Emilio Benfele Álvarez (born 15 November 1972) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only
ATP final in 2000 in
Kitzbühel
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. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in 1996, he got into
Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...
draw after losing in the last round of qualifying and beat specialists at clay:
Santoro,
Clavet,
Medvedev and top seed
Muster before losing in three sets to
Berasategui in the semifinals. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 81 in 1997 (and No. 91 in doubles in 2004).
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Top 10 wins
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1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Figueres
Tennis players from Catalonia
Tennis players from Munich
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Spanish male tennis players
Sportspeople in Germany by club or team
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