Agustín Calleri

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Agustín Calleri


nickname= Gordo
country = ARG
residence = Buenos Aires, Argentina
datebirth = birth date and age|1976|9|14
placebirth = Río Cuarto, Argentina
height = 182 cm (5 ft 11 in)
weight = 86 kg (190 lb)
turnedpro = 1995
plays = Right-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = $3,543,103
singlesrecord = 204–170
singlestitles = 2
highestsinglesranking = No. 16 (July 7, 2003)
AustralianOpenresult = 2nd (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008)
FrenchOpenresult = 3rd (2000)
Wimbledonresult = 2nd (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
USOpenresult = 3rd (2000)
doublesrecord = 74–75
doublestitles = 3
highestdoublesranking = No. 52 (June 16, 2008)
updated = July 14, 2008

Agustín Calleri (born September 14, 1976 Río Cuarto) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. He won his first title as a professional player in Acapulco in 2003 beating his countryman and friend Mariano Zabaleta. His nickname is "Gordo" that means "Fat" in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

In 1999 he picked up first ATP win over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarterfinal at Umag. In 2000 he made the third round in Roland Garros, before losing to Andrei Medvedev. He beat Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to two tie-breakers in US Open's third round. Then in 2001 he won three challenger events beating Juan Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian.

He finished in Top 50 for his first time in 2002, and had match points to Nicolás Massú in Buenos Aires final. Later in October he beat Marat Safin and Thomas Johansson to make an impressive quarterfinal in Paris.

In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo Rios, Felix Mantilla and then Mariano Zabaleta in the final and reached his career-high ranking of World No. 16. In Estoril he reached the final but lost to Nikolay Davydenko. In Hamburg he made his greatest result reaching the final before losing to Guillermo Coria in straight sets. He also posted a stunning win against former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in Davis Cup.

In 2004 he beat Andre Agassi in Miami before losing to Vince Spadea and reached the decisive match at Costa Do Sauipe. In 2005 he lost the final in Amersfoort to Chilean Fernando González.

Calleri won his second career title in the 2006 Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came three years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolas Massu, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6 (9) 6–2 6–3. Calleri made his first final on hardcourt in New Haven losing to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–4 6–3 and after this result will move inside the top 30 in the ATP rankings.

Singles titles (2)

Doubles (3)

ingles performance timeline

"To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2008 Australian Open in Australia, which ended on January 27, 2008."

A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Calleri&weeks=12 Calleri Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Calleri Calleri World Ranking History]
* [http://www.contratenis.com.ar/perfilesjugadorxjugador/perfilesjugador11.html Bio and Stats] (Spanish)