# Juan Pablo Varillas

Juan Pablo Varillas Patiño-Samudio (Spanish pronunciation:; born 6 October 1995) is a Peruvian professional tennis player. Varillas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 26 June 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Peruvian player.
Varillas has won 7 ATP Challenger and 5 ITF singles titles. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 289 achieved on 10 May 2021. He has also won 4 ITF doubles titles. He has represented Peru at the Davis Cup where he has a total W/L record of 16–15. In singles his W/L is 13–11.

## Career
### 2020–2021: ATP & Olympics debut

Varillas made his ATP debut at the 2020 Chile Open as a lucky loser where he reached the second round by defeating Filip Horansky before losing to Albert Ramos Viñolas. The following year at the same tournament he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier where he lost to top seed and eventual winner Cristian Garín. Varillas qualified to represent Peru at the Summer Olympics.

### 2022: Grand Slam & top 100 debut

At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut but lost to ninth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime.
He reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad as a qualifier defeating top-20 player and third seed Roberto Bautista Agut before losing to Dominic Thiem. He also reached the round of 16 at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel where he lost to fifth seed Albert Ramos Viñolas. As a result, he made his debut in the top 100, as one of the five Peruvian men to achieve the feat, at a new career-high of world No. 97 on 1 August 2022.

### 2023: Best season: first Major wins & fourth round, top 60

At the Australian Open he entered for the first time into the main draw at this Major as a lucky loser but lost in the first round to former top-2 player and twelfth seed Alexander Zverev. At the 2023 Argentina Open he reached the round of 16 as a qualifier defeating João Sousa. Next he defeated former top-3 player wildcard Dominic Thiem to move into the quarterfinals. He reached his first ATP semifinal with his second win over a top-20 player and third seed Lorenzo Musetti. As a result, he moved 20 positions up and reached a new career high ranking in the top 80 on 27 February 2023.
At the French Open, Varillas came from two sets to love down to defeat Shang Juncheng and win his first Grand slam match. He then defeated 19th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in five sets also from two sets to love down. He recorded the biggest victory of his career by ranking defeating 13th seed Hubert Hurkacz also in five sets to reach the fourth round for the first time at a Major. He became the first Peruvian to reach the fourth round of Roland Garros in 29 years since Jaime Yzaga in 1994. He reached a new career-high ranking in the top 60 on 26 June 2023.

## Performance timelines

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

### Singles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 4R | Q1 | | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | | | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–1 | | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||
| | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | | Total | Total | Total |
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 7 | | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 8–6 | 17–20 | 2–10 | | 38–48 | 38–48 | 38–48 |
| Win (%) | 0% | 100% | 0% | 33% | 50% | 75% | 63% | 57% | 46% | 17% | | 44% | 44% | 44% |
| Year-end ranking | 655 | 641 | 493 | 350 | 143 | 158 | 129 | 105 | 83 | 210 | | | | |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Singles: 26 (12–14)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (7–5)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–9)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (11–13)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | Peru F4, Arequipa | Futures | Clay | Filipe Brandão | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2016 | Ecuador F1, Quito | Futures | Clay | Iván Endara | 6–4, 1–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–3 | Nov 2016 | Colombia F7, Pereira | Futures | Clay | Juan Sebastián Gómez | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2017 | Turkey F13, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Alexis Musialek | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–5 | May 2017 | Turkey F17, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Dennis Novak | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–5 | Mar 2018 | Turkey F9, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Dennis Novak | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2018 | Turkey F10, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Ivan Nedelko | 2–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–7 | May 2018 | Turkey F18, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Jules Okala | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–7 | Jul 2018 | Belgium F2, Arlon | Futures | Clay | Zizou Bergs | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–7 | Mar 2019 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Naoki Nakagawa | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Mar 2019 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Facundo Mena | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | May 2019 | M25 Pensacola, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Harrison Adams | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Jun 2019 | M25+H Arlon, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jeroen Vanneste | 5–7, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 5-9 | Sep 2019 | M25 Trieste, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alexander Erler | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–9 | Oct 2019 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Juan Pablo Ficovich | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–9 | Oct 2019 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Challenger | Clay | Federico Coria | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–9 | May 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Guido Andreozzi | 6–3, 6-1 |
| Loss | 8–10 | May 2021 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Báez | 6–3, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 8–11 | Sep 2021 | Ambato, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Agustín Tirante | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 9-11 | Oct 2021 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Báez | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 9–12 | Mar 2022 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Challenger | Clay | Paul Jubb | 3–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 9–13 | Oct 2022 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Jan Choinski | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10-13 | Nov 2022 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Bagnis | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10–14 | Mar 2023 | Sanremo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Luca Van Assche | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 11–14 | Mar 2024 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Bagnis | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–14 | Jan 2025 | Tigre, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Vallejo | 6–4, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 7 (4-3)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (4-2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2014 | Arequipa, Peru F4 | Futures | Clay | Jorge Panta | Ryusei Makiguchi Devin McCarthy | 6–3, 3–6, 10–6 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2016 | San Jose, Costa Rica F1 | Futures | Hard | Raleigh Smith | Farris Fathi Gosea Cameron Silverman | 6–3, 4–6, 4–10 |
| Win | 2-1 | Apr 2017 | Antalya, Turkey F16 | Futures | Clay | Martín Cuevas | Joel Cannell James Frawley | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 3-1 | May 2019 | M25 Bacău, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alejandro Tabilo | Alexander Merino Manuel Peña López | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 4-1 | Jun 2019 | M25 Huelva, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Sergio Galdós | Mateusz Kowalczyk Maciej Smola | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4-2 | Aug 2019 | San Benedetto, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Galdós | Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov | 4–6, 6–4, 5–10 |
| Loss | 4-3 | Apr 2021 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 5–7 |

## Other finals
### South American Games
#### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Jun 2018 | Cochabamba, Bolivia | Clay | Jorge Panta | Diego Hidalgo Emilio Gómez | 2–6, 3–6 |

## Record against top 10 players

Varillas's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
| Number 1 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Novak Djokovic | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2023 French Open |
| Number 2 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Alexander Zverev | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6) at 2023 Australian Open |
| Number 3 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Dominic Thiem | 1–2 | 33% | 0–1 | 1–1 | – | Lost (3–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$) at 2023 Astana Open |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Chengdu Open |
| Number 5 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Andrey Rublev | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2023 Srpska |
| Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Félix Auger-Aliassime | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (6–2, 6–2, 1–6, 3–6, 3–6) at 2022 French Open |
| Number 8 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Diego Schwartzman | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2020 Summer Olympics |
| Cameron Norrie | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6) at 2023 Argentina Open |
| Number 9 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | 2–0 | 100% | – | 2–0 | – | Won (1–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1) at 2023 French Open |
| Hubert Hurkacz | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (3–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 4–6, 6–2) at 2023 French Open |
| Total | 4–9 | 31% | 0–4 (0%) | 4–5 (44%) | 0–0 ( – ) | * Statistics correct as of 28 September 2023. |