Ariel Behar
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born | Montevideo, Uruguay | 12 November 1989
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)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2021 | Delray Beach Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–4] |
Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2021 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 2021 | Andalucía Open, Spain |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2021 | Serbia Open, Serbia |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2021 | Stuttgart Open, Germany |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
Challenger and Futures finals[]
Doubles: 55 (26–29)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, [4–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2009 | Venezuela F8, Caracas | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2009 | Venezuela F9, Caracas | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Win | 1–3 | Jan 2011 | Brazil F2, Salvador | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2011 | Brazil F5, João Pessoa | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–4 | Aug 2011 | Ecuador F5, Guayaquil | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(11–9), 4–6, [10–8] |
Win | 3–4 | Jan 2012 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2012 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Aug 2012 | Colombia F2, Medellín | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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2–1 ret. |
Loss | 4–6 | Oct 2012 | Villa Allende, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Nov 2012 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 4–8 | Jul 2013 | France F12, Bourg-en-Bresse | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
Win | 5–8 | Jun 2014 | Košice, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 5–9 | Dec 2014 | Chile F12, Santiago | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Win | 6–9 | Jul 2015 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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ret. |
Win | 7–9 | Jul 2015 | Belgium F8, Middelkerke | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–7] |
Win | 8–9 | Feb 2016 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 9–9 | Jun 2016 | Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [10–5] |
Loss | 9–10 | Aug 2016 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 9–11 | Sep 2016 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–6 ret. |
Loss | 9–12 | Oct 2016 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 9–13 | Oct 2016 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(7–9) |
Win | 10–13 | Nov 2016 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 10–14 | Nov 2016 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 10–15 | Sep 2017 | Genova, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10) |
Win | 11–15 | Oct 2017 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 11–16 | Nov 2017 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
Win | 12–16 | Mar 2018 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(9–7) |
Win | 13–16 | Mar 2018 | Marbella, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 13–17 | Apr 2018 | Alicante, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 13–18 | Apr 2018 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 13–19 | Apr 2018 | Francavilla, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 13–20 | May 2018 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 14–20 | Jun 2018 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 15–20 | Sep 2018 | Mallorca, Spain | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
Loss | 15–21 | Oct 2018 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 15–22 | Oct 2018 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(5–7), [5–10] |
Loss | 15–23 | Jan 2019 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 15–24 | Apr 2019 | San Luis Potosi, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [10–12] |
Win | 16–24 | May 2019 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 16–25 | Jun 2019 | Parma, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, [7–10] |
Win | 17–25 | Jul 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–8] |
Win | 18–25 | Sep 2019 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Loss | 18–26 | Sep 2019 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Win | 19–26 | Oct 2019 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–4, [12–10] |
Win | 20–26 | Oct 2019 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, [10-3] |
Win | 21–26 | Nov 2019 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 21–27 | Nov 2019 | Houston, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 22–27 | Jan 2020 | Newport Beach, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6-4 |
Win | 23–27 | Aug 2020 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6-2 |
Win | 24–27 | Aug 2020 | Trieste, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6-2 |
Win | 25–27 | Sep 2020 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7-5, 6–4 |
Loss | 25–28 | Sep 2020 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 25–29 | Oct 2020 | Parma, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 4-6 |
Win | 26–29 | Oct 2020 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Notes[]
- ^ In isolation, Behar is pronounced [beˈaɾ].
References[]
- ^ etennistv (2013-08-02). "ATP Challenger Segovia, 2013 - interview with Ariel Behar". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ [1]
External links[]
- Ariel Behar at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Ariel Behar at the International Tennis Federation
- Ariel Behar at the Davis Cup
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay
- South American tennis biography stubs
- Uruguayan sportspeople stubs