- Sebastian Decoud
Sebastian Decoud (born
September 18 ,1981 inCuruzu Cuatia ,Argentina ) is a professional Argentiniantennis 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 andNicolas Mahut , split his two matches withPaul-Henri Mathieu , and won his only encounter withBoris 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 #112Nicolas 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 #124Christophe Rochus and making his first Grand Slam main draw as aLucky 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]
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