Colombian tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Falla and the second or maternal family name is
Ramírez .
Alejandro Falla Full name Alejandro Falla Ramírez Country (sports) Colombia Residence Bogotá , ColombiaBorn (1983-11-14 ) 14 November 1983 (age 40) Popayán , ColombiaHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2000 Retired 2018 Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 3,101,331Career record 114–169 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 48 (16 July 2012) Australian Open 3R (2010 , 2012 ) French Open 4R (2011 ) Wimbledon 3R (2012 ) US Open 2R (2006 , 2011 ) Career record 17–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 130 (3 August 2009) Australian Open 1R (2010 , 2012 , 2013 ) French Open 2R (2014 ) Wimbledon 1R (2010 , 2014 ) US Open 1R (2010 , 2014 ) Last updated on: 9 April 2021.
Alejandro Falla Ramírez (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo ˈfaʎa raˈmiɾes] ;[1] born 14 November 1983) is a retired professional male tennis player from Colombia . The left-hander turned pro in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in July 2012. At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in 2007, beating players such as the 5th seed Ivan Ljubičić .
Alejandro Falla, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying
The Colombian became the first player from his country to break into the top 100 of the ATP rankings since Mauricio Hadad in 1996. In 2006, Alejandro qualified a career-high five times into the main draw of ATP tournaments. In his second tournament of the year, he reached the final of the Mexico City Challenger. He then went on to earn points for his country in a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay Davis Team . Then later in April, he won the Bogotá Challenger. At Roland Garros , he reached the second round after defeating Justin Gimelstob , though he lost to Roger Federer in the second round. A few weeks later at Wimbledon , he managed to beat Nikolay Davydenko in a four-set thriller. His victory over Davydenko was his first win over a top-10 player, and a first ever for a Colombian player. However, he was then defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber in another four-set match. He then reached the second round in the US Open . In the first round, he beat Juan Martín del Potro in four sets, before being defeated by Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets.
Falla almost caused a sensation in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010 , winning the first two sets against defending champion Roger Federer and serving for the match at 5–4 in the fourth set (he was three points away from winning), before Federer eventually won 5–7, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0.[2]
His best result in a Grand Slam was in 2011 at the French Open. Falla reached the fourth round, where he lost to the unseeded Juan Ignacio Chela .
In the 2014 Gerry Weber Open in Halle , Falla rallied to beat 2011 champion Philipp Kohlschreiber 5–7, 7–6 (5), 6–4 to become the first Colombian to reach the final of a grass-court tournament. He lost to six-time champion Roger Federer in the final.
Juniors [ edit ]
Alejandro Falla made it to the semi-finals in the 2001 French Open, giving a big inspiration to Colombian players aspiring to achieve strong results in junior open tennis.
Doubles [ edit ]
In junior doubles at the French Open, he and compatriot Carlos Salamanca defeated the German duo Markus Bayer and Philipp Petzschner, the first junior title won by Colombians in a Grand Slam.
Doubles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ]
ATP career finals [ edit ]
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) [ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) [ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Singles: 24 (14–10) [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (11–8)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jun 2002
Bogotá , Colombia
Futures
Clay
Pablo González
6–7(6–8) , 6–7(2–7)
Loss
0–2
Jun 2002
Bogotá , Colombia
Futures
Clay
Eduardo Bohrer
6–7(3–7) , 6–7(1–7)
Win
1–2
Jan 2003
San Salvador , El Salvador
Futures
Clay
Jorge Aguilar
6–4, 6–4
Win
2–2
May 2003
Pereira , Colombia
Futures
Clay
Thiago Alves
7–5, 6–3
Win
3–2
Oct 2003
Bogotá , Colombia
Futures
Clay
Marco Mirnegg
7–5, 6–3
Loss
3–3
Feb 2004
Waikoloa , United States
Challenger
Clay
Dmitry Tursunov
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win
4–3
Mar 2004
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Adrián García
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win
5–3
Mar 2004
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Gilles Müller
6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Loss
5–4
Jul 2005
Pozoblanco , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Marcos Baghdatis
3–6, 3–6
Loss
5–5
Jul 2005
Binghamton , United States
Challenger
Hard
Andy Murray
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Loss
5–6
Apr 2006
Mexico City , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Ramón Delgado
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win
6–6
Apr 2006
Bogotá , Colombia (2)
Challenger
Clay
André Sá
6–4, 6–2
Loss
6–7
Nov 2007
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Simone Bolelli
6–4, 6–7(7–9) , 1–6
Win
7–7
May 2009
Pereira , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win
8–7
Sep 2009
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4
Win
9–7
Oct 2009
Rennes , France
Challenger
Hard
Thierry Ascione
6–3, 6–2
Loss
9–8
Apr 2010
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
João Souza
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win
10–8
Sep 2011
Cali , Colombia (2)
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Schwank
6–4, 6–3
Loss
10–9
Oct 2011
Medellín , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Víctor Estrella Burgos
7–6(7–2) , 4–6, 4–6
Win
11–9
Apr 2012
Barranquilla , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–1
Win
12–9
Jul 2012
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Santiago Giraldo
7–5, 6–3
Win
13–9
Jan 2014
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Challenger
Hard
Steven Diez
6–2, 6–2
Win
14–9
Jan 2014
Bucaramanga , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Paolo Lorenzi
7–5, 6–1
Loss
14–10
Jan 2016
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Challenger
Hard
Adrian Mannarino
7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 20 (10–10) [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (6–5)
ITF Futures (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (9–6)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Oct 2000
Colombia F2, Bogotá
Futures
Clay
Pablo Gonzalez
Leonardo Azzaro Eyal Ran
2–6, 2–6
Win
1–1
Aug 2001
Spain F4, Denia
Futures
Clay
Pablo Gonzalez
J. Fernandez-Rubio A-J Martin-Arroyo
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win
2–1
Jun 2002
Colombia F2, Bogotá
Futures
Clay
Carlos Salamanca
Eduardo Bohrer Fernando Araujo
3–0 ret.
Loss
2–2
Aug 2002
Spain F11, Irun
Futures
Clay
Carlos Salamanca
Marc Fornell Mestres F. Ventura-Martell
6–7(3–7) , 1–6
Loss
2–3
Sep 2002
Spain F14, Madrid
Futures
Hard
Carlos Salamanca
Gabriel Trujillo Soler A-J Martin-Arroyo
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–4
Jan 2003
El Salvador F2, La Libertad
Futures
Hard
Carlos Salamanca
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Bruno Soares
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win
3–4
May 2003
Mexico F4, Aguascalientes
Futures
Hard
Bruno Soares
Ronaldo Carvalho Gabriel Pitta
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss
3–5
May 2003
Colombia F1A, Cali
Futures
Clay
Carlos Salamanca
Mirko Pehar Michael Quintero
3–6, 4–6
Win
4–5
Oct 2003
Colombia F2, Bogotá
Futures
Clay
Carlos Salamanca
Ronaldo Carvalho Carlos Berlocq
6–5, 5–7, 6–4
Loss
4–6
Jun 2004
Surbiton , Great Britain
Challenger
Grass
Glenn Weiner
Nathan Healey Jim Thomas
3–6, 6–7(9–11)
Win
5–6
Sep 2008
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Brian Dabul Horacio Zeballos
7–6(8–6) , 6–3
Win
6–6
Sep 2008
Bogotá 3 , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Alejandro Fabbri Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 7–6(9–7) , [10–8]
Win
7–6
Nov 2008
Medellín , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Juan-Pablo Amado Víctor Estrella Burgos
3–4 ret.
Loss
7–7
May 2009
Pereira , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Juan Sebastián Cabal
João Souza Víctor Estrella Burgos
4–6, 4–6
Win
8–7
Nov 2009
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Alejandro González
Diego Álvarez Sebastián Decoud
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss
8–8
Oct 2009
Mons , Belgium
Challenger
Hard
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Denis Istomin Evgeny Korolev
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(4–7) , [9–11]
Loss
8–9
Apr 2011
Barranquilla , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Struvay
Flavio Cipolla Paolo Lorenzi
3–6, 4–6
Loss
8–10
Apr 2011
Pereira , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Struvay
Marcel Felder Carlos Salamanca
6–7(5–7) , 4–6
Win
9–10
Sep 2016
Barranquilla , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Struvay
Gonzalo Escobar Roberto Quiroz
6–4, 7–5
Win
10–10
Oct 2016
Medellín , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Struvay
André Ghem Juan Lizariturry
6–3, 6–2
Performance timelines [ edit ]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
Singles [ edit ]
Doubles [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]