Emilio Benfele Álvarez

Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Munich, Germany
Born (1972-11-15) 15 November 1972
Figueres, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Turned pro 1989
Retired 2005
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $898,962
Singles
Career record 45–67
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 81 (5 May 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1998)
French Open 2R (1995, 1998)
Wimbledon 2R (1997)
US Open 1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record 20–46
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 91 (5 July 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2002)
French Open 1R (2000)
Wimbledon Q1 (1995)

Emilio Benfele Álvarez (born 15 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only ATP final in 2000 in Kitzbühel. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in 1996, he got into Kitzbühel draw after losing in the last round of qualifying and beat specialists at clay: Santoro, Clavet, Medvedev and top seed Muster before losing in three sets to Berasategui in the semifinals. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in 1997 (and No. 91 in doubles in 2004).

ATP Career finals (0)

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. July 30, 2000 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Spain Àlex Corretja 3–6, 1–6, 0–3, ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. September 30, 2001 Palermo, Italy Clay Italy Enzo Artoni Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up 2. September 15, 2002 Bucharest, Romania Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Germany Jens Knippschild
Sweden Peter Nyborg
3–6, 3–6

Top 10 wins

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Benfele Rank
1996
1. Austria Thomas Muster 2 Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay QF 6–1, 7–5 160



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