Gonzalo Escobar

 ( 1989 Births ) 

Gonzalo Escobar (; born 20 January 1989, in Manta) is an tennis player. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 38, achieved on 15 November 2021. He has won three ATP doubles titles with Uruguayan Ariel Behar and three with Kazakhstani Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Escobar also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 281 achieved on 15 June 2015.

Playing for Ecuador in Davis Cup, Escobar has a W/L record of 8–9.

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Career

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2021–2022: Three ATP doubles titles and top 50 Partnering with Uruguyan Ariel Behar, Escobar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. He entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. He reached the third round of a Major for the first time at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Escobar finished the year 2021 ranked No. 38, a career-high doubles ranking.

In 2022, he reached a fourth final and won his third ATP 250 title with Behar at the 2022 Serbia Open defeating top seeds Mate Pavić and Nikola Mektić. The pair reached two Major third rounds at the 2022 Australian Open and the 2022 US Open (tennis). Escobar finished the year 2022 ranked No. 40, a second best career-high doubles ranking.

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2023: Fourth and fifth ATP titles He reached the third round at the 2023 Australian Open with Tomislav Brkić.

He reached his ninth ATP final at the 2023 Libéma Open with Kazakhstani Aleksandr Nedovyesov, losing to Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.

He won his fourth title at the 2023 Swedish Open with Nedovyesov. He won his fifth title at the 2023 Sofia Open with Nedovyesov.

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ATP career finals

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Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)

ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–8)

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Hard (2–2)

Clay (4–3)

Grass (0–3)

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Outdoor (5–8)

Indoor (1–0)

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Win	1–0		Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Ariel Behar	Christian Harrison Ryan Harrison	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 10–4
Loss	1–1		Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–1		Andalucía Open, Spain	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2		Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–3		Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Ariel Behar	Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González	6–4, 3–6, 8–10
Loss	2–4		Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Ariel Behar	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	3–4		Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–2, 3–6, 10–7
Loss	3–5		Mallorca Open, Spain	250 Series	Grass	Ariel Behar	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 1–10
Loss	3–6		Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win	4–6		Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Francisco Cabral Rafael Matos	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–7		Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–7	Nov 2023	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Julian Cash Nikola Mektić	6–3, 3–6, 13–11
Loss	5–8	Feb 2024	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Max Purcell Jordan Thompson	5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win	6–8		Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	7–5, 6–2

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Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 14 (6–8)

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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

ITF Futures Tour (6–7)

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Hard (2–5)

Clay (4–3)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2		Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Emilio Gómez	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–2		Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–2		Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Iván Endara	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2		Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Jean-Yves Aubone	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	4–2		Ecuador F5, Quito	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–3		Peru F8, Lima	Futures	Clay	Duilio Beretta	0–6, 4–6
Win	5–3		Canada F7, Winnipeg	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss	5–4		Canada F8, Calgary	Futures	Hard	Frank Dancevic	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–4		Italy F14, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Viktor Galović	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–5		Bolivia F1, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Juan Ignacio Galarza	6–6 ret.
Loss	6–6		Mexico F7, Metepec	Futures	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6–7		Mexico F8, Cancún	Futures	Hard	Lucas Catarina	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	6–8		Morelos Open, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Matías Franco Descotte	1–6, 4–6

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Doubles: 38 (20–18)

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ATP Challenger Tour (12–12)

ITF Futures Tour (8–6)

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Hard (7–8)

Clay (12–10)

Grass (1–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		USA F17, Oklahoma City	Futures	Hard	Jesús Bandrés	Mackenzie McDonald Martin Redlicki	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 8–10
Win	1–1		Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Jean-Yves Aubone	Iván Endara Caio Silva	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win	2–1		Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Rodrigo Sánchez	Caio Silva Thales Turini	6–1, 6–0
Win	3–1		Peru F8, Lima	Futures	Clay	Emilio Gómez	Eduardo Dischinger Tiago Lopes	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–2		Canada F7, Winnipeg	Futures	Hard	Sora Fukuda	Luis David Martínez Luis Patiño	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–2		USA F16, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Miomir Kecmanović Jonas Lütjen	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	4–3		Barranquilla, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Alejandro Falla Eduardo Struvay	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4		Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–5		USA F5, Weston	Futures	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Facundo Argüello Juan Ignacio Londero	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 12–14
Loss	4–6		Italy F15, Reggio Emilia	Futures	Clay	Alexander Centenari	Grzegorz Panfil Ante Pavić	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	4–7		Mexico F6, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Federico Zeballos	Marc-Andrea Hüsler Jessy Kalambay	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	5–7		Mexico F7, Metepec	Futures	Hard	Manuel Sánchez	John Paul Fruttero Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–7		Mexico F8, Cancún	Futures	Hard	Bruno Sant'Anna	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	1–6, 6–3, 10–4
Win	7–7		Croatia F2, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Bruno Sant'Anna	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–4, 5–7, 11–9
Win	8–7		León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Manuel Sánchez	Bradley Mousley John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–8		Romania F2, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Gábor Borsos	Franco Agamenone Hernán Casanova	2–6, 3–6
Loss	8–9		Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Julian Ocleppo Andrea Vavassori	6–4, 1–6, 9–11
Loss	8–10		Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Romboli	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 8–10
Win	9–10		Italy F21, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Hernán Casanova	Wilson Leite Bruno Sant'Anna	7–5, 6–2
Loss	9–11		Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Quiroz	Peter Polansky Tommy Paul	3–6, 3–6
Loss	9–12		Lima Challenger, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 5–10
Loss	9–13		Morelos Open, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luis David Martínez	André Göransson Marc-Andrea Hüsler	3–6, 6–3, 9–11
Loss	9–14		Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luis David Martínez	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–7(10–12), 3–6
Win	10–14		Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Evan King Julian Ocleppo	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	10–15		Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Laurynas Grigelis Andrea Pellegrino	6–1, 3–6, 7–10
Win	11–15		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 10–8
Win	12–15		Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Guido Andreozzi Andrés Molteni	3–6, 6–4, 10–3
Win	13–15		Milex Open, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Orlando Luz Luis David Martínez	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 12–10
Win	14–15		Lima Challenger, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Felipe Meligeni Alves Luis David Martínez	2–6, 6–2, 3–10
Win	15–15		Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Pedro Sakamoto Thiago Seyboth Wild	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	15–16		Houston, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Jonathan Erlich Santiago González	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	16–16		Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Zhang Ze Gong Maoxin	6-3, 6-3
Win	17–16		Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Antonio Šančić	6–2, 6-4
Loss	17–17		Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Andrés Molteni Hugo Nys	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	17–18		Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Marcelo Arévalo Tomislav Brkić	4–6, 4-6
Win	18–18		Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Robert Galloway Nathaniel Lammons	4–6, 6–3, 10–7
Win	19–18		Ilkley, UK	Challenger	Grass	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Robert Galloway John-Patrick Smith	2–6, 7-5, 11–9
Win	20–18		Girona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Jonathan Eysseric Albano Olivetti	7–6(7–1), 6–4

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