Adrián García (tennis)

Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo (born May 25, 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Chile.

Adrián García
Country (sports) Chile
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Born (1978-05-25) May 25, 1978 (age 46)
Concepción, Chile
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 605,753
Singles
Career record13–28 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (13 September 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2005)
French OpenQ1 (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US OpenQ3 (2007)
Doubles
Career record12–23 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 124 (23 April 2007)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles

Born in Concepción, Chile, García achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 103 in September 2004. His best achievement in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2004 Sopot Open, where he lost to Félix Mantilla in straight sets.

García also achieved three silver medals in the Pan American Games during his career: one at Santo Domingo 2003[1] and two at Rio de Janeiro 2007.[2]

Performance timeline

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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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A A Q1 1R Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 A A A Q2 Q2 A Q3 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 100%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 23 (11–12)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–8)
ITF Futures (8–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (10–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1999 Peru F1, Arequipa Futures Clay   Júlio Silva 7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 1999 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay   Diego Moyano 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Dec 1999 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Leonardo Azzaro 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 2–2 May 2000 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Sergio Roitman 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Oct 2002 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay   Francisco Cabello 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–2 Oct 2002 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Sergio Elias-Musalem 7–5, 7–5
Win 5–2 Sep 2003 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Hard   Santiago González 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Jan 2004 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard   Juan Mónaco 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 5–4 Mar 2004 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Alejandro Falla 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 5–5 Mar 2004 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay   Florian Mayer 4–6, 3–6
Win 6–5 May 2004 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay   Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–6 Jan 2005 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Tomas Behrend 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6
Win 7–6 May 2005 Ettlingen, Germany Challenger Clay   Marc López 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Jul 2005 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Teymuraz Gabashvili 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Aug 2006 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay   Andreas Vinciguerra 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 7–9 Apr 2007 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay   Ramón Delgado 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–10 May 2007 Forest Hills, United States Challenger Clay   Paul Goldstein walkover
Win 8–10 Aug 2008 Germany F16, Wahlstedt Futures Clay   Leonardo Tavares 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Win 9–10 Aug 2008 Germany F17, Überlingen Futures Clay   Dieter Kindlmann 6–1, 6–2
Win 10–10 Sep 2008 Germany F18, Kempten Futures Clay   Julian Reister 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Win 11–10 Nov 2009 Chile F6, Concepción Futures Clay   Agustin Picco 6–3, 6–2
Loss 11–11 May 2010 Poland F2, Kraków Futures Clay   Dušan Lojda 2–6, 5–7
Loss 11–12 Jun 2010 Poland F3, Koszalin Futures Clay   Jerzy Janowicz 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (6–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (11–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Ecuador F2, Quito Futures Clay   Raúl Valdés   Pedro Braga
  Juan-Camilo Gamboa
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1999 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay   Jaime Fillol Jr.   Rodrigo Pena
  Sergio Roitman
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Oct 1999 Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz Futures Clay   Jaime Fillol Jr.   Martín Vassallo Argüello
  Walter Grinovero
2–6, 0–6
Win 2–2 Oct 1999 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay   Jaime Fillol Jr.   Daniel Caracciolo
  Gergely Kisgyörgy
4–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win 3–2 Nov 1999 Chile F3, Valparaíso Futures Clay   Jaime Fillol Jr.   Daniel Caracciolo
  Luis Hormazábal
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 4–2 Dec 1999 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Jaime Fillol Jr.   Daniel Caracciolo
  Ignacio González King
walkover
Loss 4–3 May 2000 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Jaime Fillol Jr.   Juan Pablo Guzmán
  Sebastian Contador
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2000 San Jose, Costa Rica Challenger Hard   Guillermo Cañas   Devin Bowen
  Brandon Coupe
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 5–4 Jun 2002 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay   Marcos Daniel   Edwin Kempes
  Martin Verkerk
3–6, 4–6
Win 6–4 Jul 2002 Budaörs, Hungary Challenger Clay   Hermes Gamonal   Jiří Vaněk
  Robin Vik
6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Oct 2002 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay   Francisco Cabello   Márcio Carlsson
  Robert Lindstedt
3–6, ret.
Loss 6–6 Nov 2002 Mexico F17, Zacatecas Futures Hard   Ignacio González King   Bruno Echagaray
  Santiago González
6–7(0–7), 1–6
Loss 6–7 Apr 2003 Chile F1, Santiago Futures Clay   Francisco Cabello   Patricio Arquez
  Sebastián Decoud
2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 7–7 Apr 2003 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay   Francisco Cabello   Paul Capdeville
  David Marrero
6–3, 6–1
Loss 7–8 May 2004 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay   Hermes Gamonal   Leonardo Azzaro
  Giorgio Galimberti
1–6, 3–6
Win 8–8 Jun 2004 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Janko Tipsarević   Graydon Oliver
  Simon Aspelin
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–9 Aug 2004 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Massimo Bertolini
  Tom Vanhoudt
2–6, 4–6
Loss 8–10 Jul 2005 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Tomas Tenconi   Łukasz Kubot
  Filip Urban
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–11 Oct 2005 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Paul Capdeville   Hugo Armando
  Glenn Weiner
3–6, 1–6
Win 9–11 Jul 2006 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Pablo Cuevas   Marc Gicquel
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 9–12 Sep 2006 Kranj, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Damián Patriarca   Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
  Héctor Ruiz-Cadenas
6–0, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 10–12 Jan 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard   Pablo Cuevas   Marcelo Melo
  Alexandre Simoni
6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–13 Oct 2007 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Clay   Leonardo Mayer   Marcel Granollers
  Santiago Ventura
3–6, 3–6
Loss 10–14 Nov 2007 Asunción, Paraguay Challenger Clay   Bartolomé Salvá Vidal   Martín Vassallo Argüello
  Carlos Berlocq
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [11–13]
Win 11–14 Apr 2008 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay   Leonardo Mayer   Thomaz Bellucci
  Bruno Soares
6–2, 6–0
Win 12–14 Jun 2009 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay   David Marrero   Adrian Cruciat
  Florin Mergea
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 13–14 May 2010 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay   Hans Podlipnik Castillo   Denis Matsukevich
  Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán
7–5, 7–5

Team competitions (3 runner-ups)

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Singles
Result Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss Jul 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay   Flávio Saretta 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Doubles
Result Date Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Aug 2003 Pan American Games
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hard   Marcelo Ríos   Santiago González
  Alejandro Hernández
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
Loss Jul 2007 Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clay   Jorge Aguilar   Eduardo Schwank
  Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Marcelo Ríos y un día para olvidar" [Marcelo Ríos and a day to forget]. ESPN (Latin America) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. EFE. 10 August 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Adrián García cayó ante Saretta y se consuela con la plata en Río 2007" [Adrián García lost against Saretta and is consoled with the silver medal at Rio 2007]. Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 29 July 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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