  TunisTunis Open The Tunis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club de Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, since 2005.... , Tunisia |
Clay |  Dušan VemićDušan Vemic Dušan Vemić is a Serbian professional tennis player. He was born on June 17, 1976, in Zadar, in Yugoslavia, now Croatia; he currently lives in Belgrade.-Professional career:... |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 11 May 2008 |  Rabat, Morocco |
Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello Martín Vassallo Argüello Martin Miguel Vassallo Argüello is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #47 .He turned pro in 1999... |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 19 July 2009 |  Rimini, Italy |
Clay | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of Spain... |
3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 1 November 2009 | São Paulo, Brazil |
Clay | Nicolás Lapentti Nicolás Lapentti ----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 30 October 2010 | São Paulo, Brazil |
Clay | Marcos Daniel Marcos Daniel Marcos Diniz Daniel is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 14, 2009, when he became World No. 56... |
1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
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| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | |W–L | |||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | 1R | 2R 2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but retired due to a right knee injury trailing 3–6, 6–7, 0–3 in the quarterfinals against Andy Murray.Roger Federer met Andy Murray in the final of this event... |
2R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
0 / 3 | 2–3 | |||
| French Open | 1R | 1R 2009 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Robin Söderling. This was Nadal's first ever defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all six of his other appearances... |
4R 2010 French Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Söderling, which allowed him to make a second-successive final here. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.Rafael Nadal won his fifth... |
3R 2011 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal, the defending champion and, after this tournament, six-time winner of this event defended his title by beating long-time rival Roger Federer for his sixth French Open title, tying him with Björn Borg for most all-time in the open era. Notably, the Spaniard played his first ever... |
0 / 4 | 5–4 | |||
| Wimbledon | 2R | A | 3R 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall.... |
1R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
0 / 3 | 3–3 | |||
| US Open | 2R | 2R | 2R 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August... |
1R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
0 / 4 | 3–4 | |||
| Win–Loss | 2–3 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 0 / 14 | 13–14 | |||
| ATP Masters Series ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America... |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
2R | 3R 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The Men's singles tournament of this event started in the week of March 8. It was the year's first of nine tournaments in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series.Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but he lost to Ivan Ljubičić in the semifinals.... |
3R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
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| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
1R | 4R 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Mardy Fish in the second round.Andy Roddick beat Tomáš Berdych 7-5, 6-4 to win his first Masters 1000 event since 2006... |
2R 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost to Pablo Cuevas in the second round.Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final for the second week in a row after also beating him in the Indian Wells final the previous week... |
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| Monte Carlo Masters | 1R 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Rafael Nadal defended the 2009 title by defeating his compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6–0, 6–1 to break an 11-month title drought, and to win a historic 6th consecutive title here in Monte-Carlo.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
1R 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Rafael Nadal was the six-time defending champion and defended his title by beating compatriot David Ferrer 6–4, 7–5. This was Nadal's 7th consecutive title in Monte-Carlo, which is the all-time record both for consecutive titles at any tournament and the most titles at this tournament.-Seeds:The... |
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| Rome Masters Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
1R | 3R 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title by defeating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Roger Federer # Novak Djokovic # Rafael Nadal ... |
1R 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, however he lost to Novak Djokovic in the final. Djokovic defeated him 6–4, 6–4 to win his 39th consecutive match and his 7th title of 2011... |
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| Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
2R 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but Rafael Nadal defeated him 4–6, 6–7, in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Roger Federer # Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray... |
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| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
1R | 1R | 2R 2011 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the second round.World No.1 Novak Djokovic won his 10th Masters 1000 title of his career and his 9th title of the year, beating Mardy Fish in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–4... |
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| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
1R | 2R 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles Roger Federer became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1996 to have successfully defended the title. He defeated Mardy Fish in the final 6–7, 7–6, 6–4. It was his 4th win at the event also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009... |
1R 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals.Andy Murray won the tournament beating No.1 seed Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 3–0 ret. It was the 7th ATP Masters 1000 title of Murray's career, and his first in 2011... |
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| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
Not | 2R | 2R | 1R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
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| Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
2R 2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Michaël Llodra.Robin Söderling won the title, defeating Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.# Roger Federer ... |
1R 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but could not participate due to mononucleosis.Roger Federer won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
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| Win–Loss | 0–2 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 6–9 | 0 / 24 | 16–24 | |||
| Career Statistics | |||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | ||||
| Year End Ranking | 85 | 36 | 31 | 37 | $1,760,991 | ||||
ATP Tour career earnings
| Year | Majors | ATP wins | Total wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,632 | 1146 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,432 | 933 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,018 | 711 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32,827 | 346 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221,121 | 129 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 406,776 | 74 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 682,261 | 40 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 676,491 | 44 |
| Career | 0 | 2 | 2 | $2,031,553 | 251 |
- * As of Nov 28, 2011.