Germán Puentes Alcañiz (born 18 December 1972) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Career

Puentes was the runner-up in the 1989 Spanish Junior Championships. The Spaniard appeared in the main singles draw of five Grand Slams during his career but only once made the second round, at the

2001 Wimbledon Championships The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001. It was the 115th edition of the Wimbled ...

, with a win over

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. He also won just one Grand Slam doubles match, which was against South Africans

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and

Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska (born 18 December 1972) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević in th ...

in the

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, partnering Juan Balcells. His best singles showing on the

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came at

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in 1999 when he reached the semi-finals and he was also a quarter-finalist in the

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that year and again in the 2001 Grand Prix Hassan II. As a doubles player he teamed up with countryman

Eduardo Nicolás Eduardo Nicolás Espin (born 22 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Nicolas played most of his doubles career beside Germán Puentes, his partner in all five of his Grand Slam appearances. They failed to win a sin ...

to make the semi-final stage of the 1999 Swedish Open. That effort was matched in the 2001 Mexican Open with

Albert Portas Albert Portas Soy (, ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Career Portas turned professional in 1994. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001. His only top-level singles tit ...

. The pair also had a win that year over the fifth seeds in the 2001 Hamburg Masters,

Wayne Ferreira Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. Career As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He ...

and

Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis p ...

, although it was due to a first set retirement.ATP World Tour Profile
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Challenger titles

Singles: (4)

Doubles: (10)

References

External links

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