Germán Puentes
Appearance
Country (sports) | Spain |
---|---|
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 18 December 1972
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Plays | Right-handed (one handed-backhand) |
Prize money | $481,369 |
Singles | |
Career record | 13–28 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 90 (20 November 2000) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2001) |
French Open | 1R (1999) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2001) |
US Open | 1R (1999, 2001) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 14–29 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 73 (22 November 1999) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2001) |
French Open | 1R (1999, 2000, 2001) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999, 2000) |
US Open | 1R (1999, 2001) |
Germán Puentes Alcañiz (born 18 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.[1]
Career
Puentes was the runner-up in the 1989 Spanish Junior Championships.
The Spaniard appeared in the main singles draw of five
Juan Balcells.[2]
His best singles showing on the
Prague in 1999 when he reached the semi-finals and he was also a quarter-finalist in the Swedish Open that year and again in the 2001 Grand Prix Hassan II
.
As a doubles player he teamed up with countryman Eduardo Nicolás to make the semi-final stage of the 1999 Swedish Open. That effort was matched in the 2001 Mexican Open with Albert Portas. The pair also had a win that year over the fifth seeds in the 2001 Hamburg Masters, Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, although it was due to a first set retirement.[3]
Challenger titles
Singles: (4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 2000 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | Tommy Robredo | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
2. | 2000 | Ulm, Germany | Clay | David Sánchez | 6–3, 6–3 |
3. | 2000 | Linz, Austria | Clay | Edwin Kempes | 7–6(9–7), 6–1 |
4. | 2001 | Fürth, Germany | Clay | Kristian Pless | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: (10)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1996 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | Branislav Gálik Borut Urh |
6–0, 6–0 |
2. | 1998 | Montauban, France | Clay | Eduardo Nicolás | Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen |
7–6, 7–6 |
3. | 1998 | Budva, Yugoslavia | Clay | Eduardo Nicolás | João Cunha-Silva
|
3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
4. | 1998 | Macedonia
|
Clay | Eduardo Nicolás | Andrei Merinov Andrei Stoliarov |
7–5, 3–6, 7–6 |
5. | 1999 | Braunschweig , Germany
|
Clay | Albert Portas | Nebojsa Djordjevic
|
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 |
6. | 1999 | Venice, Italy | Clay | Albert Portas | Diego del Río Mariano Hood |
6–4, 6–0 |
7. | 1999 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Eduardo Nicolás | Alberto Martín Javier Sánchez |
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5) |
8. | 2000 | Fürth, Germany | Clay | Eduardo Nicolás | Devin Bowen Brandon Coupe |
6–4, 6–2 |
9. | 2000 | Sevilla, Spain | Clay | Eduardo Nicolás | Tommy Robredo Santiago Ventura |
6–3, 6–2 |
10. | 2001 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | Jairo Velasco Jr. | Tomas Behrend Mikhail Youzhny |
6–1, 1–0 RET |
References
- ^ emol.com "Croacia, tras vencer al español Germán Puentes (128°) por parciales de 6–3 y 6- 2, en...y lo obtuvo el europeo. "
- ^ ITF Tennis Profile
- ^ ATP World Tour Profile