Horacio Zeballos Jr. (locally [oˈɾasjo seˈβaʃos];[1] born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In doubles, he has reached the men's doubles finals at the 2019 US Open and Wimbledon 2021 alongside Marcel Granollers. In singles, he has reached the fourth round at the French Open, doing so in 2017.
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||
Born | (1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 37) Mar del Plata, Argentina | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2003 | |||||||||||||
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||
Coach | Alejandro Lombardo | |||||||||||||
Prize money | $6,376,986 | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 91–133 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 39 (4 March 2013) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018) | |||||||||||||
French Open | 4R (2017) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2018) | |||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2009, 2016) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 281-174 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 19 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (9 September 2019) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 11 (12 September 2022) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (2022) | |||||||||||||
French Open | SF (2013, 2022) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (2021) | |||||||||||||
US Open | F (2019) | |||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Tour Finals | SF (2020, 2021) | |||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 1R (2021) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 3 October 2022. |
Zeballos won his first ATP title at the 2013 VTR Open in Chile on 10 February. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only four players (with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) to beat Nadal in a clay-court final.[2]
He has also reached the final in the St. Petersburg Open in Russia, losing to Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. He reached the doubles final at the Movistar Open in Santiago, Chile in 2010 with partner Potito Starace. They lost to top seeds Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. He won the title in doubles at the Copa Telmex with Sebastián Prieto. Zeballos won the 2009 ATP Newcomer of the Year award.
Zeballos is an Argentine of Spanish descent. He enjoys music, ping-pong, and swimming. His father is also named Horacio Zeballos, and his mother is named Carolina. He has one sister, Carolina Jr. His favorite surface is clay, and he is coached by Alejandro Lombardo.
Zeballos competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he won five singles titles and six doubles titles.
He reached his first ATP Tour final at the St. Petersburg Open, defeating Yuri Schukin, Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., Ernests Gulbis and Igor Kunitsyn before falling in the final to Stakhovsky in a third-set tiebreak.
Zeballos started the singles season in a slump, falling in the first round four times, but had an excellent start to the doubles season. In his first tournament, the Heineken Open, Zeballos and Rogier Wassen defeated world No. 1 team Bob and Mike Bryan. Zeballos then reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open with countryman Leonardo Mayer, and reached the final at the Movistar Open with Italian Potito Starace. Zeballos then turned to the clay in the Copa Telmex in Argentina, where in the first round, he defeated countryman and former French Open champion Gastón Gaudio. It was Zeballos' first ATP singles win since he reached the final in St. Petersburg. Zeballos next defeated former world No. 1 Carlos Moyá and reached his first ATP quarterfinal since October, where he then lost to countryman Juan Mónaco. In doubles, Zeballos and countryman Sebastián Prieto were the fourth seeds and won the title against Simon Greul and Peter Luczak. It was Zeballos' first career ATP title. The next week, at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Zeballos lost in the first round to Łukasz Kubot. He made it to the doubles semifinals, with partner Mónaco.
Zeballos was selected for the Argentine Davis Cup team for the first time. He played doubles with David Nalbandian against the Swedish pair of Robert Lindstedt and Robin Söderling. They won in straight sets. Zeballos reached a career milestone as he defeated his first-ever top-25 player, 24th ranked Gilles Simon, in the second round at the Sony Ericsson Open. He then lost in the third round to eventual finalist Tomáš Berdych.
At the US Men's Clay Court Championships, he defeated Taylor Dent, Dudi Sela, and world No. 11 Fernando González for his first top-15 win and the biggest one of his career. He then faced eventual champion Juan Ignacio Chela in the semifinals, where he lost in straight sets.
At the US Open, Zeballos with partner Eduardo Schwank reached the semifinals in doubles.
Zeballos played mostly on the Challenger circuit in singles. He did not make it past the second round in any ATP events. He had more success in doubles where he won his second title at the 2011 BMW Open partnering Simone Bolelli.
In 2012, he made it to the semifinals in Viña de Mar and Buenos Aires. At Roland Garros, he and partner Oliver Marach made it to the quarterfinals, where they were beaten by the Bryan brothers.
Zeballos won his first ATP singles title at Viña del Mar, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in three sets in his comeback tournament.[2] This victory made Zeballos one of the only four players who have beaten Nadal in a final on clay (the others are Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray).
He won three doubles titles with Julio Peralta and one with Andres Molteni.
Zeballos' first match in the 2017 Australian Open was a 5-hour and 15 minute loss to Ivo Karlović, the second longest match by time at the Australian Open in the Open Era.[3]
In June 2017 at Roland Garros, he had his best performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the fourth round. He was beaten by 6th seed Dominic Thiem in straight sets. At the same tournament he reached the quarterfinals partnering Julio Peralta.
Zeballos won his first ATP Masters 1000 Doubles Title at the 2019 BNP Paribas Open with Nikola Mektić. They defeated sixth-seeded Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the final. Zeballos became the first ATP Masters doubles champion from Argentina since 1997 after Luis Lobo at the Hamburg Masters.
With his new partner Marcel Granollers he has won 6 titles thus far, starting in August 2019, and also made his first Grand Slam doubles final at the 2019 US Open, losing to the world No. 1 and top seeded pair Farah/Cabal. As a result he reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in doubles on 9 September 2019.
The pair won 3 Masters 1000: the 2019 Canadian Open, the 2020 Italian Open and the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open.[4] They also reached the 2021 Wimbledon Championships final losing to world No. 1 and top seeds Mektic/Pavic.[5]
In August 2021, they reached a second Masters 1000 final for 2021 and fourth overall at the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati defeating Arévalo/Fognini.[6] They defeated Austin Krajicek and Steve Johnson in the final to win their fourth Masters.[7]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2019 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2021 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 5–7 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2019 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Win | 2019 | Canadian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 2020 | Italian Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
Win | 2021 | Madrid Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Win | 2021 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2009 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–7(7–9) |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2013 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2010 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2010 | Chile Open, Chile |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–1 | May 2011 | Bavarian Championships, Germany |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2013 | Malaysian Open, Malaysia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2014 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Feb 2016 | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Win | 4–3 | Jul 2016 | Swiss Open, Switzerland |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | Aug 2016 | Atlanta Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Win | 6–3 | Sep 2016 | Moselle Open, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2017 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–2 ret. |
Win | 7–4 | Apr 2017 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
Loss | 7–5 | Aug 2017 | Winston-Salem Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 7–6 | Sep 2017 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 7–7 | Jan 2018 | Brisbane International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [2–10] |
Win | 8–7 | Feb 2018 | Argentina Open (2), Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [10–3] |
Win | 9–7 | Jul 2018 | Swedish Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 10–7 | Jul 2018 | German Open, Germany |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 10–8 | Feb 2019 | Córdoba Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 11–8 | Feb 2019 | Argentina Open (3), Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 12–8 | Mar 2019 | Indian Wells Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Loss | 12–9 | Jun 2019 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(4–7), [6–10] |
Loss | 12–10 | Jul 2019 | Swedish Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5(7–5), 5–7, [5–10] |
Win | 13–10 | Aug 2019 | Canadian Open, Canada |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 13–11 | Sep 2019 | US Open, United States |
Grand Slam | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 14–11 | Feb 2020 | Argentina Open (4), Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [18–16] |
Win | 15–11 | Feb 2020 | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
Loss | 15-12 | Sep 2020 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Win | 16–12 | Sep 2020 | Italian Open, Italy |
Masters 1000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 16–13 | Mar 2021 | Mexican Open, Mexico |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
Win | 17–13 | May 2021 | Madrid Open, Spain |
Masters 1000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 17–14 | Jul 2021 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom |
Grand Slam | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 5–7 |
Win | 18–14 | Aug 2021 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 18–15 | Feb 2022 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 19–15 | Jun 2022 | Halle Open, Germany |
500 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(5–7), [14–12] |
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 22 June 2008 | Recanati, Italy | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 28 September 2008 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1 February 2009 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 22 March 2009 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 3 May 2009 | Pereira, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 July 2009 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 26 July 2009 | Manta, Ecuador | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 9 August 2009 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(7–4), 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 20 September 2009 | Cali, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 4 October 2009 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 6 March 2011 | Salinas, Ecuador | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 May 2011 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1 April 2012 | Barranquilla, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 7. | 13 May 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
Winner | 8. | 4 November 2012 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 9. | 11 November 2012 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
Winner | 10. | 6 January 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–2> |
Runner-up | 8. | 15 July 2014 | Svijany, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 22 May 2016 | Mestre, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | 19 June 2016 | Poprad, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 9 July 2016 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 10. | 7 Nov 2016 | Bogota, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 11. | 9 Oct 2017 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 0–6, 5–7 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through 2018 Wimbledon.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L | ||
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Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | 0–5 | ||
French Open | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 4R | 2R | 7–6 | ||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1–6 | ||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | A | 2–6 | ||
Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 10–23 | ||
Year-end ranking | 45 | 110 | 109 | 85 | 56 | 123 | 124 | 71 | 66 | 173 |
Current through the 2022 Madrid Open.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Australian Open | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | SF | 0 / 10 | 12–10 | 55% |
French Open | 1R | 2R | A | QF | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | SF | 0 / 13 | 20–13 | 61% |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | NH | F | A | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | 61% |
US Open | A | SF | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | F | 2R | QF | 1R | 0 / 13 | 17–13 | 57% |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 8–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 7–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 10–4 | 4–3 | 9–4 | 8–3 | 0 / 43 | 60–43 | 58% |
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ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | SF | SF | 1 / 2 | 3–5 | 38% | |||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | SF | W | NH | 1R | 2R | 1 / 5 | 9–4 | 69% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | QF | NH | 1R | QF | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | NH | SF | QF | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | W | QF | 1 / 4 | 6–3 | 67% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | W | QF | A | 1 / 4 | 9–3 | 75% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | NH | A | 1 / 1 | 6–0 | 100% | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | W | 1 / 3 | 7–2 | 78% | |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | NH | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 21–7 | 7–2 | 9–3 | 0–0 | 5 / 29 | 52–24 | 68% |
Year-end ranking | 79 | 33 | 88 | 63 | 40 | 79 | 72 | 45 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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Preceded by | ATP Newcomer of the Year 2009 |
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