- Luis Horna
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Luis Horna
nickname= Lucho
country= PER
residence=Lima ,Peru
datebirth= birthdate and age|1980|9|14
placebirth=Lima ,Peru
height= height|m=1.80
weight= convert|81|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 1998
plays= Right-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $2,454,558
singlesrecord= 137–137
singlestitles= 2
highestsinglesranking= 33 (August 30 ,2004 )
AustralianOpenresult= 3rd (2006)
FrenchOpenresult= 3rd (2008)
Wimbledonresult= 1st (2003 - 2008)
USOpenresult= 2nd (2006)
doublesrecord= 72–65
doublestitles= 6
highestdoublesranking= 16 (September 8 ,2008 )
grandslamsdoublesresults =yes
AustralianOpenDoublesresult= 1st (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult= W (2008)
WimbledonDoublesresult= 1st (2004, 2005)
USOpenDoublesresult= 2nd (2007, 2008)
updated=September 21 ,2008 Luis Horna Viscari (born
September 14 ,1980 inLima ) is atennis player fromPeru , who turned professional in 1998. Horna plays right-handed, he has a strong serve for a relatively short player and the forehand is his best stroke. He uses a single-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay. He is the current Men's Doubles Champion of the 2008French Open with his Uruguayan teammatePablo Cuevas .Career
Horna is known by his nickname "Lucho", which comes from his first name. Horna was an outstanding junior player in both singles and doubles. He made the final of the boys singles at the
French Open in 1997 losing toDaniel Elsner . Horna won theFrench Open and Wimbledon doubles withJose de Armas andNicolas Massu respectively.Horna turned professional in 1998 and he moved up over 1000 places in the rankings with victories in the
Ecuadorian and three Futures events inPeru and in 1999 made his first ATP Challenger final inAschaffenburg . In 2000 he was finalist inSalinas and again inAschaffenburg and it was not until 2001 that Horna was able to get his first win on the ATP tour inUmag defeatingMartin Damm and made another Challenger final inCuritiba losing toFlavio Saretta .2002 was a successful year for Horna when he became the first Peruvian since
Jaime Yzaga to finish in the top 100 in the end of season rankings, who finished 34th in 1994. This was achieved through winning three Challenger titles inZagreb ,Furth , andWeiden defeatingDominik Hrbaty ,Jürgen Melzer andZeljko Krajan respectively and finalist in theSão Paulo Challenger losing toFranco Squillari .Horna made his debut in the four Grand Slam events in 2003. At the
French Open Horna defeatedRoger Federer who was one of the pre tournament favourites and was the last time that Federer has lost in the first round of a Grand Slam event. At the time Horna said after the victory that it was "the best feeling I have had in my whole life". cite news
title = French Open: Federer out, Agassi in second round
url = http://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/may/27french.htm
publisher =Rediff
date =2008-05-15
accessdate =] Horna lost his second round match after having a match point against eventual finalistMartin Verkerk . He won another Challenger title inSeville and was a three time semi finalist inAmersfoort ,Sopot andPalermo .In 2004 Horna reached his career-high world ranking is no. 33, which was achieved on August 30. Horna won the
Bermuda Challenger overMartin Vassallo Arguello and made his first ATP final inLong Island losing toLleyton Hewitt . Horna also made three semi finals at theBrasil Open ,Houston andMunich . Horna finished inside the top 50 at the end of the year equalling the same feat byJaime Yzaga .2005 was not as successful for Horna and his singles ranking slipped to outside the top 50. He won his first doubles title with Argentine
Martin Garcia inAmersfoort and achieved his best ever performance at theFrench Open making the third round and defeating the seededTim Henman in the second round before losing toVictor Hanescu .Despite Horna winning his first ever ATP singles title defeating
Juan Ignacio Chela ofArgentina 7–6(5), 6–4 inAcapulco . After winning the title he said "Acapulco will stay in my heart. I've had an unbelieveable experience here,". "It's like being at home". cite news
title = Horna conquers Chela in Acapulco
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4775732.stm
publisher =BBC News
date =2008-05-15
accessdate =] . As well as reaching the third round of theAustralian Open for the first time defeatingGael Monfils before losing toPaul-Henri Mathieu and winning his second doubles title withMartin Garcia inPalermo . Horna finished 2006 ranked outside the top 50 and had various injury problems relating to his arm and shoulder which impacted on his final end of year ranking.Horna had an unfortunate start to 2007 by losing his first round match at the
Australian Open to doubles' specialistMax Mirnyi , after being frustrated by the umpire's refusal to eject an abusiveheckler in the fifth set. His concentration was disturbed by the calls of "Well done, Beast" (Max Mirnyi's nickname) and "C'mon,roadkill ". In February of that year he won his second ATP singles title, defeatingNicolás Massú for the first and only time in 7 matches 7–5, 6–3 inViña del Mar ,Chile , without losing a set in the tournament. In September, Horna andIván Miranda took the Peruvian team ofDavis Cup to the World Group for the first time by beating Belarus inLima 4–1.While Horna has only made one semi final in 2008 in
Acapulco , he has won 3 doubles titles inAuckland withJuan Monaco , inBuenos Aires withAgustin Calleri and the 2008French Open with the uruguayanPablo Cuevas . The 2008Australian Open started an unusual sequence for Horna, in which he played against his sometime doubles partner and friendAgustin Calleri in his first four tournaments of the year in addition to theAustralian Open , the others wereViña del Mar ,Buenos Aires andAcapulco cite news
title = Horna and Calleri Head to Head
url = http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/headtohead/?player1=Horna%2C+Luis&player2=Calleri
publisher = ATP
date =2008-05-15
accessdate =] . This sequence was broken by Horna's elbow injury that caused him to withdraw fromCosta do Sauipe .The highlight of 2008 was the unexpected win in the 2008
French Open men's doubles crown, partnering UruguayanPablo Cuevas , the duo became the first all-South American doubles team to win a Grand Slam title. It was a surprise that Cuevas said "We were not expecting to go that far." [Source: [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/07/sports/EU-SPT-TEN-French-Open-Mens-Doubles.php] ] Horna and Cuevas were unseeded and defeated four seeded teams starting withMichael Llodra andArnaud Clement in the first round,Leander Paes andLukas Dlouhy in the third round. In the quarter finals they defeated the number 1 ranked teamBob and Mike Bryan and in the final defeated the number 2 seeded team ofNenad Zimonjic andDaniel Nestor cite news
title = 2008 Roland Garros Mens Doubles Draw
url = http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/md/mddraw.pdf
publisher =French Open
date =2008-06-08
accessdate =] . The trophy was presented byAndres Gomez Horna said that "Gomez has been like an idol for us Peruvians,". "To have a trophy from him is, I think, one of the important moments in my professional career." cite news
title = Cuevas-Horna beat Nestor-Zimonjic for men's French Open doubles title
url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/07/sports/EU-SPT-TEN-French-Open-Mens-Doubles.php
publisher =International Herald Tribune
date =2008-06-08
accessdate =] Horna also became the first player fromPeru to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era. The PeruvianAlex Olmedo won two before the Open era, Wimbledon andMelbourne (Australian Open ) in 1959 but representing the United States.Miscellaneous
* Horna is a fan of
Alianza Lima football team.
* He is married with 2 children.
* He shares coach Francisco Mastelli withJuan Monaco and Mastelli was the former coach of current Argentine Davis cup captainAlberto Mancini
* Horna was a member of the crowd in Lima whenPeru failed to qualify againstAustralia , when the current captainJaime Yzaga was playing.cite news
title = 2007 Davis Cup Qualification to World Group
url = http://www.daviscup.com/news/newsaudio.asp?articleid=14367
publisher = ITF
date =2008-06-08
accessdate =]Grand Slam finals
Doubles
Winner (1)
ingles runner-up (1)
*2004: Long Island (lost to
Lleyton Hewitt )Doubles wins (6)
{| class="wikitable"
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No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponents in the final
Score
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1.
July 24 ,2005
Amersfoort,Netherlands
Clay
flagicon|ARGMartín García
flagicon|CHIFernando González
flagicon|CHINicolás Massú
6–4, 6–4
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2.
October 1 ,2006
Palermo,Italy
Clay
flagicon|ARG Martín García
flagicon|POLMariusz Fyrstenberg
flagicon|POLMarcin Matkowski
7–6(1), 7–6(2)
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3.
July 30 ,2007
Kitzbuhel,Austria
Clay
flagicon|ITAPotito Starace
flagicon|GERTomas Behrend
flagicon|GERChristopher Kas
7–6(4), 7–6(5)
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4.
January 13 ,2008
Auckland,New Zealand
Hard
flagicon|ARGJuan Mónaco
flagicon|BELXavier Malisse
flagicon|AUTJürgen Melzer
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
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5.
February 24 , 2008
Buenos Aires,Argentina
Clay
flagicon|ARGAgustín Calleri
flagicon|AUTWerner Eschauer
flagicon|AUSPeter Luczak
6–0, 6–7(6), [10–2]
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6.
June 7 , 2008
French Open ,France
Clay
flagicon|URUPablo Cuevas
flagicon|CANDaniel Nestor
flagicon|SRBNenad Zimonjic
6–2, 6–3References
External links
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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Horna&weeks=12 Horna Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Horna Horna World Ranking History]
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