Sebastián Decoud (; born 18 September 1981) is a professional Argentine

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player.

Tennis career

Decoud was born in Curuzú Cuatiá,

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. He starting playing tennis relatively late, taking it up as a 10-year-old.Decoud's ITF Junior Profile
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Juniors

In his brief career as a junior, he lost his only matches against future top pros

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, split his two matches with

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, and won his only encounter with

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. Decoud reached as high as No. 32 in the junior world singles rankings in 1999.

2000 to 2006

Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25-year-old, finishing the year ranked #384.

2007

Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches.

2008

Decoud won his first ATP match as a 26-year-old in February 2008 in Brazil. After qualifying into the main draw, he took out #50

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in the first round, but then lost to #112

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. That got his ranking to a career-high of #254. He retired in qualifying the next week in Buenos Aires, with an injury that kept him off the tour for 3 months. But he came back strong in his next two matches, in the qualifying for the

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, beating #124

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and making his first Grand Slam main draw as a

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after losing in the final qualifying round.

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (16–6)

Doubles: 39 (20–19)

References

External links

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Decoud world ranking history
{{DEFAULTSORT:Decoud, Sebastian 1981 births Living people People from Curuzú Cuatiá Argentine people of French descent Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires Competitors at the 1998 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in tennis 21st-century Argentine sportsmen 20th-century Argentine sportsmen