Sebastian Decoud
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Sebastian Decoud (born September 18, 1981 in Curuzu Cuatia, Argentina) is a professional Argentinian tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008.
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[edit] Juniors career
Decoud got a late start at tennis, taking it up as a 10 year old. [1] In his brief career, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut, split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu, and won his only encounter with Boris Pashanski.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] 2000 to 2006
Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25 year old, finishing the year ranked #384.
[edit] 2007
Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches.
[edit] 2008
Decoud won his first ATP match as a 26 year old in February of 2008 in Brazil. After qualifying into the main draw, he took out #50 Jose Acasuso in the first round, but then lost to #112 Nicolas Lapentti. That got his ranking to a career-high of #254.
He retired in qualifying the next week in Buenos Aires, with an injury that kept him off the tour for 3 months. But he came back strong in his next two matches, in the qualifying for the French Open, beating #124 Christophe Rochus and making his first Grand Slam main draw as a Lucky Loser after losing in the final qualifying round.
