Eduardo Schwank

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**Eduardo Schwank**

Nickname(s)	Gordo
Country	Argentina
Residence	Rosario
Date of birth	April 23, 1986 (1986-04-23) (age 22)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	82 kg (190 lbs.)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed; double-handed backhand
Career prize money	$146,919
Singles
Career record:	4-5
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	61 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	NP
French Open	3rd (2008)
Wimbledon	NP
US Open	NP
Doubles
Career record:	0-1
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	123 (May 19, 2008)
Infobox last updated on: May 24, 2008.

Eduardo Schwank (born April 23, 1986, in Rosario, Argentina)^[1] is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is a right hander with a double handed backhand who is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian.

Schwank's family background is from the German-speaking part of Switzerland ^[2]

1 Junior Career
2 Professional Career
3 Titles
- 3.1 Singles Titles
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Junior Career

Schwank in his final year on the junior circuit in 2004 had a record of 39-4 winning 5 tournaments, with his biggest title winning the Banana Bowl defeating Pablo Andujar in the final ^[3]. Schwank finished 2nd in the rankings behind Gael Monfils who won three out of four of the Junior Grand Slams in that season. ^[4]

[edit] Professional Career

[edit] 2006

In 2006, he won four consecutive futures events: the former two in Argentina, the latter two in Bolivia.

[edit] 2007

In 2007 he won a challenger title in Medellín, defeating Chris Guccione in the final, as well as three consecutive futures events.^[5] He also won the bronze medal in singles and the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. ^[6] At the 2007 United States Open qualifying singles, he defeated Mischa Zverev and Richard Bloomfield before falling to Alexander Waske.^[7]

[edit] 2008

In April 2008, Schwank won two consecutive challenger events, the first in Cremona, Italy and the second in Rome, Italy. On May 12, 2008, a hotel in which Schwank was staying while competing in a challenger event in Bordeaux, France caught fire. Schwank's room was engulfed by the blaze, which destroyed his laptop, passport, as well as the prize money he had earned from the Rome challenger tournament. Schwank was not in his room at the time.^[8] He ended up winning the tournament, making that his third consecutive challenger title for the year.^[9]

He is currently involved in a legal battle after reportedly being accused of responsibility for the blaze by leaving an oven switched on in his room. He has denied the charges, stating "We have a lawyer managing all of this. I spent that whole day in the police station'. ^[10]

At the 2008 Roland Garros tournament (commonly known as the French Open) Schwank was the number 1 seed in the qualifying rounds. He defeated Bjorn Rehnquist, Uladzimir Ignatik and Ilia Bozoljac in the first, second and third qualifying rounds respectively to qualify for the main draw of the tournament. In the first round, Schwank defeated Carlos Moya.^[11] He was also victorious in his next match, but was defeated in the third by frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in four sets. He is currently ranked 74 in the world in singles.^[5]

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 1, 2007	Medellin	Clay	Chris Guccione	7-5, 5-7, 7-5
2.	April 21, 2008	Cremona	Hard	Bjorn Phau	6-3, 6-4
3.	April 28, 2008	Rome	Clay	Eric Prodon	6-3, 6-7, 7-6
4.	May 12, 2008	Bordeaux	Clay	Igor Kunitsyn	6-2, 6-2