Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo
	Escobedo at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	West Covina, California, USA
Born	July 4, 1996 (age 25); Los Angeles, California, USA
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,070,409
Singles
Career record	19–31 (38.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 67 (5 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 183 (21 June 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	1R (2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2017)
US Open	2R (2016, 2020, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (33.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 483 (13 November 2017)
Current ranking	No. 1312 (24 May 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (2017)
US Open	1R (2020)
	Last updated on: 24 May 2021.

Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo III (/ˈnɛtoʊ ˌɛskəˈbeɪdoʊ/ NET-oh ES-kə-BAYD-oh;^[2] Spanish: [eɾˈnesto ˈneto eskoˈβeðo],^[3] born July 4, 1996) is an American professional tennis player who has won three ATP Challenger titles.

Personal life[]

Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father Ernesto Jr. briefly played professional tennis, and his aunt Xóchitl Escobedo was a Top 300 player who competed in the 1988 Olympics.^[4] He is of Mexican descent.^[5] Escobedo's cousin Emilio Nava is also a professional tennis player.^[6]

Career[]

2016: Grand Slam debut, U.S. Open second round, multiple Challenger titles, Top 200 debut[]

Escobedo reached his first ATP Challenger final at São Paulo in April 2016 to advance him to a career-high ranking inside the top 300. With that success, he became the seventh American teenager to reach a Challenger final in the previous seven months.^[7]

He won his first career ATP match at the Aegon Open in Nottingham against Top 100 player Diego Schwartzman shortly before turning 20 years old. The next month, he won his first Challenger title at Lexington over fellow up-and-coming American Frances Tiafoe. With this victory, he also won the 2016 US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a wild card into the main draw of the final grand slam of the year.^[8] Escobedo put this wild card to good use by defeating Lukáš Lacko in the first round to crack the Top 200 for the first time and record his first career grand slam match win.^[9]

Towards the end of the season, Escobedo returned to Monterrey where he had made the semifinals the previous year, and defended his points by winning the title over Denis Kudla.

2017: Australian Open second round, Masters 1000 debut, Top 100[]

Escobedo at the 2017 French Open

To start the year, Escobedo continued to improve upon his success from 2016. He qualified for the Australian Open and then won his first round match against fellow NextGen player Daniil Medvedev. The following month, he was awarded a wild card into the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, an ATP 500 event in Acapulco. At this tournament, he again won first round match over fellow American Stefan Kozlov.

In March, Escobedo was able to qualify for his first Masters event at the 2017 Miami Open, where he upset No. 43 Dan Evans to break through into the Top 100 of the ATP rankings.^[10] To start the clay court season, Escobedo played at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston and reached his first career ATP quarterfinal and semifinal, climbing to a then career-high ranking of No. 73 with this success. His tournament was highlighted by a quarterfinal win over No. 2 seed and fellow American John Isner.^[11]

Escobedo was part of the NextGen players that included many fellow Americans such as Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz who were considered the best young prospects to become the next generation of tennis stars.^[12]

2018: First top 10 win[]

In February, Escobedo was able to qualify for the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco. He defeated top-ranked American Jack Sock in the first round for his first Top 10 win, continuing his success at tournaments in Mexico.^[13] In March, Escobedo was given a wildcard for the first time to the main draw of the 2018 Indian Wells Masters where he defeated compatriot Frances Tiafoe, before falling to the 28th seed Feliciano López.^[14]

2020–2021: Return to U.S. Open second round in 4 years and to Masters 1000 in 3 years[]

After the suspension of the 2020 season due to COVID, Escobedo returned to the 2020 US Open as an alternate, where he defeated Kamil Majchrzak in the first round.

In March 2021, Escobedo qualified for the 2021 Miami Open and defeated Paolo Lorenzi in the first round before losing to 16th seed Dušan Lajović.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 10 (3–7)[]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
ITF Futures Tour (0–5)

Titles by Surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2013	USA F24, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Haythem Abid	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 2013	Mexico F19, Mérida	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Meister	7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	0–3	May 2015	Mexico F4, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Darian King	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2015	USA F16B, Charlottesville	Futures	Hard	Tennys Sandgren	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 2015	USA F27, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Ryan Shane	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–6	Apr 2016	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–6	Jul 2016	Lexington, U.S.	Challenger	Hard	Frances Tiafoe	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	1–7	Sep 2016	Cary, U.S.	Challenger	Hard	James McGee	6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–7	Oct 2016	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Denis Kudla	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–7	Jul 2019	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Yasutaka Uchiyama	7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2021	Little Rock, U.S.	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Christopher Eubanks Roberto Quiroz	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2021 Los Cabos Open.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	A	NH	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q3	A	2R	1R	Q2	1R	2R		0 / 4	2–4	33%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0 / 7	3–7	29%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	Q1	Q1	2R	A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	NH	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	NH	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	NH	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 5	3–5	33%
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–4	9–15	3–8	0–1	1–1	3–2	18–31
Year-end ranking	538	393	141	120	187	224	198		37%