Santiago Giraldo

Santiago Giraldo Salazar

Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1987-11-27) November 27, 1987 Pereira, Colombia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,465,503
Singles
Career record	75–83 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 39 (16 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 77 (1 April 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2010, 2011, 2012)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2010, 2011, 2012)
US Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2012)
Doubles
Career record	7–30 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 147 (20 July 2009)
Last updated on: 31 May 2012.

Santiago Giraldo Salazar (born 27 November 1987) is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. Giraldo's career-high singles ranking is World No. 39.

ATP Tour

Since turning professional in 2006, Santiago Giraldo has competed in lower events at Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Asunción. He reached the final at Bogotá in October 2007 but he lost out in straight sets. Giraldo reached his first Grand Slam main draw at the 2007 French Open, where he lost to Novak Djoković.

Santiago played in his first major non-Grand Slam singles tournament on 12–15 March 2008, the Masters Series Pacific Life Open, where he lost to then World No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–3, in the second round. He had beaten Werner Eschauer in the first round after coming through two rounds of qualifying. Giraldo then qualified for the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, where he has lost in round 1. He played in the 2008 French Open after the withdrawal of home-favourite Richard Gasquet through injury, but he had lost in the first round against Florent Serra of France.

He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Denis Istomin in the first round.

At the 2010 Australian Open, he saw off Seed #16 Tommy Robredo 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 in the first round. However, he lost in the second round to Łukasz Kubot 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 1–6.

At the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, a Masters 1000 event, he produced a heavy ground game to crush down 12th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–0, 6–3 in the first round, followed by a 6–3, 6–2 win over Michaël Llodra in the second round. However his run was ended at the hands of World No. 10 and 7th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 4–6 in the third round.

At the 2011 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, Giraldo made it to the semi-finals, where he lost to David Ferrer 3–6, 5–7. At the 2011 Australian Open, he reached second round where he lost to Marin Čilić 3–6, 6–7, 1–6. He also reached the final of the 2011 Movistar Open where he lost to Tommy Robredo 2–6, 6–2, 6–7 despite serving for the championship at 5–3.

At the 2011 US Open, Giraldo was drawn against World No. 3 Roger Federer in the first round to whom he lost in straight sets, 4–6, 3–6, 2–6.

At the French Open he lost first round to Grega Zemlja 4-6, 1-6, 4-6.

Playing Style

Giraldo is known for consistently taking huge cuts at the ball, flattening out every forehand and backhand possible when he is able to get a firm grip on the ball. However, such a style of play evidently generates a higher chance of unforced errors.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals(0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 February 2011	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Tommy Robredo	2–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 July 2012	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Robert Farah	Marcel Granollers Marc López	4–6, 6–7(9–11)

Challenger and Futures Titles

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7)
ITF Futures (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	9 October 2005	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Luciano Vitullo	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
2.	7 May 2006	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	6–4, 6–2
3.	25 June 2006	Sorocaba, Brazil	Clay	Eduardo Portal	7–6(8–6), 6–2
4.	23 July 2006	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Bruno Echagaray	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
5.	18 March 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Flávio Saretta	7–6(7–4), 6–2
6.	14 October 2007	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	7–6(7–4), 6–4
7.	17 January 2009	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Michael Russell	6–3, 6–2
8.	17 April 2009	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
9.	11 October 2009	Sacramento, California, USA	Hard	Jesse Levine	7–6(7–4), 6–1
10.	18 April 2010	Pereira, Colombia	Hard (i)	Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–3

Singles Performance Timeline

Current till 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	LQ			2R	2R	2R	1R	3–4
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2–7
Wimbledon	LQ		Q1	1R	1R	1R		0–3
US Open	LQ	LQ	Q2	1R	1R	1R		0–3
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	1–4	3–4	0–2	5–17
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters		2R	1R		2R	3R	1R	4–5
Miami Masters		1R	LQ	2R	1R	2R	2R	3–5
Monte Carlo Masters					1R	A	A	0–1
Rome Masters				3R	1R	1R	1R	2–4
Hamburg Masters			Not Masters Series					0–0
Canada Masters	LQ		LQ	1R	A	A		0–1
Cincinnati Masters			LQ	1R	A	1R		0–2
Madrid Masters				2R	2R	1R	2R	3–4
Shanghai Masters	NMS			LQ	3R	A		2–1
Paris Masters				2R	1R	A		1–2
Win–Loss	0–0	1–2	0–1	5–6	4–7	3–5	2–4	15–25
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Year End Ranking	538	163	107	64	55	57

Doubles Performance Timeline

This table is current through 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	0–4
French Open	1R	1R	1R		0–3
Wimbledon	1R	1R			0–2
US Open	1R	1R			0–2
Win–Loss	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–1	0–11

External links

• Santiago Giraldo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Santiago Giraldo at the Davis Cup