Martín Vilarrubí
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| Full name | Martín Vilarrubí |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Uruguay |
| Born | 2 September 1984 Montevideo,Uruguay |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $50,366 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6-4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 405 (17 July 2006) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4-4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 163 (28 January 2008) |
Martín Vilarrubí(born 2 September 1984) is a former professionaltennisplayer from Uruguay.
Biography
[edit]Born inMontevideo,Vilarrubí showed promise as a junior, winning several international tournaments. He made the round of 16 of the boys' singles at both theFrench OpenandUS Openin 2002, reaching his best junior ranking of seven in the world that year.[1]In Juniors had victories over ex top tens such as Gasquet, Tsonga, Monaco, Soderling.
Vilarrubí was 17 when he began playingDavis Cuptennis forUruguay.His deciding rubber win over Pablo González handed Uruguay a tie against Colombia in 2003. In addition to the Davis Cup he also represented Uruguay in thePan American Gamesand theSouth American Games.He won both of Uruguay's gold medals at the2002 South American Gamesin Brazil, the singles and doubles events, partneringMarcel Felderin the latter.[2]His last Davis Cup match was played in 2007 and finished with a 10/8 overall record, from 11 ties. In 2003 went to two simultaneous surgeries while living in Barcelona and training under the arms of Francis Roig and Jordi Vilaro that put him away long time from the courts. Considered among attractive players while in the tour and sometimes confused with Spanish tennis star Feliciano Lopez because of their kinship.
He played mostly as a doubles player on the professional tour, with 3Challengertitles, as well as 17 titles on the lower level Futures circuit. Early in 2008, his final year in tennis, he reached his career best doubles ranking of 163 in the world.
Soon after retiring from tennis he founded a chemical company called Pactirol SA. which is among the biggest companies in Uruguay.[3]
Challenger titles
[edit]Doubles: (3)
[edit]| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2006 | Gramado,Brazil | Hard |  Franco Ferreiro
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Marcelo MeloAndre Sa
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6–2, 6–4 |
| 2. | 2007 | Milan,Italy | Clay |  Fabio Colangelo
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Alessandro Da ColManuel Jorquera
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6–72,7–68,10–8 |
| 3. | 2007 | Freudenstadt,Germany | Clay |  Marc López
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 Martin Slanar Pavel Šnobel
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6–2, 6–75,10–5 |
References
[edit]- ^"ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Vilarrubi, Martin (URU)".ITF.Retrieved15 September2017.
- ^"Martín Vilarrubí, el mejor de 2002".LaRed21(in Spanish). 31 December 2002.Retrieved15 September2017.
- ^"Martín Vilarrubí - Ex Tenista - En qué anda".El País(in Spanish).Retrieved15 September2017.
External links
[edit]
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan people of Catalan descent
- Uruguayan male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- South American Games gold medalists for Uruguay
- South American Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 2002 South American Games