Alejandro Tabilo

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Alejandro Tabilo
Tabilo at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Chile
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Born (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGuillermo Gomez
Prize money$1,600,060
Singles
Career record39–35 (52.7%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 39 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French OpenQ3 (2021, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record12–11 (52.2%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 249 (22 February 2021)
Current rankingNo. 266 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup1–3
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Alejandro Tabilo Álvarez (born 2 June 1997) is a Chilean and former Canadian professional tennis player. Tabilo has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 39 achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 249 achieved on 22 February 2021. He is currently the No. 2 Chilean player.[1]

He participated at the 2020 ATP Cup and the 2022 ATP Cup with the Chilean team as the No. 2 player.[2]

Tabilo represents Chile at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–3.[3] in 2019, he participated in his first tie against Germany in a doubles rubber against Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.[4]

Professional career[edit]

2020: Grand Slam debut, top 200 debut[edit]

At his first tournament of the year, Tabilo qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2020 Australian Open. He defeated fellow qualifier Daniel Elahi Galán in the first round, losing to John Isner in straight sets in the second round. This run resulted in his first top 200 ranking, reaching no. 172, a career-high at that moment.

Tabilo played home country tournament 2020 Chile Open via wildcard, and defeated Paolo Lorenzi in the first round, losing to Casper Ruud in the second round.

In September, Tabilo reached his career-high ranking of World No. 156. He finished the year at No. 169.

2021: Masters 1000 debut, first Challenger title, top 150 debut[edit]

Tabilo tried to repeat his run on the 2021 Australian Open, but lost in first round of qualifying to Hugo Dellien.

At 2021 Chile Open, Tabilo won a spot through the qualifying tournament, and won his first round match to Jozef Kovalík. He lost to fellow Chilean and eventual champion Cristian Garín in the second round.

Tabilo qualified to the main draw of 2021 Miami Open, his first Masters 1000 tournament. He lost to Mikael Ymer in the first round.

In July, Alejandro reached his first Challenger final, at the Lexington Challenger. He lost the title to Jason Kubler.

In October, Tabilo qualified to the main draw of 2021 BNP Paribas Open, and got his first win on a Masters 1000 level, defeating Denis Kudla. He lost to Matteo Berrettini in the second round, in his first match against a top 10 player.

The following month, Tabilo reached his second Challenger final at Guayaquil, Ecuador. He won his first Challenger title defeating Jesper de Jong in the final. The title put Tabilo at a ranking of World No. 140, becoming the No. 2 Chilean ranked singles player, after Cristian Garín.

2022: ATP Cup, return to Grand Slams, first ATP final, top 65, Chilean No. 1[edit]

Tabilo participated in the 2022 ATP Cup where Chile defeated Norway (won his singles match against Viktor Durasovic) and Serbia in singles and in doubles partnering Tomás Barrios Vera but lost to Spain and Chile finished second in group A.

Tabilo qualified for 2022 Australian Open after beating Australian local James McCabe in three sets, followed by victories over Constant Lestienne and Elias Ymer in straight sets. He lost to 31st seed Carlos Alcaraz in the first round.

In February, he reached his first ever ATP final at the Córdoba Open as a qualifier, defeating Francisco Cerúndolo, Carlos Taberner, Sebastián Báez and World No. 14 and the tournament's top seed Diego Schwartzman each in straight sets. He lost in the final to Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, despite holding a double break lead at 4–1 (30 - 15) in the third set.[5]

At the 2022 Chile Open he reached the semifinals as a wildcard defeating top seed and compatriot Cristian Garín[6] and sixth seed Miomir Kecmanović in the quarterfinals. As a result, he made his top 100 debut at World No. 98 on 28 February 2022.

He made his debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and recorded his first win at this Major defeating Laslo Đere in a tight five set match with a super tiebreak in the fifth. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 68 on 18 July 2022 and a week later another career high of No. 64 and became the Chilean player No. 1.

He also recorded his first victory at the US Open defeating Kamil Majchrzak.

2023: Masters 1000 fourth round, four Challenger titles[edit]

At the 2023 BNP Paribas Open as a qualifier, he reached the fourth round of a Masters for the first time in his career defeating another fellow qualifier Maximilian Marterer, 32nd seed Maxime Cressy and Jordan Thompson.[7] Despite this result he dropped out of the top 175 on 17 April 2023.

He squared much better in the Challenger Tour level, where he won four titles between May and November and returned to the top 100 finishing the year at world No. 85, his highest year-end ranking.

2024: Maiden ATP title, Chilean No. 2, top 40[edit]

At the 2024 ASB Classic he reached the final as a qualifier defeating Cameron Norrie by walkover and sixth seed Arthur Fils in straight sets. In the final he defeated Taro Daniel also in straight sets and lifted his maiden ATP title. It made him the first Chilean to win a hard-court ATP title since Fernando Gonzalez in 2007 (Beijing) and the third active Chilean ATP singles champion alongside Cristian Garín and Nicolás Jarry.[8] As a result he reached the top 50 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024 and became the Chilean No. 2 player.

At his home tournament, the 2024 Chile Open in Santiago, he reached the final in singles and won his first ATP title in doubles with compatriot Tomas Barrios Vera defeating another Chilean Matias Soto and Orlando Luz.[9] As a result he reached the top 40 in the singles rankings.

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

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2024 Indian Wells Masters.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R Q1 1R Q2 1R 0 / 3 1–3
French Open A A Q3 A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A NH Q2 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A Q1 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 0 / 5 3–5
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A NH 2R A 4R 2R 0 / 3 5–3
Miami Open A NH 1R A Q2 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Monte-Carlo Masters A NH A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid Open A NH A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0 / 4 5–4
National representation
Davis Cup RR WG1 WG1 RR 0 / 2 5–2
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 3 4 14 4 6 28
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 3
Overall win–loss 0–0 3–3 2–4 17–16 3–5 11–5 36–33
Year-end ranking 213 169 141 86 85 52%

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A 1R[10] A 0 / 1 0–0
Wimbledon A NH A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup RR WG1 WG1 RR RR 0 / 2 4–6
ATP Cup NH RR A RR NH 0 / 2 3–1
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 1 3 1 5 1 2 13
Titles / Finals 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2
Overall win–loss 0–1 3–2 1–2 4–4 4–2 4–2 16–13
Year-end ranking 519 256 277 479 876 55%

ATP Tour career finals[edit]

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 Córdoba Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2024 ASB Classic, New Zealand 250 Series Hard Japan Taro Daniel 6–2, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Mar 2024 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Báez 6–3, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0-0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0-0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0-0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2024 Chile Open, Chile 250 series Clay Chile Tomás Barrios Vera Brazil Orlando Luz
Chile Matías Soto
6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 16 (8-8)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–4)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2016 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Genaro Olivieri 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Dec 2017 Chile F3, Antofagasta Futures Clay Chile Tomás Barrios Vera 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 2–1 Dec 2018 Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo Futures Hard Dominican Republic José Olivares 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Dec 2018 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Futures Hard Dominican Republic Nick Hardt 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–3 Jan 2019 M25 Weston, Florida, USA Futures Clay Kazakhstan Dmitry Popko 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Feb 2019 M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan Futures Hard (i) Netherlands Niels Lootsma 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Feb 2019 M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan Futures Hard (i) Netherlands Niels Lootsma 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–5 Jul 2021 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Australia Jason Kubler 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 5–7
Win 4–5 Nov 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Netherlands Jesper de Jong 6–1, 7–5
Loss 4–6 Nov 2021 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard Germany Daniel Altmaier 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Mar 2022 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 4–8 Apr 2023 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay Chile Tomás Barrios Vera 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–8 May 2023 Francavilla al Mare, Italy Challenger Clay France Benoît Paire 6–1, 7–5
Win 6–8 Jul 2023 Karlsruhe, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Giulio Zeppieri 2–6, 1–0 RET
Win 7–8 Nov 2023 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Colombia Daniel Elahi Galán 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–8 Nov 2023 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Román Burruchaga 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 10 (5-5)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 Vancouver, Canada Futures Hard Canada Riaan du Toit Canada Daniel Chu
United States Kyle McMorrow
2–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Nov 2016 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Futures Clay Argentina Franco Emanuel Egea Bolivia Hugo Dellien
Bolivia Federico Zeballos
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Dec 2016 Santiago, Chile Futures Clay Chile Jorge Montero Chile Jorge Aguilar
Chile Víctor Núñez
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jun 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Futures Clay Brazil Pedro Sakamoto Italy Riccardo Bonadio
Italy Riccardo Sinicropi
6–7(4–7), 0–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2017 Antalya, Turkey Futures Clay Croatia Domagoj Biljesko Italy Riccardo Bonadio
Italy Federico Maccari
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–3]
Win 3–3 Oct 2017 Antalya, Turkey Futures Clay Croatia Domagoj Biljesko Russia Alexander Boborykin
Russia Timur Kiyamov
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–3 Nov 2017 Curicó, Chile Futures Clay Argentina Matías Franco Descotte Argentina Mariano Kestelboim
Argentina Matías Zukas
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jan 2019 Naples, United States Futures Clay Chile Gonzalo Lama Republic of Ireland Julian Bradley
United States Strong Kirchheimer
4–6, 2–6
Win 5–4 Jun 2019 Bacău, Romania Futures Clay Peru Juan Pablo Varillas Peru Alexander Merino
Argentina Manuel Peña Lopez
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 5–5 Oct 2021 Lima II, Peru Challenger Clay Chile Tomás Barrios Vera Peru Sergio Galdós
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
2–6, 6–2, [5–10]

Record against top 10 players[edit]

Tabilo's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (2–6, 2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 2 ranked players
Norway Casper Ruud 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2020 Santiago
Number 5 ranked players
United States Taylor Fritz 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2022 Houston
Number 6 ranked players
Italy Matteo Berrettini 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2021 Indian Wells
Number 8 ranked players
Argentina Diego Schwartzman 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (6–4, 7–6(8–6)) at 2022 Córdoba
United States John Isner 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 3–6, 3–6) at 2020 Australian Open
Russia Karen Khachanov 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2022 Rosmalen
Number 10 ranked players
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2022 ATP Cup
United States Frances Tiafoe 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Indian Wells
Total 1–8 11.11% 0–5
(0%)
1–2
(33.33%)
0–1
(0%)
* Statistics correct as of 21 March 2023.

Record against No. 11–20 players[edit]

Tabilo's record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20:

* Statistics correct as of 21 March 2023.

Davis Cup[edit]

Participations (3–4)[edit]

Group membership
World Group (0–1)
Qualifying Round (1–2)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (2–1)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (2–1)
Doubles (1–3)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease1–2; 21 November 2019; Estadio Manolo Santana, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Final Group C Round robin; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 1 III Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) Germany Germany Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Decrease1–3; 6-7 March 2020; Royal Tennis Hall, Stockholm, Sweden; Davis Cup qualifying round; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 2 II Singles Sweden Sweden Elias Ymer 6–4, 6–3
Defeat 3 III Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) Markus Eriksson / Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 4–6
Defeat 4 IV Singles Mikael Ymer 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Decrease1–3; 17-18 September 2021; NTC Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Davis Cup World Group I; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 5 III Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) Slovakia Slovakia Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Increase4–0; 4-5 March 2022; Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile; Davis Cup World Group I play-offs; clay (outdoor) surface
Victory 6 I Singles Slovenia Slovenia Bor Artnak 6–3, 6–3
Victory 7 III Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) Sebastian Dominko / Blaž Rola 6–2, 6–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rankings | Singles".
  2. ^ "Alejandro Tabilo | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup – Players". www.daviscup.com.
  4. ^ Sportstar, Team (18 November 2019). "Davis Cup Finals 2019: Stars missing out, new format - All you need to know". Sportstar.
  5. ^ "Ramos-Vinolas Spoils Tabilo's Dream Run With Incredible Comeback In Cordoba Final". ATP Tour. February 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Chile's Alejandro Tabilo Upsets Countryman Cristian Garín to Reach Santiago QFS". ATP Tour.
  7. ^ "Davidovich, Garín y Tabilo Buscan los Octavos en Indian Wells | ATP Tour | Tenis".
  8. ^ "Qualifier Tabilo wins first ATP Tour title in Auckland".
  9. ^ "Home hero Tabilo to face red-hot Baez in Santiago final".
  10. ^ Tabilo and Tomás Martín Etcheverry withdrew before round 1 so it doesn't count as a loss

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