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Gastón Etlis (born 4 November 1974) is a former tennis player from Argentina.

Gastón Etlis

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1974-11-04) 4 November 1974 (age 47) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2006 (played sporadically after)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Horacio de la Peña
Prize money	$1,559,459
Singles
Career record	30–56
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 114 (22 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1996)
French Open	2R (1997)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1997, 1998, 2000)
US Open	2R (2002)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	160–162
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 17 (10 January 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2003, 2004)
French Open	QF (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2003, 2005)
US Open	2R (2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004)

The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest ATP rankings of World No. 114 in singles May 2000 and World No. 17 in doubles in January 2005. Etlis' greatest success in singles came in the final tournament of his singles career, reaching the semifinals of Costa do Sauípe in 2003.

Tennis career

Etlis turned professional in 1993. He is of Jewish descent.[1]

Singles

Highlight victories include wins over World No. 40 Carlos Costa in 1995 and World No. 24 Marc Rosset in 1997.

Etlis competed in the singles events at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1996 and 1997 French Open. He then primarily focussed on doubles.[1]

Doubles

From 2000, Etlis's primary doubles partner was Martin Rodriguez.

In 2000 and 2002, he reached the third round of the French Open.

Etlis competed in the doubles competition of the 2003 Australian Open; he and partner Rodriguez reached the semifinals. After defeating Leander Paes and David Rikl (6–3, 6–3) in the quarterfinals, they lost 3–6, 4–6 played to # 1 seed Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.[1] At the 2003 French Open Etlis and Rodriquez reached the quarterfinals, losing to Paul Haarhuis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.[1] Etlis also competed in mixed doubles with Clarisa Fernández at Roland Garros in 2003. They lost in the quarterfinals to # 4 seed Cara Black and Wayne Black, 6–3, 6–3.[1] Etlis and Rodriguez reached the 3rd round at the 2003 Wimbledon tournament.

In 2004, Etlis and Rodriguez made it to the semifinals at the 2004 Australian Open, where they were defeated 6–2, 7–5 by Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.[1] They reached the quarterfinal of the 2004 French Open, where they were defeated 6–4, 6–4 by the Belgian team of Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus.[1] Etlis and Rodriguez won the Valencia International Series in April 2004.[1]

Olympics

He represented Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by South Africa's Wayne Ferreira.

In the 2004 Olympics he competed in the doubles event with partner Martin Rodriguez, defeating Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López of Spain in the first round and losing to the eventual gold medallists Fernando González and Nicolás Massú in the second.

Davis Cup

Etlis split two Davis Cup matches in 1996.

Career finals

Doubles (4 wins, 10 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP International Series Gold (0–0) ATP International Series (4–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1) Grass (0) Clay (3) Carpet (0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Byron Black Donald Johnson	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 2000	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Jack Waite	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6(7–1), 7–5
Loss	0–3	Sep 2001	Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil	Hard	Brent Haygarth	Enzo Artoni Daniel Melo	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win	1–3	Feb 2002	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–3	Feb 2002	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	2–4	Apr 2002	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Michael Hill Daniel Vacek	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5.	Jul 2002	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	David Adams	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Apr 2004	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Feliciano López Marc López	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3–6	Apr 2004	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Tim Henman Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–7	Sep 2004	Delray Beach, U.S.	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–8	Sep 2004	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–9	Oct 2004	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Martín Rodríguez	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3–10	Feb 2005	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	David Ferrer Santiago Ventura	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–10	Aug 2005	New Haven, United States	Hard	Martín Rodríguez	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6–4, 6–3

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

External links

• Gastón Etlis at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gastón Etlis at the International Tennis Federation
• Gastón Etlis at the Davis Cup
• Jewish Virtual Library bio

На других языках

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[de] Gastón Etlis

Gastón Etlis (* 4. November 1974 in Buenos Aires) ist ein ehemaliger argentinischer Tennisspieler.

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- [en] Gastón Etlis

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[es] Gastón Etlis

Gastón Etlis (n. el 4 de noviembre de 1974 en Buenos Aires, Argentina) es un exjugador de tenis argentino que se hizo profesional en 1993. Representó a su país en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996, donde fue derrotado en primera ronda por el sudafricano Wayne Ferreira y Juegos Olímpicos de Sídney 2000. Ganó cuatro títulos en su carrera en dobles y su máxima posición en el ranking ATP la obtuvo el 22 de mayo de 2000, cuando llegó al puesto 114.

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[ru] Этлис, Гастон

Гастон Ариэль Этлис (исп. Gastón Ariel Etlis; родился 4 ноября 1974 года в Буэнос-Айресе, Аргентина) — аргентинский профессиональный теннисист; полуфиналист двух турниров Большого шлема в парном разряде (Открытый чемпионат Австралии-2003, -2004); победитель четырёх турниров ATP в парном разряде.

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