Leonardo Mayer

Leonardo Mayer

Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 Corrientes, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,596,374
Singles
Career record	57–72
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 51 (June 7, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 95 (November 18, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
French Open	3R (2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2013)
US Open	3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	30-36
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 88 (June 5, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 166 (July 15, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	2R (2010, 2012)
Last updated on: July 15, 2013.

Leonardo Martin Mayer (born May 15, 1987) is an Argentine professional tennis player.

Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 51 on June 2010. His career-high in doubles was World No. 94 in March 2010.^[1] He is coached by Francisco Yunis.^[1] He was born in Corrientes and resides in Buenos Aires.

Career

Early career

He started playing tennis at age nine.^[1]

ITF

He won one Challenger singles title in 2008, against Sergio Roitman, and lost in three other finals.^[1]

ATP

He qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2009 French Open, and beat 15th seed James Blake in straight sets in the first round. He lost to Tommy Haas in five sets in the second round. At Wimbledon, he beat Óscar Hernández in straight sets in the first round. He lost to Fernando González in four sets in the second round.

Mayer had a successful American summer, reaching the semifinals of the LA Tennis Open (lost to Carsten Ball) and the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven (lost to Igor Andreev. At the 2009 US Open, Mayer reached the second round, losing to Radek Štěpánek in straight sets.

In 2011, Mayer qualified for the Brasil Open and defeated world no. 73, Russian Igor Andreev in the first round of the main draw. In the second round, he played seventh seed, Italian Potito Starace and lost.

Leonardo reached the third round of the French Open for the third time and the US Open in 2012, losing to Nicolás Almagro in straight sets at Roland Garros and Juan Martín del Potro in New York.^[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 14, 2010	SAP Open, San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Benjamin Becker	Mardy Fish Sam Querrey	6–7(3–7), 5–7
Winner	1.	February 20, 2011	Copa Claro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Oliver Marach	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	August 25, 2012	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	Pablo Andújar	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	3–6, 6–4, [2–10]

Challenger and Futures finals

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	November 16, 2008	Medellín	Hard	Sergio Roitman	6–4, 7–5
2.	July 31, 2011	Dortmund	Clay	Thomas Schoorel	6–3, 6–2
3.	October 2, 2011	Napoli	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	6–3, 6–4
1.	November 6, 2011	São Leopoldo	Clay	Nikola Ćirić	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
1.	November 10, 2012	Guayaquil	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R		0–4
French Open	Q1	A	2R	3R	3R	3R	1R		7–5
Wimbledon	A	Q1	2R	1R	Q1	1R	2R		2–4
US Open	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	A	3R	2R		3–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	3–3	2–4	2–2	4–4	2–4		13–17
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0
Year End Ranking	179	115	75	94	78	71	94

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open		3R	1R	2R	1R		3–4
French Open		2R		1R	1R		1–3
Wimbledon	1R	2R		1R	1R		1–4
US Open	1R	2R		2R	1R		2–4
Win–Loss	0–2	5–4	0–1	2–4	0–4		7–15

References

External links

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v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Argentine male singles tennis players as of 27 January 2014 1. Juan Martín del Potro (4 1) 2. Juan Mónaco (40 2) 3. Carlos Berlocq (44 3) 4. Federico Delbonis (60 5) 5. Horacio Zeballos (66 1) 6. Leonardo Mayer (92 6) 7. Guido Pella (112 5) 8. Facundo Argüello (114 6) 9. Diego Schwartzman (117 1) 10. Facundo Bagnis (125 2)