Country (sports) | Mexico |
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Born |
Mexico City |
8 May 1983
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $132,941 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 156 (18 June 2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 6–11 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 162 (June 7, 2004) |
Last updated on: July 16, 2007. |
Bruno Echagaray (born 8 May 1983 in Mexico City) is a Mexican tennis player. He weighs 85 kg, and is 1.82 m tall. He was the most known Mexican tennis player in 2006. He has reached as high as 165 in the world for singles, and 314 for doubles. Most of his wins have been on carpet, mostly because of his speed. He plays a lot in the Davis Cup for Mexico.
Besides his role as a tennis player today, Echagaray is a partner of Unitenis (www.unitenis.com), a social network focused on tennis in Mexico with the purpose of promoting and improving the sport in his home country.
Echagaray is perhaps best known for his appearance on YouTube, where during a match point at the Dallas challenger in 2008 he was called for a foot fault on a second serve in a third set tie break match point down to lose the match.
Bruno Echagaray at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Video of foot fault call on match point and reaction by Echagaray