Alex Patricio Calatrava (born 14 June 1973) is a former tour

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, who turned professional in 1993. The right-hander won one singles title (2000,

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). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 44 in February 2001.

Tennis career

Calatrava defeated up and coming British star Alex Bogdanovic in five sets at 2004 US Open. In July 2005 Calatrava was beaten by 18-year old

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. The Serb dispatched Calatrava in straight sets at the

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Personal

Calatrava was born in Germany while his parents lived there, returning to Spain live in 1980. His Spanish father, José, met his French mother, Gabrielle, while working Germany. Calatrava's uncle is the renowned architect

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. Calatrava lived in California from 1989 to 1991 and attended a high school for one year in

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. He also lived a year in Indian Wells under the guidance of Spanish coach

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. He was the number one ranked junior player in California in 1991.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * 1973 births Living people Tennis players from Cologne Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Spanish male tennis players Spanish people of French descent {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub