Julio Peralta


Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez is a professional tennis player from Chile. Peralta has captured six doubles titles at ATP World Tour and one singles challenger title.
Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career in doubles tournaments, reaching no. 29 in the ATP Rankings.

Career

Peralta turned pro in 2000, and had his best year in his singles career in 2003, year which he won a challenger tournament, the BH Tennis Open International Cup in Belo Horizonte. In 2005, he retired, then made a comeback in 2007 at futures tournaments. Julio competed throughout 2008, but he suffered an injury the next year.
He made his comeback in the 2011 Sparkassen Open, winning comfortably the first two qualifying rounds, against Stefan Seifert and David Goffin. In the main tournament, he defeated Victor Crivoi.
After a long hiatus, he returned in the 2014 Napa Challenger doubles tournament partnering Matt Seeberger. In early November, he won the titles in both singles and doubles USA F30 tournament. He did not lose a single set in main draw in both tournaments. In Chile F9 tournament he made the singles final, losing to Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and the following week won the doubles tournament in Chile F10 partnering Seeberger.

2015: Challenger Tour

Peralta played many challenger tournaments this year, reaching seven finals, winning four and partnering Horacio Zeballos in three of these titles. With these victories, Peralta rose almost 400 positions in the ranking, ending the year at no. 105.

2016: Three ATP Doubles titles

He broke through onto the ATP World Tour doubles circuit in 2016, winning the Brazil Open, the Swiss Open and the Moselle Open with Horacio Zeballos. He won his first match in a Grand Slam at the French Open, partnering Denis Kudla, but the duo lost in the second round. Peralta also won six challenger tournaments, partnering Zeballos in four, in one with Dennis Novikov, and at Santiago with countryman Hans Podlipnik. Peralta tied with Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith for most Challenger titles in doubles for the year. Peralta finished the year ranked 44th in the world in doubles, and the highest ranked Chilean player in singles or doubles, record he has held since then.

2017: Another title, French Open quarterfinals

Peralta and Zeballos reached the final of the Ecuador Open, but lost to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald. They went on to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. At the French Open, he partnered Zeballos to reach the quarterfinals. This saw his ranking jump to a career high of no. 35.
In the rest of the year, Peralta reached two more tournament finals with Zeballos, and another one with Santiago González, with whom reached quarterfinals at Shangai Masters too. With these results, Peralta ended the year at no. 29, his best position yet.

2018: Two titles

Peralta had a bad beginning of the year, with semifinals at 2018 ASB Classic as the only notable result. Julio and Horacio Zeballos reunited for attempting a defense of their title in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but they lost in first round. They also tried to imitate their past year quarterfinals run on the French Open, but they lost in second round. Partnering with Roman Jebavy, they reached semifinals of the 2018 Antalya Open.
Peralta and Zeballos partnered again for the 2018 Wimbledon and won over 16th seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in first round, but then lost in second round. The partnership went on and they won the 2018 Swedish Open, beating at the final the italian couple Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. The following week Peralta and Zeballos won another title, the 2018 German Open, a first in the ATP 500 for any of them. In the final, they defeated Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02016 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Pablo Carreño Busta
David Marrero		4–6, 6–1,
Win2–02016 Swiss Open Gstaad – Doubles|Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Mate Pavić
Michael Venus		7–6, 6–2
Win3–02016 Moselle Open – Doubles|Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard Horacio Zeballos Mate Pavić
Michael Venus		6–3, 7–6
Loss3–12017 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles|Ecuador Open, Ecuador250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos James Cerretani
Philipp Oswald		3−6, 1−2 ret.
Win4–12017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Dustin Brown
Frances Tiafoe		4–6, 7–5,
Loss4–22017 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles|Winston-Salem Open, US250 SeriesHard Horacio Zeballos Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		3−6, 4−6
Loss4–32017 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles|St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard Horacio Zeballos Roman Jebavý
Matwé Middelkoop		4–6, 4–6
Loss4–42017 European Open – Doubles|European Open, Belgium250 SeriesHard Santiago González Scott Lipsky
Divij Sharan		4–6, 6–2,
Win5–42018 Swedish Open – Doubles|Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini		6–3, 6–4
Win6–42018 German Open – Doubles|German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić		6–1, 4–6,

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals

Singles (8–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.28 August 2000Peru F1, PeruClay Júlio Silva6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up2.4 December 2000Chile F9, ChileClay Patricio Rudi6–3, 6–7, 0–6
Runner-up3.16 July 2001Romania F3, RomaniaClay Gabriel Moraru6–7, 6–7
Winner1.3 September 2001Peru F2, PeruClay Yohny Romero6–3, 6–3
Winner2.24 September 2001Bolivia F2, BoliviaClay Phillip Harboe6–3, 6–4
Runner-up4.8 October 2001Paraguay F1, ParaguayClay Sebastián Decoud3–6, 1–6
Winner3.14 April 2003Chile F3, ChileClay Phillip Harboe4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner4.28 July 2003Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard Danai Udomchoke7–6, 1–6, 6–1
Winner5.2 August 2004Chile F1-A, ChileClay Damián Patriarca6–2, 6–1
Runner-up5.9 August 2004Chile F1-B, ChileClay Cristian Villagrán4–6, 4–6
Winner6.27 October 2008Chile F4, ChileClay Jorge Aguilar6–4, 6–2
Winner7.3 November 2008Chile F5, ChileClay Bruno Tiberti6–0, 6–2
Winner8.4 November 2014USA F5, United StatesClay Jean-Yves Aubone6–2, 6–1
Runner-up6.1 December 2014Chile F9, ChileClay Hans Podlipnik-Castillo2–6, 3–6

Doubles (18–10)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.1 October 2001Bolivia F3, BoliviaClay Felipe Parada Federico Cardinali
Sergio Elias		7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.22 April 2002Jamaica F3, JamaicaHard Kepler Orellana Diego Ayala
Adam Kennedy		5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up3.20 January 2003USA F2, USAHard Felipe Parada Ignacio Hirigoyen
Tripp Phillips		4–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.27 January 2003USA F3, USAHard Felipe Parada Ryan Sachire
Tripp Phillips		w/o
Winner1.27 October 2008Chile F4, ChileClay Mathieu Guenat
Ángel Torres		6–2, 6–2
Winner2.3 November 2014USA F30, USAClay Matt Seeberger Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
Alex Rybakov		6–3, 6–4
Winner3.8 December 2014Chile F10, ChileClay Mathieu Guenat Martín Cuevas
Gustavo Guerses		6–2, 6–3
Winner4.15 December 2014Chile F11, ChileClay Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera Nicolás Arreche
Tomás Lipovsek Puches		7–5, 6–0
Winner5.22 December 2014Chile F12, ChileClay Hans Podlipnik Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Lama		7–6, 6–2
Winner6.23 February 2015Panama F1, PanamaClay Darian King Iván Endara
Eduardo Agustín Torre		w/o
Winner7.2 March 2015Nicaragua F1, NicaraguaClay Juan Sebastián Gómez Keith-Patrick Crowley
Hans Hach Verdugo		6–3, 6–3
Runner-up5.20 April 2015Savannah, United StatesClay Dennis Novikov Guillermo Durán
Horacio Zeballos		4–6, 3–6
Winner8.27 April 2015Tallahassee, United StatesClay Dennis Novikov Somdev Devvarman
Sanam Singh		6–2, 6–4
Winner9.1 June 2015USA F16-A, USAHard Matt Seeberger Tennys Sandgren
Rhyne Williams		3–6, 6–3,
Runner-up6.8 June 2015Moscow, RussiaClay Matt Seeberger Renzo Olivo
Horacio Zeballos		5–7, 3–6
Runner-up7.13 July 2015Poznań, PolandClay Matt Seeberger Mikhail Elgin
Mateusz Kowalczyk		6–3, 3–6,
Winner10.12 October 2015Corrientes, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Guillermo Durán
Máximo González		6–2, 6–3
Winner11.2 November 2015Bogotá, ColombiaClay Horacio Zeballos Nicolás Barrientos
Eduardo Struvay		6–3, 6–4
Winner12.9 November 2015Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Lucas Arnold Ker
Guido Andreozzi		6–2, 7–5
Runner-up8.4 January 2016Mendoza, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Máximo González
José Hernández-Fernández		6–4, 3–6,
Winner13.25 January 2016Bucaramanga, ColombiaClay Horacio Zeballos Sergio Galdós
Luis David Martínez		6–2, 6–2
Winner14.7 March 2016Santiago, ChileClay Hans Podlipnik Facundo Bagnis
Máximo González		7–6, 4–6,
Winner15.25 April 2016Tallahassee, United StatesClay Dennis Novikov Peter Luczak
Marc Polmans		3–6, 6–4,
Runner-up9.30 May 2016Prostějov, Czech RepublicClay Hans Podlipnik Aliaksandr Bury
Igor Zelenay		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up10.25 July 2016Prague, Czech RepublicClay Facundo Argüello Julian Knowle
Igor Zelenay		4–6, 5–7
Winner16.25 July 2016Genova, ItalyClay Horacio Zeballos Aliaksandr Bury
Andrei Vasilevski		6–4, 6–3
Winner17.10 October 2016Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Sergio Galdós
Fernando Romboli		7–6, 7–6
Winner18.17 October 2016Santiago, ChileClay Horacio Zeballos Máximo González
Sergio Galdós		6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline