# Alejandro González (tennis)

Alejandro González (Latin American Spanish:; born 7 February 1989) is a Colombian former professional tennis 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 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. He followed this up with two more Challenger titles the same year, the Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín defeating Argentinian Guido Andreozzi 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 in three sets.
Gonzalez made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the beginning of 2014 at the Australian Open, receiving direct entry for the first time. He was drawn against third seed David Ferrer, 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, followed by another opening round loss, at the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, this time to Frenchman Jérémy Chardy. He followed this with an appearance at the inaugural Rio Open in Brazil, losing once again in the first round to Pablo Cuevas 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 in the first round, and backing that up with a win over 31st seed Ivan Dodig of Croatia. His third round opponent was world number 2 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic 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)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–1)
* ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
* ITF Futures (7–9)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (3–4)
* Clay (8–11)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2007 | Brazil F15, Recife | Futures | Clay | Daniel Dutra da Silva | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2009 | Colombia F1, Manizales | Futures | Clay | Guillermo Hormazábal | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 2009 | Venezuela F1, Maracay | Futures | Hard | Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2009 | Venezuela F2, Mérida | Futures | Hard | Yohny Romero | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2009 | Venezuela F3, Maracaibo | Futures | Hard | José de Armas | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 2009 | Colombia F3, Barranquilla | Futures | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Aug 2009 | Colombia F4, Bogotá | Futures | Clay | Marcel Felder | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Aug 2009 | Colombia F5, Medellín | Futures | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jun 2010 | Italy F14, Aosta | Futures | Clay | Matteo Marrai | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2010 | Venezuela F5, Caracas | Futures | Hard | Greg Ouellette | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2011 | Turkey F9, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Mar 2011 | Turkey F11, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Radu Albot | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Aug 2011 | Colombia F4, Medellín | Futures | Clay | Eduardo Struvay | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–8 | Aug 2011 | Colombia F5, Bogotá | Futures | Clay | Carlos Salamanca | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–8 | Sep 2012 | Colombia F3, Cúcuta | Futures | Clay | Michael Quintero | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–9 | Oct 2012 | Colombia F4, Villavicencio | Futures | Clay | Patricio Heras | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–9 | Feb 2013 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Renzo Olivo | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 $^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 8–10 | Apr 2013 | Panama City, Panama | Challenger | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–4, 5–7, 7–6 $^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 9–10 | Jul 2013 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Guido Andreozzi | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–10 | Aug 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Eduardo Schwank | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10–11 | Oct 2013 | São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | João Souza | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10–12 | Nov 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger Finals | Clay | Filippo Volandri | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10–13 | Jan 2014 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | João Souza | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–13 | Oct 2014 | Córdoba, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Máximo González | 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–14 | Oct 2015 | Pereira, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11–15 | Feb 2016 | Morelos, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Gerald Melzer | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 26 (11–15)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)
* ITF Futures (6–9)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (6–5)
* Clay (5–10)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 19 August 2007 | F1 Futures Valencia, Venezuela | Hard | Borja Malo-Casado | Daniel Garza Santiago González | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 2. | 28 October 2007 | F1 Futures Managua, Nicaragua | Hard | Nicolás Todero | Víctor Estrella José-Roberto Velasco | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | 11 May 2018 | F4 Futures Barranquilla, Colombia | Clay | Eduardo Struvay | Julio César Campozano Alejandro Kon | 6–2, 6–7$^{(1–7),[9–11]}$ |
| Win | 1. | 19 July 2008 | Manta, Ecuador | Hard | Eduardo Struvay | Víctor Estrella Alejandro Fabbri | 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 4. | 27 July 2008 | F4 Futures Maracaibo, Venezuela | Hard | Eduardo Struvay | Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [12–14] |
| Win | 5. | 3 August 2008 | F5 Futures Valencia, Venezuela | Hard | Eduardo Struvay | Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín | w/o |
| Win | 6. | 12 October 2008 | F8 Futures Valencia, Venezuela | Hard | Pablo González | Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 8 February 2009 | F1 Futures Manizales, Colombia | Clay | Eduardo Struvay | Juan Pablo Amado Víctor Estrella | 6–2, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, [10–5] |
| Win | 8. | 23 May 2009 | F2 Futures Mérida, Venezuela | Hard | Eduardo Struvay | Mauricio Echazú Iván Endara | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 9. | 14 June 2009 | F12 Futures Loomis, United States | Hard | Eduardo Struvay | Austin Krajicek Conor Pollock | 2–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Loss | 10. | 22 August 2009 | F4 Futures Bogota, Colombia | Clay | Felipe Mantilla | Juan Sebastián Cabal Julio César Campozano | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 11. | 30 August 2009 | F5 Futures Medellin, Colombia | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Daniel Garza Michael Quintero | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 27 September 2009 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Alejandro Falla | Diego Álvarez Sebastián Decoud | 5–7, 6–4 $^{(10–8)}$ |
| Loss | 3. | 12 July 2010 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Víctor Estrella | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 7–6$^{(7–6)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 4 October 2010 | Quito, Ecuador | Clay | Carlos Salamanca | Daniel Garza Eric Nunez | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 12. | 31 January 2011 | F1 Futures Cúcuta, Colombia | Clay | Eduardo Struvay | Martín Alund Diego Álvarez | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13. | 9 May 2011 | F9 Futures Pozzuoli, Italy | Clay | Eduardo Struvay | Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi | 6–7$^{(12–14)}$,6–1, [10–6] |
| Loss | 14. | 8 August 2011 | F5 Futures Guayaquil, Ecuador | Hard | Felipe Mantilla | Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar | 7–6$^{(17–9)}$,4–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 5. | 8 July 2012 | Panama City, Panama | Clay | Júlio César Campozano | Daniel Kosakowski Peter Polansky | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 15. | 30 July 2012 | F20 Futures La Spezia, Italy | Clay | Pedro Sousa | Cristian Rodriguez Óscar Rodríguez | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$,6–4 |
| Loss | 6. | 15 April 2013 | Panama City, Panama | Clay | Júlio César Campozano | Jorge Aguilar Sergio Galdós | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | 1 July 2013 | Manta, Ecuador | Clay | Carlos Salamanca | Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | 10 November 2013 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9. | 4 October 2014 | Cali, Colombia | Clay (red) | César Ramírez | Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 10. | 7 August 2016 | Granby, Canada | Hard | Guilherme Clezar | Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh | 3–6, 6–1, [12–10] |
| Loss | 11. | 6 January 2018 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | Jaume Munar | Hugo Nys Tim Pütz | 2–6, 2–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current till 2015 US Open.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W-L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | Q3 | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–3 |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | Q2 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | Q3 | Q3 | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
| National representation ||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | PO | Z1 | Z1 | PO | Z1 | GS | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 7–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 7–7 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 3R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
| Miami | A | A | 2R | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Madrid | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Rome | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Canada | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 243 | 91 | 92 | 141 | 219 | 373 | 312 | 468 | 448 | 433 | | | |

### Doubles

This table is current through the 2014 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W-L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
| Career statistics |||||||
| Year-end ranking | 379 | 204 | 414 | 383 | 177 | 177 |