Guido Pella


Guido Pella is an Argentine professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world rank No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at world rank No. 55 in doubles.

Personal life

His father, Carlos, taught him the game at the age of five. His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments. He is engaged to marry the model and entrepreneur Stephanie Demner.

Career

Junior career

As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008. Entering as a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the French Open boys' singles in 2008, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals.

2006–2011

Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 in July 2008 without dropping a set. In the following years, he won six further Futures titles, all of them on clay. His first Challenger final came at Guayaquil, Ecuador in November 2011, losing the match to Matteo Viola in straight sets. He finished the 2011 season ranked world no. 350 in singles and no. 501 in doubles.

2012

Pella started his 2012 Challenger season in March, capturing his first title in that category at the Salinas Challenger in Ecuador, with a victory over Paolo Lorenzi in the final round. The following month, he won his first doubles Challenger title at the Pereira Challenger in Colombia, partnering Martín Alund.
In May, he entered the French Open qualifying draw, losing in the first round to former world no. 2 Tommy Haas. In August, he won his first hard-court tournament at the Manta Challenger, beating Maximiliano Estévez in the final. In the US Open, he made it through the qualifying stage of the tournament, beating Lukáš Rosol to reach his first Grand Slam main-draw match, which he lost to Nikolay Davydenko in four sets. In September, he defeated Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and Leonardo Kirche on his way to win the Campinas Challenger in Brazil.
He cracked the top 100 for the first time after winning the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, defeating Adrian Ungur in the final round. Pella finished the year ranked world no. 97 in singles and world no. 187 in doubles, a career high and a 249-spots improvement since the beginning of the season.

2013

Guido Pella entered the 2013 Australian Open main draw directly, but he lost in the first round to qualifier Amir Weintraub. He then competed in Viña del Mar, also losing in the first round, this time to countryman Federico Delbonis. The following week, he played at the Brasil Open, winning his first ATP World Tour-level match against sixth seed Fabio Fognini, losing then in the second round to eventual finalist David Nalbandian. At 2013 Düsseldorf, he advanced to his first ATP SF starting as a qualifier, defeating No. 10 Janko Tipsarević along the way.

2019: First ATP title and first major quarterfinal

Pella reached his fourth ATP Tour final in Córdoba Open in February, but lost to compatriot Juan Ignacio Londero in three sets. Having lost each of his previous four finals, in March 2019, he won his first ATP title in 2019 Brasil Open. He defeated Christian Garin in straight sets. At Wimbledon in July, he reached his first-ever Grand Slam singles quarterfinal by defeating former World Number 3 and 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic in five sets from two sets down. The victory marked his third against the most-recent runners-up of Wimbledon: He had previously defeated 2017 Wimbledon finalist Marin Čilić in the second round of 2018 Wimbledon, also from two sets down, and 2018 Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson in the third round of the 2019 championships.

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12016 Rio Open – Men's Singles|Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Pablo Cuevas4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss0–22017 BMW Open – Singles|Bavarian Championships, Germany250 SeriesClay Alexander Zverev4–6, 3–6
Loss0–32018 Croatia Open Umag – Singles|Croatia Open Umag, Croatia250 SeriesClay Marco Cecchinato2–6, 6–7
Loss0–42019 Córdoba Open – Singles|Córdoba Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Juan Ignacio Londero6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Win1–42019 Brasil Open – Singles|Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Christian Garín7–5, 6–3

Team competitions finals

Davis Cup: 1 (1 title)

Challenger career finals

Singles: 13 (13 titles, 2 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
LossNov 2011Guayaquil Challenger, EcuadorClay Matteo Viola4–6, 1–6
WinMar 2012Salinas Challenger, EcuadorClay Paolo Lorenzi1–6, 7–5, 6–3
WinAug 2012Manta Open, EcuadorHard Maximiliano Estévez6–4, 7–5
WinSep 2012Campinas Cup, BrazilClay Leonardo Kirche6–4, 6–0
WinDec 2012ATP Challenger Tour Finals São Paulo, BrazilHard Adrian Ungur6–3, 6–7, 7–6
WinOct 2013IS Open São Paulo, BrazilClay Facundo Argüello6–1, 6–0
WinNov 2014Lima Challenger, PeruClay Jason Kubler6–2, 6–4
WinMar 2015San Luis Potosí Challenger, MexicoClay James McGee6–3, 6–3
WinApr 2015São Paulo Challenger, BrazilClay Christian Lindell7–5, 7–6
LossMay 2015Heilbronn Neckarcup, GermanyClay Alexander Zverev1–6, 6–7
WinOct 2015Porto Alegre Challenger, BrazilClay Diego Schwartzman6–3, 7–6
WinNov 2015Uruguay Open Montevideo, UruguayClay Íñigo Cervantes7–5, 2–6, 6–4
WinJul 2017Aspria Cup Milan, ItaliaClay Federico Delbonis6–2, 2–1 Ret.
WinAug 2017Floridablanca Open, ColombiaClay Facundo Argüello6–2, 6–4
WinNov 2018Uruguay Open, UruguayClay Carlos Berlocq6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Wins over top 10 players

Season20132014201520162017201820192020Total
Wins100011104