Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989 in

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) is a

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an professional

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. He specializes in men's doubles and has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 39 achieved on 31 January 2022. He has taken part of the

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since 2009.

Professional career

2012-2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut

Since the mid 2010s, Behar competed primarily on the

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, where he has won 22 doubles titles. Partnering with

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, he was a semi-finalist at the 2017 Estoril Open, an ATP 250 tournament. He entered the main draw at the

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, his first appearance at a Grand Slam.

2018-2022: Three doubles titles, top 50

Partnering with Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar, Behar won two ATP titles at the

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and the

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and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. He entered the top 50 following the final at the

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on 26 April 2021. The pair has also won a total of 8 Challenger titles. Behar finished the year 2021 ranked No. 41, a career-high doubles ranking. In 2022, he reached a fourth final and won his third ATP 250 title with Behar at the

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defeating top seeds

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 55 (26–29)

Best Grand Slam results details

Doubles

Because of a delay in schedule due to rain, the first two rounds of the competition were played best-of-three sets instead of the usual best-of-five format.

Wins over top 10 players

Doubles

*Behar has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Behar, Ariel 1989 births Living people Uruguayan male tennis players Sportspeople from Montevideo Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay