Pablo Cuevas

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Pablo Cuevas
Country Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth January 1, 1986 (1986-01-01) (age 22)
Place of birth Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (160 lb/11.5 st)
Turned pro 2004
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money $536,888
Singles
Career record: 19 - 14
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: 88 (February 4, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open -
French Open 1st (2008)
Wimbledon -
US Open 1st (2007)
Doubles
Career record: 23 - 14
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: 25 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open -
French Open W (2008)
Wimbledon -
US Open 2nd (2007)

Infobox last updated on: June 9, 2008.

Pablo Cuevas (born January 1, 1986, in Concordia, Argentina, but of Uruguayan nationality) is a professional Uruguayan tennis player. At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentinan partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas, as of February 5, 2007, was ranked 88 for singles and has reached a career-high singles ranking of World number 88, achieved on February 4, 2008, and is ranked 65 in Doubles, first achieved on November 5, 2007. Cuevas has won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger title and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger tities. As of July 7, 2007, Cuevas has earned US$ 98,388 in prize money. Pablo is 11-3 for Davis Cup singles matches and 3–3 for Davis Cup doubles matches. He is 14-6 in total at the Davis Cup on the Uruguay Davis Cup team.

By winning the 2008 French Open men's doubles crown, partnering Peruvian Luis Horna, the duo became the first all-South American doubles team to win a Grand Slam title. Cuevas also became the first player from Uruguay to win a Grand Slam title.

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[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Winner (1)

Year Championship Partnering Opponent in Final Score in Final
2008 French Open Flag of Peru Luis Horna Flag of Canada Daniel Nestor
Flag of Serbia Nenad Zimonjic
6-2, 6-3

[edit] ATP Tour finals (2)

[edit] Doubles Winner (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. June 7, 2008 French Open Clay Flag of Peru Luis Horna Flag of Canada Daniel Nestor
Flag of Serbia Nenad Zimonjic
6-2, 6-3

[edit] Doubles runner-up (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. April 14, 2008 Houston, USA Clay Flag of Spain Marcel Granollers Pujol Flag of Latvia Ernests Gulbis
Flag of Germany Rainer Schüttler
7-5, 7-6(3)

[edit] Challenger Titles

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. May 7, 2007 Tunica, USA Clay Flag of Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
2. July 9, 2007 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Flag of Germany Dominik Meffert 6–3, 6–4
3. November 19, 2007 Lima, Peru Clay Flag of Brazil Marcos Daniel 0–6, 6–4, 6–3

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