André Ghem

André Ghem
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Born	29 May 1982 (age 41); Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$ 526,358
Singles
Career record	2–5 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 118 (27 July 2015)
Current ranking	No. 331 (31 July 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2012, 2017)
French Open	Q3 (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2014)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 88 (25 June 2007)
Current ranking	No. 239 (31 July 2017)
	Last updated on: 2 August 2017.

André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118.

Career[edit]

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. 181 in August 2006. At the 2006 Brasil Open, he won against Gustavo Kuerten. The score was 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.^[1]

Titles (14)[edit]

Challengers and futures (5)[edit]

Challengers (1)
Futures (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	16 August 2004	Caldas Novas	Outdoor Hard	Júlio Silva	6–2, 7–5
2.	1 November 2004	Campinas	Clay	Francisco Costa	7–5, 6–3
3.	7 August 2006	Joinville	Clay	Bruno Echagaray	6–1, 6–4
4.	1 November 2010	Porto Alegre	Clay	André Miele	6–4, 6–1
5.	24 January 2011	João Pessoa	Clay	Tiago Lopes	6–4, 5–7, 7–6⁽¹⁾

Doubles (9)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (9)

Titles by surface
Hard (1)
Grass (0)
Clay (8)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	24 April 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner	6–4, 0–6, [10–3]
2.	7 August 2006	Joinville, Brazil	Clay	Alexandre Simoni	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
3.	9 October 2006	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	Walkover
4.	6 November 2006	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Flávio Saretta	Tomas Behrend Marcel Granollers	6–1, 6–4
5.	13 November 2006	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Carlos Berlocq Martín Vassallo Argüello	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
6.	14 May 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Tomas Behrend	James Auckland Jamie Delgado	6–2, 6–1
7.	4 June 2007	Furth, Germany	Clay	Bruno Echagaray	Fabio Fognini Frederico Gil	7–6⁽¹⁾, 4–6, [13–11]
8.	22 July 2012	Bercuit, Belgium	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	Facundo Bagnis Pablo Galdón	6–1, 6–2
9.	24 January 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Gastão Elias	Jonathan Eysseric Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

Runners-up (7)[edit]

Singles (1)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1)

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	4 August 2008	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Mikhail Elgin	7–6^(7–4), 6–3

Doubles (6)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (6)

Finals by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (3)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2 January 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Lucas Engel	Thiago Alves Flávio Saretta	7–6^(12–10), 6–3
2.	13 March 2006	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Alexandre Simoni	Thiago Alves Júlio Silva	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
3.	14 July 2008	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Boy Westerhof	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–7^(2–7), 6–1, [10–6]
4.	21 July 2008	Penza, Russia	Hard	Boy Westerhof	Denis Istomin Evgeniy Kirillov	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
5.	28 April 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Paul Capdeville Marcel Felder	7–5, 6–3
6.	29 July 2012	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Niels Desein	Michael Linzer Gerald Melzer	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)

References[edit]

^ "Gaudio y Massú a octavos y Kuerten vuelve a decepcionar" [Gaudio and Massú into Round of 16, Kuerten disappoints again]. El Universo (in Spanish). Costa do Sauípe. DPA. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2017. The biggest deception on first round was, once again, former No. 1 'Guga' Kuerten, who was eliminated after losing to his youngest compatriot André Ghem, invited by the tournament organizers.

External links[edit]

André Ghem at the Association of Tennis Professionals

[kuerten-1] "Gaudio y Massú a octavos y Kuerten vuelve a decepcionar" [Gaudio and Massú into Round of 16, Kuerten disappoints again]. El Universo (in Spanish). Costa do Sauípe. DPA. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2017. The biggest deception on first round was, once again, former No. 1 'Guga' Kuerten, who was eliminated after losing to his youngest compatriot André Ghem, invited by the tournament organizers.

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