Alejandro Falla

Alejandro Falla

Full name	Alejandro Falla Ramirez
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	14 November 1983 Cali, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,006,954
Singles
Career record	111–167 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 48 (16 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 126 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2010, 2012)
French Open	4R (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	2R (2006, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	17–40 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 130 (3 August 2009)
Current ranking	No. 545 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2012, 2013)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador Men's Doubles 2002 San Salvador Men's Team
Last updated on: 3 February 2016.

Alejandro Falla Ramirez (born 14 November 1983) is a 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

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.^[1]

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.

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A
French Open	1R	SF
Wimbledon	2R	3R
US Open	A	1R

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 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	2001	French Open, Paris, Francia	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	Markus Bayer Philipp Petzschner	3–6, 7–5, 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend Grand Slam (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) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 July 2013	Claro Open Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia	Hard	Ivo Karlović	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	15 June 2014	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Roger Federer	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(3–7)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Winner – 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) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2011	SAP Open, San Jose, United States	Hard	Xavier Malisse	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]

Challengers and Futures career finals

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (11)
Futures (3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 January 2003	San Salvador	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	26 May 2003	Pereira	Clay	Thiago Alves	7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	13 October 2003	Bogotá	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	7–5, 6–3
Runner–up	4.	2004	Waikoloa	Clay	Dmitry Tursunov	7–5, 7–6
Winner	5.	8 March 2004	Bogotá	Clay	Adrián García	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	6.	29 March 2004	Salinas	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	7.	6 July 2005	Pozoblanco	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	8.	15 July 2005	Binghamton	Hard	Andy Murray	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Winner	9.	24 April 2006	Bogotá	Clay	André Sá	6–4, 6–2
Winner	10.	3 May 2009	Pereira	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	11.	20 September 2009	Cali	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	18 October 2009	Rennes	Hard	Thierry Ascione	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	13.	5 April 2010	Bogotá	Clay	João Souza	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	14.	25 September 2011	Cali	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	15.	31 October 2011	Medellín	Clay	Víctor Estrella	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	16.	1 April 2012	Barranquilla	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–1
Winner	17.	16 July 2012	Bogotá	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	7–5, 6–3
Winner	18.	4 January 2014	Nouméa	Hard (plexicushion)	Steven Diez	6–2, 6–2
Winner	19.	26 January 2014	Bucaramanga	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	7–5, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Current till 2015 US Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	LQ	2R	A	3R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	7–7
French Open	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	Q1	2R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	7–10
Wimbledon	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	5–11
US Open	A	Q1	2R	Q2	LQ	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	Q3	2–6
Win–Loss	2–2	0–0	3–3	1–2	2–3	0–2	3–4	4–4	4–4	1–3	1–4	0–3	21–34
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			0–1
Davis Cup Singles
Americas Zone Group I	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	5–4
World Group	A	A	A	A	A	A	PO	A	A	PO	A		0–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	5–8
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	Q1	3–5
Miami Masters	A	A	A	3R	A	A	2R	Q1	2R	3R	1R	3R	8–6
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	Q1	0–1
Madrid Masters	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	1–5
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	Q2	1–6
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	A	1R	A	1–4
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series					A	A	A	1R	1R	A		0–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	Q1	A		1–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–5	0–0	1–2	2–4	0–2	3–6	2–3	2–5	2–2	15–31
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2
Year-End Ranking	125	238	108	84	182	81	105	74	54	99	88

Doubles Performance Timeline

This table is current through the 2013 Australian Open.

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

1. 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