Alejandro González (; born 7 February 1989) is a Colombian former professional

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player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on the 9 June 2014.

Career

Alejandro Gonzalez won his first singles title on the ATP Challenger Tour at the Ecuador tournament Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso in March 2013, defeating Argentine

Renzo Olivo Renzo Olivo (; born 15 March 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 78 achieved on 9 January ...

in three sets in the final. Previously, he had already won seven singles and six doubles tournaments on the circuit Future ITF and three doubles tournaments

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. He followed this up with two more Challenger titles the same year, the Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín defeating Argentinian

Guido Andreozzi Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. His career-high rankings are World No. 70 in sin ...

in two sets, and the first edition of the

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, defeating another Argentinian

Eduardo Schwank Eduardo Jonatan Schwank (; also known as ''Schwanka''; born 23 April 1986) 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 O ...

taking his tally to three Challenger wins in 2013.

ATP Tour

In July 2013 Gonzalez received a direct entry to his first ATP World Tour event, the 2013 Claro Open Colombia, however he lost in the first round to Frenchman

Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino (born 29 June 1988) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22, attained on 19 March 2018. He won his first ATP Tour singles title at the 2019 Rosmalen Open on grass. He is c ...

in three sets. Gonzalez made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the beginning of 2014 at the

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, receiving direct entry for the first time. He was drawn against third seed

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, however lost in straight sets to the Spaniard. He also entered the doubles draw, teaming up with Argentine

Carlos Berlocq Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine retired professional tennis player nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. His favourite surface was clay and he was last coached by Walter Grinovero. Berlocq's career ...

. The pair were drawn against local wildcard pairing of Benjamin Mitchell and Jordan Thompson, however they lost in three sets despite taking the opening set. Gonzalez received a direct entry to two consecutive ATP Tour events in South America, losing in the first round of the Royal Guard Open to Italian

Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi (; born 15 December 1981) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Lorenzi was coached by Claudio Galoppini. Tennis career Lorenzi reached his first ATP World Tour final at the age of 32, in São Paulo. Here, at the 2014 B ...

, followed by another opening round loss, at the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, this time to Frenchman

Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French inactive professional tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Austra ...

. He followed this with an appearance at the inaugural

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in Brazil, losing once again in the first round to

Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is an inactive Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna. He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of ...

of Uruguay. The following week, he recorded four losses in a row, losing to

Potito Starace Potito Starace (; born 14 July 1981) is an Italian retired professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007. He was a clay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Ri ...

of Italy at the

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. At the 2014 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Gonzalez received his first ever entry to a Masters 1000 tournament. Here he recorded his first ever ATP tour-level wins of his career, defeating

in the first round, and backing that up with a win over 31st seed

Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Aus ...

of Croatia. His third round opponent was world number 2 and eventual champion

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

was a significant step up from his previous opponents. He took a set off the former world number one before succumbing 1-6 6-3 1-6.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (11–15)

Doubles: 26 (11–15)

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current till 2015 US Open.''

Doubles

''This table is current through the

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.''

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Alejandro González
at the 2019 Pan American Games {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Alejandro 1989 births Living people Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Colombian male tennis players Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Colombia Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia 21st-century Colombian people