Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in singles (Tel Aviv, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 17 March 1986, when he became world No. 51.

Leonardo Lavalle
Country (sports) Mexico
ResidenceMexico City, Mexico
Born (1967-07-14) 14 July 1967 (age 57)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1998
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$903,200
Singles
Career record83–114
Career titles1
4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 51 (17 March 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1989)
French Open3R (1989)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open2R (1986, 1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1992)
Doubles
Career record134–137
Career titles5
9 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 23 (27 April 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1985)
French OpenSF (1988, 1991)
WimbledonF (1991)
US Open3R (1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1988, 1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1987, 1992)
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1995)
US OpenQF (1998)
Last updated on: 13 January 2022.

Lavalle won the Wimbledon boys' junior singles and doubles title in 1985. His singles win was notable for the fact that the men's singles winner that year Boris Becker was younger than Leonardo. He was later a runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon in 1991 and a Wimbledon doubles semifinalist in 1989 and 1990.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1985 Wimbledon Grass   Eduardo Vélez 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1984 US Open Hard   Mihnea Nastase   Jaime Yzaga
  Agustín Moreno
7–6, 1–6, 6–1

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1988 Frankfurt, West Germany Grand Prix Carpet   Tim Mayotte 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1991 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard   Christo van Rensburg 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–5)
Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1986 Scottsdale, United States Grand Prix Hard   Mike Leach   Scott Davis
  David Pate
7–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 1987 Palermo, Italy Grand Prix Clay   Claudio Panatta   Petr Korda
  Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Feb 1990 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet   Jorge Lozano   Diego Nargiso
  Nicolás Pereira
6–3, 7–6
Loss 3–1 May 1990 Kiawah Island, United States World Series Clay   Jim Grabb   Scott Davis
  David Pate
2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–2 Jul 1991 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass   Javier Frana   John Fitzgerald
  Anders Järryd
3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss 3–3 Oct 1991 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard   Javier Frana   David Rikl
  Michiel Schapers
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Nov 1991 Búzios, Brazil World Series Hard   Javier Frana   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 Feb 1993 Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay   Jaime Oncins   Horacio de la Peña
  Jorge Lozano
7–6, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Apr 1993 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay   Javier Frana   Rikard Bergh
  Trevor Kronemann
1–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Feb 1995 Acapulco, Mexico World Series Clay   Javier Frana   Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Diego Nargiso
7–5, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 5 (4–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1991 Salou, Spain Challenger Clay   Federico Sanchez 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Francisco Montana 6–0, 6–7, 6–4
Win 3–0 May 1992 Acapulco, Mexico Challenger Clay   Luis Herrera 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–0 Nov 1992 Pembroke Pines, United States Challenger Clay   Daniel Orsanic 6–4, 7–6
Loss 4–1 Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard   Michael Joyce 1–6, 6–7

Doubles: 11 (9–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (9–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1990 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Jorge Lozano   Luis Herrera
  Guillermo Pérez Roldán
5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 1991 Telford, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet   Martin Laurendeau   Peter Nyborg
  Jan Siemerink
7–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Feb 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Clay   Mark Koevermans   Jacco Eltingh
  Tom Kempers
walkover
Win 4–0 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Luis Herrera   Agustín Moreno
  Francisco Maciel
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–0 Apr 1993 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Javier Frana   Francisco Montana
  Bryan Shelton
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win 6–0 Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Oliver Fernández   Luis Herrera
  Ismael Hernandez
7–5, 7–5
Win 7–0 Jun 1994 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay   Libor Pimek   Richard Schmidt
  Greg Van Emburgh
6–2, 7–6
Loss 7–1 Sep 1994 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard   Danilo Marcelino   Brian Devening
  Sander Groen
2–6, 6–7
Loss 7–2 Jun 1996 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Óscar Ortiz   Brett Hansen-Dent
  T. J. Middleton
4–6, 3–6
Win 8–2 Aug 1996 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard   Maurice Ruah   Luis Herrera
  Gabriel Trifu
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–2 Nov 1996 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard   Maurice Ruah   Bill Behrens
  Steve Campbell
7–5, 6–2

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A 1R A 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A Q1 0 / 7 4–7 36%
French Open A 1R A 1R 3R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q3 A 1R Q2 A 2R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open 1R 2R A 1R 1R A A 2R A Q2 1R Q2 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 5–4 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 20 9–20 31%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 2R Not Held QF Not Held A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A 1R A 1R 3R A A 1R 2R A A Q1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A 3R A A 3R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Canada A 1R A A A A A 2R A A A Q2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A 2R 1R A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 0–1 0–1 4–5 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 9–15 38%

Doubles

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Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R A 2R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A 0 / 9 4–9 31%
French Open A 2R A SF 1R A SF 3R A 1R A A A 0 / 6 11–6 65%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R SF SF F 3R A A 1R A A 0 / 7 15–7 68%
US Open A 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R A Q2 1R 2R A 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Win–loss 2–1 1–2 0–3 5–3 5–4 5–3 11–4 5–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 0 / 31 36–31 54%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A A A 1R 2R 2R 3R 3R 1R A A A Q1 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Monte Carlo A A A A SF A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Hamburg A A A A 1R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A 2R A A 1R A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Canada A 2R A A A 1R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati A 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 4–5 0–2 3–4 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 12–20 38%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 1R A A 1R A A 2R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R A A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A QF A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 10 5–10 33%
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  • Leonardo Lavalle at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
  • Leonardo Lavalle at the International Tennis Federation  
  • Leonardo Lavalle at the Davis Cup  
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonardo Lavalle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.