Country (sports) | Argentina |
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born |
Corrientes, Argentina |
15 May 1987
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) | Francisco Yunis |
Prize money | $4,081,804 |
Singles | |
Career record | 131–138 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (22 June 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 141 (6 March 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2014, 2015) |
French Open | 3R (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2014) |
US Open | 3R (2012, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 57–84 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 58 (21 September 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 140 (6 March 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2010) |
French Open | 3R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2010) |
US Open | QF (2014, 2015) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2016) |
Last updated on: 6 March 2017. |
Leonardo Martin Mayer (born May 15, 1987) is an Argentine professional tennis player.
Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 58 in doubles in September 2015. He is coached by Francisco Yunis. He was born in Corrientes and resides in Buenos Aires.
He started playing tennis at age nine.
As a junior, he won the 2005 French Open Boys' Doubles and the Orange Bowl with Emiliano Massa, reaching as high as No. 2 in the combined world rankings in June 2005.
He won one Challenger singles title in 2008, against Sergio Roitman, and lost in three other finals.
He qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2009 French Open, and beat 15th seed James Blake in straight sets in the first round. He lost to Tommy Haas in five sets in the second round. At Wimbledon, he beat Óscar Hernández in straight sets in the first round. He lost to Fernando González in four sets in the second round.
Mayer had a successful American summer, reaching the semifinals of the LA Tennis Open (lost to Carsten Ball) and the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven (lost to Igor Andreev). At the 2009 US Open, Mayer reached the second round, losing to Radek Štěpánek in straight sets.