Agustín Calleri
# Agustín Calleri

Agustín Calleri (Spanish pronunciation:, Italian:; born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

Calleri served as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2017, as part of the United for a New Alternative alliance.

## Career

Born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, he picked up first ATP win in 1999 over Jan Vacek at Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarter-final at Umag. In 2000 he made the third round in Roland Garros, before losing to Andrei Medvedev. He beat Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to two tie-breakers in US Open's third round. Then in 2001 he won three challenger events beating Juan Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian.

He finished in Top 50 for his first time in 2002, and had match points to Nicolás Massú in Buenos Aires final. Later in October he beat Marat Safin and Thomas Johansson to make an impressive quarterfinal in Madrid.

In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo Ríos, Félix Mantilla and then Mariano Zabaleta in the final and reached his career-high ranking of World No. 16. In Estoril he reached the final but lost to Nikolay Davydenko. In Hamburg he made his greatest result reaching the final before losing to Guillermo Coria in straight sets. He also posted a stunning win against former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in Davis Cup.

In 2004 he beat Andre Agassi in Miami before losing to Vince Spadea and reached the decisive match at Costa Do Sauipe. In 2005 he lost the final in Amersfoort to Chilean Fernando González.

Calleri won his second career title in the 2006 Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came 3 years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolás Massú, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6 (9) 6–2 6–3. Calleri made his first final on hardcourt in New Haven losing to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–4 6–3 and after this result will move inside the top 30 in the ATP rankings. At the 2007 US Open, Calleri made it to the third round after defeating Lleyton Hewitt 4–6 6–4 6–4 6–2.

Calleri announced his retirement in February 2010 at the age of 33.

## ATP career finals

### Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–1)
* ATP Championship Series (2–0)
* ATP World Series (0–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (2–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (2–6)
* Indoors (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2002 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | International Series | Clay | Nicolás Massú | 6–2, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2003 | Acapulco, Mexico | Championship Series | Clay | Mariano Zabaleta | 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2003 | Estoril, Portugal | International Series | Clay | Nikolay Davydenko | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2003 | Hamburg, Germany | Masters Series | Clay | Guillermo Coria | 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Mar 2004 | Costa do Sauipe, Brazil | International Series | Clay | Gustavo Kuerten | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jul 2005 | Amersfoort, Netherlands | International Series | Clay | Fernando González | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jul 2006 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Championship Series | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | $7–6^{(11–9)},$ 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Aug 2006 | New Haven, United States | International Series | Hard | Nikolay Davydenko | 4–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Series (3–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (2–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (2–1)
* Indoors (1–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2003 | Viña del Mar, Chile | International Series | Clay | Mariano Hood | František Čermák Leoš Friedl | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2005 | Basel, Switzerland | International Series | Carpet | Fernando González | Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | International Series | Clay | Luis Horna | Werner Eschauer Peter Luczak | 6–0, $6–7^{(6–8)},$ [10–2] |
| Loss | 3–1 | Mar 2008 | Acapulco, Mexico | Championship Series | Clay | Luis Horna | Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák | 2–6, $7–6^{(7–3)},$ [7–10] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

### Singles: 12 (11–1)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (9–1)
* ITF Futures (2–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (11–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1998 | Italy F4, Rome | Futures | Clay | Pietro Angelini | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 1998 | Italy F5, Frascati | Futures | Clay | Giorgio Galimberti | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 1998 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Gastón Etlis | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 1998 | Newcastle, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Apr 2000 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Hood | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–1 | May 2000 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Gastón Etlis | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 6–1 | Jul 2000 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Jacobo Díaz-Ruiz | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–1 | Oct 2001 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Edgardo Massa | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–1 | Oct 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–1 | Nov 2001 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | David Nalbandian | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–1 | Sep 2005 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Alberto Martín | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–1 | Jun 2008 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | 6–0, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 9 (6–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (4–3)
* ITF Futures (2–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (6–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1998 | Italy F3, Rome | Futures | Clay | Oscar Rodriguez | Dante Bottini Daniel Caracciolo | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 1998 | Italy F4, Rome | Futures | Clay | Igor Saric | Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 1998 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Tobias Hildebrand | Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct 1998 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Cabello | Paulo Taicher Cristiano Testa | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jun 1999 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez | Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2001 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Ignacio Hirigoyen | Martín Rodríguez Gastón Etlis | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–2 | Oct 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Diego del Río Mariano Hood | 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Sep 2005 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Jul 2006 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Lucas Arnold Ker | Martín Vassallo Argüello Juan Martín del Potro | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–2 |

## Performance timelines

Key :

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | 31% |
| French Open | Q1 | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | 31% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
| US Open | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | 43% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0 / 33 | 18–33 | 35% |
| National Representation ||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 3R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Miami | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | QF | 1R | QF | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 12–9 | 57% |
| Monte Carlo | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Rome | A | A | A | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 2R | A | F | A | A | A | 1R | A | NMS | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Madrid | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 7–4 | 9–9 | 7–4 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 36 | 34–36 | 49% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 11 | 3–11 | 21% |
| National Representation |||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Miami | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | NMS | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Canada | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Paris | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 4–12 | 25% |
