Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking of world No. 51 on 17 March 1986 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 23 in April 1992. Lavalle represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the eventual runner-up Jordi Arrese from Spain. The left-hander won one career title in singles in Tel Aviv in 1991.
Lavalle won the 1984 US Open – Boys' doubles title with Mihnea Năstase. He turned professional in 1985. He won the 1985 Wimbledon Junior singles title, and reached the men's doubles final in 1991. His singles win was notable for the fact that the men's singles winner that year Boris Becker was younger than Leonardo. He was also a Wimbledon doubles semifinalist in 1989 and in 1990 and at the French Open in 1988 and in 1991.
Lavalle won the Abierto Mexicano doubles titles in 1993 in Mexico City at the inaugural edition, and in 1995.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1985WimbledonGrass Eduardo Vélez6–4, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1984US OpenHard Mihnea Năstase Jaime Yzaga Agustín Moreno7–6, 1–6, 6–1
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Frankfurt, West GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Tim Mayotte6–4, 4–6, 3–6Win1–1Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Christo van Rensburg6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–1)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (5–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (4–5)Indoors (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Scottsdale, United StatesGrand PrixHard Mike Leach Scott Davis David Pate7–6, 6–4Win2–0Palermo, ItalyGrand PrixClay Claudio Panatta Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win3–0Rotterdam, NetherlandsWorld SeriesCarpet Jorge Lozano Diego Nargiso Nicolás Pereira6–3, 7–6Loss3–1Kiawah Island, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jim Grabb Scott Davis David Pate2–6, 3–6Loss3–2Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Javier Frana John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6Loss3–3Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Javier Frana David Rikl Michiel Schapers2–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss3–4Búzios, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Javier Frana Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win4–4Mexico City, MexicoWorld SeriesClay Jaime Oncins Horacio de la Peña Jorge Lozano7–6, 6–4Loss4–5Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Javier Frana Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann1–6, 2–6Win5–5Mexico City (2)World SeriesClay Javier Frana Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso7–5, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (4–1) LegendATP Challenger (4–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (4–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Salou, SpainChallengerClay Federico Sanchez7–5, 6–4Win2–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Francisco Montana6–0, 6–7, 6–4Win3–0Acapulco, MexicoChallengerClay Luis Herrera0–6, 6–3, 6–3Win4–0Pembroke Pines, United StatesChallengerClay Daniel Orsanic6–4, 7–6Loss4–1Puerto Vallarta, MexicoChallengerHard Michael Joyce1–6, 6–7
Doubles: 11 (9–2) LegendATP Challenger (9–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (6–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Jorge Lozano Luis Herrera Guillermo Pérez Roldán5–7, 6–3, 6–2Win2–0Telford, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Martin Laurendeau Peter Nyborg Jan Siemerink7–6, 6–3Win3–0Jakarta, IndonesiaChallengerClay Mark Koevermans Jacco Eltingh Tom KemperswalkoverWin4–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Luis Herrera Agustín Moreno Francisco Maciel6–2, 6–2Win5–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Javier Frana Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win6–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Oliver Fernández Luis Herrera Ismael Hernandez7–5, 7–5Win7–0Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Libor Pimek Richard Schmidt Greg Van Emburgh6–2, 7–6Loss7–1Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Danilo Marcelino Brian Devening Sander Groen2–6, 6–7Loss7–2Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Óscar Ortiz Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton4–6, 3–6Win8–2Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Maurice Ruah Luis Herrera Gabriel Trifu5–7, 6–4, 6–4Win9–2Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Maurice Ruah Bill Behrens Steve Campbell7–5, 6–2
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2RA1RA4R2R1R1R1RAAQ10 / 74–7French OpenA1RA1R3RA1RAAAAA0 / 42–4WimbledonQ11RQ3A1RQ2A2RAAAA0 / 31–3US Open1R2RA1R1RAA2RAQ21RQ20 / 62–6Win–loss0–21–30–10–25–41–10–22–30–10–00–10–00 / 209–20Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot Held2RNot HeldQFNot HeldA0 / 24–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1MiamiA1RA1R3RAA1R2RAAQ10 / 53–5Monte CarloAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1RomeA3RAA3RAAAAAAA0 / 24–2CanadaA1RAAAAA2RAAAQ20 / 21–2CincinnatiA2R1RAAAA1RAAAA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–03–40–10–14–50–00–01–31–10–00–00–00 / 159–15
Doubles Tournament1985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open3RA2RA1R2R1R1R1R1RA2RA0 / 94–9French OpenA2RASF1RASF3RA1RAAA0 / 611–6WimbledonAA1R1RSFSFF3RAA1RAA0 / 715–7US OpenA1R1R2R2R1R3R2RAQ21R2RA0 / 96–9Win–loss2–11–20–35–35–45–311–45–40–10–20–22–20–00 / 3136–31Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot Held1RNot Held1RNot HeldANH0 / 20–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1RAA1RAAAAA0 / 20–2MiamiAAA1R2R2R3R3R1RAAAQ10 / 64–6Monte CarloAAAASFA2RAAAAAA0 / 24–2HamburgAAAA1RA1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2RomeA2RAA1RA2RAAAAAA0 / 32–3CanadaA2RAAA1RA2RAAAAA0 / 32–3CincinnatiA1R1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–02–30–10–14–50–23–43–30–10–00–00–00–00 / 2012–20
Mixed doubles Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RAAAA1RAAA0 / 20–2French Open1RAA1RAA2RAAA0 / 31–3WimbledonAAAAAA1RAA2R0 / 21–2US OpenAAQFAA2R1RAAA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–10–12–10–10–01–11–40–00–01–10 / 105–10
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