# Julio Peralta

Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez (Spanish pronunciation:; born 9 September 1981) is an inactive professional tennis player from Chile. Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career, reaching no. 29 in the ATP rankings in doubles. He captured six doubles titles at ATP World Tour and one singles challenger title. He went on hiatus from 2005 to 2007, from 2009 to 2011, from 2012 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.

## Career
### 2000–2004

Peralta turned pro in 2000, and had his best year in his singles career in 2003, year which he won a challenger tournament, the BH Tennis Open International Cup in Belo Horizonte. He retired in 2005.

### 2007–2008

He made a comeback in 2007 at ITF Futures tournaments. Julio competed throughout 2008, but he suffered an injury the next year.

### 2011: Second comeback

He made his comeback (after long, exhausting, two-year injury) in the 2011 Sparkassen Open, winning comfortably the first two qualifying rounds, against Stefan Seifert and David Goffin (no. 220). In the main tournament, he defeated Victor Crivoi.

### 2014: Third comeback

After a long hiatus, he returned in September at the 2014 Napa Valley Challenger doubles tournament partnering Matt Seeberger as a wildcard pair.
In early November, he won the titles in both singles and doubles USA F30 tournament, not dropping a single set in the main draw in both tournaments. In Chile F9 tournament he made the singles final, losing to Hans Podlipnik Castillo and the following week won the doubles tournament in Chile F10 partnering Seeberger.

### 2015: New partnership and Challenger Tour success

Peralta played many Challenger Tour tournaments during the year, reaching seven finals and winning four, partnering Horacio Zeballos in three of these titles. With the victories, Peralta rose almost 400 positions in the rankings, ending the year at No. 105.

### 2016: Three ATP Doubles titles

He broke through onto the ATP World Tour doubles circuit in 2016, winning the Brazil Open, the Swiss Open and the Moselle Open with Horacio Zeballos. He won his first match in a Grand Slam at the French Open, partnering Denis Kudla, but the duo lost in the second round. Peralta also won six challenger tournaments, partnering Zeballos in four, in one with Dennis Novikov, and at Santiago with countryman Hans Podlipnik. Peralta tied with Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith for most Challenger titles in doubles for the year. Peralta finished the year ranked No. 44 in the world in doubles, and the highest ranked Chilean player in singles or doubles, record he has held since then.

### 2017: Another title, French Open quarterfinals, top 30 debut

Peralta and Zeballos reached the final of the Ecuador Open, but lost to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald. They went on to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. At the French Open, he partnered Zeballos to reach the quarterfinals. This saw his ranking jump to a career high of No. 35.
In the rest of the year, Peralta reached two more tournament finals with Zeballos, and another one with Santiago González, with whom he reached quarterfinals at the 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters too.
Peralta ended the year at World No. 29, his best position yet.

### 2018: First ATP 500 & one more titles

Peralta had a slow beginning of the year, with semifinals at 2018 ASB Classic as the only notable result. Julio and Horacio Zeballos reunited for attempting a defense of their title in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but they lost in first round. They also tried to imitate their past year quarterfinals run on the French Open, but they lost in second round. Partnering with Roman Jebavý, they reached semifinals of the 2018 Antalya Open.
Peralta and Zeballos partnered again for the 2018 Wimbledon and won over 16th seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in first round, but then lost in second round. The partnership went on and they won the 2018 Swedish Open, defeating in the final the Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. The following week Peralta and Zeballos won another title, the 2018 German Open, his first on the ATP 500 level, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final.

### 2022: Back on the ATP tour

After almost 4 years of hiatus, Peralta came back on the ATP tour in April where he entered the 2022 BMW Open with Franko Škugor with a protected ranking and next at the Italian Open as an alternate pair also with Škugor where they won their first round match against top 50 players Tomislav Brkić and Nikola Ćaćić.

## Personal life

Peralta was born in Brasília, Brazil, and began to play tennis in Paramaribo, Suriname, where his father worked as a dentist.
A close friend of Fernando González, he performed as his double in an advert of Powerade.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–3)
* Clay (5–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (5–2)
* Indoor (1–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero | 4–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2016 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2016 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Horacio Zeballos | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 3–1 | Feb 2017 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | James Cerretani Philipp Oswald | 3−6, 1−2 ret. |
| Win | 4–1 | Apr 2017 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US | 250 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Dustin Brown Frances Tiafoe | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Loss | 4–2 | Aug 2017 | Winston-Salem Open, US | 250 Series | Hard | Horacio Zeballos | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 3−6, 4−6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2017 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Horacio Zeballos | Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2017 | European Open, Belgium | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Santiago González | Scott Lipsky Divij Sharan | 4–6, 6–2, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2018 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–4 | Jul 2018 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 6–1, 4–6, [10–6] |

## ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals
### Singles (8–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Series (1–0)
* ITF Futures Series (7–6)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 28 August 2000 | Peru F1, Peru | Clay | Júlio Silva | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 4 December 2000 | Chile F9, Chile | Clay | Patricio Rudi | 6–3, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 16 July 2001 | Romania F3, Romania | Clay | Gabriel Moraru | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Winner | 1. | 3 September 2001 | Peru F2, Peru | Clay | Yohny Romero | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 24 September 2001 | Bolivia F2, Bolivia | Clay | Phillip Harboe | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 8 October 2001 | Paraguay F1, Paraguay | Clay | Sebastián Decoud | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 April 2003 | Chile F3, Chile | Clay | Phillip Harboe | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 28 July 2003 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 1–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2 August 2004 | Chile F1-A, Chile | Clay | Damián Patriarca | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 9 August 2004 | Chile F1-B, Chile | Clay | Cristian Villagrán | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 27 October 2008 | Chile F4, Chile | Clay | Jorge Aguilar | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 3 November 2008 | Chile F5, Chile | Clay | Bruno Tiberti | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 8. | 4 November 2014 | USA F5, United States | Clay | Jean-Yves Aubone | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 1 December 2014 | Chile F9, Chile | Clay | Hans Podlipnik Castillo | 2–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles (18–10)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Series (10–6)
* ITF Futures Series (8–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1 October 2001 | Bolivia F3, Bolivia | Clay | Felipe Parada | Federico Cardinali Sergio Elias | 7–5, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 April 2002 | Jamaica F3, Jamaica | Hard | Kepler Orellana | Diego Ayala Adam Kennedy | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 20 January 2003 | USA F2, USA | Hard | Felipe Parada | Ignacio Hirigoyen Tripp Phillips | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 27 January 2003 | USA F3, USA | Hard | Felipe Parada | Ryan Sachire Tripp Phillips | w/o |
| Winner | 1. | 27 October 2008 | Chile F4, Chile | Clay | Mathieu Guenat | Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán Ángel Torres | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 3 November 2014 | USA F30, USA | Clay | Matt Seeberger | Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Alex Rybakov | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 8 December 2014 | Chile F10, Chile | Clay | Mathieu Guenat | Martín Cuevas Gustavo Guerses | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 15 December 2014 | Chile F11, Chile | Clay | Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera | Nicolás Arreche Tomás Lipovšek Puches | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 22 December 2014 | Chile F12, Chile | Clay | Hans Podlipnik | Ariel Behar Gonzalo Lama | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 23 February 2015 | Panama F1, Panama | Clay | Darian King | Iván Endara Eduardo Agustín Torre | w/o |
| Winner | 7. | 2 March 2015 | Nicaragua F1, Nicaragua | Clay | Juan Sebastián Gómez | Keith-Patrick Crowley Hans Hach Verdugo | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 20 April 2015 | Savannah, United States | Clay | Dennis Novikov | Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 27 April 2015 | Tallahassee, United States | Clay | Dennis Novikov | Somdev Devvarman Sanam Singh | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | 1 June 2015 | USA F16-A, USA | Hard | Matt Seeberger | Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 8 June 2015 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | Matt Seeberger | Renzo Olivo Horacio Zeballos | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 13 July 2015 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Matt Seeberger | Mikhail Elgin Mateusz Kowalczyk | 6–3, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Winner | 10. | 12 October 2015 | Corrientes, Argentina | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Guillermo Durán Máximo González | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 11. | 2 November 2015 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 12. | 9 November 2015 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Lucas Arnold Ker Guido Andreozzi | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 4 January 2016 | Mendoza, Argentina | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Máximo González José Hernández-Fernández | 6–4, 3–6, [1–10] |
| Winner | 13. | 25 January 2016 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Sergio Galdós Luis David Martínez | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 14. | 7 March 2016 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Hans Podlipnik | Facundo Bagnis Máximo González | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, [10–5] |
| Winner | 15. | 25 April 2016 | Tallahassee, United States | Clay | Dennis Novikov | Peter Luczak Marc Polmans | 3–6, 6–4, [12–10] |
| Runner-up | 9. | 30 May 2016 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Hans Podlipnik | Aliaksandr Bury Igor Zelenay | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 25 July 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Facundo Argüello | Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 16. | 25 July 2016 | Genova, Italy | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Aliaksandr Bury Andrei Vasilevski | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 17. | 10 October 2016 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Sergio Galdós Fernando Romboli | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Winner | 18. | 17 October 2016 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Máximo González Sergio Galdós | 6–3, 6–4 |

## Doubles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019–2021 | 2022 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0–2 |
| French Open | A | 2R | QF | 2R | A | A | 5–3 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 2–4 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2–4 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 9–13 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1–1 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | QF | QF | A/NH | NH | 4–2 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–5 |