Pablo Cuevas

At 38 years old, Pablo Cuevas has this physical status:

He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19. Cuevas' career-high doubles ranking is World no. 14, which he achieved in April 2009.

In September 2019, Cuevas led the Uruguayan Davis Cup team to a victory over the Dominican Republic, winning entry into the highest Davis Cup tier, the World Group.

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Professional career

Cuevas and Argentine partner Carlos Berlocq advanced to the third round of the men's doubles tournament at the 2007 French Open, defeating them in the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas also won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger awards, as well as the So Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger titles.

In Via del Mar, Chile, Cuevas began the year at the Movistar Open. In his first-round match against Guillermo Correta, he won his Course Insurrection. He then defeated Fernando Verdasco and José Acasuso before falling in the semifinals against Fernando González. Cuevas made his career-best singles ranking of no. 10 in the United States. Following Via del Mar's death, 88 people were arrested.

Cuevas qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami in March, his first ATP Masters Series appearance. Vince Spadea in the first round was defeated by him inOffice before losing to Fernando González in the second round. He teamed with Marcel Granollers in Houston to reach the doubles final, losing to Ernests Gulbis and Rainer Schüttler.

Cuevas won the doubles title at the 2008 French Open in May, partnering Peruvian Luis Horna. The pair defeated seventh seeds Arnaud Clément and Micha Llodra in the first round, ninth seeds Luká Dlouh and Leander Paes in the third round, top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the third round, and second-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji in the final, with seventh seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the third round. They defeated Nestor and Zimonji, 6–3, 6–3, in only 56 minutes to win the title. Cuevas and Horna became the first all-South American team to win a Grand Slam men's doubles title, and Cuevas became the second Uruguayan since Fiorella Bonicelli's victory in the Grand Slam men's doubles championship.

Fernando González, a local favorite, reached the semifinals of the 2009 Movistar Open in Via del Mar, Cuevas, as in 2008. González won the game 6–3, 6–2. Cuevas partnered with Argentinean Brian Dabul, and the pair won the tournament together, defeating Franti and Michal Mertiek, 6–3. Cuevas was able to win his doubles ranking, which was no. 1 in the world. On February 9, 2009, the world's highest-ranked 17-year-olds were ranked No. 17 in the world.

Cuevas won by 3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 11–9. In the first round of Wimbledon in 2009, Cuevas defeated Christophe Rochus of Belgium in a come-from-behind victory, 3–6, 4–6, 6–9. [1] – He lost to Jesse Levine, a 21-year-old boy of the United States (who beat Marat Safin in the first round) 6–2, 6–3, 6–3.

Cuevas qualified for the 2009 International German Open. He advanced to the semifinals of the tournament by defeating Björn Melzer, eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, and 14th-seeded Nicolás Almagro in the quarterfinals. He lost his semifinal match against Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–4, 3–6, 5–7.

Cuevas qualified as the fifth seed in the 2009 Kremlin Cup. He advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Lu Yen-hsun and Teymuraz Gabashvili. He lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Kukushkin, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6. He did win the doubles title, partnering Marcel Granollers.

Cuevas defeated eight-seeded Albert Montaés at the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where he lost to David Ferrer. He defeated world number 11 Nikolay Davydenko in the second round and fifth-seeded Radek Stepanek in the quarter-finals and was then defeated by eventual champion Viktor Troicki in the 2010 Kremlin Cup.

He went 0–4 at the start of 2011, but on his first day at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, he defeated Michael Berrer and world number 8 Andy Roddick by the same score, 6–6, 7–6, for the third round.

Cuevas reached the semi-finals at the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, defeating Kei Nishikori.

He defeated third-seeded Tsonga and sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci in consecutive matches, winning the semifinals, where he lost to Juan Mart del Potro in 2011.

Cuevas underwent knee surgery and did not play on tour for two years after losing in the first round of Roland Garros.

Cuevas did not play at all in 2012 due to injury.

In May 2013, the Uruguayan participated in ATP Challenger Tour events for the second time. He was crowned in the first round of the Roland Garros. At the first round of the 2013 Prosecu Malaysian Open, he defeated eight-seeded Nikolay Davydenko.

Cuevas won the first round matches at the Rio Open, Portugal Open, and Roland Garros in 2014. He won his first ATP 250 tournament and climbed to sixth-seeded Jérémy Chardy, third-seeded Fernando Verdasco, and fifth-seeded Joo Sousa to place sixth in the ATP rankings.

He claimed his second ATP tournament at the Umag Croatia Open one week later. Cuevas had to qualify round after defeating Nikolas Walterscheid-Tukic, Nikola ai, and Renzo Olivo. He defeated Croatian Mate 6, 6–4, 6–4, and then Italian Andreas Seppi 6–4, 6–2, and second-seeded Tommy Robredo in the quarterfinals on Sunday. 6–4, 6–4; 4. For the first time in his career, he climbed to the top 40 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career.

The Uruguayan won the Challenger Ciudad de Guaquil and Uruguay Open singles clay tournaments in November.

Cuevas was disqualified in the first round of the 2015 Australian Open to unseeded player Matthias Bachinger. He partnered David Marrero to reach the quarterfinals, where Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli defeated them in the doubles tournament.

After winning Jiri Vesely, Nicolás Almagro, and Santiago Giraldo, he began the Latin American season with his third ATP singles title at the ATP 250 So Paulo. Later, he defeated Almgaro again and then Albert Montaés to advance to the third round of the Rio 500, where he was defeated in three sets by clay master Rafael Nadal. He also advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles competition, working with Marrero.

He lost in quarterfinals to local Juan Mónaco in the ATP 250. Cuevas then participated in the Davis Cup Americas Zone round against Colombia, where he lost to Alejandro González and defeated Giraldo. He worked with his brother Martn to defeat doubles specialists Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah.

CuInfos reached the third round of the Indian Wells Masters, beating Jarkko Nieminen in the third round, where he lost to Feliciano López. This was his best singles appearance in big tournaments since his third-round appearance at the 2011 Miami Masters. He failed in the first round to Nadal and Pablo Busta in the doubles event. In the second round of the Miami Masters to Thomaz Bellucci, Cuevas lost.

Grigor Dimitrov, Macron Dimitrov, the second seed in the inaugural ATP 250 Istanbul Open, defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili, Thomaz Bellucci, and Grigor Dimitrov Partner, the third seed, and Roger Federer, who lost to Roger Federer in the first ATP Tour final.

He won the 2016 Rio Open by defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and Argentine Guido Pella in the final. He won the Brasil Open in So Paulo next week by defeating Spaniard Pablo Busta in the final. At the 2016 Nottingham Open to Steve Johnson, he came in second place. Martin Klizan, the runner-up at the 2016 German Open Championships, was runner-up. Cuevas struggled to put together wins over the year's span, losing in the second round of the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 US Open.

Cuevas went 1-4 to start 2017, with a first-round loss at the 2017 Australian Open, but he returned to victory in the 2017 Brasil Open, where he defeated Albert Ramos-Volas. He followed that up with a strong quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Indian Wells Masters. As the No. 00, the No. 1 has risen to his position of No. 2. He defeated Martin Klizan, Fabio Fognini, and No. 27 seed. David Goffin, the 11 seed, before succumbing to Pablo Carpa. He followed that up with another Masters-level quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Monte-Carlo Masters, where he defeated No. 58. Stan Wawrinka, a seed, defeated in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, he lost to Lucas Pouille. He won his second Masters 1000 doubles title partnering with Rohan Bopanna over the 7th seeded Spanish duo F. Lopez/M. Lopez is a playwright who is a student at the University of On Friday, Lopez was interviewed by Lopez.

His good results on clay at the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open, where he reached his first Masters semifinal appearance of his career. Cuevas advanced to the semifinals over Thomaz Bellucci, Nicolas Mahut, Benoit Paire, and Alexander Zverev. No. 1 in the world No. 91. 9 Dominic Thiem beat him 6-4, 6-4 victory. Cuevas will qualify in the third round of the 2017 French Open later this spring. He then lost his next nine matches before coming to an end of the year with a third-round appearance in the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in three sets.

In the third round of Indian Wells, Cuevas defeated world number 6 Dominic Thiem. In the fourth round, he lost in straight sets to Hyeon Chung. He made it to the third round of the Madrid Open before being defeated by world number 9 John Isner in 3 tiebreaks.

Cuevas broke his foot in the summer, which has limited his activity for the remainder of the year.

In nearly two years at the Tunis Open, Cuevas claimed his first challenger title in almost two years. At the 2019 Open du Pays d'Aix, he will win another one three weeks later.

Cuevas qualified for the main draw as a lucky loser and advanced to the semifinals before being defeated in straight sets by top seed and world number 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Cuevas made the third round of the French Open for the fourth time before being defeated by world number 4 Dominic Thiem in the third round.

Cuevas was part of Team Uruguay in the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup but lost all of his matches to Japan's Yashimo Nishioka, Spain's Rafael Nadal, and Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili.

At Córdoba and Buenos Aires, Cuevas reached the quarterfinals for the first time. In Córdoba, he lost to eventual champion Cristian Garn and had four match points against top seed Diego Schwartzman, but fell short.

At the Geneva Open, Cuevas qualified for the main draw. He made it to the semifinals, defeating top players, including Reilly Opelka and former world number 3 Grigor Dimitrov, who made it to the semifinals. In straight sets, he defeated 2nd seed Denis Shapovalov.

In the second round of the French Open, he defeated world number 1 Novak Djokovic. In straight sets, he lost in straight sets.

Cuevas and his brother Martn Cuevas won both the singles and doubles at the 2021 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon.

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