Guillermo Aubone

Last updated
Guillermo Aubone
Country (sports) Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Born (1954-06-08) 8 June 1954 (age 68)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Turned pro1974
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record11–33
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (22 December 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1981, 1982)
US Open 1R (1980)
Doubles
Career record21-32
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 175 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (1980, 1981, 1982)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (1978, 1982)

Guillermo "Willie" Aubone (born 8 June 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. [1]

Contents

Playing career

Before turning pro, Aubone played college tennis in the United States, at the University of Corpus Christi and University of South Carolina.

He had to face seeded players in the first round of all three of his Grand Slam singles appearances. [2] At the 1980 US Open he faced world number one Björn Borg, then played against 12th seed Brian Gottfried in the 1981 French Open, before coming up against 16th seed Mel Purcell in the 1982 French Open. He lost each of those matches. [2]

On the singles circuit, Aubone made one quarter-final, which at the British Hard Court Championships in 1981. [2]

He had more success as a doubles player. In 1981 he reached four doubles semi-finals, partnering Wolfgang Popp in Bournemouth, Alejandro Pierola in Bordeaux, Billy Martin in Madrid and Andreas Maurer in Quito. [2] The following year, at Vina Del Mar, he finally made it to a Grand Prix final, but he and partner Ángel Giménez were defaulted. [2]

Coaching

Since 1983 he has been coaching in Miami, where he had his own tennis academy. He coached Mary Joe Fernández during her early professional career and spent time at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, as an instructor. [3]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jan 1982 Viña Del Mar, ChileClay Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Giménez Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Orantes
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez 		DEF

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1981 Cuneo, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Cano Flag of Chile.svg Ricardo Acuña
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Ramiro Benavides 		7–6, 7–5

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Hyung-taik</span> South Korean tennis player

Lee Hyung-taik is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. He won one singles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36, in August 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jo Durie</span> British tennis player

Joanna Mary Durie is a former world No. 5 tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she also reached No. 9 in doubles, and won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Knowles</span> Bahamian tennis player

Mark Knowles is a Bahamian professional tennis coach and former professional tennis player, becoming the former number 1 in world as a specialist in doubles tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in men's doubles, partnering with Daniel Nestor, as well as Wimbledon in mixed doubles. At various times between 2002 and 2005 he was ranked World No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Olympian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Sweeting</span> American tennis player

Ryan Sweeting is an American former professional tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexa Glatch</span> American professional tennis player (born 1989)

Alexa Glatch is an American professional tennis player.

Sarah Taylor is a tennis coach and former professional American tennis player from New York City. Her highest ranking was World No. 68 on March 31, 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Polansky</span> Canadian tennis player

Peter Polansky is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, until June 21, 2010, with the exception of one week. In 2018, he became the first player in the Open Era to qualify for all four Grand Slam tournaments as a lucky loser within the same calendar year. He is currently coaching fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov while on a hiatus from competing professionally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 ATP World Tour</span> Mens tennis circuit

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup, and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organized by the ITF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pablo Carreño Busta</span> Spanish tennis player

Pablo Carreño Busta is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a best doubles ranking of No. 16, on 17 July 2017. He has won seven singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open, and four doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Representing Spain, Carreño Busta has won an Olympic bronze medal in men's singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was a member of the Spanish team that won the 2019 Davis Cup.

David Felgate is a former English professional tennis player who competed for Great Britain in the 1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhyne Williams</span> American tennis player

Robert Rhyne Williams is an American tennis player. He has not played on the ATP Tour since 2018 and is currently a tennis coach at the University of Tennessee.

Alejandro Román Ganzábal is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

David Schneider is a former professional South-African-Israeli tennis player, originally from South Africa. Schneider won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games, in the men's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles. He has played in the US Open, French Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon, and for the Israel Davis Cup team.

Derek John Tarr is a former American professional tennis player, originally from South Africa.

Alejandro Pierola is a former professional tennis player from Chile.

John Ross is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Egan Adams is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emil Ruusuvuori</span> Finnish tennis player (born 1999)

Emil Ruusuvuori is a Finnish professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 41 on 31 October 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Finnish singles tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 179 achieved on 2 May 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corentin Moutet</span> French tennis player

Corentin Moutet is a French tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline Dolehide</span> American tennis player

Caroline Dolehide is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 102 in July 2018. Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in doubles at the 2019 and the 2022 US Opens where she reached the semifinals with Vania King and Storm Sanders respectively and also at the 2021 Wimbledon. Dolehide has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 21, set in May 2022 and has won one WTA Tour title and 15 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, six in singles and nine in doubles.

References

  1. ↑ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 ATP World Tour Profile
  3. ↑ US PTA Pro: Guillermo Aubone


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.