Pablo Cuevas

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Pablo Cuevas


country= URU
residence= Buenos Aires, Argentina
datebirth= birth date and age|1986|1|1
placebirth= Montevideo, Uruguay [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/?playernumber=C882 ATPtennis.com - Players - Profiles - Profile ] ]
height= height|m=1.80
weight= convert|73|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 2004
plays= Right-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $559,072
singlesrecord= 20–16
singlestitles= 0
highestsinglesranking= 88 (February 4, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= -
FrenchOpenresult= 1r (2008)
Wimbledonresult= -
USOpenresult= 1r (2007, 2008)
doublesrecord= 24–15
doublestitles= 1
highestdoublesranking= 25 (June 9, 2008)
grandslamsdoublesresults =yes
AustralianOpenDoublesresult= -
FrenchOpenDoublesresult= W (2008)
WimbledonDoublesresult= -
USOpenDoublesresult= 2r (2007, 2008)
updated = July 20, 2008

Pablo Cuevas (born January 1, 1986, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna. Following the tournament, he reached his career-high ATP Tour doubles ranking of No. 25. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of No. 88 on February 4, 2008.

Professional career

Early career

At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentinian partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas has won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger title and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger tities.

2008

Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Viña del Mar, Chile. He earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria. He then beat Fernando Verdasco and José Acasuso, before falling in the semifinal against Fernando González. Cuevas held two match points in the semifinal, which would prove to be the deciding match of the tournament after Juan Mónaco retired during the doubles final. [cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Gonzalez Captures Vina Title in Strange Circumstances| url =http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/vina_saturday.asp|date =2008-02-02| accessdate =2008-07-15| language =English] Cuevas would reach his career-high singles ranking of No. 88 following Viña del Mar.

In March, Cuevas qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, his first ATP Masters Series event. He defeated Vince Spadea in the first round before falling to Fernando González in the second round. At Houston, he partnered with Spaniard Marcel Granollers to reach the doubles final, falling to Ernests Gulbis and Rainer Schüttler.

At the 2008 French Open in May, Cuevas partnered with Peruvian Luis Horna to win the doubles title. On their way to the title, the pair defeated seventh seeds Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the first round, ninth seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes in the third round, top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarterfinals, and second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. The defeated Nestor and Zimonjić 6-2, 6-3, in only 56 minutes to win the title. [cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=Horna/Cuevas Surprise Roland Garros Champions| url =http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/2008news/rolandgarros8.asp|date =2008-06-06| accessdate =2008-06-07| language =English] Cuevas and Horna became the first all-South American team to win a Grand Slam Men's Doubles title, and Cuevas became the second Uruguayan, after Fiorella Bonicelli, to win a Grand Slam title.

Davis Cup

Cuevas is 11-3 for Davis Cup singles matches and 3–3 for Davis Cup doubles matches. He is 14-6 in total for the Uruguay Davis Cup team.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

Winner (1)

Doubles runner-up (1)

Challenger Titles

References

External links

*ATP|id=C882
*ITF male profile|number=100003023
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=100003023
* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Cuevas&weeks=12 Cuevas Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Cuevas Cuevas World Ranking History]