Alejandro Gattiker Explained

Alejandro Gattiker
Birth Date:1958 5, df=yes
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:5–24
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 194 (4 Jan 1982)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1982)
Doublesrecord:22–37
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 119 (3 Jan 1983)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1977, 1980, 1981, 1983)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1980)

Alejandro Gattiker (born 5 May 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.[1]

Career

Gattiker, having made it through qualifying, played Mike Myburg in the first round of the 1982 French Open.[2] He was beaten in straight sets.[2] The Argentinian played men's doubles at five Grand Slam tournaments, three with his brother Carlos, but was never able to get past the opening round.[2] He made the doubles semi-finals at Kitzbühel with his brother in 1981 and was also a doubles semi-finalist twice the following year, partnering Brent Pirow at Geneva and Ricardo Ycaza at Itaparica.[2] As a singles player he had his best win when he defeated veteran Romanian Ilie Năstase in 1981, at Viña del Mar.[2]

Although he missed out on Davis Cup representation during his playing career, Gattiker had two stints as captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team. Players he has coached on tour include Marcelo Filippini, Hernán Gumy, Mariano Hood, Nicolás Lapentti and Mariano Zabaleta.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1983Le Touquet, FranceClay Carlos Gattiker Tarik Benhabiles
Jean-Louis Haillet
7–6, 6–2
2.1983Messina, ItalyClay Carlos Gattiker Juan Aguilera
Pablo Arraya
7–5, 6–2

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10002572 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ga/A/Alejandro-Gattiker.aspx ATP World Tour Profile