Alejandro Gómez (tennis)
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Alejandro Gómez (; born 14 August 1991) is an inactive Colombian
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player. Gómez has a career high ATP singles ranking of 352, achieved on 20 March 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 161 achieved on 8 August 2022. Gómez made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia where he qualified for the main draw, defeating Felipe Rojas,
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and Juan Ignacio Londero in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, he defeated fifth-seed
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in the first round, but lost to the Japanese
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in the second round Gómez has a very fast and accurate serve, though one of his weaknesses are his frequent double faults , he has an average of 11 double faults per game. In fact, he recorded a 227 km/h at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia In August 2022, Gómez was suspended from competition after testing positive for
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. He was required to serve a period of ineligibility of fourteen months; that period starts on 15 December 2021, and ends on 14 February 2023.


Finals: 15 (9–6)


Singles: 6 (4–2)


Doubles: 14 (8–6)


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* * 1991 births Living people Colombian male tennis players Sportspeople from Cali 21st-century Colombian people Doping cases in tennis {{Colombia-tennis-bio-stub