Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former
tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...
from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up
Jordi Arrese
Jordi Arrese i Castañé (; born 29 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home town. In the final, he was defeated in a mara ...
. The left-hander won one career title in singles (
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
, 1991). He reached his highest singles
ATP-ranking on 17 March 1986, when he became world No. 51.
Lavalle won the Wimbledon boys' junior singles and doubles title in 1985. His singles win was notable for the fact that the men's singles winner that year
Boris Becker was younger than Leonardo. He was later a runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon in 1991 and a Wimbledon doubles semifinalist in 1989 and 1990.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (4–1)
Doubles: 11 (9–2)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
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1967 births
Living people
Mexican male tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Mexico
Tennis players from Mexico City
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
20th-century Mexican people