Alejandro Román Ganzábal (born 16 February 1960) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Ganzabal made his Grand Slam debut in the

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and managed to reach the third round, beating former finalist

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and American

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.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> In 1982 he was runner-up in the Buenos Aires Grand Prix tournament and made quarter-finals at

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and

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. He had an upset win over third seed

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in Boston. At the

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that year, Ganzabal defeated

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in the opening round but was unable to overcome Mike Myburg in the second round, losing in five sets. His best result in 1983 was at Aix-En-Provence in France, where he was a quarter-finalist. He was defeated by Fernando Luna in the opening round of that year's

. The Argentine didn't make an appearance on the 1984 Grand Prix season until July, as he had been ill with

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. He finished the year well, making the quarter-finals in

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, semi-finals in

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and quarter-finals in

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. At these tournaments he secured two wins over top 20 player Tomáš Šmíd and also defeated world number 11

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. Ganzabal beat Russell Simpson in the opening round of the

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, then lost to countryman

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. He was however unable to progress past the first round at the 1985 US Open, losing to Brian Teacher. As a doubles player, he made two Grand Slam appearances, both with Gustavo Guerrero. He and partner

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won the 1985 Kim Top Line Trophy, held in

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. He took part in three

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ties for

, all while they were in the World Group. In 1982 he played a doubles rubber with

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, which they lost to the French pairing of Gilles Moretton and

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. He other two matches were dead rubbers and he lost both, against

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and American player Gene Mayer.Davis Cup Profile
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Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganzabal, Alejandro 1960 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires