Victor Estrella

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Victor Estrella Tennis player
Victor Estrella
Estrella 2016 at the award ceremony of the Ecuador Open Quito
Nation: Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic
Birthday: 2nd August 1980
Size: 170 cm
Weight: 77 kg
1st professional season: 2002
Resignation: 2019
Playing hand: Right, one-handed backhand
Trainer: Manuel Antuña
Prize money: $ 2,163,776
singles
Career record: 84:81
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 43 (July 13, 2015)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 37:46
Highest ranking: 135 (July 13, 2015)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Víctor Estrella Burgos (born August 2, 1980 in Santiago de los Caballeros ) is a former Dominican tennis player . He is the only player who has won three titles in one tournament - the Ecuador Open - but no other ATP title.

Career

Víctor Estrella was mainly active on the Future and Challenger Tour . In singles, he won six singles titles and four doubles on the Challenger Tour. On March 3, 2014, Víctor Estrella broke through the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time in his career and at the same time as the first player in his country with rank 99 in the individual. He also qualified directly for the main field of the French Open 2014 , which was equal to his Grand Slam debut . In the first round he was defeated by Jerzy Janowicz in four sets. At the US Open 2014 he reached a new record with the third round. Because of this success he was named Dominican Athlete of the Year 2014.

On February 8, 2015, he won his first tournament on the ATP World Tour with the Ecuador Open Quito . At that time he was already 34 years old and therefore older than any player before him when he first won the tournament. In the doubles competition he also reached his first final on the World Tour. By winning the title, he achieved first place 52 in the world rankings and shortly afterwards after his victory at the Challenger in Morelos and further good results in the course of the season with 43 his best placement in the individual. In both 2016 and 2017 , Estrella managed to defend his title in Quito. In October 2019 he played his last professional tournament.

He played from 1998 to 2019 for the Dominican Davis Cup team , whose record player and at the same time most successful player he is with 65 wins.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250 (3)
ATP Challenger Tour (11)
Title after covering
Hard Court (0)
Sand (3)
Lawn (0)
Carpet (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. February 8, 2015 EcuadorEcuador Quito (1) sand SpainSpain Feliciano López 6: 2, 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 5
2. February 7, 2016 EcuadorEcuadorQuito (2) sand BrazilBrazil Thomaz Bellucci 4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 2
3. February 12, 2017 EcuadorEcuadorQuito (3) sand ItalyItaly Paolo Lorenzi 6: 7 2 , 7: 5, 7: 6 6
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. November 6, 2011 ColombiaColombia Medellin sand ColombiaColombia Alejandro Falla 6: 7 2 , 6: 4, 6: 4
2. 22nd September 2013 EcuadorEcuador Quito sand ArgentinaArgentina Marco Trungelliti 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
3. November 10, 2013 ColombiaColombia Bogotá sand BrazilBrazil Thomaz Bellucci 6: 2, 3: 0 task
4th March 1, 2014 EcuadorEcuador Salinas sand ArgentinaArgentina Andrea Collarini 6: 3, 6: 4
5. September 28, 2014 ColombiaColombia Pereira sand BrazilBrazil João Souza 7: 6 5 , 3: 6, 7: 6 6
6th February 21, 2015 MexicoMexico Morelos Hard court Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur 7: 5, 6: 4
7th 19th August 2017 Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Santo Domingo sand Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur 7: 6 4 , 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. May 3, 2009 ColombiaColombia Pereira sand BrazilBrazil João Souza ColombiaColombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla
ColombiaColombia 
6: 4, 6: 4
2. May 18, 2009 United StatesUnited States Sarasota sand MexicoMexico Santiago González IndiaIndia Harsh Mankad Kaes Van't Hof
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 4
3. November 23, 2010 MexicoMexico Cancun sand MexicoMexico Santiago González AustriaAustria Rainer Eitzinger César Ramírez
MexicoMexico 
6: 1, 7: 6 3
4th July 15, 2012 ColombiaColombia Bogotá sand BrazilBrazil Marcelo Demoliner ItalyItaly Thomas Fabbiano Riccardo Ghedin
ItalyItaly 
6: 4, 6: 2

Final participation

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. February 7, 2015 EcuadorEcuador Quito sand BrazilBrazil João Souza GermanyGermany Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko
GermanyGermany 
5: 7, 6: 7 3
2. April 9, 2016 United StatesUnited States Houston sand MexicoMexico Santiago González United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 3: 6, [8:10]

Web links

Commons : Víctor Estrella  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Víctor Estrella electo “Atleta del Año” at the Gala Olímpica 2015. In: hoy.com. February 3, 2015, accessed March 13, 2018 (Spanish).
  2. Estrella Burgos is the oldest champion in history. In: spiegel.de. February 9, 2015, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  3. Eliana Ledesma: El tenista dominicano Víctor Estrella Burgos anuncia su retiro oficial de las canchas. In: deportesallimiterd. August 5, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 (Spanish).