Agustín Calleri

Agustín Calleri (Spanish pronunciation: [aɣusˈtiŋ kaˈleɾi],[lower-alpha 1] Italian: [kalˈlɛːri, ˈkalleri];[1] 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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Calleri and the second or maternal family name is Buffarini.
Agustín Calleri
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1976-09-14) 14 September 1976
Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,753,387
Singles
Career record209–187
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 16 (7 July 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008)
French Open3R (2000)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open3R (2000, 2007)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2004, 2008)
Doubles
Career record82–86
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 52 (16 June 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2008)
French Open1R (2008)
Wimbledon1R (2003, 2007)
US Open2R (2007, 2008)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2008)
Last updated on: 29 November 2022.

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 Chile Nicolás Massú 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2003 Acapulco, Mexico Championship Series Clay Argentina Mariano Zabaleta 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Apr 2003 Estoril, Portugal International Series Clay Russia Nikolay Davydenko 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 May 2003 Hamburg, Germany Masters Series Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2004 Costa do Sauipe, Brazil International Series Clay Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Jul 2005 Amersfoort, Netherlands International Series Clay Chile Fernando González 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–5 Jul 2006 Kitzbühel, Austria Championship Series Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6(11–9), 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–6 Aug 2006 New Haven, United States International Series Hard Russia 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 Argentina Mariano Hood Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl		 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2005 Basel, Switzerland International Series Carpet Chile Fernando González Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Wesley Moodie		 7–5, 7–5
Win 3–0 Feb 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina International Series Clay Peru Luis Horna Austria Werner Eschauer
Australia Peter Luczak		 6–0, 6–7(6–8), [10–2]
Loss 3–1 Mar 2008 Acapulco, Mexico Championship Series Clay Peru Luis Horna Austria Oliver Marach
Slovakia 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 Italy Pietro Angelini 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 2–0 May 1998 Italy F5, Frascati Futures Clay Italy Giorgio Galimberti 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jun 1998 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–0 Jul 1998 Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Spain Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–0 Apr 2000 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–1 May 2000 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–1 Jul 2000 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Jacobo Díaz-Ruiz 6–0, 6–1
Win 7–1 Oct 2001 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Edgardo Massa 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–1 Oct 2001 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 6–4, 6–3
Win 9–1 Nov 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina David Nalbandian 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 10–1 Sep 2005 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Spain Alberto Martín 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 11–1 Jun 2008 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Argentina 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 Argentina Oscar Rodriguez Argentina Dante Bottini
Argentina Daniel Caracciolo		 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win 2–0 Apr 1998 Italy F4, Rome Futures Clay Croatia Igor Saric Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Italy Massimo Valeri		 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Aug 1998 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Sweden Tobias Hildebrand Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Martín Rodríguez		 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win 4–0 Oct 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello Brazil Paulo Taicher
Brazil Cristiano Testa		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Jun 1999 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Italy Filippo Messori
Italy Massimo Valeri		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 4–2 Oct 2001 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen Argentina Martín Rodríguez
Argentina Gastón Etlis		 5–7, 5–7
Win 5–2 Oct 2001 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Edgardo Massa Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Mariano Hood		 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Sep 2005 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski		 2–6, 4–6
Win 6–3 Jul 2006 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
Argentina 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
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009SRW–LWin%
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 A Not Held 2R 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 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
Tournament2003200420052006200720082009SRW–LWin%
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 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%

Notes
  1. In isolation, Agustín is pronounced [aɣusˈtin].

References
  1. Luciano Canepari. "Calleri". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
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