Patricio Arnold Explained

Patricio Arnold
Birth Date:20 October 1971
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:6 ft
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$112,935
Singlesrecord:1-9
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 134 (16 May 1994)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1994)
Doublesrecord:8-10
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 93 (24 Oct 1994)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1995)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1995)

Patricio Arnold (born 20 October 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.[1] He is the older brother of Lucas Arnold Ker.

Career

Arnold was ranked as high as ninth during his junior career, which included winning the South American Championships in the 14s and 16s categories, in 1985 and 1987, as well as the Banana Bowl in 1989.[2]

The Argentine went to college in the United States, firstly at the University of Georgia, where he played collegiate tennis in 1990 and 1991, reaching the final of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship final in the last of those years.[2] He then transferred to the University of South Florida.[2]

In 1991, on his ATP Tour debut, Arnold upset world number 51 Amos Mansdorf at Long Island's Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup.[2]

With partner Daniel Orsanic, Arnold made the doubles semi-finals of the 1993 South American Open in Buenos Aires.[2] He made his first Grand Slam appearance at the 1994 French Open and lost his opening match in five sets, to Jonas Björkman, 7–9 in the fifth.[2] Also that year, Arnold made two further doubles semi-finals, in San Marino with Luis Lobo and again with Orsanic at Buenos Aires.[2]

Arnold was selected to play the fifth and deciding rubber of a Davis Cup tie for Argentina in April 1995, against Venezuelan Maurice Ruah.[2] He lost in four sets.[3]

In the 1995 French Open he teamed up with Orsanic but the pair were unable to progress past Byron Black and Jonathan Stark in the first round.[2] He changed his partner for the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, choosing to play with Jorge Lozano, but they would be defeated in the opening round by Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson.[2]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (6)

No. YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1994Mar del Plata, ArgentinaClay Lucas Arnold Ker Filippo Messori
Federico Mordegan
6–4, 7–5
2.1994Campinas, BrazilClay Martin Stringari6–1, 6–3
3.1994Campos do Jordão, BrazilHard Richard Matuszewski Fabio Silberberg
Marcelo Saliola
6–3, 6–4
4. 1994Recife, BrazilHard Pablo Albano Felipe Rivera
Cristiano Testa
7–6, 7–6
5.1994Ribeirão Preto, BrazilClay Pablo Albano Otavio Della
Marcelo Saliola
6–7, 6–2, 6–2
6.1995São Paulo, BrazilHard Lucas Arnold Ker Otavio Della
Marcelo Saliola
6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000055 ITF Tennis Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ar/P/Patricio-Arnold.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  3. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10000055 Davis Cup Profile