Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023.
Career Singles Early career through 2006 In singles play, González won two Futures events in the second half of 2004. He won four more Futures events in 2005 before finally finding success on the Challenger circuit with two consecutive semi-final appearances and a quarterfinal, improving his ranking to No. 206 in November 2005.
2007: ATP singles debut, Challenger circuit success His success waned in early 2007, and by the end of July, his ranking had slipped out of the 250 to No. 267 in singles, despite qualifying in late July for his first ATP-level event, and then again a second time the following week.
In August, he built on that recent success, winning his first-ever Challenger title in Spain. The following week in Italy, he won his second Challenger title, beating former world #9 Mariano Puerta in the final. He beat Puerta a second time a few days later, but lost in the second round that week. The following week, still in Italy, he won his 3rd Challenger singles title, as well as his 7th doubles title. In the first week in September in Romania, he won his 4th Challenger in five weeks. In seven weeks, he went 27–3 in singles matches, including wins over 14 top-200 players, to improve his ranking to a No. 125 on September 10, 2007.
2008–2014 González reached the semifinals of Umag in 2008 and Kitzbühel in 2014.
Doubles 2008–2014: US Open semifinal, French Open quarterfinal He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2008 US Open (tennis) partnering with fellow Argentinian Juan Mónaco where they lost to seventh seeded and eventual runners-up Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes. Six year later, he reached his second Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2014 French Open also with Monaco.
2021: New partnership, Wimbledon semifinal, Three titles and one final, Career-high ranking in top 25 In 2021 González won two clay titles with new partner Simone Bolelli at the 2021 Chile Open and 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma and one grass title at the first edition of the Mallorca Championships after the walkover from the wildcard pair Novak Djokovic/Carlos Gómez-Herrera and reached one other ATP final. Their most successful run was to the 2021 Wimbledon Championships semifinals where the pair was defeated by fourth seeded pair and eventual runners-up Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. As a result of this run he returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings at World No. 28 on 12 July 2021 and later to top 25 on 13 September 2021.
González finished the year ranked World No. 22 in doubles, his career-high ranking.
2022–2024: Fifteenth title, Australian, French and two US Open quarterfinals, Masters title, top 10 He reached the semifinals at the 2022 Estoril Open with Swede André Göransson defeating Pablo Cuevas and João Sousa. They reached the final after defeating fourth seeds Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan.
He won his tenth clay title at the 2023 Córdoba Open with compatriot Andrés Molteni. It was the third for Molteni at this tournament.
He won two more ATP 500 titles with Andrés Molteni at the 2023 Rio Open and at the 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, his fifteenth title. The pair climbed four spots to fourth in the ATP Live doubles team rankings.
After winning the biggest title of his career, the Masters 1000 2023 Western & Southern Open and reaching the quarterfinals at the 2023 US Open with Molteni, he reached World No. 10 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.
At the 2024 US Open the duo reached the quarterfinals for a second consecutive season with a win over second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin2023Cincinnati MastersHard Andrés Molteni Jamie Murray Michael Venus3–6, 6–1, [11–9]Loss2024Shanghai MastersHard Andrés Molteni Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić4–6, 4–6
ATP career finals Doubles: 27 (19 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (5–0)ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–7)Titles by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (14–6)Grass (1–1)Titles by settingOutdoor (14–8)Indoor (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Chile Open, ChileInternationalClay Juan Mónaco José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto6–1, 3–0 ret.Win1–1Valencia Open, SpainInternationalClay Juan Mónaco Travis Parrott Filip Polášek7–5, 7–5Win2–1Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay André Sá Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González4–6, 6–3, [10–5]Win3–1Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Guillermo Durán Marin Draganja Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–2, 3–6, [10–6]Win4–1Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay (i) Federico Delbonis Wesley Koolhof Artem Sitak6–4, 6–2Loss4–2Córdoba Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Roman Jebavý Andrés Molteni4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win5–2Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Diego Schwartzman Dominic Thiem6–1, 6–1Win6–2Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Nicolás Jarry Thomaz Bellucci Rogério Dutra Silva6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–7]Win7–2Brasil Open, Brazil (2)250 SeriesClay (i) Federico Delbonis Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara6–4, 6–3Loss7–3Eastbourne International,United Kingdom250 SeriesGrass Horacio Zeballos Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah6–3, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]Win8–3Jan 2020Adelaide International,Australia250 SeriesHard Fabrice Martin Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek7–6(14–12), 6–3Win9–3Chile Open,Chile250 SeriesClay Simone Bolelli Federico Delbonis Jaume Munar7–6(7–4), 6–4Loss9–4Geneva Open,Switzerland250 SeriesClay Simone Bolelli John Peers Michael Venus2–6, 5–7Win10–4Emilia-Romagna Open,Italy250 SeriesClay Simone Bolelli Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–3, 6–3Win11–4Mallorca Open,Spain250 SeriesGrass Simone Bolelli Novak Djokovic Carlos Gómez-HerreraWalkoverLoss11–5Estoril Open,Portugal250 SeriesClay André Göransson Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral2–6, 3–6Loss11–6Lyon Open,France250 SeriesClay Marcelo Melo Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek3–6, 4–6Win12–6Gijón Open,Spain250 SeriesHard (i) Andrés Molteni Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]Win13–6Córdoba Open,Argentina250 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul6–4, 6–4Win14–6Rio Open, Brazil (2)500 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Juan Sebastián Cabal Marcelo Melo 6–1, 7–6(7–3)Win15–6Barcelona Open,Spain500 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski 6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–4] Win16–6Washington Open,United States500 SeriesHard Andrés Molteni Mackenzie McDonald Ben Shelton6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–6]Win17–6Cincinnati Masters,United StatesMasters 1000Hard Andrés Molteni Jamie Murray Michael Venus3–6, 6–1, [11–9]Win18–6Córdoba Open,Argentina (2)250 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul6–4, 6–1Win19–6Barcelona Open,Spain (2)500 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński4–6, 6–4, [11–9]Loss19–7Shanghai Masters, ChinaMasters 1000Hard Andrés Molteni Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić4–6, 4–6Loss19–8Feb 2025Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Nicolás Barrientos Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli3-6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 33 (24–9) LegendATP Challenger (17–7)ITF Futures (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (24–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Argentina F4, MendozaFuturesClay Brian Dabul4–6, 1–6Win1–1Italy F17, ArezzoFuturesClay Stefano Ianni6–3, 6–3Win2–1Argentina F7, RosarioFuturesClay Rodolfo Daruich2–6, 6–2, 6–3Win3–1Argentina F6, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Lionel Noviski4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win4–1Argentina F8, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Sebastián Decoud6–3, 3–6, 6–4Loss4–2Argentina F10, RosarioFuturesClay Pablo Cuevas4–6, 1–6Win5–2Argentina F11, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Lionel Noviski6–3, 7–6(7–1)Win6–2Chile F4, SantiagoFuturesClay Simone Vagnozzi7–5, 1–6, 6–3Win7–2Morocco F2, RabatFuturesClay Rabie Chaki6–4, 7–6(9–7)Win8–2Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Marc López6–2, 6–4Win9–2Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Mariano Puerta2–6, 7–5, 7–5Win10–2Como, ItalyChallengerClay Christophe Rochus7–6(7–5), 6–4Win11–2Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Olivier Patience6–4, 6–3Loss11–3Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Diego Junqueira2–6, 4–6Win12–3San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Diego Junqueira6–4, 7–6(7–5)Win13–3Iquique, ChileChallengerClay Guillermo Hormazábal6–4, 6–4Win14–3Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Mariano Zabaleta6–4, 6–3Loss14–4Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss14–5Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Fred Gil1–6, 5–7Win15–5Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Pablo Cuevas1–6, 6–3, 6–4Win16–5Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Pablo Cuevas6–4, 6–3Win17–5Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Éric Prodon7–5, 0–6, 6–2Win18–5Campinas, BrazilChallengerClay Caio Zampieri6–3, 6–2Loss18–6Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq2–6, 5–7Loss18–7Porto Alegre, BrazilChallengerClay Facundo Argüello4–6, 1–6Win19–7Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Gastão Elias7–5, 6–3Win20–7Blois, FranceChallengerClay Gastão Elias6–2, 6–3Win21–7Padova, ItalyChallengerClay Albert Ramos Viñolas6–3, 6–4Loss21–8Córdoba, ArgentinaChallengerClay Alejandro González5–7, 6–1, 3–6Win22–8Mestre, ItalyChallengerClay Jozef Kovalík6–1, 6–3Loss22–9Cortina, ItalyChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi3–6, 5–7Win23–9Corrientes, ArgentinaChallengerClay Diego Schwartzman3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win24–9Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Rogério Dutra Silva6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Doubles: 70 (37–33) LegendATP Challenger (29–28)ITF Futures (8–5)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (36–32)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)