Nicolás Lapentti
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| Nickname | Nicky or Nico | |
| Country |  Ecuador |
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| Residence | [Guayaquil Miami, Florida, USA | |
| Date of birth | August 13, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |
| Turned Pro | 1995 | |
| Plays | Right | |
| Career Prize Money | $5,452,663 USD | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 285 - 247 | |
| Career titles: | 5 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 6 (November 22, 1999) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | SF (1999) | |
| French Open | 4th Round (2000) | |
| Wimbledon | QF (2002) | |
| U.S. Open | 3rd round (2001) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 139 - 141 | |
| Career titles: | 3 | |
| Highest ranking: | 32 (May 10, 1999) | |
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gomez (born August 13, 1976 in Guayaquil) is a professional tennis player from Ecuador.
Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six. He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, and captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open and the US Open.
Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá.
In 1999, Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open. He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 that November.
In 2002, Lapentti won his fifth tour singles title at St Pölten.
His brother, Giovanni, is also a professional tennis player.
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[edit] Titles
[edit] Singles (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 2001 | Kitzbuhel  |
Clay | Albert Costa  |
1-6 6-4 7-5 7-5 |
| 2. | 2002 | St Pölten |
Clay | Fernando Vicente |
7-5 6-4 |
| 2. | 1999 | Lyon  |
Indoor | Lleyton Hewitt  |
6-3 6-2 |
[edit] Personal
Brother Giovanni , a very promising tennis player himself and earned his first ATP ranking in 1998. Won the U16 Junior Orange Bowl at Key Biscayne in December 1999. Has represented his country in Davis Cup since he was 17 and won the deciding rubber against Great Britain (July 2000) to put Ecuador into the World Group. Set up the Nicolas Lapentti Foundation in late 2000 to help bring tennis to the underprivileged, and develop future champions. Other interests include soccer and reading Robert Ludlum books.
[edit] Beginnings
Nicolas enjoyed a brilliant Junior career winning the Orange Bowl and reached Semi Finals at French and US Open Junior events in 1994. In doubles won the French Open Junior Title (w Kuerten) and US Open Junior title. He is also member of Ecuador Davis Cup team since 1993.
[edit] Highlights
Nicolas Lapentti is the player with most games played with the Davis Cup team. He was member of the team that defeated Great Britain in Wimbledon. Currently Nicolas is ranked 65th.
[edit] Sources
- US Open 2006 Official Website-Most infobox info
