Sebastian Decoud

Sebastian Decoud (born September 18, 1981 in Curuzu Cuatia, Argentina) is a professional Argentinian tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008.

Juniors career

Decoud got a late start at tennis, taking it up as a 10 year old. [ [http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=10025839 Decoud's ITF Junior Profile] ] In his brief career, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut, split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu, and won his only encounter with Boris Pashanski.

Professional career

2000 to 2006

Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25 year old, finishing the year ranked #384.

2007

Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches.

2008

Decoud won his first ATP match as a 26 year old in February 2008 in Brazil. After qualifying into the main draw, he took out #50 Jose Acasuso in the first round, but then lost to #112 Nicolas Lapentti. That got his ranking to a career-high of #254.

He retired in qualifying the next week in Buenos Aires, with an injury that kept him off the tour for 3 months. But he came back strong in his next two matches, in the qualifying for the French Open, beating #124 Christophe Rochus and making his first Grand Slam main draw as a Lucky Loser after losing in the final qualifying round.

References

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Decoud&weeks=12 Decoud Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Decoud Decoud World Ranking History]