Argentine tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Calleri and the second or maternal family name is
Buffarini .
Agustín Calleri Country (sports) ArgentinaResidence Buenos Aires , Argentina Born (1976-09-14 ) 14 September 1976 (age 47) Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Turned pro 1995 Retired 2010 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Prize money $ 3,753,387Career record 209–187 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 16 (7 July 2003) Australian Open 2R (2001 , 2004 , 2005 , 2008 ) French Open 3R (2000 ) Wimbledon 2R (2003 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 ) US Open 3R (2000 , 2007 ) Olympic Games 2R (2004 , 2008 ) Career record 82–86 Career titles 3 Highest ranking No. 52 (16 June 2008) Australian Open 2R (2008 ) French Open 1R (2008 ) Wimbledon 1R (2003 , 2007 ) US Open 2R (2007 , 2008 ) Olympic Games 1R (2008 ) Last updated on: 29 November 2022.
Agustín Calleri (Spanish pronunciation: [aɣusˈtiŋ kaˈleɾi] ,[ a] Italian: [kalˈlɛːri, ˈkalleri] ;[ 1] born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina . His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay .
Calleri served as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2017, as part of the United for a New Alternative alliance.
Born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina , he picked up first ATP win in 1999 over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros . Also advanced to first quarter-final at Umag . In 2000 he made the third round in Roland Garros, before losing to Andrei Medvedev . He beat Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to two tie-breakers in US Open's third round. Then in 2001 he won three challenger events beating Juan Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian .
He finished in Top 50 for his first time in 2002, and had match points to Nicolás Massú in Buenos Aires final. Later in October he beat Marat Safin and Thomas Johansson to make an impressive quarterfinal in Madrid .
In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio , Marcelo Ríos , Félix Mantilla and then Mariano Zabaleta in the final and reached his career-high ranking of World No. 16. In Estoril he reached the final but lost to Nikolay Davydenko . In Hamburg he made his greatest result reaching the final before losing to Guillermo Coria in straight sets. He also posted a stunning win against former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in Davis Cup.
In 2004 he beat Andre Agassi in Miami before losing to Vince Spadea and reached the decisive match at Costa Do Sauipe . In 2005 he lost the final in Amersfoort to Chilean Fernando González .
Calleri won his second career title in the 2006 Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came 3 years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolás Massú , Gastón Gaudio , Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6 (9) 6–2 6–3. Calleri made his first final on hardcourt in New Haven losing to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–4 6–3 and after this result will move inside the top 30 in the ATP rankings. At the 2007 US Open, Calleri made it to the third round after defeating Lleyton Hewitt 4–6 6–4 6–4 6–2.
Calleri announced his retirement in February 2010 at the age of 33.
Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–0)
ATP World Series (0–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–6)
Indoors (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Feb 2002
Buenos Aires , Argentina
International Series
Clay
Nicolás Massú
6–2, 6–7(5–7) , 2–6
Win
1–1
Mar 2003
Acapulco , Mexico
Championship Series
Clay
Mariano Zabaleta
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
1–2
Apr 2003
Estoril , Portugal
International Series
Clay
Nikolay Davydenko
4–6, 3–6
Loss
1–3
May 2003
Hamburg , Germany
Masters Series
Clay
Guillermo Coria
3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss
1–4
Mar 2004
Costa do Sauipe , Brazil
International Series
Clay
Gustavo Kuerten
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss
1–5
Jul 2005
Amersfoort , Netherlands
International Series
Clay
Fernando González
5–7, 3–6
Win
2–5
Jul 2006
Kitzbühel , Austria
Championship Series
Clay
Juan Ignacio Chela
7–6(11–9) , 6–2, 6–3
Loss
2–6
Aug 2006
New Haven , United States
International Series
Hard
Nikolay Davydenko
4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Feb 2003
Viña del Mar , Chile
International Series
Clay
Mariano Hood
František Čermák Leoš Friedl
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win
2–0
Oct 2005
Basel , Switzerland
International Series
Carpet
Fernando González
Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie
7–5, 7–5
Win
3–0
Feb 2008
Buenos Aires , Argentina
International Series
Clay
Luis Horna
Werner Eschauer Peter Luczak
6–0, 6–7(6–8) , [10–2]
Loss
3–1
Mar 2008
Acapulco , Mexico
Championship Series
Clay
Luis Horna
Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák
2–6, 7–6(7–3) , [7–10]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (9–1)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (11–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Apr 1998
Italy F4, Rome
Futures
Clay
Pietro Angelini
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win
2–0
May 1998
Italy F5, Frascati
Futures
Clay
Giorgio Galimberti
6–1, 6–2
Win
3–0
Jun 1998
Weiden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
6–2, 6–1
Win
4–0
Jul 1998
Newcastle , United Kingdom
Challenger
Clay
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
6–3, 6–4
Win
5–0
Apr 2000
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Hood
7–5, 6–4
Loss
5–1
May 2000
Zagreb , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
3–6, 5–7
Win
6–1
Jul 2000
Venice , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Jacobo Díaz-Ruiz
6–0, 6–1
Win
7–1
Oct 2001
Guadalajara , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Edgardo Massa
6–4, 6–4
Win
8–1
Oct 2001
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Juan Ignacio Chela
6–4, 6–3
Win
9–1
Nov 2001
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
David Nalbandian
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win
10–1
Sep 2005
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win
11–1
Jun 2008
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Martín Vassallo Argüello
6–0, 6–3
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Apr 1998
Italy F3, Rome
Futures
Clay
Oscar Rodriguez
Dante Bottini Daniel Caracciolo
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win
2–0
Apr 1998
Italy F4, Rome
Futures
Clay
Igor Saric
Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri
6–3, 6–4
Win
3–0
Aug 1998
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Tobias Hildebrand
Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win
4–0
Oct 1998
Montevideo , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Cabello
Paulo Taicher Cristiano Testa
6–4, 6–4
Loss
4–1
Jun 1999
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri
5–7, 4–6
Loss
4–2
Oct 2001
Guadalajara , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Ignacio Hirigoyen
Martín Rodríguez Gastón Etlis
5–7, 5–7
Win
5–2
Oct 2001
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Edgardo Massa
Diego del Río Mariano Hood
5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Loss
5–3
Sep 2005
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
2–6, 4–6
Win
6–3
Jul 2006
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Martín Vassallo Argüello Juan Martín del Potro
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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§ Bloc leaders; Italics = Resigned / suspended / died before term end