Luis Horna
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| Country (sports) |
 Peru
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|---|---|
| Residence | Lima, Peru |
| Born |
14 September 1980 Lima, Peru |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Retired | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,454,558 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 137–137 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 33 (30 August 2004) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2006) |
| French Open | 3R (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) |
| US Open | 2R (2006, 2007) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 72–65 |
| Career titles | 6 |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (8 September 2008) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) |
| French Open | W (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2004, 2005) |
| US Open | 2R (2007, 2008) |
Luis Horna Biscari (born 14 September 1980 in Lima) is a former tour professional tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Known by his nickname "Lucho", he won his 2 career singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 Madrid Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in August 2004.
Together with Pablo Cuevas, Horna also won the men's doubles at the 2008 French Open. At the 2003 French Open, he defeated Roger Federer in the first round, who went on to win his first grand slam at Wimbledon several weeks later.
Horna was an outstanding junior player, reaching as high as No. 4 in the world in singles 1997 (and No. 3 in doubles). He made the final of the boys singles at the French Open in 1997 losing to Daniel Elsner. Horna won the French Open and Wimbledon doubles with José de Armas and Nicolás Massú respectively.
Horna turned professional in 1998 and he moved up over 1,000 places in the rankings with victories in the Ecuadorian, where he defeated Sergio Roitman as a qualifier and three Futures events in Peru and in 1999 made his first ATP Challenger final in Aschaffenburg. In 2000 he was finalist in Salinas and again in Aschaffenburg and it was not until 2001 that Horna was able to get his first win on the ATP tour in Umag defeating Martin Damm and made another Challenger final in Curitiba losing to Flávio Saretta.
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