Alejandro Falla
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| Full name | Alejandro Falla Ramírez | |||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 Colombia
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| Residence | Bogotá, Colombia | |||||||||
| Born |
14 November 1983 Cali, Colombia |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 2000 | |||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Prize money | $3,068,071 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 113–168 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 48 (16 July 2012) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 262 (26 September 2016) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 3R (2010, 2012) | |||||||||
| French Open | 4R (2011) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (2012) | |||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2006, 2011) | |||||||||
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| Career record | 17–40 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 130 (3 August 2009) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 504 (26 September 2016) | |||||||||
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| Australian Open | 1R (2010, 2012, 2013) | |||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2014) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2010) | |||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2010) | |||||||||
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| Last updated on: 29 September 2016. | ||||||||||
Alejandro Falla Ramírez (born 14 November 1983) is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. The left-hander turned pro in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in July 2012. At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in 2007, beating players such as the 5th seed Ivan Ljubičić.
The Colombian became the first player from his country to break into the top 100 of the ATP Rankings since Mauricio Hadad in 1996. In 2006, Alejandro qualified a career-high five times into the main draw of ATP tournaments. In his second tournament of the year, he reached the final of the Mexico City Challenger. He then went on to earn points for his country in a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay Davis Team. Then later in April, he won the Bogotá Challenger. At Roland Garros, he reached the second round after defeating Justin Gimelstob, though he lost to Roger Federer in the second round. A few weeks later at Wimbledon, he managed to beat Nikolay Davydenko in a four-set thriller. His victory over Davydenko was his first win over a top-10 player, and a first ever for a Colombian player. However, he was then defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber in another four-set match. He then reached the second round in the US Open. In the first round, he beat Juan Martín del Potro in four sets, before being defeated by Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets.
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