Eduardo Schwank

Eduardo Jonatan Schwank (born 23 April 1986)^[1] is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. In 2011, he reached the finals of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastian Cabal and of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. He was coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian.

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

Junior career

In his final year on the junior circuit in 2004, Schwank had a record of 39-4 winning five tournaments, with his biggest title the Banana Bowl defeating Pablo Andújar in the final.^[3] Schwank finished no. 2 in the rankings behind Gaël Monfils.^[4]

Professional career

2006

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

2007

In 2007 he won a Challenger title in Medellín, defeating Chris Guccione in the final. He also won three consecutive Futures events.^[5] He 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]

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, his passport, as well as the prize money he had earned from the Rome Challenger tournament. Schwank was not in his room at the time. He ended up winning the tournament, making that his third consecutive Challenger title.^[7]

He was involved in a legal battle after reportedly being accused of responsibility for the blaze by leaving an oven switched on in his room. He denied the charges.^[8]

At the 2008 2008 French Open, Schwank defeated former world no. 1 Carlos Moyà in the first round.^[9] He was also victorious in his next match, but was defeated in the third round by Paul-Henri Mathieu in four sets.

2011

Schwank reached the final of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastian Cabal. In the final, they lost to Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in three tight sets with a tiebreak in the first set. He also reached the final of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. They lost to Jack Sock and Melanie Oudin in a super-tiebreak.

2012

In 2012, Schwank qualified for the French Open and advanced to the third round, where he lost to Rafael Nadal.^[10] He also teamed with Gisela Dulko in mixed doubles, and they beat Serena Williams and Bob Bryan in the first round. Schwank partnering Juan Ignacio Chela, reached third round of Wimbledon 2012 doubles and lost to Daniele Bracciali and Julian Knowle.

Major finals

Grand Slam

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	French Open	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	US Open	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Melanie Oudin Jack Sock	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [8–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 July 2010	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	1.	31 October 2010	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Marc López	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	4 June 2011	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 4–6

Titles

Singles

Challengers (7)
Futures (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	March 27, 2006	Buenos Aires	Clay	Cristian Villagrán	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	April 24, 2006	Buenos Aires	Clay	Leandro Migani	6–3, 7–6
3.	August 7, 2006	Córdoba	Clay	Leandro Migani	5–7, 6–0, 6–0
4.	August 14, 2006	Mendoza	Clay	Andrés Molteni	6–4, 6–1
5.	September 11, 2006	La Paz	Clay	Guillermo Carry	6–3, 6–1
6.	September 18, 2006	Cochabamba	Clay	Martín Alund	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
7.	April 23, 2007	Santa Fe	Clay	Juan-Martín Aranguren	6–3, 6–2
8.	April 30, 2007	Buenos Aires	Clay	Juan-Martín Aranguren	6–4, 6–4
9.	May 7, 2007	Tucuman	Clay	Juan Pablo Amado	6–1, 6–4
10.	October 1, 2007	Medellín	Clay	Chris Guccione	7–5, 5–7, 7–5
11.	April 21, 2008	Cremona	Hard	Björn Phau	6–3, 6–4
12.	April 28, 2008	Rome	Clay	Éric Prodon	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
13.	May 12, 2008	Bordeaux	Clay	Igor Kunitsyn	6–2, 6–2
14.	October 25, 2009	Santiago	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–2
15.	November 22, 2009	Lima	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	7–5, 6–4
15.	January 31, 2010	Bucaramanga	Clay	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L
Australian Open		1R		2R			0 / 2	1–2
French Open	3R	1R	1R		3R	Q1	0 / 4	4–4
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R				0 / 3	0–3
US Open	1R		2R				0 / 2	1–2
Win–Loss	2–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0 / 11	6–11

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L
Australian Open		1R		1R	2R		0 / 3	1–3
French Open		1R	1R	F	2R		0 / 4	6–4
Wimbledon	2R		SF	3R	3R	2R	0 / 5	10–5
US Open	2R		SF	2R		1R	0 / 4	6–4
Win–Loss	2–2	0–2	8–3	8–4	4–3	1–2	0 / 16	23–16

References

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