Agustín Calleri

Agustín Calleri

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1976-09-14) 14 September 1976 Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
Height
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,699,134
Singles
Career record	208–184
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 16 (7 July 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open	3R (2000, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	82–86
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 52 (16 June 2008)

Agustín Calleri Shaal (born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

Born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, he picked up first ATP win in 1999 over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarter-final at Umag. In 2000 he made the third round in Roland Garros, before losing to Andrei Medvedev. He beat Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to two tie-breakers in US Open's third round. Then in 2001 he won three challenger events beating Juan Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian.

He finished in Top 50 for his first time in 2002, and had match points to Nicolás Massú in Buenos Aires final. Later in October he beat Marat Safin and Thomas Johansson to make an impressive quarterfinal in Madrid.

In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo Ríos, Felix Mantilla and then Mariano Zabaleta in the final and reached his career-high ranking of World No. 16. In Estoril he reached the final but lost to Nikolay Davydenko. In Hamburg he made his greatest result reaching the final before losing to Guillermo Coria in straight sets. He also posted a stunning win against former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in Davis Cup.

In 2004 he beat Andre Agassi in Miami before losing to Vince Spadea and reached the decisive match at Costa Do Sauipe. In 2005 he lost the final in Amersfoort to Chilean Fernando González.

Calleri won his second career title in the 2006 Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came 3 years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolás Massú, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6 (9) 6–2 6–3. Calleri made his first final on hardcourt in New Haven losing to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–4 6–3 and after this result will move inside the top 30 in the ATP rankings. At the 2007 US Open, Calleri made it to the third round after defeating Lleyton Hewitt 4–6 6–4 6–4 6–2.

Calleri announced his retirement in February 2010 at the age of 33.

Career finals

ATP World Tour finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0-0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)

ATP Masters Series (0-1)

ATP International Series Gold (2-0)

ATP Tour (0-5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 25, 2002	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Massú	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	1.	March 2, 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Mariano Zabaleta	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	April 8, 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	May 19, 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	March 1, 2004	Costa do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	July 25, 2005	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Fernando González	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	July 24, 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	7–6(11–9), 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	August 28, 2006	New Haven, United States	Hard	Nikolay Davydenko	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

Legend ( Doubles) 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 (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	February 17, 2003	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Mariano Hood	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	October 31, 2005	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Fernando González	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	February 24, 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Luis Horna	Werner Eschauer Peter Luczak	6–0, 66–7, [10–2]

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2009 Australian Open in Melbourne, which ended on January 19, 2009.

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career win-loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	4–9
French Open	A	A	A	LQ	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	4–9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	4–7
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	6–8
Grand Slam Win-Loss1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–4	0–4	2–4	1–2	1–2	1–3	3–4	3–4	0–3	18–33
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	3R	4R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	5–5
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	LQ	2R	1R	3R	2R	QF	1R	QF	A	1R	2R	12–9
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	1R	A	2–5
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	3R	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3–3
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	LQ	A	6–6
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0–2
Shanghai	Not Held														A	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–1
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	F	A	A	A	1R	A	NM1	6–3
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Total Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Year End Ranking	432	–	244	149	136	62	67	50	24	58	51	29	42	60	391	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.

External links

• Agustín Calleri at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Agustín Calleri at the Davis Cup