Pablo Cuevas

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Pablo Cuevas
Cuevas at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Uruguay
ResidenceSalto, Uruguay
Born (1986-01-01) January 1, 1986 (age 38)
Concordia, Argentina[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachFacundo Savio
Prize moneyUS$9,717,624[2]
Singles
Career record242–224 (51.9% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 19 (15 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 813 (12 February 2024)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
French Open3R (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2019)
US Open2R (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record217–177 (55.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 14 (20 April 2009)
Current rankingNo. 1225 (12 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2016)
French OpenW (2008)
Wimbledon3R (2014)
US Open3R (2009, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2015)
US OpenQF (2010)
Last updated on: 15 February 2024.

Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo ˈkweβas];[3] born January 1, 1986)[1] is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna.

He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 achieved in August 2016. Cuevas' career-high doubles ranking is World No. 14, which he achieved in April 2009.

In September 2019, Cuevas led the Uruguayan Davis Cup team to a victory over the Dominican Republic, winning entry into the highest Davis Cup tier, the World Group.[4]

Professional career[edit]

Early career[edit]

At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentine partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger titles.

2008[edit]

Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Viña del Mar, Chile. He earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria. He then beat Fernando Verdasco and José Acasuso, before falling in the semifinals against Fernando González.[5] Cuevas reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 88 following Viña del Mar.

In March, Cuevas qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, his first ATP Masters Series event. He defeated Vince Spadea in the first round, before falling to Fernando González in the second round. At Houston, he partnered with Spaniard Marcel Granollers to reach the doubles final, falling to Ernests Gulbis and Rainer Schüttler.

At the 2008 French Open in May, Cuevas partnered with Peruvian Luis Horna to win the doubles title. On their way to the title, the pair defeated seventh seeds Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the first round, ninth seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes in the third round, top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarterfinals, and second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. They defeated Nestor and Zimonjić 6–2, 6–3, in only 56 minutes to win the title.[6] Cuevas and Horna became the first all-South American team to win a Grand Slam men's doubles title, and Cuevas became the second Uruguayan, after Fiorella Bonicelli, to win a Grand Slam title.

2009[edit]

At the 2009 Movistar Open in Viña del Mar, Cuevas, as in 2008, reached the semifinals in singles, where he met local favorite Fernando González. González won the match 6–3, 6–2. In doubles, Cuevas paired with Argentinean Brian Dabul, and together they won the tournament, winning the final against František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák, 6–3, 6–3. This win helped Cuevas achieve his doubles ranking high of no. 17 in the world on February 9, 2009.

In the first round at Wimbledon in 2009, Cuevas defeated Christophe Rochus of Belgium in a come-from-behind victory, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 11–9.[1] In the second round, he lost to 21-year-old Jesse Levine of the U.S. (who defeated Marat Safin in the first round), 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3.[7]

Cuevas qualified into the 2009 International German Open. He reached the semifinals of that tournament by beating Björn Phau, ninth-seeded Jürgen Melzer, eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, and 14th-seeded Nicolás Almagro in the quarterfinals. He lost his semifinal match with Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7.

Cuevas played in the 2009 Kremlin Cup as fifth seed. He advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Lu Yen-hsun and Teymuraz Gabashvili. He lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Kukushkin, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6. He did, however, win the doubles title, partnering Marcel Granollers.

2010[edit]

Cuevas defeated eight-seeded Albert Montañés at the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel to reach quarter-finals, where he lost to David Ferrer. At the 2010 Kremlin Cup he beat world number 11 Nikolay Davydenko in second round and fifth-seeded Radek Štěpánek in quarter-finals, then was defeated by eventual champion Viktor Troicki.

2011[edit]

He went 0–4 at the start of 2011, but on arrival at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, he defeated both Michael Berrer and world number 8 Andy Roddick by the same score, 6–4, 7–6, to reach the third round.

At the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Cuevas beat third seeded Guillermo García López to reach semi-finals, where he lost to Kei Nishikori.

At the 2011 Estoril Open he defeated third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci in consecutive matches to reach the semifinals, where he lost to Juan Martín del Potro.

After losing in first round of Roland Garros, Cuevas underwent knee surgery and did not play on tour for two years.

2012–13[edit]

Cuevas did not play at all in 2012 due to injury.

The Uruguayan played again in ATP Challenger Tour events in May 2013. He won the first round match at Roland Garros. Later he defeated eight-seeded Nikolay Davydenko at first round of the 2013 Proton Malaysian Open.

2014[edit]

In 2014, Cuevas won the first round matches at the Rio Open, Portugal Open and Roland Garros. At the Swedish Open, he beat sixth-seeded Jérémy Chardy, third-seeded Fernando Verdasco and fifth-seeded João Sousa to win his first ATP 250 tournament and became number 61 in the ATP ranking.

One week later, he won his second ATP tournament at the Umag Croatia Open. Cuevas had to play the qualifying round, defeating Nikolas Walterscheid-Tukic, Nikola Ćaćić and Renzo Olivo. In the main tournament, he beat Croatian Mate Delić 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, then Italian Andreas Seppi 6–3, 6–1, Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 in the quarterfinals, and finally, on Sunday, he beat Fabio Fognini in semifinals, and second-seeded Tommy Robredo in the finals, without losing a set, 6–3, 6–4. After the tournament he rose to inside the world's top 40 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career.

In November, the Uruguayan won the Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil and Uruguay Open singles clay tournaments.

2015[edit]

At the 2015 Australian Open, Cuevas lost in first round to unseeded player Matthias Bachinger. In the doubles event, he partnered David Marrero to reach quarterfinals, where they were beaten by Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli.

He began the Latin American season with his third ATP singles title at the ATP 250 São Paulo, after beating Jiří Veselý, Nicolás Almagro, and Santiago Giraldo. Later he beat Almgaro again, and then Albert Montañés to reach the third round of the Rio 500, where he was defeated by clay master Rafael Nadal in three sets. Also, together with Marrero, he beat Vesely and František Čermák to reach the quarterfinals of the doubles event.

At the ATP 250 Buenos Aires, he lost to local Juan Mónaco in quarterfinals. Cuevas then played the Davis Cup Americas Zone round versus Colombia, where he lost to Alejandro González and defeated Giraldo. He partnered his brother Martín to defeat doubles specialists Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah.

At the Indian Wells Masters, Cuevas defeated Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round, where he lost to Feliciano López. This was his best singles result in big tournaments since his third-round appearance at the 2011 Miami Masters. In the doubles event, he lost in the first round to Nadal and Pablo Carreño Busta. Cuevas lost in second round of the Miami Masters to Thomaz Bellucci.

At the inaugural ATP 250 Istanbul Open, as the third seed, first defeating Teymuraz Gabashvili, Thomaz Bellucci, and Grigor Dimitrov, the second seed, to reach his fourth ATP Tour level final, where he lost to Roger Federer.

2016[edit]

He won the 2016 Rio Open by defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and Argentine Guido Pella in the final. The next week, he won the Brasil Open in São Paulo by defeating Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta in the final. He was the runner up at the 2016 Nottingham Open to Steve Johnson. He was runner up at the 2016 German Open to Martin Kližan. Cuevas struggled to put together wins over the rest of the year, falling in the second round at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 US Open.

2017[edit]

Cuevas went 1–4 to start 2017, including a first-round loss at the 2017 Australian Open, but he rebounded with a title at the 2017 Brasil Open where he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas. He followed that with a strong quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Indian Wells Masters. As the No. 27 seed, he defeated Martin Kližan, Fabio Fognini, and No. 11 seed David Goffin before falling to Pablo Carreño Busta. He followed that up with another Masters-level quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Monte-Carlo Masters, where he defeated No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka in straight sets. He lost to Lucas Pouille in the quarterfinals. At the same tournament, he won his second Masters 1000 doubles title partnering with Rohan Bopanna defeating 7th seeded Spanish duo of F. Lopez/M. Lopez.

His strong results on clay continued at the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open, where he reached the first Masters semifinal of his career. Cuevas defeated Thomaz Bellucci, Nicolas Mahut, Benoît Paire, and Alexander Zverev to reach the semifinals. World No. 9 Dominic Thiem ended his run with a 6–4, 6–4 win. Cuevas would make the third round of the 2017 French Open later that spring. He then lost his next nine matches before ending the year with a third-round appearance in the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets.

2018–19[edit]

Cuevas defeated world number 6 Dominic Thiem in the third round of 2018 Indian Wells. He lost in the fourth round to Hyeon Chung in straight sets. At the 2018 Madrid Open, he made it to the third round before being defeated by world No. 9 John Isner in three tiebreaks.

Cuevas broke his foot in the summer which limited his activity for the rest of the 2018 season.

Cuevas won his first Challenger title in almost two years at the 2019 Tunis Open. Three weeks later, he would win another one at the 2019 Open du Pays d'Aix. At the 2019 Estoril Open, Cuevas qualified for the main draw as a lucky loser and made it all the way to the finals before being defeated by top seed and world number 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets.

At the French Open, Cuevas made the third round to match his best result at the tournament for the fourth time before being defeated by world No. 4 Dominic Thiem.

2020[edit]

Cuevas was part of team Uruguay for the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup but lost all of his matches to Japan'sYoshihito Nishioka, Spain's Rafael Nadal, and Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili.

Cuevas made back-to-back quarterfinals at Córdoba and Buenos Aires. He lost to eventual champion Cristian Garín in Córdoba and had four match points against top seed Diego Schwartzman in Buenos Aires, but fell short.[8]

2021[edit]

Cuevas qualified for the main draw at the Geneva Open. There, he made it to the semifinals defeating top players such as Reilly Opelka and 4th seed and former world number 3 Grigor Dimitrov. He lost to 2nd seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.

At the French Open, he played world number 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round. He lost in straight sets.

At the 2021 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon, Cuevas won both the singles and the doubles events along with his brother Martín Cuevas.

2022[edit]

At the 2022 French Open he defeated 31st seed Jenson Brooksby.[9] In the summer, Cuevas decided to spend time with his family and think about what to do next with his career. He felt good and started training again in Buenos Aires to prepare himself for the 2023 French Open.[10]

2023–24[edit]

He entered the 2023 French Open and the 2023 Wimbledon Championships qualifying competitions using protected ranking.

In January 2024, he also entered the Australian Open qualifiers using protected ranking.

Davis Cup[edit]

Cuevas made his debut for the Uruguay Davis Cup team in April 2004 at the age of 18. He is 29–7 in Davis Cup singles matches and 13–5 in Davis Cup doubles matches combining for an overall record of 42–12.

Playing style[edit]

Pablo Cuevas has a clay-court style of play. He utilizes heavy topspin off his forehand side and plays a one-handed backhand. His one-handed backhand creates excellent angles to hit passing shots. Cuevas also has a good slice. For most of his serves, he uses a heavy kick serve. Most of his skill set was on display when he defeated Andy Roddick in Miami in 2011. Cuevas is also known for trickshots.

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 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R 1R A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R A Q1 0 / 9 4–9 31%
French Open A A A Q3 1R Q3 1R 1R A 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R Q1 0 / 13 14–13 52%
Wimbledon A A A A A 2R A A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R NH 1R A Q2 0 / 7 2–7 22%
US Open A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R A A 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 12 5–12 29%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 3–4 4–4 2–3 2–3 5–4 1–3 2–4 1–1 0 / 41 25–41 38%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 2R 2R A A A 3R 2R QF 4R A NH A 1R 0 / 7 8–7 53%
Miami Open A A A A 2R A 1R 3R A A A 2R 3R 2R A 1R NH A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A Q2 A A A A A A 2R QF 1R A NH A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Madrid Open[a] A A A A Q1 A 1R A A A A 1R 3R SF 3R A NH Q1 A 0 / 5 8–5 62%
Rome Masters A A A A 1R A 1R 1R A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R A A Q1 A 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A NH A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 2R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Shanghai Masters NH A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R NH 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A 1R A A A A 2R 1R 3R 3R A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 3–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–8 6–8 13–7 4–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 43 31–43 42%
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH A NH A NH 2R NH A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 1 13 15 22 13 0 4 14 26 25 22 14 23 10 11 6 Career total: 219
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 6
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 10
Overall win–loss 3–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 10–15 19–15 21–22 13–13 0–0 2–4 18–12 29–26 34–23 20–21 19–14 24–23 8–14 9–11 4–7 6 / 219 242–224 52%
Year-end ranking 834 354 230 113 142 50 63 142 220 30 40 22 32 88 45 67 98 245 826

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R A A A QF SF 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 8 10–8 56%
French Open A A A 3R W 3R A 1R A SF 2R 2R QF 3R 2R 2R 3R 2R A 1 / 13 26–12 68%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R A A A A 3R 1R 3R A 2R 1R NH A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
US Open A A A 2R 2R 3R 2R A A 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R A 1R A 0 / 11 8–11 42%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 7–1 4–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 6–2 3–3 4–4 9–4 4–3 2–3 2–4 3–2 1–3 0–0 1 / 38 49–38 56%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 2R A A A A 1R 1R 1R SF A NH A 0 / 5 4–4 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A A 1R A A A 1R 2R 1R A A NH A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 1R W QF A NH A 1 / 4 7–3 70%
Madrid Open[a] A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 2R A NH A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Rome Masters A A A A A A SF A A A A W QF QF SF 1R A A 1 / 6 15–5 75%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 2R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Shanghai Masters NH A A A A A 2R 1R QF 1R A 1R NH 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Paris Masters A A A A A 1R A A A A QF 2R 1R 1R A 2R A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 6–7 7–8 7–6 9–4 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 2 / 37 36–34 51%
Career statistics
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 9
Finals 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 17
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 1–1 7–5 20–13 21–14 20–15 8–10 0–0 10–4 17–15 18–19 23–20 29–14 18–9 11–18 7–6 3–8 3–4 9 / 217–177 55%
Year-end ranking 1109 342 163 60 21 40 62 209 63 54 34 34 21 44 124 114 170 408

Mixed doubles[edit]

Tournament 2010 ... 2015 2016 2017 SR W–L
Australian Open A SF A 1R 0 / 2 3–2
French Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open QF A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Win–loss 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 3 5–3

Significant finals[edit]

Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2008 French Open Clay Peru Luis Horna Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–2, 6–3

Masters 1000 finals[edit]

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 Italian Open Clay Spain David Marrero Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–4, 7–5
Win 2017 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay India Rohan Bopanna Spain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series (1–1)
ATP 250 Series (5–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–4)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2014 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Portugal João Sousa 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jul 2014 Croatia Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Spain Tommy Robredo 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Feb 2015 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Italy Luca Vanni 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–1 May 2015 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay Switzerland Roger Federer 3–6, 6–7(11–13)
Win 4–1 Feb 2016 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Argentina Guido Pella 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Win 5–1 Feb 2016 Brasil Open, Brazil (2) 250 Series Clay Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 5–2 Jun 2016 Nottingham Open, UK 250 Series Grass United States Steve Johnson 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss 5–3 Jul 2016 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–3 Mar 2017 Brasil Open, Brazil (3) 250 Series Clay Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–4 May 2019 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 3–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (1–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (2–0)
ATP 500 Series (2–2)
ATP 250 Series (4–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (7–6)
Grass (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (7–7)
Indoor (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2008 Clay Court Championships, U.S. Intl Series Clay Spain Marcel Granollers Latvia Ernests Gulbis
Germany Rainer Schüttler
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–1 Jun 2008 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Peru Luis Horna Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 Feb 2009 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Argentina Brian Dabul Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 Oct 2009 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Spain Marcel Granollers Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 4–1 Feb 2010 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay Spain Marcel Granollers Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
7–5, 6–4
Loss 4–2 May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Spain Marcel Granollers Spain Marc López
Spain David Marrero
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [4–10]
Loss 4–3 Sep 2013 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Argentina Horacio Zeballos United States Eric Butorac
South Africa Raven Klaasen
2–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Feb 2014 Argentina Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
5–7, 4–6
Loss 4–5 May 2014 Portugal Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Spain David Marrero Mexico Santiago González
United States Scott Lipsky
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 5–5 May 2015 Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000 Clay Spain David Marrero Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–4, 7–5
Loss 5–6 Jun 2015 Nottingham Open, UK 250 Series Grass Spain David Marrero Australia Chris Guccione
Brazil André Sá
2–6, 5–7
Loss 5–7 Apr 2016 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Spain Marcel Granollers United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5–7, 5–7
Win 6–7 Feb 2017 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Spain Pablo Carreño Busta Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 7–7 Apr 2017 Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco Masters 1000 Clay India Rohan Bopanna Spain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 7–8 Jul 2017 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Spain Marc López Croatia Ivan Dodig
Croatia Mate Pavić
3–6, 4–6
Win 8–8 Aug 2017 Kitzbühel Open, Austria 250 Series Clay Argentina Guillermo Durán Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–4, 4–6, [12–10]
Win 9–8 Oct 2017 Vienna Open, Austria 500 Series Hard (i) India Rohan Bopanna Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
United States Sam Querrey
7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), [11–9]

Challenger and Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 24 (18–6)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (15–4)
ITF Futures Tour (3–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (17–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2005 Romania F6, Iași Futures Clay Argentina Martín Alund 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2005 Argentina F10, Rosario Futures Clay Argentina Máximo González 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2005 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Clay Argentina Juan-Martín Aranguren 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Nov 2005 Venezuela F8, Maracay Futures Hard Venezuela Yohny Romero 6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win 3–2 Jan 2006 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Argentina Lionel Noviski 7–5, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Nov 2006 Naples, USA Challenger Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq 3–6, 5–7
Win 4–3 May 2007 Tunica Resorts, USA Challenger Clay (i) Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 5–3 Jul 2007 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Germany Dominik Meffert 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Nov 2007 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Brazil Marcos Daniel 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–3 Apr 2009 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Romania Victor Crivoi 6–1, 6–3
Win 8–3 Oct 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti 7–5, 6–1
Win 9–3 Sep 2010 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Russia Igor Andreev 6–1, 6–1
Loss 9–4 Oct 2010 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Máximo González 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 9–5 Oct 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Máximo González 4–6, 3–6
Win 10–5 Oct 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–4
Win 11–5 Mar 2014 Barranquilla, Colombia Challenger Clay Slovakia Martin Kližan 6–3, 6–1
Loss 11–6 May 2014 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Julian Reister 3–6, 2–6
Win 12–6 Jun 2014 Mestre, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 13–6 Nov 2014 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi w/o
Win 14–6 Nov 2014 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 6–2, 6–4
Win 15–6 Nov 2017 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Portugal Gastão Elias 6–4, 6–3
Win 16–6 Apr 2019 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay Portugal João Domingues 7–5, 6–4
Win 17–6 May 2019 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay France Quentin Halys 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win 18–6 June 2021 Lyon, France Challenger Clay Sweden Elias Ymer 6–2, 6-2

Doubles: 43 (22–21)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (16–13)
ITF Futures Tour (6–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (21–20)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2004 Brazil F13, Santos Futures Clay Argentina Agustin Tarantino Brazil Thiago Alves
Brazil Thomaz Bellucci
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2005 Chile F2, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Brian Dabul
Argentina Damián Patriarca
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2005 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Chile Jorge Aguilar
Chile Felipe Parada
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 May 2005 Argentina F3, Córdoba Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Matías Niemiz
Argentina Cristian Villagrán
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–3 May 2005 Argentina F4, Córdoba Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Diego Cristin
Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–4 May 2005 Argentina F5, Córdoba Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Diego Cristin
Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 3–4 Jun 2005 Romania F5, Bucharest Futures Clay Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí Romania Adrian Cruciat
Romania Adrian-Vasile Gavrilă
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 4–4 Jun 2005 Romania F7, Bucharest Futures Clay Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí Spain Pablo Andújar
Venezuela Igor Muguruza
5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Aug 2005 Romania F15, Craiova Futures Clay Germany Eric Scherer Romania Adrian Barbu
Romania Ionuț Moldovan
6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 4–6 Sep 2005 Argentina F10, Rosario Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Damián Patriarca
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 2–6
Win 5–6 Sep 2005 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Clay Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí Argentina Matias O'Neille
Argentina Emiliano Redondi
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 5–7 Nov 2005 Venezuela F7, Maracay Futures Hard Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Brian Dabul
Uruguay Marcel Felder
5–7, 4–6
Win 6–7 Jan 2006 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Diego Álvarez
Argentina Emiliano Redondi
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 6–8 Feb 2006 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí Argentina Brian Dabul
Uruguay Marcel Felder
3–6, 2–6
Win 7–8 Jul 2006 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Chile Adrián García France Marc Gicquel
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 7–9 Oct 2006 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva
Brazil Marcelo Melo
3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–10 Oct 2006 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil André Ghem
Brazil Marcelo Melo
w/o
Win 8–10 Nov 2006 Naples, USA Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos United States Goran Dragicevic
United States Mirko Pehar
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 9–10 Jan 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Chile Adrián García Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–11 Jan 2007 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Brian Dabul
Spain Marc López
2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 10–11 Apr 2007 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil André Miele
Brazil João Souza
6–4, 6–4
Loss 10–12 May 2007 Naples, USA Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
1–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Loss 10–13 May 2007 Tunica Resorts, USA Challenger Clay (i) Argentina Horacio Zeballos United States Paul Goldstein
United States Donald Young
6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss 10–14 Jul 2007 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Algeria Lamine Ouahab
4–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win 11–14 Jul 2007 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Spain Pablo Andújar
Brazil Flávio Saretta
6–3, 6–1
Loss 11–15 Jul 2007 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay India Rohan Bopanna Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Netherlands Peter Wessels
6–7(6–8), 5–7
Win 12–15 Aug 2007 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán Poland Tomasz Bednarek
United States James Cerretani
6–1, 6–0
Win 13–15 Oct 2007 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Mexico Santiago González
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–4, 6–4
Win 14–15 Nov 2007 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Peru Luis Horna Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura
w/o
Win 15–15 Nov 2007 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Eduardo Schwank Colombia Michael Quintero
Uruguay Martín Vilarrubí
6–4, 6–2
Loss 15–16 Jan 2009 Iquique, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 4–6
Loss 15–17 Mar 2009 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Peru Luis Horna Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Spain Santiago Ventura
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win 16–17 Apr 2009 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Spain David Marrero Germany Frank Moser
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
6–4, 6–3
Win 17–17 May 2009 Bordeaux, France Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos France Xavier Pujo
France Stéphane Robert
4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 17–18 Jun 2009 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
2–6, 3–6
Loss 17–19 Jun 2009 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay Argentina Sergio Roitman Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
w/o
Loss 17–20 Oct 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Spain David Marrero
4–6, 4–6
Win 18–20 Nov 2013 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva
Brazil André Ghem
w/o
Win 19–20 Mar 2014 Barranquilla, Colombia Challenger Clay Spain Pere Riba Czech Republic František Čermák
Russia Mikhail Elgin
6–4, 6–3
Win 20–20 Jun 2014 Mestre, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Potito Starace
6–4, 6–1
Win 21–20 Nov 2014 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas Chile Nicolás Jarry
Chile Gonzalo Lama
6–2, 6–4
Loss 21–21 Jun 2018 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 22–21 June 2021 Lyon, France Challenger Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas France Tristan Lamasine
France Albano Olivetti
6–3, 7–6(7–2)

Record against top 10 players[edit]

Cuevas' match record against players who have been ranked No. 10 or higher, with those who have been ranked No. 1 in boldface.

Wins over top 10 players[edit]

  • Cuevas has a 5–24 (17.2%) record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
Season 2011 ... 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total
Wins 1 1 1 1 1 5
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2011
1. United States Andy Roddick 8 Miami, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2015
2. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 5 Beijing, China Hard 1R 6–4, 6–4
2016
3. Spain Rafael Nadal 5 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay SF 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2017
4. Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 3R 6–4, 6–4
2018
5. Austria Dominic Thiem 6 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 3–6, 6–4, 4–2 ret.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Held as Hamburg Masters (clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "ATP Prize Money Leaders" (PDF).
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  5. ^ "Gonzalez Captures Vina Title in Strange Circumstances". 2008-02-02. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  6. ^ "Horna/Cuevas Surprise Roland Garros Champions". 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-06-07.[dead link]
  7. ^ Martin, John (2009-06-25). "Another Victory for Levine". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  8. ^ "Schwartzman Fights Off 4 M.P. In Buenos Aires Classic". atptour.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  9. ^ "Pablo Cuevas, option to enjoy farewell at Roland Garros 2022". 23 May 2022.
  10. ^ Sobrero, Alberto (9 May 2023). "Pablo Cuevas: dónde le gustaría jugar su último partido y en qué lugar se ve tras retirarse del tenis". El País. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

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