Eduardo Jonatan Schwank (; also known as Schwanka; born 23 April 1986) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. In 2011, he reached the finals of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastián Cabal and of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. He was coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian.

Schwank's family background is from the German-speaking part of Switzerland.Source

Junior career In his final year on the junior circuit in 2004, Schwank had a record of 39-4 winning five tournaments, with his biggest title the Banana Bowl defeating Pablo Andújar in the final. Schwank finished no. 2 in the rankings behind Gaël Monfils.

Professional career

2006 In 2006, he won four consecutive Futures events: the former two in Argentina, the latter two in Bolivia.

2007 In 2007 he won a Challenger title in Medellín, defeating Chris Guccione in the final. He also won three consecutive Futures events.ATPWorldTour.com – Players – Profile He won the bronze medal in singles and the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

2008 In April 2008, Schwank won two consecutive Challenger events, the first in Cremona, Italy and the second in Rome, Italy. On May 12, 2008, a hotel in which Schwank was staying while competing in a Challenger event in Bordeaux, France caught fire. Schwank's room was engulfed by the blaze, which destroyed his laptop, his passport, as well as the prize money he had earned from the Rome Challenger tournament. Schwank was not in his room at the time. He ended up winning the tournament, making that his third consecutive Challenger title.ATPtennis.com

He was involved in a legal battle after reportedly being accused of responsibility for the blaze by leaving an oven switched on in his room. He denied the charges.

At the 2008 French Open, Schwank defeated former world no. 1 Carlos Moyá in the first round.Roland Garros – The 2008 French Open – Official Site by IBM He was also victorious in his next match, but was defeated in the third round by Paul-Henri Mathieu in four sets.

2011 Schwank reached the final of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastián Cabal. In the final, they lost to Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in three tight sets with a tiebreak in the first set. He also reached the final of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. They lost to Jack Sock and Melanie Oudin in a super-tiebreak.

2012 In 2012, Schwank qualified for the French Open and advanced to the third round, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He also teamed with Gisela Dulko in mixed doubles, and they beat Serena Williams and Bob Bryan in the first round. Schwank, partnering Juan Ignacio Chela, reached third round of Wimbledon 2012 doubles and lost to Daniele Bracciali and Julian Knowle. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he partnered with David Nalbandian in the men's doubles, but they were knocked out in the first round.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2011French OpenClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2011US OpenHard Gisela Dulko Melanie Oudin Jack Sock6–7(4–7), 6–4, [8–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–1)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP Tour 500 (0–0)ATP Tour 250 (1–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (1–1)Indoor (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Stuttgart, GermanyATP 250Clay Carlos Berlocq Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)Loss1–1Montpellier, France ATP 250Hard Marc López Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins2–6, 6–4, [8–10]Loss1–2French OpenGrand SlamClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6

Team competition finals: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up1.December 2–4, 2011Davis Cup, Seville, SpainClay (i) David Nalbandian Juan Martín del Potro Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Fernando Verdasco Feliciano López1–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 27 (16–11) LegendATP Challenger (7–9)ITF Futures (9–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (15–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Argentina F3, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Cristian Villagrán4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win2–0Argentina F4, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Leandro Migani6–3, 7–6(12–10)Loss2–1Argentina F5, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Cristian Villagrán4–6, 1–6Win3–1Argentina F11, CórdobaFuturesClay Leandro Migani5–7, 6–0, 6–0Win4–1Argentina F12, MendozaFuturesClay Andrés Molteni6–4, 6–1Win5–1Bolivia F1, La PazFuturesClay Guillermo Carry6–3, 6–1Win6–1Bolivia F2, CochabambaFuturesClay Martín Alund7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2)Win7–1Argentina F1, Santa FeFuturesClay Juan-Martín Aranguren6–3, 6–2Win8–1Argentina F2, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Juan-Martín Aranguren6–4, 6–4Win9–1Argentina F3, TucumánFuturesClay Juan Pablo Amado6–1, 6–4Loss9–2Italy F16, CesenaFuturesClay Filip Prpic4–6, 2–6Loss9–3Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Brian Dabul7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss9–4Manta, EcuadorChallengerHard Go Soeda4–6, 2–6Win10–4Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Chris Guccione7–5, 5–7, 7–5Loss10–5Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Thomaz Bellucci4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win11–5Cremona, ItalyChallengerHard Björn Phau6–3, 6–4Win12–5Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Éric Prodon6–3, 6–7, 7–6Win13–5Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Igor Kunitsyn6–2, 6–2Loss13–6Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Júlio Silva6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win14–6Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Nicolás Massú6–2, 6–2Win15–6Lima, PeruChallengerClay Jorge Aguilar7–5, 6–4Loss15–7São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Ricardo Mello3–6, 1–6Win16–7Bucaramanga, ColombiaChallengerClay Juan Pablo Brzezicki6–4, 6–2Loss16–8Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Simone Bolelli6–2, 1–6, 3–6Loss16–9Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Alejandro Falla4–6, 3–6Loss16–10San Jose do Rio Preto, BrazilChallengerClay Ricardo Mello4–6, 2–6Loss16–11São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Alejandro González2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 29 (21–8) LegendATP Challenger (14–6)ITF Futures (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (18–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Argentina F2, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Juan-Pablo Amado Sebastián Decoud Juan-Martín Aranguren6–1, 7–6(8–6)Win2–0El Salvador F1, San SalvadorFuturesClay Martín Vilarrubí Victor Kolik James Cerretani6–2, 5–7, 6–0Loss2–1Argentina F2, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Matias O'Neille Brian Dabul Cristian Villagrán6–2, 4–6, 2–6Loss2–2Argentina F3, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Esteban Zanetti Brian Dabul Cristian Villagrán4–6, 2–6Win3–2Argentina F4, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Sebastián Decoud Horacio Zeballos Leandro Migani6–2, 6–2Win4–2Argentina F12, MendozaFuturesClay Demian Gschwend Andrés Molteni Nicolas Jara-Lozano6–1, 6–2Win5–2Bolivia F1, La PazFuturesClay Demian Gschwend Borja Malo-Casado Nathan Thompson6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–0Win6–2Argentina F2, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Demian Gschwend Juan-Pablo Villar Alejandro Kon6–1, 6–2Win7–2Italy F16, CesenaFuturesClay Cristian Villagrán Francesco Piccari Alessandro da Col6–3, 6–2Win8–2Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Horacio Zeballos John Paul Fruttero Izak van der Merwe3–6, 6–3, [12–10]Win9–2Manta, EcuadorChallengerHard Horacio Zeballos John Paul Fruttero Eric Nunez6–4, 6–2Win10–2Lima, PeruChallengerClay Pablo Cuevas Martín Vilarrubí Michael Quintero6–4, 6–2Win11–2La Serena, ChileChallengerClay Nicolás Lapentti Sebastián Decoud Cristian Villagrán6–4, 6–0Win12–2Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Mariano Hood Brian Dabul Jean-Julien Rojer6–3, 6–3Win13–2Cremona, ItalyChallengerHard Dušan Vemić Florin Mergea Horia Tecău6–3, 6–2Loss13–3Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Dušan Vemić Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx6–7(7–9), 6–4, [7–10]Loss13–4Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Juan-Pablo Amado Márcio Torres Izak van der MerwewalkoverLoss13–5Asunción, ParaguayChallengerClay Máximo González Santiago Ventura Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win14–5Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Diego Cristin David Marrero Juan Pablo Brzezicki6–4, 7–5Win15–5Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Sebastián Decoud David Marrero Diego Junqueira6–0, 6–2Loss15–6Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Facundo Bagnis Simon Greul Bastian Knittel6–2, 3–6, [9–11]Win16–6Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Ricardo Hocevar Christian Lindell6–2, 6–4Loss16–7Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Facundo Bagnis Robert Farah Juan Sebastián Cabal5–7, 2–6Win17–7Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq Marcel Felder Jaroslav Pospíšil6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–7]Win18–7São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Fernando Romboli Marcelo Arévalo Nicolás Barrientos6–7(6–8), 6–4, [10–8]Win19–7Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi João Souza Carlos Salamanca6–2, 6–4Loss19–8Salinas, EcuadorChallengerClay Hugo Dellien Fernando Romboli Roberto Maytín3–6, 4–6Win20–8Itajaí, BrazilChallengerClay Máximo González João Souza André Sá6–2, 6–3Win21–8Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Facundo Bagnis Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament2007200820092010201120122013Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RA2RQ2A0 / 21–233%French OpenA3R1R1RQ23RQ10 / 44–450%WimbledonQ11R1R1RAAA0 / 30–30%US OpenQ31RA2RQ1AQ10 / 21–233%Win–loss0–02–30–31–31–12–10–00 / 116–1135%ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAA1RAAAA0 / 10–10%Miami OpenAA1R2RAAA0 / 21–233%Monte-Carlo MastersAA1R1RAAA0 / 20–20%Madrid OpenAQ21R2RAQ1A0 / 21–233%Canadian OpenAAA1RAAA0 / 10–10%Shanghai MastersNMSA1RAAA0 / 10–10%Win–loss0–00–00–42–50–00–00–00 / 92–918%

Doubles

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014Win %Australian OpenA1RA1R2RAA0 / 31–325%French OpenA1R1RF2RAA0 / 46–460%Wimbledon2RASF3R3R2RA0 / 510–567%US Open2RASF2RA1RA0 / 46–460%Win–loss2–20–28–38–44–31–20–00 / 1623–1658%National representationOlympicsANot Held1RNot Held0 / 10–10%ATP World Tour Masters 1000Monte-Carlo MastersAAAA2RAA0 / 11–150%Madrid OpenAA2RA2RAA0 / 22–250%Italian OpenAAAA2RAA0 / 11–150%Win–loss0–00–01–10–03–30–00–00 / 44–450%

References

External links

Schwank world ranking history