Adrián García

Adrián García
Country (sports) Chile
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Born (1978-05-25) May 25, 1978 (age 46)
Concepción, Chile
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 605,753
Singles
Career record13–28 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (13 September 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2005)
French OpenQ1 (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US OpenQ3 (2007)
Doubles
Career record12–23 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 124 (23 April 2007)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles

Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo (born May 25, 1978) is a former professional from Chile.

Born in Concepción, Chile, García achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 103 in September 2004. His best achievement in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2004 Sopot Open, where he lost to Félix Mantilla in straight sets.

García also achieved three silver medals in the Pan American Games during his career: one at Santo Domingo 2003[1] and two at Rio de Janeiro 2007.[2]

Performance timeline

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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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A A Q1 1R Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 A A A Q2 Q2 A Q3 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 100%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 23 (11–12)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–8)
ITF Futures (8–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (10–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1999 Peru F1, Arequipa Futures Clay Brazil Júlio Silva 7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 1999 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay Argentina Diego Moyano 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Dec 1999 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay Italy Leonardo Azzaro 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 2–2 May 2000 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Sergio Roitman 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Oct 2002 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–2 Oct 2002 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay Chile Sergio Elias-Musalem 7–5, 7–5
Win 5–2 Sep 2003 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Hard Mexico Santiago González 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Jan 2004 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Juan Mónaco 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 5–4 Mar 2004 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 5–5 Mar 2004 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Germany Florian Mayer 4–6, 3–6
Win 6–5 May 2004 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–6 Jan 2005 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Germany Tomas Behrend 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6
Win 7–6 May 2005 Ettlingen, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Marc López 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Jul 2005 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Aug 2006 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 7–9 Apr 2007 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Paraguay Ramón Delgado 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–10 May 2007 Forest Hills, United States Challenger Clay United States Paul Goldstein walkover
Win 8–10 Aug 2008 Germany F16, Wahlstedt Futures Clay Portugal Leonardo Tavares 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Win 9–10 Aug 2008 Germany F17, Überlingen Futures Clay Germany Dieter Kindlmann 6–1, 6–2
Win 10–10 Sep 2008 Germany F18, Kempten Futures Clay Germany Julian Reister 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Win 11–10 Nov 2009 Chile F6, Concepción Futures Clay Argentina Agustin Picco 6–3, 6–2
Loss 11–11 May 2010 Poland F2, Kraków Futures Clay Czech Republic Dušan Lojda 2–6, 5–7
Loss 11–12 Jun 2010 Poland F3, Koszalin Futures Clay Poland Jerzy Janowicz 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (6–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (11–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Ecuador F2, Quito Futures Clay Chile Raúl Valdés Brazil Pedro Braga
Colombia Juan-Camilo Gamboa
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1999 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay Chile Jaime Fillol Jr. Argentina Rodrigo Pena
Argentina Sergio Roitman
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Oct 1999 Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz Futures Clay Chile Jaime Fillol Jr. Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
Argentina Walter Grinovero
2–6, 0–6
Win 2–2 Oct 1999 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay Chile Jaime Fillol Jr. Argentina Daniel Caracciolo
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
4–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win 3–2 Nov 1999 Chile F3, Valparaíso Futures Clay Chile Jaime Fillol Jr. Argentina Daniel Caracciolo
Chile Luis Hormazábal
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 4–2 Dec 1999 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay Chile Jaime Fillol Jr. Argentina Daniel Caracciolo
Argentina Ignacio González King
walkover
Loss 4–3 May 2000 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay Chile Jaime Fillol Jr. Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán
Chile Sebastian Contador
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2000 San Jose, Costa Rica Challenger Hard Argentina Guillermo Cañas United States Devin Bowen
United States Brandon Coupe
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 5–4 Jun 2002 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay Brazil Marcos Daniel Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
3–6, 4–6
Win 6–4 Jul 2002 Budaörs, Hungary Challenger Clay Chile Hermes Gamonal Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
Czech Republic Robin Vik
6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Oct 2002 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello Brazil Márcio Carlsson
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
3–6, ret.
Loss 6–6 Nov 2002 Mexico F17, Zacatecas Futures Hard Argentina Ignacio González King Mexico Bruno Echagaray
Mexico Santiago González
6–7(0–7), 1–6
Loss 6–7 Apr 2003 Chile F1, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello Argentina Patricio Arquez
Argentina Sebastián Decoud
2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 7–7 Apr 2003 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello Chile Paul Capdeville
Spain David Marrero
6–3, 6–1
Loss 7–8 May 2004 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Chile Hermes Gamonal Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
1–6, 3–6
Win 8–8 Jun 2004 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević United States Graydon Oliver
Sweden Simon Aspelin
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–9 Aug 2004 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Spain Álex López Morón Italy Massimo Bertolini
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
2–6, 4–6
Loss 8–10 Jul 2005 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Italy Tomas Tenconi Poland Łukasz Kubot
Poland Filip Urban
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–11 Oct 2005 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Chile Paul Capdeville United States Hugo Armando
United States Glenn Weiner
3–6, 1–6
Win 9–11 Jul 2006 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Uruguay Pablo Cuevas France Marc Gicquel
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 9–12 Sep 2006 Kranj, Slovenia Challenger Clay Argentina Damián Patriarca Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
Spain Héctor Ruiz-Cadenas
6–0, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 10–12 Jan 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–13 Oct 2007 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Leonardo Mayer Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura
3–6, 3–6
Loss 10–14 Nov 2007 Asunción, Paraguay Challenger Clay Spain Bartolomé Salvá Vidal Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
Argentina Carlos Berlocq
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [11–13]
Win 11–14 Apr 2008 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Leonardo Mayer Brazil Thomaz Bellucci
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–2, 6–0
Win 12–14 Jun 2009 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay Spain David Marrero Romania Adrian Cruciat
Romania Florin Mergea
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 13–14 May 2010 Poland F1, Katowice Futures Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo Russia Denis Matsukevich
Chile Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán
7–5, 7–5

Team competitions (3 runner-ups)

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Singles
Result Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss Jul 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Brazil Flávio Saretta 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Doubles
Result Date Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Aug 2003 Pan American Games
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hard Chile Marcelo Ríos Mexico Santiago González
Mexico Alejandro Hernández
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
Loss Jul 2007 Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar Argentina Eduardo Schwank
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Marcelo Ríos y un día para olvidar" [Marcelo Ríos and a day to forget]. ESPN (Latin America) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. EFE. 10 August 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Adrián García cayó ante Saretta y se consuela con la plata en Río 2007" [Adrián García lost against Saretta and is consoled with the silver medal at Rio 2007]. Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 29 July 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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