Álex Calatrava (tennis) explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

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		Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Stefan Koubek	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	1–2		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)

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		Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Jordi Burillo	6–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1-1		Sevilla, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Álex López Morón	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1-2		Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Tarallo	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	1-3		Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Thomann	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6
Loss	1-4		Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Diego Moyano	4–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2-4		Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Hermes Gamonal	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3-4		Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Jérôme Haehnel	6–2, 6–3
Win	4-4		Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Óscar Hernández	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	4-5		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		Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Díaz	Omar Camporese Lorenzo Manta	3–6, 4–6
Win	1-1		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Raemon Sluiter Peter Wessels	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	1-2		Espinho, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Bernardo Mota	Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	1-3		Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Jose Imaz-Ruiz	Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	1-4		Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Jérôme Golmard	Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1-5		Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Juan Balcells Mauricio Hadad	walkover
Win	2-5		Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Salvador Navarro	Daniele Bracciali Federico Luzzi	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4

Performance timeline

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	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	A	0 / 4	3–4
French Open	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	A	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q3	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q2	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q2	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q2	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	0 / 6	2–6
Wimbledon	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q2	A	A	A	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q2	0 / 3	1–3
US Open	A	A	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	style=background:#ecf2ff	Q1	A	0 / 2	1–2
style=text-align:left	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
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	Not Held	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Madrid	Not Held	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Paris	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	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

Notes and References

1. News: TENNIS: ROUNDUP; Sampras Loses Again In a First-Round Match . 22 September 2024 . . . 15 May 2001.
2. News: Bulman . Erica . Another early exit for Sampras . 22 September 2024 . . . 15 May 2001 . Hamburg.
3. News: Match Facts. ATP World Tour . UK . 25 July 2005. 11 September 2011. Aaron. Soper.
4. Web site: Alex Calatrava . ATP World Tour . 2013-09-11.