Gastón Etlis


Gastón Etlis is a former tennis player from Argentina.
The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest ATP rankings of World No. 114 in singles May 2000 and World No. 17 in doubles in January 2005. Etlis' greatest success in singles came in the final tournament of his singles career, reaching the semifinals of Costa do Sauípe in 2003.

Tennis career

Etlis turned professional in 1993. He is of Jewish descent.

Singles

Highlight victories include wins over World No. 40 Carlos Costa in 1995 and World No. 24 Marc Rosset in 1997.
Etlis competed in the singles events at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1996 and 1997 French Open. He then primarily focussed on doubles.

Doubles

From 2000, Etlis's primary doubles partner was Martin Rodriguez.
In 2000 and 2002, he reached the third round of the French Open.
Etlis competed in the doubles competition of the 2003 Australian Open; he and partner Rodriguez reached the semifinals. After defeating Leander Paes and David Rikl in the quarterfinals, they lost 3–6, 4–6 played to # 1 seed Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. At the 2003 French Open Etlis and Rodriquez reached the quarterfinals, losing to Paul Haarhuis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Etlis also competed in mixed doubles with Clarisa Fernández at Roland Garros in 2003. They lost in the quarterfinals to # 4 seed Cara Black and Wayne Black, 6–3, 6–3. Etlis and Rodriguez reached the 3rd round at the 2003 Wimbledon tournament.
In 2004, Etlis and Rodriguez made it to the semifinals at the 2004 Australian Open, where they were defeated 6–2, 7–5 by Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro. They reached the quarterfinal of the 2004 French Open, where they were defeated 6–4, 6–4 by the Belgian team of Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus. Etlis and Rodriguez won the Valencia International Series in April 2004.

Olympics

He represented Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by South Africa's Wayne Ferreira.
In the 2004 Olympics he competed in the doubles event with partner Martin Rodriguez, defeating Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López of Spain in the first round and losing to the eventual gold medallists Fernando González and Nicolás Massú in the second.

Davis Cup

Etlis split two Davis Cup matches in 1996.

Career finals

Doubles (4 wins, 10 losses)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2000Mexico City, MexicoClay Martín Rodríguez Byron Black
Donald Johnson
3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Jul 2000San Marino, San MarinoClay Jack Waite Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl
7–6, 7–5
Loss0–3Sep 2001Costa Do Sauipe, BrazilHard Brent Haygarth Enzo Artoni
Daniel Melo
3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win1–3Feb 2002Viña del Mar, ChileClay Martín Rodríguez Lucas Arnold Ker
Luis Lobo
6–3, 6–4
Win2–3Feb 2002Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Martín Rodríguez Simon Aspelin
Andrew Kratzmann
3–6, 6–3,
Loss2–4Apr 2002Barcelona, SpainClay Lucas Arnold Ker Michael Hill
Daniel Vacek
4–6, 4–6
Loss2–5.Jul 2002Stuttgart, GermanyClay David Adams Joshua Eagle
David Rikl
3–6, 4–6
Win3–5Apr 2004Valencia, SpainClay Martín Rodríguez Feliciano López
Marc López
7–5, 7–6
Loss3–6Apr 2004Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Martín Rodríguez Tim Henman
Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 2–6
Loss3–7Sep 2004Delray Beach, U.S.Clay Martín Rodríguez Leander Paes
Radek Štěpánek
0–6, 3–6
Loss3–8Sep 2004Palermo, ItalyClay Martín Rodríguez Lucas Arnold Ker
Mariano Hood
5–7, 2–6
Loss3–9Oct 2004Vienna, AustriaHard Martín Rodríguez Martin Damm
Cyril Suk
7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss3–10Feb 2005Viña del Mar, ChileClay Martín Rodríguez David Ferrer
Santiago Ventura
3–6, 4–6
Win4–10Aug 2005New Haven, United StatesHard Martín Rodríguez Rajeev Ram
Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3