Eduardo Nicolás Explained

Eduardo Nicolás
Country: Spain
Birth Date:1972 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Turnedpro:1992
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$117,508
Singlesrecord:3–4
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 146 (20 March 2000)
Doublesrecord:7–17
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 97 (17 January 2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1999, 2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1999, 2000)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1999)

Eduardo Nicolás Espin (born 22 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Nicolas played most of his doubles career beside Germán Puentes, his partner in all five of his Grand Slam appearances. They failed to win a single Grand Slam match but did reach the semi-finals of the Swedish Open in 1999 and win six Challenger titles.[1]

As a singles player he was a quarter-finalist in the 1999 Prague Open, defeating world number 65 Ján Krošlák and German Markus Hantschk. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals by his doubles partner, Puentes.[2]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (6)

width=10No.width=50Yearwidth=200Tournamentwidth=50Surfacewidth=200Partnerwidth=200Opponentswidth=180Score
1.1998Montauban, FranceClay Germán Puentes Edwin Kempes
Rogier Wassen
7–6, 7–6
2.1998Budva, YugoslaviaClay Germán Puentes Emanuel Couto
João Cunha Silva
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
3. 1998Skopje, MacedoniaClay Germán Puentes Andrei Merinov
Andrei Stoliarov
7–5, 3–6, 7–6
4.1999Barcelona, SpainClay Germán Puentes Alberto Martín
Javier Sánchez
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
5.2000Fürth, GermanyClay Germán Puentes Devin Bowen
Brandon Coupe
6–4, 6–2
6.2000Sevilla, SpainClay Germán Puentes Tommy Robredo
Santiago Ventura
6–3, 6–2

Notes and References

  1. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002941 ITF Tennis Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ni/E/Eduardo-Nicolas.aspx ATP World Tour Profile