Agustín Calleri

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Agustín Calleri

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1976-09-14) 14 September 1976 (age 45) Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina Sisters: Mariana and Valentina
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,699,134
Singles
Career record	209–187
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 16 (7 July 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open	3R (2000, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	82–86
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 52 (16 June 2008)

Agustín Calleri (Spanish pronunciation: [aɣusˈtiŋ kaˈleɾi],^[a] Italian: [kalˈlɛːri, ˈkalleri];^[1] born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

Calleri served as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2017, as part of the United for a New Alternative alliance.

Career[]

Born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, he picked up first ATP win in 1999 over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarter-final 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 Madrid.

In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo Ríos, 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 3 years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolás Massú, 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. At the 2007 US Open, Calleri made it to the third round after defeating Lleyton Hewitt 4–6 6–4 6–4 6–2.

Calleri announced his retirement in February 2010 at the age of 33.

Career finals[]

Singles: 8 (2–6)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2002	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Mariano Zabaleta	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Apr 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	May 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Coria	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Mar 2004	Costa do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Jul 2005	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Fernando González	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–5	Jul 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	7–6(11–9), 6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–6	Aug 2006	New Haven, United States	Hard	Nikolay Davydenko	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3–0)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2003	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Mariano Hood	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Oct 2005	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Fernando González	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	7–5, 7–5
Win	3–0	Feb 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Luis Horna	Werner Eschauer Peter Luczak	6–0, 66–7, [10–2]

Singles performance timeline[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Agustín Calleri at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Agustín Calleri at the International Tennis Federation
• Agustín Calleri at the Davis Cup