Jairo Velasco Jr. (born 21 January 1974) is a former Spanish professional

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player. His father,

Jairo Velasco Sr. Jairo Velasco Sr. (born 9 May 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Colombia.ATP sources erroneously have him representing Spain during his career Velasco has additionally several Senior World Championship titles in different age cla ...

, was a Colombian tennis player, who emigrated to Spain.

Career

Velasco was a doubles specialist, usually teaming up with countryman

Juan Ignacio Carrasco Juan Ignacio Carrasco (born 9 July 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Carrasco, a doubles specialist, appeared in 17 Grand Slams during his career. He competed in the men's doubles on each occasion and also played ...

. The pair appeared together in the main draw of six Grand Slams, but only once made it past the opening round. That was at the

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, where they upset ninth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and

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to make the third round. The pair had previously played four Grand Slam matches together without a win, although they did have the misfortune of drawing Bhupathi/ Paes at the

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and The Woodies at

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for their first two Grand Slam appearances together in 1999. They had their best ATP Tour performance at

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, in 2000, when they finished runners-up. The Spaniards also reached semi-finals in the

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and 2000 Colombia Open. Before teaming up with Carrasco in 1998, Velasco made the semi-finals of the

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, with

Joan Balcells Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (born 20 June 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career and reached the final in Scottsdale in 2002 (losing to Andre Agassi) and the semifinals in ...

, in 1996. He also played Grand Slam tennis with Virginia Ruano Pascual at the

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and Mariano Hood in the

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.ITF Tennis Profile
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tennis for Spain in 1999 and 2000.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (8)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasco, Jairo Jr. 1974 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Spanish people of Colombian descent Tennis players from Catalonia