Alejandro González (; born 7 February 1989)
is a
Colombian former professional
tennis
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player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on 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
ATP Challenger Series
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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. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won tw ...
in two sets, and the first edition of the
São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, defeating another Argentinian
Eduardo Schwank 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. 17, attained on 29 January 2024. He has won five ATP Tour singles titles, three on hardcourt and two on grass.
Te ...
in three sets.
Gonzalez made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the beginning of 2014 at the
Australian Open
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, receiving direct entry for the first time. He was drawn against third seed
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
, however lost in straight sets to the Spaniard.
He also entered the doubles draw, teaming up with Argentine
Carlos Berlocq. 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 and former Italian number 1. He was coached by Claudio Galoppini. At the age of 34 years and seven months, Lorenzi became the oldest first-time champion in AT ...
, 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 tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...
. He followed this with an appearance at the inaugural
Rio Open
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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 a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
of Uruguay. The following week, he recorded four losses in a row, losing to
Potito Starace of Italy at the
Brasil Open.
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
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. 17, attained on 29 January 2024. He has won five ATP Tour singles titles, three on hardcourt and two on grass.
Te ...
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 specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023.
He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's double ...
of Croatia. His third round opponent was world number 2 and eventual champion
Novak Djokovic
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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
2014 Australian Open
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1989 births
Living people
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Colombian male tennis players
Tennis players 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 sportsmen