Lucas Arnold Ker (;
born 12 October 1974) is an Argentine former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the
Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell. He is the younger brother of
Patricio Arnold
Patricio Arnold (born 20 October 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He is the older brother of Lucas Arnold Ker.
Career
Arnold was ranked as high as ninth during his junior career, which included winning the South Ameri ...
. He is right-handed and turned professional in 1994. He played several times for the Argentine
Davis Cup team, where he made his debut in 1997 against
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. Arnold Ker was
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
's opponent in the latter's first professional match in 1998, beating the 17-year-old future
singles world No. 1 and 20-time
major singles champion in straight sets. Arnold Ker retired from professional tennis in 2016.
Cancer
In August 2006, he was diagnosed with
testicular cancer
Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. Symptoms may include a lump in the testicle, or swelling or pain in the scrotum. Treatment may result in infertility.
Risk factors include an ...
. The testicle was removed, and he successfully underwent
chemotherapy
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs ( chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemothe ...
. In 2008, he was in remission and returned to playing professional tennis.
ATP Tour career finals
Doubles: 33 (15 titles, 18 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Doubles: 28 (20–8)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
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Lucas Learns To Live Again
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1974 births
Living people
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine male tennis players
Argentine people of Scottish descent
Tennis players from Barcelona
Tennis players from Buenos Aires