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Emilio Benfele Álvarez (born 15 November 1972) is a former professional
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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
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. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in 1996, he got into
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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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