Gorka Fraile
Gorka Fraile 
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| Nation: |
 Spain
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| Birthday: | April 7, 1978 |
| Size: | 180 cm |
| Weight: | 82 kg |
| Resignation: | 2012 |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Prize money: | $ 243,795 |
| singles | |
| Career record: | 1: 8 |
| Highest ranking: | 126 (October 23, 2006) |
| Double | |
| Career record: | 2: 3 |
| Highest ranking: | 233 (May 9, 2005) |
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |
Gorka Fraile (born April 7, 1978 in Irun ) is a Spanish tennis player .
Career
Fraile was born in Irun, a city in the Basque Country Autonomous Region . He started playing tennis at the age of six, and from 14 he trained at the Club de Tenis Txingudy in his hometown. He later moved to Barcelona, where he lived from then on.
Fraile played his first professional tournaments in 1998 on the ITF Future Tour , where he reached his first two finals by the end of 1999 and also won his first title in doubles, so that he reached the top 500 of the tennis world rankings . In 2000, he improved particularly in the individual, when he won three of five future finals and was thus in the top 300 in the world for the first time. After two more finals, the Spaniard was able to take part more regularly in tournaments of the next higher ATP Challenger Tour and immediately reached the final in Edinburgh , where he was defeated by Kristian Pless from Denmark. In his semi-finals in Barcelona he won with Albert Montañés for the first time against a top 100 player. At the end of 2001 he was in 169th place, his career high to date.
In 2002 he made his debut on the ATP World Tour when he surprisingly won the Swedish Open in Båstad against defending champion Andrea Gaudenzi . In the round of 16 he lost in three sets against Tommy Robredo . In Kiev he reached his second Challenger final, where he defeated Nikolai Dawydenko , among others , but was defeated in the final by the Georgian Irakli Labadze . In 2003 he finally won his first Challenger in Freudenstadt . In the final he defeated Alexander Waske . Otherwise Fraile achieved less success, so that he lost ground in the world rankings and had to play futures again in 2005. When he was able to win four there and also reached the final at the Challenger in Florianópolis , where he defeated Gustavo Kuerten , among others , he was back in the top 200. In the course of the year that was to be his most successful, he drew another four times in Challenger -Finals, one of which he was able to exploit - in Genoa . In October he achieved 126th place, his career best. In doubles he was highest with 233th place a year earlier. After less success in Challengers or elimination in the qualification of tournaments of the World Tour Fraile 2008 resigned from professional sport.
In 2011 and 2012 he made a short comeback in which he surprisingly qualified for the tournament in Umag , but lost to Ernests Gulbis .
successes
| Legend (number of victories) |
| Grand Slam |
| ATP World Tour Finals |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| ATP World Tour 500 |
| ATP World Tour 250 |
| ATP Challenger Tour (2) |
singles
Tournament victories
| No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | August 31, 2003 |
 Freudenstadt
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sand |
Alexander Waske
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3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| 2. | September 10, 2006 |
 Genoa
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sand |
Potito Starace
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6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
Web links
- ATP profile Gorka Fraile (English)
- ITF profile of Gorka Fraile (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miren Mirondo: "En 2007 me gustaría poder estar entre los cien primeros de la ATP". In: diariovasco.com. January 3, 2007, Retrieved November 6, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ Canas eases past Vinciguerra. In: bbc.co.uk. July 9, 2002, accessed November 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Guga volta a jogar um torneio oficial em casa depois de 10 anos. In: tribunapr.com.br. February 5, 2007, accessed November 6, 2018 (Breton).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fraile, Gorka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irun , Spain |