Alejandro Falla

Alejandro Falla
Full name	Alejandro Falla Ramírez
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	14 November 1983; Cali, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2018
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,101,331
Singles
Career record	114–169 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 48 (16 July 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2010, 2012)
French Open	4R (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	2R (2006, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	17–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 130 (3 August 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2012, 2013)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Central American and Caribbean Games
	Last updated on: 21 August 2018.

Alejandro Falla Ramírez (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo ˈfaʎa raˈmiɾes];[1] born 14 November 1983) is a retired professional male tennis player from Colombia. The left-hander turned pro in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in July 2012. At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in 2007, beating players such as the 5th seed Ivan Ljubičić.

Career

Alejandro Falla, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying

The Colombian became the first player from his country to break into the top 100 of the ATP Rankings since Mauricio Hadad in 1996. In 2006, Alejandro qualified a career-high five times into the main draw of ATP tournaments. In his second tournament of the year, he reached the final of the Mexico City Challenger. He then went on to earn points for his country in a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay Davis Team. Then later in April, he won the Bogotá Challenger. At Roland Garros, he reached the second round after defeating Justin Gimelstob, though he lost to Roger Federer in the second round. A few weeks later at Wimbledon, he managed to beat Nikolay Davydenko in a four-set thriller. His victory over Davydenko was his first win over a top-10 player, and a first ever for a Colombian player. However, he was then defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber in another four-set match. He then reached the second round in the US Open. In the first round, he beat Juan Martín del Potro in four sets, before being defeated by Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets.

Falla almost caused a sensation in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010, winning the first two sets against defending champion Roger Federer and serving for the match at 5–4 in the fourth set (he was three points away from winning), before Federer eventually won 5–7, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0.[2]

His best result in a Grand Slam was in 2011 at the French Open. Falla reached the fourth round, where he lost to the unseeded Juan Ignacio Chela.

In the 2014 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Falla rallied to beat 2011 champion Philipp Kohlschreiber 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to become the first Colombian to reach the final of a grass-court tournament. He lost to six-time champion Roger Federer in the final.

Juniors

Alejandro Falla made it to the semi-finals in the 2001 French Open, giving a big inspiration to Colombian players aspiring to achieve strong results in junior open tennis.

Doubles

In junior doubles at the French Open, he and compatriot Carlos Salamanca defeated the German duo Markus Bayer and Philipp Petzschner, the first junior title won by Colombians in a Grand Slam.

Tournament	2000	2001
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A
French Open	1R	W
Wimbledon	1R	1R
US Open	A	2R

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	French Open	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	Markus Bayer Philipp Petzschner	3–6, 7–5, 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Colombia Open, Colombia	250 Series	Hard	Ivo Karlović	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Jun 2014	Halle Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Roger Federer	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(3–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2011	Pacific Coast Championships, United States	250 Series	Hard	Xavier Malisse	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures singles finals

Legend
ATP Challenger (11–8)
ITF Futures (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	16 June 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Pablo González	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(2–7)
Runner–up	2.	23 June 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Eduardo Bohrer	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(1–7)
Winner	3.	13 January 2003	San Salvador, El Salvador	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	26 May 2003	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Thiago Alves	7–5, 6–3
Winner	5.	13 October 2003	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	7–5, 6–3
Runner–up	6.	1 February 2004	Waikoloa, United States	Clay	Dmitry Tursunov	5–7, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	7.	8 March 2004	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Adrián García	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	29 March 2004	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	9.	6 July 2005	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	10.	15 July 2005	Binghamton, United States	Hard	Andy Murray	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Runner–up	11.	2 April 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Ramón Delgado	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	12.	24 April 2006	Bogotá, Colombia (2)	Clay	André Sá	6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	13.	11 November 2007	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Simone Bolelli	6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 1–6
Winner	14.	3 May 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	15.	20 September 2009	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	18 October 2009	Rennes, France	Hard	Thierry Ascione	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	17.	5 April 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	João Souza	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	18.	25 September 2011	Cali, Colombia (2)	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	19.	31 October 2011	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Víctor Estrella Burgos	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, 4–6
Winner	20.	1 April 2012	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–1
Winner	21.	16 July 2012	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	7–5, 6–3
Winner	22.	4 January 2014	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Hard	Steven Diez	6–2, 6–2
Winner	23.	26 January 2014	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	7–5, 6–1
Runner–up	24.	9 January 2016	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	7–5, 2–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	2R	A	3R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 7	7–7
French Open	A	A	A	2R	Q1	2R	1R	2R	Q1	2R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 10	7–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	Q3	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 11	5–11
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	2R	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	Q3	A	A	0 / 6	2–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–3	1–2	2–3	0–2	3–4	4–4	4–4	1–3	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 34	21–34
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	Q1	A	A	0 / 5	3–5
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	2R	Q1	2R	3R	1R	3R	Q1	A	0 / 6	8–6
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Madrid Masters	NH	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 6	1–6
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	1–4
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series								A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–5	0–0	1–2	2–4	0–2	3–6	2–3	2–5	2–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 31	15–31
National Representation
Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	NH	0 / 1	0–1
Davis Cup	Z2	Z2	A	Z3	Z2	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z1	PO	Z1	Z1	PO	Z1	PO	A	PO	0 / 0	22–10
Win–Loss	1–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	22–11
Career Statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2
Year-end Ranking	1383	566	275	127	231	108	81	180	81	105	74	54	99	88	122	273	397

Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	1R	1R	A	0–3
French Open	1R	A	1R	A	2R	1–3
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	A	1R	0–2
US Open	1R	A	A	A	1R	0–2
Win–Loss	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–1	1-3	1–10

References

"The pronunciation by Alejandro Falla himself". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
Cheese, Caroline (21 June 2010). "Wimbledon 2010: Roger Federer survives massive scare". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

External links

Alejandro Falla at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Alejandro Falla at the International Tennis Federation
Alejandro Falla at the Davis Cup
Falla world ranking history

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[1] "The pronunciation by Alejandro Falla himself". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[2] Cheese, Caroline (21 June 2010). "Wimbledon 2010: Roger Federer survives massive scare". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2010.