# Luis Horna

Luis Horna Biscari (Spanish pronunciation:; born 14 September 1980 in Lima) is a former tour professional tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Known by his nickname "Lucho", he won 2 career singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 Madrid Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in August 2004.
Together with Pablo Cuevas, Horna also won the men's doubles at the 2008 French Open. At the 2003 French Open, he defeated Roger Federer in the first round.

## Career
### Juniors

Horna was an outstanding junior player, reaching as high as No. 4 in the world in singles 1997 (and No. 3 in doubles). He made the final of the boys singles at the French Open in 1997 losing to Daniel Elsner. Horna won the French Open and Wimbledon doubles with José de Armas and Nicolás Massú respectively.

### 1998–2001

Horna turned professional in 1998 and he moved up over 1,000 places in the rankings with victories in the Ecuadorian, where he defeated Sergio Roitman as a qualifier and three Futures events in Peru and in 1999 made his first ATP Challenger final in Aschaffenburg. In 2000 he was finalist in Salinas and again in Aschaffenburg and it was not until 2001 that Horna was able to get his first win on the ATP tour in Umag defeating Martin Damm. He also made another Challenger final in Curitiba losing to Flávio Saretta.

### 2002–2004

2002 was a successful year for Horna when he became the first Peruvian since Jaime Yzaga to finish in the top 100 in the end of season rankings, who finished 34th in 1994. This was achieved through winning three Challenger titles in Zagreb, Fürth, and Weiden defeating Dominik Hrbatý, Jürgen Melzer and Zeljko Krajan respectively and finalist in the São Paulo Challenger losing to Franco Squillari.
Horna made his debut in the four Grand Slam events in 2003. At the French Open, Horna defeated Roger Federer who was the fifth pre-tournament favourite and was the last time that Federer lost in the first round of a Grand Slam event. At the time Horna said after the victory that it was "the best feeling I have had in my whole life". Horna lost his second round match after having a match point against eventual finalist Martin Verkerk. He won another Challenger title in Seville and was a three time semi finalist in Amersfoort, Sopot and Palermo.
In 2004, Horna reached his career-high ranking of World No. 33, which was achieved on 30 August. Horna won the Bermuda Challenger over Martín Vassallo Argüello and made his first ATP final in Long Island losing to Lleyton Hewitt. Horna also made three semi finals at the Brasil Open, Houston and Munich. Horna finished inside the top 50 at the end of the year equalling the same feat by Jaime Yzaga.

### 2005–2006

2005 was not as successful for Horna and his singles ranking slipped to outside the top 50. He won his first doubles title with Argentine Martín García in Amersfoort and achieved his best ever performance at the French Open making the third round and defeating the seeded Tim Henman in the second round before losing to Victor Hănescu.
Despite Horna winning his first ever ATP singles title defeating Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–4 in Acapulco. After winning the title he said "Acapulco will stay in my heart. I've had an unbelievable experience here,". "It's like being at home". As well as reaching the third round of the Australian Open for the first time defeating Gaël Monfils before losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu and winning his second doubles title with Martín García in Palermo. Horna finished 2006 ranked outside the top 50 and had various injury problems relating to his arm and shoulder which affected his final end-of-year ranking.

### 2007

Horna had an unfortunate start to 2007 by losing his first round match at the Australian Open to doubles' specialist Max Mirnyi, after being frustrated by the umpire's refusal to eject an abusive heckler in the fifth set. His concentration was disturbed by the calls of "Well done, Beast" (Max Mirnyi's nickname) and "C'mon, roadkill". In February of that year he won his second ATP singles title, defeating Nicolás Massú for the only time in 7 matches 7–5, 6–3 in Viña del Mar, Chile, without losing a set in the tournament. In September, Horna and Iván Miranda took the Peruvian team of Davis Cup to the World Group for the first time by beating Belarus in Lima 4–1.

### 2008

While Horna has only made one semi final in 2008 in Acapulco, he has won 3 doubles titles in Auckland with Juan Mónaco, in Buenos Aires with Agustín Calleri and the 2008 French Open with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas. The 2008 Australian Open started an unusual sequence for Horna, in which he played against his sometime doubles partner and friend Agustín Calleri in his first four tournaments of the year in addition to the Australian Open, the others were Viña del Mar, Buenos Aires and Acapulco. This sequence was broken by Horna's elbow injury that caused him to withdraw from Costa do Sauipe.
The highlight of 2008 was the unexpected win in the 2008 French Open men's doubles crown, partnering Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, the duo became the first all-South American doubles team to win a Grand Slam title. It was a surprise that Cuevas said "We were not expecting to go that far." Horna and Cuevas were unseeded and defeated four seeded teams starting with Michaël Llodra and Arnaud Clément in the first round, Leander Paes and Lukáš Dlouhý in the third round. In the quarter-finals they defeated the No. 1 ranked team Bob and Mike Bryan and in the final defeated the No. 2 seeded team of Nenad Zimonjić and Daniel Nestor. The trophy was presented by Andrés Gómez Horna said that "Gomez has been like an idol for us Peruvians,". "To have a trophy from him is, I think, one of the important moments in my professional career."
While having doubles success, Horna struggled in his singles and finished outside the top 100 since 2001. He won the Lugano Challenger without losing a set defeating Nicolas Devilder in the final.
Horna and Cuevas by virtue of winning Roland Garros had qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup doubles where they made the semi-finals losing to Nenad Zimonjić and Daniel Nestor, by finishing second in their round robin group behind Bob and Mike Bryan.
Horna became the first player from Peru to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era. The Peruvian Alejandro Olmedo won two before the Open era, Wimbledon and Melbourne (Australian Open) in 1959 but representing the United States.
2009 was Horna's last season on tour, and played his final tournament at Lima Challenger, where he lost in the second round to Chilean Jorge Aguilar.

## Playing style

Horna plays right-handed, he has a strong serve for a relatively short player and the forehand is his best stroke. He uses a single-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay.

## Miscellaneous

* He previously shared coach Francisco Mastelli with Juan Mónaco and Mastelli was the former coach of current Argentine Davis cup captain Alberto Mancini.
* Horna is currently the Peruvian Davis Cup captain.

## Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1–0)

| Result | Date | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2008 | French Open | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 6–2, 6–3 |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP International Series Gold (1–0)
* ATP International Series (1–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (2–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2004 | Long Island Open, United States | International | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2006 | Mexican Open, Mexico | Intl. Gold | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Feb 2007 | Chile Open, Chile | International | Clay | Nicolás Massú | 7–5, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP International Series Gold (1–1)
* ATP International Series (4–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (6–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (6–5)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2004 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | International | Clay | José Acasuso | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch | 0–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2005 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Martín García | František Čermák Leoš Friedl | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2005 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States | International | Clay | Martín García | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2005 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | International | Clay | Martín García | Fernando González Nicolás Massú | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2006 | Romanian Open, Romania | International | Clay | Martín García | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2006 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy | International | Clay | Martín García | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2007 | Austrian Open, Austria | Intl. Gold | Clay | Potito Starace | Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 4–4 | Jan 2008 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | International | Clay | Juan Mónaco | Xavier Malisse Jürgen Melzer | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 5–4 | Feb 2008 | Argentina Open, Argentina | International | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Werner Eschauer Peter Luczak | 6–0, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, [10–2] |
| Loss | 5–5 | Mar 2008 | Mexican Open, Mexico | Intl. Gold | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, [7–10] |
| Win | 6–5 | Jun 2008 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 6–2, 6–3 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
### Singles: 15 (10–5)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
* ITF Futures (4–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (10–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1998 | Ecuador F1, Guayaquil | Futures | Clay | Sergio Roitman | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 1998 | Peru F1, Lima | Futures | Clay | Marcos Daniel | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 1998 | Peru F2, Lima | Futures | Clay | Carlos Gómez-Díaz | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 1998 | Peru F3, Lima | Futures | Clay | Carlos Gómez-Díaz | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Sep 1999 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Rene Nicklisch | 6–3, 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Mar 2000 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2000 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Sep 2001 | Curitiba, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Flávio Saretta | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | May 2002 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Dominik Hrbatý | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–4 | Jun 2002 | Furth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jun 2002 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Zeljko Krajan | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Nov 2002 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Franco Squillari | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Oct 2003 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Guillermo García López | 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–5 | Apr 2004 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jul 2008 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Nicolas Devilder | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–1 |

### Doubles: 16 (7–9)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–8)
* ITF Futures (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (6–8)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1998 | Ecuador F1, Guayaquil | Futures | Clay | Rudy Rake | Rodrigo Pena Sergio Roitman | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1998 | Peru F1, Lima | Futures | Clay | Rudy Rake | Marcos Daniel Rodrigo Monte | 7–5, 6–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2000 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | Germán Puentes Alcañiz Francisco Costa | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2000 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez | 2–6, 2–5 ret. |
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 2001 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | David Nalbandian | Daniel Melo Flávio Saretta | 6–4, 0–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2001 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer | 4–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2002 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Federico Browne | Frédéric Niemeyer Brandon Coupe | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | May 2002 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | Mariano Hood Edgardo Massa | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jun 2002 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Hood | František Čermák Petr Luxa | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2002 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Hood | Álex López Morón Albert Portas | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Nov 2002 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Nov 2005 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Iván Miranda | Juan Martín del Potro Juan Antonio Marín | walkover |
| Win | 6–7 | Nov 2007 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Santiago Ventura Marcel Granollers | walkover |
| Loss | 6–8 | Apr 2008 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Fred Gil | Tomáš Cibulec Jaroslav Levinský | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–8 | Nov 2008 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | Ramón Delgado Júlio Silva | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–9 | Mar 2009 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | Santiago Ventura Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 2–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| French Open | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 25 | 9–25 | 26% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | Q2 | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Miami Open | A | Q2 | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Madrid Open | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 11–8 | 4–7 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 28 | 24–28 | 46% |
| Year End Ranking | 127 | 138 | 77 | 64 | 36 | 84 | 61 | 73 | 106 | 440 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | W | 3R | 1 / 5 | 8–4 | 67% |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 8–3 | 2–1 | 1 / 18 | 11–17 | 39% |
| Year End Ranking | 404 | 121 | 93 | 76 | 107 | 17 | 275 |

## Top 10 wins

| Season | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Horna Rank |
| 2003 ||||||||
| 1. | Roger Federer | 5 | French Open, France | Clay | 1R | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2, 7-6$^{(7–3)}$ | 88 |
| 2. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 2 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | QF | 6-1, 7-6$^{(7–1)}$ | 92 |
| 2004 ||||||||
| 3. | Guillermo Coria | 3 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | 1R | 5-1, ret. | 41 |
| 2005 ||||||||
| 4. | Tim Henman | 8 | French Open, France | Clay | 2R | 7–5, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4 | 59 |
| 5. | Guillermo Coria | 10 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 2R | 6-4, 6-4 | 63 |
| 2006 ||||||||
| 6. | Gastón Gaudio | 8 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | SF | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | 68 |
| 2007 ||||||||
| 7. | David Nalbandian | 8 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | 1R | 6-4, 6-3 | 50 |
| 8. | Ivan Ljubičić | 7 | Pörtschach, Austria | Clay | 2R | 7-6$^{(7–5)}$, 6-4 | 82 |
| 9. | Tommy Robredo | 8 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | 1R | 6–1, 1–6, 6–1 | 82 |
| 2008 ||||||||
| 10. | Richard Gasquet | 9 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 1R | 6-4, 6-1 | 111 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1997 | French Open | Clay | Daniel Elsner | 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1997 | French Open | Clay | José de Armas | Arnaud Di Pasquale Julien Jeanpierre | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | Nicolás Massú | Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Wesley Whitehouse | 6–4, 6–2 |