Argentine tennis player
Sebastián Decoud Country (sports) ArgentinaResidence Bogotá , ColombiaBorn (1981-09-18 ) 18 September 1981 (age 42) Curuzú Cuatiá , ArgentinaHeight 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 2000 Plays Left-handed (single-handed backhand) Prize money $ 328,980Career record 4–4 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 132 (17 August 2009) Australian Open Q1 (2008 ) French Open 2R (2008 ) Wimbledon Q1 (2009 , 2010 ) Career record 0–0 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 177 (10 May 2010) Last updated on: 5 September 2021.
Sebastián Decoud (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan deˈku] ;[ 1] [ 2] born 18 September 1981) is a professional Argentine tennis player.
Decoud was born in Curuzú Cuatiá , Argentina . He starting playing tennis relatively late, taking it up as a 10-year-old.[ 3]
In his brief career as a junior, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut , split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu , and won his only encounter with Boris Pašanski .
Decoud reached as high as No. 32 in the junior world singles rankings in 1999.[ 3]
Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player.
He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25-year-old, finishing the year ranked #384.
Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches.
Decoud won his first ATP match as a 26-year-old in February 2008 in Brazil. After qualifying into the main draw, he took out #50 José Acasuso in the first round, but then lost to #112 Nicolás Lapentti . That got his ranking to a career-high of #254.
He retired in qualifying the next week in Buenos Aires, with an injury that kept him off the tour for 3 months. But he came back strong in his next two matches, in the qualifying for the French Open , beating #124 Christophe Rochus and making his first Grand Slam main draw as a Lucky loser after losing in the final qualifying round.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (12–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (13–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Oct 2001
Paraguay F1, Asunción
Futures
Clay
Julio Peralta
6–3, 6–1
Loss
1–1
Aug 2002
Spain F11, Irun
Futures
Clay
Adrian Cruciat
4–6, 3–6
Win
2–1
Jul 2003
Ecuador F1, Guayaquil
Futures
Hard
Lionel Noviski
6–1, 6–7(5–7) , 7–5
Win
3–1
Jul 2003
Ecuador F3, Villamil
Futures
Hard
Alessandro Camarço
6–3, 6–2
Win
4–1
Sep 2004
Ecuador F3, Guayaquil
Futures
Hard
Eric Nunez
6–3, 6–4
Win
5–1
Oct 2004
Colombia F3, Medellín
Futures
Clay
Michael Quintero Aguilar
6–4, 7–5
Loss
5–2
Aug 2005
Argentina F8, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Máximo González
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss
5–3
Mar 2006
Argentina F2, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Cristian Villagrán
2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win
6–3
Apr 2006
Uruguay F1, Punta del Este
Futures
Clay
Diego Cristin
7–5, 6–0
Loss
6–4
Jun 2006
Italy F17, Udine
Futures
Clay
Enrico Burzi
1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss
6–5
Jul 2006
Germany F9, Espelkamp
Futures
Clay
Franz Stauder
4–6, 3–6
Win
7–5
Apr 2007
Italy F11, Padova
Futures
Clay
Alberto Brizzi
6–4, 6–7(3–7) , 7–5
Win
8–5
Jul 2007
Constanța , Roumania
Challenger
Clay
Victor Crivoi
6–3, 6–3
Win
9–5
Aug 2008
Almaty , Kazakhstan
Challenger
Clay
Alex Bogomolov Jr.
6–4, 6–2
Win
10–5
Apr 2009
Rome , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Simon Greul
7–6(7–2) , 6–1
Loss
10–6
Oct 2009
Quito , Ecuador
Challenger
Clay
Carlos Salamanca
6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–5) , 4–6
Win
11–6
Aug 2010
Colombia F1, Bogotá
Futures
Clay
Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz
6–4, 6–3
Win
12–6
Aug 2010
Colombia F2, Medellín
Futures
Clay
Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz
7–6(8–6) , 7–5
Win
13–6
Nov 2010
Peru F1, Arequipa
Futures
Clay
Mauricio Echazú
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–5)
Win
14–6
Oct 2011
Quito , Ecuador
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win
15–6
May 2012
Argentina F9, Villa Allende
Futures
Clay
Diego Schwartzman
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win
16–6
May 2012
Chile F5, Santiago
Futures
Clay
Juan Carlos Sáez
6–2, 6–2
Doubles: 39 (20–19)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–5)
ITF Futures (15–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (15–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2000
Argentina F7, Concordia
Futures
Clay
Patricio Arquez
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán
3–6, 1–6
Win
1–1
Jul 2001
Brazil F5, Curitiba
Futures
Clay
Sebastian Uriarte
Guillermo Carry Marcos Digliodo
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
2–1
Sep 2001
Bolivia F1, La Paz
Futures
Clay
Sebastian Uriarte
Michael Quintero Aguilar Federico Cardinali
6–2, 6–4
Loss
2–2
Oct 2001
Paraguay F1, Asunción
Futures
Clay
Sebastian Uriarte
Diego Hartfield Matias O'Neille
3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)
Win
3–2
Oct 2001
Paraguay F2, Asunción
Futures
Clay
Sebastian Uriarte
Gianluca Luddi Riccardo Capannelli
6–3, 6–2
Win
4–2
Nov 2001
Brazil F8, Campinas
Futures
Clay
Sebastian Uriarte
Márcio Carlsson Ricardo Schlachter
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win
5–2
Mar 2002
Mexico F2, Mexico City
Futures
Hard
Ignacio González King
Florian Jeschonek Lars Zimmermann
7–5, 6–4
Win
6–2
Jun 2002
Mexico F11, Cancún
Futures
Hard
Lazaro Navarro-Batles
Alex Bogomolov Jr. Francisco Montana
walkover
Loss
6–3
Sep 2002
Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz
Futures
Clay
Juan-Felipe Yáñez
Ignacio González King Diego Hartfield
5–7, 2–6
Win
7–3
Apr 2003
Chile F1, Santiago
Futures
Clay
Patricio Arquez
Francisco Cabello Adrián García
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss
7–4
Jun 2003
Mexico F9, Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Futures
Hard
Paul Capdeville
Toshihide Matsui Michihisa Onoda
3–6, 4–6
Win
8–4
Jul 2003
Ecuador F1, Guayaquil
Futures
Hard
Pablo González
Juan-Martín Aranguren Diego Cristin
6–4, 7–5
Win
9–4
Jul 2003
Ecuador F3, Villamil
Futures
Hard
Javier Taborga
Juan de Armas Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez
4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Loss
9–5
Aug 2003
Argentina F1, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Patricio Arquez
Brian Dabul Carlos Berlocq
2–6, 3–6
Loss
9–6
Sep 2003
Bolivia F2, La Paz
Futures
Clay
Patricio Arquez
Javier Taborga Pablo González
6–7(1–7) , 2–6
Win
10–6
Oct 2003
Colombia F1, Medellín
Futures
Clay
Javier Taborga
Carlos Berlocq Ronaldo Carvalho
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–4)
Loss
10–7
Nov 2003
Uruguay F1, Montevideo
Futures
Clay
Diego Hartfield
Gustavo Marcaccio Patricio Rudi
4–6, 4–6
Loss
10–8
May 2004
Argentina F1, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Alejandro Fabbri
Lionel Noviski Agustin Tarantino
1–6, 0–6
Loss
10–9
May 2004
Argentina F2, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Juan-Martín Aranguren
Eduardo Schwank Juan-Pablo Amado
1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss
10–10
Sep 2004
Ecuador F2, Guayaquil
Futures
Hard
Pablo González
Levar Harper-Griffith Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss
10–11
Jan 2005
Colombia F1, Cartagena
Futures
Hard
Pablo González
Rubén Torres Shuon Madden
5–7, 4–6
Loss
10–12
Feb 2005
Colombia F2, Bucaramanga
Futures
Clay
Pablo González
Alexandre Bonatto Marcelo Melo
4–6, 4–6
Win
11–12
Mar 2006
Argentina F1, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Antonio Pastorino
Guillermo Carry Jonathan Gonzalia
6–4, 6–4
Win
12–12
Apr 2006
Argentina F4, Buenos Aires
Futures
Clay
Eduardo Schwank
Leandro Migani Horacio Zeballos
6–2, 6–2
Win
13–12
Sep 2006
Brazil F12, Caldas Novas
Futures
Hard
Leonardo Mayer
Frederico Casaro Mashiska Washington
6–4, 7–5
Loss
13–13
Feb 2007
Colombia F2, Bucaramanga
Futures
Clay
Alejandro Fabbri
Juan Sebastián Cabal Carlos Salamanca
4–6, 4–6
Win
14–13
Aug 2007
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Yuri Schukin
Jérémy Chardy Predrag Rusevski
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win
15–13
Aug 2007
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Yuri Schukin
Olivier Charroin James Cerretani
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , [10–4]
Loss
15–14
Jan 2008
La Serena , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Cristian Villagrán
Nicolás Lapentti Eduardo Schwank
4–6, 0–6
Loss
15–15
Mar 2008
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Dick Norman
Caio Zampieri Júlio Silva
6–7(6–8) , 2–6
Win
16–15
Nov 2008
Guayaquil , Ecuador
Challenger
Clay
Santiago Giraldo
Ricardo Hocevar Thiago Alves
6–4, 6–4
Win
17–15
Jul 2009
Rijeka , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Ivan Dodig Antonio Veić
7–6(9–7) , 3–6, [10–8]
Loss
17–16
Sep 2009
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Diego Álvarez
Alejandro Falla Alejandro González
7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win
18–16
Nov 2009
Medellín , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Schwank
Diego Junqueira David Marrero
6–0, 6–2
Loss
18–17
May 2010
San Remo , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Carlos Berlocq
Diego Junqueira Martín Vassallo Argüello
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss
18–18
Apr 2012
Pereira , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Guido Pella Martín Alund
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win
19–18
May 2012
Argentina F9, Villa Allende
Futures
Clay
Diego Schwartzman
Juan Ignacio Londero Leandro Migani
6–3, 6–4
Win
20–18
May 2012
Chile F5, Santiago
Futures
Clay
Matias Salinas
Reid Carleton Daniel Stahl
6–2, 6–4
Loss
20–19
Jun 2012
Chile F7, Concón
Futures
Clay
Federico Coria
Jorge Aguilar Juan Carlos Sáez
1–6, 2–6