Ariel Behar

Ariel Behar

Behar at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Uruguay
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 (age 32) Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$452,048
Singles
Career record	1–5 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 823 (17 February 2014)
Doubles
Career record	41–48 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 41 (15 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 41 (15 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2020, 2021)
French Open	1R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
US Open	1R (2021)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Last updated on: 8 November 2021.

Ariel Behar (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾjel βeˈaɾ];^[1][a] born November 12, 1989 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. He specializes in men's doubles and has won two ATP doubles titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 41 achieved on 15 November 2021. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009.^[2]

Professional career[]

2009-2018: ATP and Grand Slam debut[]

Since the mid 2010s, Behar competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won 22 doubles titles.

Partnering with Aliaksandr Bury, he was a semi-finalist at the 2017 Estoril Open, an ATP 250 tournament.

He entered the main draw at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, his first appearance at a Grand Slam.

2019-2021: New partnership, Two ATP doubles titles, Three more finals, top 50 debut[]

Partnering with Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar, Behar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour. He entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. The pair also won 8 Challenger titles.

ATP career finals[]

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2021	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Christian Harrison Ryan Harrison	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Mar 2021	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–1	Apr 2021	Andalucía Open, Spain	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Apr 2021	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–3	Jun 2021	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Gonzalo Escobar	Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Doubles: 55 (26–29)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2009	Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	Francisco Carbajal Eduardo Struvay	5–7, 6–1, [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2009	Venezuela F8, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Francisco Carbajal	Piero Luisi Román Recarte	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	0–3	Oct 2009	Venezuela F9, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Mauricio Echazú	Luis David Martínez Yohny Romero	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	1–3	Jan 2011	Brazil F2, Salvador	Futures	Clay	Matteo Volante	José Benítez Daniel Alejandro López Cassaccia	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–4	Jan 2011	Brazil F5, João Pessoa	Futures	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Marcelo Demoliner Morgan Phillips	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–4	Aug 2011	Ecuador F5, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Guido Andreozzi	Alejandro González Felipe Mantilla	7–6(11–9), 4–6, [10–8]
Win	3–4	Jan 2012	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3–5	Mar 2012	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	Martín Alund Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Aug 2012	Colombia F2, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Duilio Beretta	Nicolás Barrientos Michael Quintero	2–1 ret.
Loss	4–6	Oct 2012	Villa Allende, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Durán	Facundo Bagnis Diego Junqueira	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4–7	Nov 2012	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Fabiano de Paula Júlio Silva	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–8	Jul 2013	France F12, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Carlos Poch Gradin	Germain Gigounon Yannik Reuter	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win	5–8	Jun 2014	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Argüello	Andriej Kapaś Błażej Koniusz	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	5–9	Dec 2014	Chile F12, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	Julio Peralta Hans Podlipnik Castillo	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win	6–9	Jul 2015	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Eduardo Dischinger	Aslan Karatsev Andrey Kuznetsov	ret.
Win	7–9	Jul 2015	Belgium F8, Middelkerke	Futures	Hard	Sander Arends	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Win	8–9	Feb 2016	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	Jonathan Eysseric Franko Škugor	7–5, 6–4
Win	9–9	Jun 2016	Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Lukáš Dlouhý Andrej Martin	6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	9–10	Aug 2016	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Dino Marcan	Jonathan Eysseric André Ghem	0–6, 4–6
Loss	9–11	Sep 2016	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Enrique López Pérez	Íñigo Cervantes Huegun Oriol Roca Batalla	2–6, 5–6 ret.
Loss	9–12	Oct 2016	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrei Vasilevski	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	2–6, 5–7
Loss	9–13	Oct 2016	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	Sergio Galdós Leonardo Mayer	2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	10–13	Nov 2016	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–14	Nov 2016	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–15	Sep 2017	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	Tim Pütz Jan-Lennard Struff	6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10)
Win	11–15	Oct 2017	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	11–16	Nov 2017	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Romain Arneodo Fernando Romboli	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	12–16	Mar 2018	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Bagnis	Simone Bolelli Alessandro Giannessi	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win	13–16	Mar 2018	Marbella, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	Martin Kližan Jozef Kovalík	6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–17	Apr 2018	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	Wesley Koolhof Artem Sitak	3–6, 2–6
Loss	13–18	Apr 2018	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay	1–6, 2–6
Loss	13–19	Apr 2018	Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Julian Ocleppo Andrea Vavassori	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss	13–20	May 2018	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Sander Arends Adil Shamasdin	2–6, 1–6
Win	14–20	Jun 2018	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Enrique López Pérez	Facundo Bagnis Fabrício Neis	6–2, 6–4
Win	15–20	Sep 2018	Mallorca, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	Daniel Evans Gerard Granollers Pujol	w/o
Loss	15–21	Oct 2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Leander Paes Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	15–22	Oct 2018	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	15–23	Jan 2019	Playford, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	Max Purcell Luke Saville	4–6, 5–7
Loss	15–24	Apr 2019	San Luis Potosi, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Marcelo Arevalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–1, 4–6, [10–12]
Win	16–24	May 2019	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Evan King Julian Ocleppo	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	16–25	Jun 2019	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Laurynas Grigelis Andrea Pellegrino	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	17–25	Jul 2019	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–8]
Win	18–25	Sep 2019	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Guido Andreozzi Andrés Molteni	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	18–26	Sep 2019	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Tomislav Brkić Ante Pavić	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	19–26	Oct 2019	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Orlando Luz Luis David Martínez	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [12–10]
Win	20–26	Oct 2019	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Felipe Meligeni Alves Luis David Martínez	6–2, 2–6, [10-3]
Win	21–26	Nov 2019	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Thiago Seyboth Wild Pedro Sakamoto	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	21–27	Nov 2019	Houston, USA	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Jonathan Erlich Santiago González	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	22–27	Jan 2020	Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Antonio Šančić Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–2, 6-4
Win	23–27	Aug 2020	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Elliot Benchetrit Hugo Gaston	6–4, 6-2
Win	24–27	Aug 2020	Trieste, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Tristan Lamasine Hugo Gaston	6–4, 6-2
Win	25–27	Sep 2020	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Hugo Nys Andrés Molteni	7-5, 6–4
Loss	25–28	Sep 2020	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Andrés Molteni Hugo Nys	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	25–29	Oct 2020	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Marcelo Arévalo Tomislav Brkić	4–6, 4-6
Win	26–29	Oct 2020	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Robert Galloway Nathaniel Lammons	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Ariel Behar at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ariel Behar at the International Tennis Federation
• Ariel Behar at the Davis Cup

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