Agustín Calleri

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Agustín Calleri
Nickname(s) Gordo
Country Flag of Argentina Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth September 14, 1976 (1976-09-14) (age 31)
Place of birth Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height 182 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Turned Pro 1995
Plays Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career Prize Money $3,404,111
Singles
Career record: 200 - 167
Career titles: 2
Highest ranking: No. 16 (July 7, 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2nd (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008)
French Open 3rd (2000)
Wimbledon 2nd (2003, 2006)
US Open 3rd (2000)
Doubles
Career record: 73 - 73
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: No. 54 (May 5, 2008)

Infobox last updated on: May 26, 2008.

Agustín Calleri (born September 14, 1976 Río Cuarto) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. He won his first title as a professional player in Acapulco in 2003 beating his countryman and friend Mariano Zabaleta. His nickname is Gordo that means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

In 1999 he picked up first ATP win over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarterfinal 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 Paris.

In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo Rios, 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 three years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolas Massu, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6 (9) 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.


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[edit] Singles titles (2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. Mar 2, 2003 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Mariano Zabaleta 7–5 3–6 6–3
2. Jul 24, 2006 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6(9) 6–2 6–3

[edit] Singles Finalist (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. Feb 25, 2002 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Nicolas Massu 2–6, 7–6(5), 6–2
2. Apr 8, 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 6–3
3. May 19, 2003 Hamburg, Germany Clay Guillermo Coria 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
4. Mar 1, 2004 Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil Clay Gustavo Kuerten 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
5. Jul 25, 2005 Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Fernando Gonzalez 7–5, 6–3
6. Aug 28, 2006 New Haven, U.S. Hard Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 6–3

[edit] Doubles (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. February 17, 2003 Flag of Chile Viña del Mar Clay Flag of Argentina Mariano Hood Flag of the Czech Republic František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic Leoš Friedl		 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
2. October 31, 2005 Flag of Switzerland Basel Carpet Flag of Chile Fernando González Flag of Australia Stephen Huss
Flag of South Africa Wesley Moodie		 7–5, 7–5
3. February 24, 2008 Flag of Argentina Buenos Aires Clay Flag of Peru Luis Horna Flag of Austria Werner Eschauer
Flag of Australia Peter Luczak		 6–0, 66-7, 10-2

[edit] 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 2008 Australian Open in Australia, which ended on January 27, 2008.

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career win-loss
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 4–8
French Open 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 1R 1R 4–8
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 2R A A 2R 2R 3–5
U.S. Open A 3R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 1R 3R 5–7
Grand Slam Win-Loss1 1-1 4-2 2-4 0-4 2-4 1-2 1-2 1-3 3-4 1-1 16-27
Indian Wells Masters A A LQ A 3R 4R 2R 1R 2R A 5–5
Miami Masters LQ 2R 1R 3R 2R QF 1R QF A 1R 11-8
Monte Carlo Masters LQ A LQ 1R 1R 3R 1R A A 1R 2–5
Rome Masters A A LQ 3R 2R A A A 1R A 3–3
Hamburg Masters A A 2R A F A A A 1R A 6–3
Canada Masters A A A A 1R A A A 1R 0–2
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 1R A A A 1R 0–2
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) A A A QF 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 6–6
Paris Masters A A A A 1R A A A A 0–1
Tennis Masters Cup A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Total Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Year End Ranking 136 62 67 50 24 58 51 29 42 N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.

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