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Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlaz laˈpenti];[lower-alpha 1] born 13 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés, and cousins Roberto and Emilio also are or were on the pro circuit. His father, also named Nicolás Lapentti, was a star basketball player at the College (now University) of St. Thomas in Minnesota from 1963 to 1967, and played on the Ecuador Olympic team.
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| Country (sports) |  Ecuador |
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| Residence | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | 13 August 1976 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1995 |
| Retired | 2011 (last match 2017) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $6,313,898 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 321–299 |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (17 April 2000) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1999) |
| French Open | 4R (2000) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2002) |
| US Open | 3R (2001) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (1999) |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1999) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (1996, 2004, 2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 153–159 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 32 (10 May 1999) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1999, 2001, 2003) |
| French Open | QF (1998) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2003) |
| US Open | 3R (2003) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 1R (2001, 2010) |
Beginnings
Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six.
He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, when he also captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open (partnering with Gustavo Kuerten) and the US Open.
Professional
Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá.
In 1999, Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open, defeating Thomas Johansson, Magnus Norman, Mikael Tillström, Andrew Ilie and Karol Kučera before losing to Thomas Enqvist. He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 that November.
In 2002, Lapentti won his fifth tour singles title at St. Pölten, beating Fernando Vicente in straight sets in the final. In the second round of that tournament, his rival, Irakli Labadze, faced four match points but was not able to convert any of them. Lapentti finally won that tough match 5–7, 7–6(1), 7–6(6).
His brother, Giovanni, also a professional tennis player, reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 110 in May 2005. In addition, another brother, Leonardo, has been active at the lower levels of professional tennis.
In the Cincinnati Open 2008, Lapentti defeated David Ferrer in second round, Fernando Verdasco in the third round and faced No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals where he lost in straight sets. With that victory over Lapentti, Nadal clinched the world No. 1 ranking for the first time.
In his last participation in a Grand Slam championship, he unfortunately had to retire against Novak Djokovic in the first round of the 2009 French Open.
In 2017, it was announced that Nicolás would compete in the Ecuador Open doubles draw alongside brother Giovanni, playing in the final event of his career.[1]
Davis Cup
He has also been a member of the Ecuador Davis Cup team since 1993. Representing his country in Davis Cup since he was 17, and won the deciding rubber against Great Britain (July 2000) to put Ecuador in the World Group. Moreover, he owns the Davis Cup record for most matches won in five sets, with a total of 13 victories.
Personal
He set up the Nicolás Lapentti Foundation in late 2000 to help bring tennis to the underprivileged, and develop future champions. Other interests include soccer and reading Robert Ludlum books.
ATP career finals
Singles: 12 (5 wins, 7 losses)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 1995 | Bogotá Open, Colombia | World Series | Clay |  Miguel Tobón |
2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1996 | Bogotá Open, Colombia | World Series | Clay |  Thomas Muster |
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1997 | Bogotá Open, Colombia | World Series | Clay |  Francisco Clavet |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jul 1999 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | World Series | Clay | Albert Costa |
6–7(4–7), 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 1999 | Indianapolis Tennis Championships, United States | Champ. Series | Hard |  Vince Spadea |
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 1999 | Grand Prix de Lyon, France | World Series | Carpet (i) |  Lleyton Hewitt |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Oct 2000 | Japan Open, Tokyo | Intl. Gold | Hard |  Sjeng Schalken |
4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jul 2001 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | Intl. Gold | Clay | Albert Costa |
1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2002 | Santiago Open, Chile | International | Clay |  Fernando González |
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 5–5 | May 2002 | St. Pölten, Austria | International | Clay | Fernando Vicente |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Jul 2003 | Swedish Open, Båstad | International | Clay |  Mariano Zabaleta |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Sep 2006 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy | International | Clay |  Filippo Volandri |
7–5, 1–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 7 (3 wins, 4 losses)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1996 | Bogotá Open, Colombia | World Series | Clay | Pablo Campana |
 Nicolás Pereira David Rikl |
3–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 1997 | Dutch Open, Amsterdam | World Series | Clay | Paul Kilderry |
Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek |
3–6, 7–5, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 1997 | Mexican Open, Acapulco | World Series | Clay | Daniel Orsanic |
 Luis Herrera Mariano Sánchez |
4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 1997 | Santiago Open, Chile | World Series | Clay | Julián Alonso |
Hendrik Jan Davids Andrew Kratzmann |
6–7, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 1999 | Adelaide International, Australia | World Series | Hard |  Gustavo Kuerten |
Jim Courier Patrick Galbraith |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–3 | May 1999 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | World Series | Clay | Mark Keil |
Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek |
0–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2004 | Santiago Open, Chile | International | Clay | Martín Rodríguez |
Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio |
6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7) |
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | SF | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 15–11 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 14 | 12–14 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | QF | 2R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 8–10 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 12 | 7–12 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0 / 47 | 42–47 |
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| Tennis Masters Cup | Did Not Qualify | RR | Did Not Qualify | 0 / 1 | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Cup | Was Not Invited | QF | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 3R | A | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | Q1 | 3R | A | 0 / 8 | 12–8 |
| Miami | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | QF | 3R | QF | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 12 | 14–12 |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 8 | 10–8 |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | SF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | A | NM1 | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | QF | Q1 | A | 0 / 8 | 5–8 |
| Madrid (Stuttgart) | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | 0 / 4 | 5–4 |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–6 | 16–7 | 8–9 | 15–9 | 7–9 | 3–8 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 66 | 67–66 |
| Year-end ranking | 326 | 632 | 109 | 121 | 63 | 90 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 57 | 122 | 95 | 67 | 109 | 86 | 97 | 447 | ||
Top 10 wins
| Season | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LR |
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| 1998 | |||||||
| 1. |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
7 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–1 | 61 |
| 1999 | |||||||
| 2. | Àlex Corretja |
8 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | 1R | 4–3 ret. | 26 |
| 3. | Carlos Moyá |
10 | Indianapolis, United States | Hard | QF | 6–1, 6–2 | 20 |
| 4. | Gustavo Kuerten |
5 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | QF | 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 | 14 |
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| 5. |  Magnus Norman |
5 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 | 27 |
| 6. |  Tim Henman |
10 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 | 27 |
| 7. | Juan Carlos Ferrero |
4 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | QF | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | 36 |
| 8. | Lleyton Hewitt |
3 | Paris Masters, France | Carpet (i) | 2R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 30 |
| 2003 | |||||||
| 9. | Jiří Novák |
8 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | 39 |
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| 10 | Nikolay Davydenko |
6 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–3 | 116 |
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| 11. | David Ferrer |
4 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3 | 89 |
Notes
- In isolation, Nicolás is pronounced [nikoˈlas].
References
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Nicolás Lapentti at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Nicolás Lapentti at the International Tennis Federation
- Nicolás Lapentti at the Davis Cup
На других языках
[de] Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (* 13. August 1976 in Guayaquil) ist ein ehemaliger ecuadorianischer Tennisspieler. Sein jüngerer Bruder Giovanni Lapentti wurde ebenfalls Tennisspieler. Beide sind Neffen des French-Open-Siegers Andrés Gómez. Ihr Vater Nicolás Lapentti Carrión war Präfekt der ecuadorianischen Provinz Guayas.- [en] Nicolás Lapentti
[es] Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (Guayaquil, 13 de agosto de 1976) es un extenista ecuatoriano, proveniente de una familia de tradición tenística por parte de su tío Andrés Gómez, leyenda del tenis ecuatoriano que ganara el Roland Garros. «Nico» Lapentti posee cinco títulos ATP y su mejor ranking en sencillos fue nro. 6 del mundo en 1999 luego de llegar a las semifinales del Australian Open. También alcanzó los cuartos de final en Wimbledon 2002.[ru] Лапентти, Николас
Николас Александр Лапентти Гомес (исп. Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez; род. 13 августа 1976[1], Гуаякиль[1]) — эквадорский теннисист.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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