Álex López Morón

Álex López Morón
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1970-11-28) 28 November 1970 (age 54)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$833,225
Singles
Career record18–36
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 100 (9 October 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1995)
US Open1R (1995)
Doubles
Career record57–101
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 63 (24 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon2R (2004)
US Open2R (2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2005)
Last updated on: 12 July 2021.

Álex López Morón (born 28 November 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 100 (achieved on 9 October 1995).

Career

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He turned pro in 1990.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2000 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay Spain Albert Portas Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Win 2–0 Jul 2003 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Australia Todd Perry
Japan Thomas Shimada
6–1, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 4 (2–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1997 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Álex Calatrava 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1997 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Clay Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 1999 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Portugal Emanuel Couto 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Jul 1999 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay France Olivier Malcor 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 33 (16–17)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (16–17)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (15–17)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1994 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Valeri Australia Joshua Eagle
South Africa Kirk Haygarth
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1997 Alpirsbach, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Fabio Maggi Germany Mathias Huning
Australia Grant Silcock
7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Sep 1997 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco Spain Álex Calatrava
Portugal Bernardo Mota
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–2 Jun 1998 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Jun 1998 Split, Croatia Challenger Clay Spain Alberto Martín United States Geoff Grant
Hungary Attila Sávolt
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 1998 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay Spain Jairo Velasco Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 1998 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Ardinghi Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
6–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 3–5 Oct 1998 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Salvador Navarro
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–5 Aug 1999 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Nathan Healey
7–5, 6–3
Loss 4–6 Oct 1999 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Jairo Velasco
Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 4–7 Nov 1999 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Spain Germán Puentes Alcañiz Brazil Antonio Prieto
Brazil Cristiano Testa
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–7 May 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez South Africa Paul Rosner
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–8 Jun 2000 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Germany Jens Knippschild
United States Jeff Tarango
2–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Oct 2000 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Czech Republic Petr Kovačka
Czech Republic Pavel Kudrnáč
6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–9 Sep 2001 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 7–9 Oct 2001 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco Spain Marc López
Spain Fernando Vicente
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 8–9 Oct 2001 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic David Škoch
6–4, 6–1
Win 9–9 Apr 2002 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter United States Devin Bowen
Australia Ashley Fisher
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 9–10 Oct 2002 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Argentina Mariano Hood
Peru Luis Horna
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 9–11 Oct 2002 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Tomas Behrend
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 10–11 Mar 2003 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Albert Portas
5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 10–12 May 2003 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Myles Wakefield
4–6, 3–6
Loss 10–13 Jun 2003 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Spain Joan Balcells
Spain Juan Albert Viloca
4–6, 4–6
Win 11–13 Aug 2003 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Germany Philipp Petzschner
6–4, 5–7, 7–6(9–7)
Win 12–13 Jul 2004 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner Argentina Brian Dabul
Argentina Ignacio Gonzalez-King
6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 12–14 Aug 2004 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Chile Adrián García Italy Massimo Bertolini
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
2–6, 4–6
Win 13–14 Aug 2004 Trani, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Bertolini Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek
Czech Republic Jan Vacek
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 14–14 Sep 2004 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Italy Massimo Bertolini
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
6–3, 6–4
Loss 14–15 Oct 2004 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Óscar Hernández Germany Alexander Waske
Germany Tomas Behrend
6–7(0–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 14–16 Jun 2005 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Óscar Hernández
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler
5–7, 4–6
Win 15–16 Jun 2005 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Enzo Artoni Italy Massimo Bertolini
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
5–7, 6–4, 7–6(14–12)
Win 16–16 Aug 2005 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Spain Marcel Granollers Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Uros Vico
6–4, 6–2
Loss 16–17 Sep 2006 Tarragona, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Santiago Ventura United States Hugo Armando
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler
3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q3 Q1 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q3 1R A Q3 Q1 2R Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 1R A Q1 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 1R A A A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo Q1 Q3 3R A A A A 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome Masters A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 2–2 50%

Doubles

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Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 0–7 0%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 6 1–6 14%
US Open A 1R A 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–3 1–4 1–3 1–3 1–4 1–4 0–2 0 / 23 5–23 18%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg QF A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 2–3 40%

Wins over top 10 players

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
1995
1. Sweden Magnus Larsson 10 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Personal life

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His brother Víctor also played tennis professionally.

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