Alex Patricio Calatrava (born 14 June 1973) is a former tour tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1993. The right-hander won one singles title (2000, San Marino). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 44 in February 2001.
Tennis career In 2001, Calatrava notably achieved victories over both Career Golden Slam winner Andre Agassi and 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras within days of each other, beating Agassi in the first round in Rome and Sampras in the first round of the Hamburg Masters. He would immediately lose in the second round of both tournaments, to a Qualifier in Rome and a Lucky Loser in Hamburg.
In July 2005 Calatrava was beaten by 18-year old Novak Djokovic. The Serb dispatched Calatrava in straight sets at the Umag tournament in Croatia.
Personal Calatrava was born in Germany while his parents lived there, returning to Spain live in 1980. His Spanish father, José, met his French mother, Gabrielle, while working Germany. Calatrava's uncle is the renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.
Calatrava lived in California from 1989 to 1991 and attended a high school for one year in Palm Springs. He also lived a year in Indian Wells under the guidance of Spanish coach José Higueras. He was the number one ranked junior player in California in 1991.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–2)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Andrea Gaudenzi4–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss0–2Delray Beach, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Stefan Koubek1–6, 6–4, 4–6Win1–2San Marino, San MarinoInternational SeriesClay Sergi Bruguera7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–1)ATP 250 Series (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Kitzbühel, AustriaChampionship SeriesClay Dušan Vemić Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (4–5) LegendATP Challenger (4–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (4–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Jordi Burillo6–7, 6–3, 5–7Win1-1Sevilla, SpainChallengerClay Álex López Morón6–2, 6–4Loss1-2Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Tarallo6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(4–7)Loss1-3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Nicolas Thomann4–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6Loss1-4Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Diego Moyano4–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)Win2-4Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Hermes Gamonal5–7, 6–3, 6–2Win3-4Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Jérôme Haehnel6–2, 6–3Win4-4Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Óscar Hernández6–4, 1–6, 6–3Loss4-5Rimini, ItalyChallengerClay Tomas Tenconi2–6, 1–6
Doubles: 7 (2–5) LegendATP Challenger (2–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0-1Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Carlos Gómez-Díaz Omar Camporese Lorenzo Manta3–6, 4–6Win1-1Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Raemon Sluiter Peter Wessels6–7, 6–2, 7–6Loss1-2Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Bernardo Mota Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco6–4, 2–6, 5–7Loss1-3Seville, SpainChallengerClay Jose Imaz-Ruiz Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann6–4, 1–6, 3–6Loss1-4Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Jérôme Golmard Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink2–6, 3–6Loss1-5Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Emilio Benfele Álvarez Juan Balcells Mauricio HadadwalkoverWin2-5Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Salvador Navarro Daniele Bracciali Federico Luzzi6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
Performance timeline
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