Santiago Giraldo

Santiago Giraldo

Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Pereira, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	$148,228
Singles
Career record	7–10
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	115 (April 30 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	27–74
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	190 (March 09 2009)
Last updated on: March 15, 2008.

Santiago Giraldo (born November 27 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. He currently has an ATP tour ranking of #178.

ATP Tour

Since turning professional in 2006, Santiago Giraldo has competed in lower-tier events at Buenos Aries, Bogotá and Asuncion. He reached the final at Bogotá in October 2007 but he lost out in straight sets. Giraldo reached the main draw of his first slam in 2007, losing to eventual semi-finalist Novak Đoković at the French Open.

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 beat Werner Eschauer in the first round after coming through two rounds of qualifying. Giraldo then qualified for the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, where he lost in round 1. He played in the 2008 French Open after the withdrawal of home-favourite Richard Gasquet through injury, but he lost in the first round against Florent Serra of France.

Career statistics

Performance Timeline

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	0
French Open	A	1R	1R		0
Wimbledon	A	A	A		0
US Open	A	A	A		0
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	0
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	2R	1R	0
Miami Masters	A	A	1R		0
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A		0
Rome Masters	A	A	A		0
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A		0
Canada Masters	A	A	A		0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A		0
Madrid Masters	A	A	A		0
Paris Masters	A	A	A		0
ATP Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	0
Year End Ranking	601	538	163		N/A

• A = did not participate in the tournament
• SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP World Tour 500 (0)

ATP World Tour 250 (0)

ATP Challenger Tour (4)

ITF Futures (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	9 October 2005	Medellin, 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(6), 6–2
4.	23 July 2006	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Bruno Echagaray	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
5.	18 March 2007	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Flavio Saretta	7–6(4), 6–2
6.	14 October 2007	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	7–6(4), 6–4
7.	17 January 2009	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Michael Russell	6–3, 6–2
8.	17 Avril 2009	San Luis Potosi, Mexico	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–2, 6–7(3), 6–2

External links

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