Sergio Cortés

Sergio Cortés Godoy (born 11 January 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Chile.

Sergio Cortés
Full nameSergio Cortés Godoy
Country (sports)Chile Chile
ResidenceSantiago
Born (1968-01-11) 11 January 1968
Antofagasta, Chile
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Turned pro1987
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$247,706
Singles
Career record18-26
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 114 (14 Jun 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open3R (1993)

Career

Cortés was a leading junior player in South American, winning the continental championships in the 14s, 16s and 18s age groups.

He was a quarter-finalist in the 1989 Geneva Open.

Cortés competed in just one Grand Slam event, the 1993 US Open, where he reached the third round. He defeated American Derrick Rostagno and Dutchman Jacco Eltingh, both in four sets and was then eliminated in straight sets by Boris Becker.[1]

In 1993 he had one of the best wins of his career beat when he beat world number 31 Magnus Larsson at the Lipton Championships in Florida

Cortés made the quarter-finals of a Bogotá ATP tournament, along the way defeating Andrei Chesnokov, then the world number 40.[2]

He appeared in six ties for the Chile Davis Cup team, with a record of 5–5 in singles and 2–0 in doubles.[3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1989 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Francisco Yunis 6–4, 6–3
2. 1992 Liege, Belgium Clay Belgium Bart Wuyts 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
3. 1992 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Belgium Filip Dewulf 6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1994 Poznań, Poland Clay Barbados Martin Blackman Portugal João Cunha-Silva
Portugal Emanuel Couto
6–7, 7–5, 7–5

References

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