Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (Rioplatense Spanish: [oˈɾasjo seˈβaʃos]; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39, achieved in March 2013, and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3, achieved in September 2019. In doubles, he has reached the men's doubles finals at the 2019 US Open and at Wimbledon in 2021 and 2023 alongside Marcel Granollers. In singles, he has reached the fourth round at the French Open, doing so in 2017.
Zeballos in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | Argentina | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1985 Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Alejandro Lombardo | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $7,821,684 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 91–133 (40.6% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (4 March 2013) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | 4R (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2009, 2016) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 337–206 (62.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (9 September 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 5 (1 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (2022, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (2013, 2022, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | F (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 9 April 2024. | |||||||||||||||
Zeballos won his first ATP title at the 2013 VTR Open in Chile on 10 February. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only four players (with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) to beat Nadal in a clay-court final.
He has also reached the final in St. Petersburg in 2009, Russia, losing to Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. Zeballos won the 2009 ATP Newcomer of the Year award.
He reached his first doubles final at the Chile Open in Santiago in 2010, with partner Potito Starace. They lost to top seeds Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. He won his first doubles title at the Argentina Open with Sebastián Prieto.