Germán Puentes Alcañiz (born 18 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.emol.com "Croacia, tras vencer al español Germán Puentes (128°) por parciales de 6–3 y 6- 2, en...y lo obtuvo el europeo. "
Career Puentes was the runner-up in the 1989 Spanish Junior Championships.
The Spaniard appeared in the main singles draw of five Grand Slams during his career but only once made the second round, at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, with a win over Mariano Puerta. He also won just one Grand Slam doubles match, which was against South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Marcos Ondruska in the 2001 Australian Open, partnering Juan Balcells.ITF Tennis Profile
His best singles showing on the ATP Tour came at Prague in 1999 when he reached the semi-finals and he was also a quarter-finalist in the Swedish Open that year and again in the 2001 Grand Prix Hassan II.
As a doubles player he teamed up with countryman Eduardo Nicolás to make the semi-final stage of the 1999 Swedish Open. That effort was matched in the 2001 Mexican Open with Albert Portas. The pair also had a win that year over the fifth seeds in the 2001 Hamburg Masters, Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, although it was due to a first set retirement.ATP World Tour Profile
Challenger titles Singles: (4) No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.2000Barletta, ItalyClay Tommy Robredo6–4, 7–6(7–3)2.2000Ulm, GermanyClay David Sánchez6–3, 6–33.2000Linz, AustriaClay Edwin Kempes7–6(9–7), 6–14.2001Fürth, GermanyClay Kristian Pless6–4, 6–3
Doubles: (10) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1996Cairo, EgyptClay Alberto Berasategui Branislav Gálik Borut Urh6–0, 6–02.1998Montauban, FranceClay Eduardo Nicolás Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen7–6, 7–63.1998Budva, YugoslaviaClay Eduardo Nicolás Emanuel Couto João Cunha-Silva3–6, 6–1, 6–34.1998Skopje, MacedoniaClay Eduardo Nicolás Andrei Merinov Andrei Stoliarov7–5, 3–6, 7–65.1999Braunschweig, GermanyClay Albert Portas Tomás Carbonell Nebojsa Djordjevic6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–36.1999Venice, ItalyClay Albert Portas Diego del Río Mariano Hood6–4, 6–07.1999Barcelona, SpainClay Eduardo Nicolás Alberto Martín Javier Sánchez7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)8.2000Fürth, GermanyClay Eduardo Nicolás Devin Bowen Brandon Coupe6–4, 6–29.2000Sevilla, SpainClay Eduardo Nicolás Tommy Robredo Santiago Ventura6–3, 6–210.2001Barletta, ItalyClay Jairo Velasco Jr. Tomas Behrend Mikhail Youzhny6–1, 1–0 RET
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