Álex Calatrava

Álex Calatrava
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Born	14 June 1973 (age 50); Cologne, West Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	José Francisco Altur
Prize money	$1,335,933
Singles
Career record	67–109
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 44 (12 February 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2001)
French Open	2R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon	2R (2005)
US Open	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	21–29
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 110 (10 October 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	2R (2005)
US Open	1R (2005)
	Last updated on: 22 April 2022.

Last updated December 06, 2023

Alex Patricio Calatrava (born 14 June 1973) is a former tour tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1993. The right-hander won one singles title (2000, San Marino). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 44 in February 2001.

Tennis career

Calatrava defeated 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras in three sets at 2001 Hamburg Masters

In July 2005 Calatrava was beaten by 18-year old Novak Djokovic. The Serb dispatched Calatrava in straight sets at the Umag tournament in Croatia.^[1]

Personal

Calatrava was born in Germany while his parents lived there, returning to Spain live in 1980. His Spanish father, José, met his French mother, Gabrielle, while working Germany. Calatrava's uncle is the renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.^[2]

Calatrava lived in California from 1989 to 1991 and attended a high school for one year in Palm Springs. He also lived a year in Indian Wells under the guidance of Spanish coach José Higueras. He was the number one ranked junior player in California in 1991.^[2]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–2)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1998	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2000	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Stefan Koubek	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2000	San Marino, San Marino	International Series	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	7–6^(9–7), 1–6, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1999	Kitzbühel, Austria	Championship Series	Clay	Dušan Vemić	Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Jul 1997	Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Jordi Burillo	6–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1-1	Sep 1997	Sevilla, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Álex López Morón	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1-2	Jul 2000	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Tarallo	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	1-3	Aug 2000	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Thomann	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 1–6
Loss	1-4	Jun 2003	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Diego Moyano	4–6, 6–1, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	2-4	May 2004	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Hermes Gamonal	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3-4	Jun 2004	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Jérôme Haehnel	6–2, 6–3
Win	4-4	Jul 2004	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Óscar Hernández	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	4-5	Jul 2004	Rimini, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Aug 1995	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Díaz	Omar Camporese Lorenzo Manta	3–6, 4–6
Win	1-1	Jul 1997	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Raemon Sluiter Peter Wessels	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	1-2	Sep 1997	Espinho, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Bernardo Mota	Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	1-3	Sep 1997	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Jose Imaz-Ruiz	Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	1-4	Nov 1997	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Jérôme Golmard	Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1-5	Mar 2000	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Juan Balcells Mauricio Hadad	walkover
Win	2-5	Jul 2000	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Salvador Navarro	Daniele Bracciali Federico Luzzi	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–4

Performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
French Open	Q1	A	Q3	Q2	A	1R	1R	Q2	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	Q2	Q1	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	Q1	Q2	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	3–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 15	7–15	32%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	Not Held						0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid	Not Held									A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–7	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	4–10	29%

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References

↑ Soper, Aaron (25 July 2005). "Match Facts". ATP World Tour. UK. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
1 2 "Alex Calatrava". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

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[1] Soper, Aaron (25 July 2005). "Match Facts". ATP World Tour. UK. Retrieved 11 September 2011.

[atpworldtour1-2] 1 2 "Alex Calatrava". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

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