Julio Peralta
Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo leoˈnaɾðo peˈɾalta maɾˈtines];[2] born 9 September 1981)[1] is a professional tennis player from Chile.[3] Peralta has captured six doubles titles at ATP World Tour and one singles challenger title.
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| Residence | Santiago, Chile Miami, Florida, United States[1] |
| Born | 9 September 1981 Paramaribo, Suriname[1] |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$617,988 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 212 (December 1, 2003) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 72–51 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 6 |
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (16 October 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 33 (17 September 2018) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017, 2018) |
| French Open | QF (2017) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2017, 2018) |
| US Open | 2R (2017, 2018) |
| Last updated on: 20 September 2018. | |
Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career in doubles tournaments, reaching no. 29 in the ATP Rankings.
Career
Peralta turned pro in 2000, and had his best year in his singles career in 2003, year which he won a challenger tournament, the BH Tennis Open International Cup in Belo Horizonte. In 2005, he retired, then made a comeback in 2007 at futures tournaments. Julio competed throughout 2008, but he suffered an injury the next year.
He made his comeback (after long, exhausting, two-year injury) in the 2011 Sparkassen Open, winning comfortably the first two qualifying rounds, against Stefan Seifert and David Goffin (no. 220). In the main tournament, he defeated Victor Crivoi.
After a long hiatus, he returned in the 2014 Napa Challenger doubles tournament partnering Matt Seeberger. In early November, he won the titles in both singles and doubles USA F30 tournament. He did not lose a single set in main draw in both tournaments. In Chile F9 tournament he made the singles final, losing to Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and the following week won the doubles tournament in Chile F10 partnering Seeberger.
2015: Challenger Tour
Peralta played many challenger tournaments this year, reaching seven finals, winning four and partnering Horacio Zeballos in three of these titles. With these victories, Peralta rose almost 400 positions in the ranking, ending the year at no. 105.
2016: Three ATP Doubles titles
He broke through onto the ATP World Tour doubles circuit in 2016, winning the Brazil Open, the Swiss Open and the Moselle Open with Horacio Zeballos. He won his first match in a Grand Slam at the French Open, partnering Denis Kudla, but the duo lost in the second round. Peralta also won six challenger tournaments, partnering Zeballos in four, in one with Dennis Novikov, and at Santiago with countryman Hans Podlipnik. Peralta tied with Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith for most Challenger titles in doubles for the year. Peralta finished the year ranked 44th in the world in doubles, and the highest ranked Chilean player in singles or doubles, record he has held since then.
2017: Another title, French Open quarterfinals
Peralta and Zeballos reached the final of the Ecuador Open, but lost to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald. They went on to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. At the French Open, he partnered Zeballos to reach the quarterfinals. This saw his ranking jump to a career high of no. 35.
In the rest of the year, Peralta reached two more tournament finals with Zeballos, and another one with Santiago González, with whom reached quarterfinals at Shangai Masters too. With these results, Peralta ended the year at no. 29, his best position yet.
2018: Two titles
Peralta had a bad beginning of the year, with semifinals at 2018 ASB Classic as the only notable result. Julio and Horacio Zeballos reunited for attempting a defense of their title in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but they lost in first round. They also tried to imitate their past year quarterfinals run on the French Open, but they lost in second round. Partnering with Roman Jebavy, they reached semifinals of the 2018 Antalya Open.
Peralta and Zeballos partnered again for the 2018 Wimbledon and won over 16th seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in first round, but then lost in second round. The partnership went on and they won the 2018 Swedish Open, beating at the final the italian couple Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. The following week Peralta and Zeballos won another title, the 2018 German Open, a first in the ATP 500 for any of them. In the final, they defeated Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay |  |
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4–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2016 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | |
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7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2016 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | |
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 3–1 | Feb 2017 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | |
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3−6, 1−2 ret. |
| Win | 4–1 | Apr 2017 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US | 250 Series | Clay | |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Loss | 4–2 | Aug 2017 | Winston-Salem Open, US | 250 Series | Hard | |
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3−6, 4−6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2017 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | |
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2017 | European Open, Belgium | 250 Series | Hard (i) |  |
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4–6, 6–2, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2018 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–4 | Jul 2018 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | |
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6–1, 4–6, [10–6] |
ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals
Singles (8–6)
| Legend |
| ATP Challenger Series (1–0) |
| ITF Futures Series (7–6) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 28 August 2000 | Peru F1, Peru | Clay |  |
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 4 December 2000 | Chile F9, Chile | Clay | |
6–3, 6–7(2–7), 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 16 July 2001 | Romania F3, Romania | Clay | |
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7) |
| Winner | 1. | 3 September 2001 | Peru F2, Peru | Clay |  |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 24 September 2001 | Bolivia F2, Bolivia | Clay | |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 8 October 2001 | Paraguay F1, Paraguay | Clay | |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 April 2003 | Chile F3, Chile | Clay | |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 28 July 2003 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Hard |  |
7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2 August 2004 | Chile F1-A, Chile | Clay | |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 9 August 2004 | Chile F1-B, Chile | Clay | |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 27 October 2008 | Chile F4, Chile | Clay | |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 3 November 2008 | Chile F5, Chile | Clay | |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 8. | 4 November 2014 | USA F5, United States | Clay | |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 1 December 2014 | Chile F9, Chile | Clay | |
2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (18–10)
| Legend |
| ATP Challenger Series (10–6) |
| ITF Futures Series (8–4) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 1 October 2001 | Bolivia F3, Bolivia | Clay | |
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7–5, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 April 2002 | Jamaica F3, Jamaica | Hard | |
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5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 20 January 2003 | USA F2, USA | Hard | |
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 27 January 2003 | USA F3, USA | Hard | |
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w/o |
| Winner | 1. | 27 October 2008 | Chile F4, Chile | Clay |  |
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6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 3 November 2014 | USA F30, USA | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 8 December 2014 | Chile F10, Chile | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 15 December 2014 | Chile F11, Chile | Clay | |
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7–5, 6–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 22 December 2014 | Chile F12, Chile | Clay | |
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7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 23 February 2015 | Panama F1, Panama | Clay |  |
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w/o |
| Winner | 7. | 2 March 2015 | Nicaragua F1, Nicaragua | Clay |  |
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6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 20 April 2015 | Savannah, United States | Clay | |
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 27 April 2015 | Tallahassee, United States | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | 1 June 2015 | USA F16-A, USA | Hard | |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 8 June 2015 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | |
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 13 July 2015 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | |
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6–3, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Winner | 10. | 12 October 2015 | Corrientes, Argentina | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 11. | 2 November 2015 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 12. | 9 November 2015 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | |
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6–2, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 4 January 2016 | Mendoza, Argentina | Clay | |
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6–4, 3–6, [1–10] |
| Winner | 13. | 25 January 2016 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 14. | 7 March 2016 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | |
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7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5] |
| Winner | 15. | 25 April 2016 | Tallahassee, United States | Clay | |
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3–6, 6–4, [12–10] |
| Runner-up | 9. | 30 May 2016 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | |
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 25 July 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | |
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4–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 16. | 25 July 2016 | Genova, Italy | Clay | |
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 17. | 10 October 2016 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | |
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7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1) |
| Winner | 18. | 17 October 2016 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0–2 |
| French Open | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 5–3 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2–3 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2–4 |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 9–12 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | QF | QF | 4–2 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | 2R | 1–1 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–5 |
References
- ATP – Players – Profile
- "The pronunciation by Julio Peralta himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Julio Peralta volverá al ranking ATP Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine 27 Jun 2011 – "El tenista chileno Julio Peralta logró clasificar al cuadro principal del ... El jugador nacional con un revés envidiable, Julio Peralta (sin ranking)
