Guido Pella

Guido Pella
Pella at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 33)
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2007
Retired2023
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $6,368,373
Official websiteguidopella.com
Singles
Career record128–151 (45.9% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 20 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 190 (18 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2020)
French Open2R (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US Open3R (2018)
Doubles
Career record38–66 (36.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 55 (1 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 355 (18 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French OpenSF (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2019, 2023)
US Open1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2016)
Last updated on: 20 September 2023.

Guido Pella (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡiðo ˈpela]; born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles.

Personal life

His father, Carlos, taught him the game at the age of five. His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments. He is engaged to marry the model and entrepreneur Stephanie Demner.

In February 2020 Pella announced via his Instagram account that he would be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with Morton's neuroma.

Career

Junior career

As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008. Entering as a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the French Open boys' singles in 2008, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals (and losing to Jerzy Janowicz).

2006–2011

Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 in July 2008 without dropping a set. In the following years, he won six further Futures titles, all of them on clay. His first Challenger final came at Guayaquil, Ecuador in November 2011, losing the match to Matteo Viola in straight sets. He finished the 2011 season ranked world no. 350 in singles and no. 501 in doubles.

2012: Grand Slam & top 100 in singles & top 200 in doubles debut

Pella started his 2012 Challenger season in March, capturing his first title in that category at the Salinas Challenger in Ecuador, with a victory over Paolo Lorenzi in the final round. The following month, he won his first doubles Challenger title at the Pereira Challenger in Colombia, partnering Martín Alund.

In May, he entered the French Open qualifying draw, losing in the first round to former world no. 2 Tommy Haas. In August, he won his first hard-court tournament at the Manta Challenger, beating Maximiliano Estévez in the final.

In the US Open, he made it through the qualifying stage of the tournament, beating Lukáš Rosol to reach his first Grand Slam main-draw match, which he lost to Nikolay Davydenko in four sets. In September, he defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Leonardo Kirche on his way to win the Campinas Challenger in Brazil.

He cracked the top 100 for the first time after winning the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, defeating Adrian Ungur in the final round. Pella finished the year ranked world no. 97 in singles and world no. 187 in doubles, a career high and a 249-spots improvement since the beginning of the season.

2013: Grand Slam debuts at Australian & French Open and Wimbledon

Pella in 2013

Guido Pella entered the 2013 Australian Open main draw directly, but he lost in the first round to qualifier Amir Weintraub. He then competed in Viña del Mar, also losing in the first round, this time to countryman Federico Delbonis. The following week, he played at the Brasil Open, winning his first ATP World Tour-level match against sixth seed Fabio Fognini, losing then in the second round to eventual finalist David Nalbandian. At 2013 Düsseldorf, he advanced to his first ATP SF starting as a qualifier, defeating No. 10 Janko Tipsarević along the way.

2019: First title & Major quarterfinal, top 20 in singles, top 55 in doubles

Pella reached his fourth ATP Tour final in Córdoba Open in February, but lost to compatriot Juan Ignacio Londero in three sets. Having lost each of his previous four finals, in March 2019, he won his first ATP title in 2019 Brasil Open. He defeated Cristian Garín in straight sets.

At the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the semifinals of a Masters 1000 for the first time, partnering João Sousa where they lost to Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman. Following this successful run, he entered the top 100 in doubles at World No. 99 on 13 May 2019. Later in June, at the 2019 French Open he also reached the semifinals in doubles for the first time in his career partnering with Schwartzman this time where they were defeated by eventual champions German duo Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies. As a result, he reached a career-high of No. 56 in doubles on 10 June 2019.

At Wimbledon in July, he reached his first-ever Grand Slam singles quarterfinal by defeating former World Number 3 and 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic in five sets from two sets down, but was then defeated by Roberto Bautista Agut. The victory marked his third against the most-recent runners-up of Wimbledon: He had previously defeated 2017 Wimbledon finalist Marin Čilić in the second round of 2018 Wimbledon, also from two sets down, and 2018 Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson in the third round of the 2019 championships. Following his successful runs at the Canada and Cincinnati Masters of third and second round respectively on his debut, he reached a career-high in singles of World No. 20 on 19 August 2019.

2020–22: Major third round, ATP Cup, Full season hiatus

He participated in the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup where Argentina reached the quarterfinals and also in the 2021 ATP Cup where Argentina reached second place in their group (first place was Russia) and was eliminated from reaching the semifinals knockout stage.

Seeded 22nd, Pella reached the third round at the 2020 Australian Open for the first time in his career where he lost to 12th seed Fabio Fognini. He announced an indefinite break due to health issues but returned to the tour after 6 months at the 2020 US Open.

At the 2021 Western & Southern Open Masters 1000 in Cincinnati he reached the third round by defeating 15th seed David Goffin, and took his revenge for the loss at the Australian Open in 2020 by defeating Fabio Fognini in the second round.

2023: Comeback, three Masters and Major wins & back to Top 200, Retirement

After a year hiatus, he entered the 2023 Australian Open using a protected ranking.

Using also his protected ranking he reached the second rounds of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open and the 2023 Miami Open defeating Thiago Monteiro and Juan Pablo Varillas respectively. As a result, he jumped more the 250 positions back into the top 500.

He entered the Italian Open using protected ranking and reached the second round defeating Maxime Cressy. He moved another 60 positions up in the top 450. At the 2023 French Open he also reached the second round defeating Quentin Halys in five sets with a super tiebreak in the fifth, coming back from two sets to one down, and moved another 95 positions up in the top 350 in the rankings.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he defeated 13th seed Borna Ćorić and qualifier Harold Mayot to reach the third round. He climbed more than 80 positions up and moved into the top 250.

In September 2023, Pella announced his retirement from professional tennis.

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup/ATP Cup/Laver Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Miami Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R A 1R 0 / 8 3–8 27%
French Open Q1 2R Q2 Q2 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R A 2R 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A 1R A Q3 1R A 3R QF NH 1R A 3R 0 / 6 8–6 57%
US Open 1R 1R Q1 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Win–loss 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 3–4 1–3 5–4 5–4 3–3 2–4 0–0 3–4 0 / 32 23–32 42%
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Masters A 1R Q2 A 3R 2R 1R 3R NH 2R A 2R 0 / 6 7–7 45%
Miami Open A 2R 1R A 1R 3R 1R 2R NH A A 2R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A 1R A 1R QF NH 1R A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Madrid Open A A A A 1R A A 2R NH 1R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Italian Open A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R A A 2R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A 3R NH A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A 2R A 3R A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Shanghai Masters A A A A 1R A A 1R NH A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris Masters A A A A 1R Q1 Q1 A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–7 3–2 0–3 8–8 0–0 3–4 0–0 3–3 0 / 30 20–30 40%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 13 4 4 22 15 22 26 8 18 0 13 Career total: 146
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Career total: 5
Overall win–loss 0–1 7–13 3–4 1–4 16–23 16–18 25–22 36–25 7–10 8–18 0–0 9–13 1 / 146 128–151 46%
Year-end ranking 97 118 155 74 80 64 58 25 43 74 $6,368,373

Doubles

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 0 / 7 1–7 13%
French Open 1R A 2R SF 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R NH A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Win–loss 0–4 0–2 1–3 4–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–4 0 / 21 8–21 28%
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Masters 2R A A 1R NH A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A A 2R NH A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A 2R NH QF A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Madrid Open 1R A A SF NH A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Italian Open A A A 2R 1R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canadian Open A A A 1R NH A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Win–loss 1–2 0–0 0–0 6–8 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–6 0 / 18 11–18 43%

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
ATP Finals (0-0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0-0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–4)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2016 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Uruguay Pablo Cuevas 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Loss 0–2 May 2017 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Germany Alexander Zverev 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2018 Croatia Open Umag, Croatia 250 Series Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–4 Feb 2019 Córdoba Open, Argentina 250 Series Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero 6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–4 Mar 2019 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Chile Cristian Garín 7–5, 6–3

Team competitions finals

Davis Cup: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner(s) Opponents Score
Win Nov 2016 Davis Cup, Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Argentina Federico Delbonis
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Croatia Marin Čilić
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Croatia Franko Škugor
3–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 26 (20 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger (13–2)
ITF Futures (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (18–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2007 ITF Lima, Peru F2 Futures Clay Peru Matias Silva 6–7(6), 6–1, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2007 ITF La Paz, Bolivia F3 Futures Clay Argentina Guillermo Carry 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2008 ITF Trujillo, Peru F3 Futures Clay Argentina Juan-Manuel Valverde 6–0, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Nov 2008 ITF Bahia Bianca, Argentina F15 Futures Clay Argentina Marco Trungelliti 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Apr 2009 ITF Jujuy, Argentina F1 Futures Clay Chile Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–4 May 2009 ITF Córdoba, Argentina F4 Futures Clay Argentina Juan-Manuel Valverde 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 3–4 Aug 2009 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia F1 Futures Clay Argentina Gaston Giussani 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–4 Sep 2009 ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia F2 Futures Clay Spain Arnau Brugués Davi 6–2, 6–7(3), 7–6(5)
Win 5–4 Nov 2009 ITF Corrientes, Argentina F25 Futures Clay Argentina Lionel Noviski 6–3, 6–0
Win 6–4 Jul 2010 ITF Corrientes, Argentina F13 Futures Clay Argentina Marco Trungelliti 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 7–4 Oct 2011 ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia F2 Futures Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero 6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–5 Nov 2011 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Italy Matteo Viola 4–6, 1–6
Win 8–5 Mar 2012 Challenger de Salinas Diario Expreso, Ecuador Challenger Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 9–5 Aug 2012 Manta Open, Ecuador Challenger Hard Argentina Maximiliano Estévez 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–5 Sep 2012 Campeonato Internacional de Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Leonardo Kirche 6–4, 6–0
Win 11–5 Dec 2012 ATP Challenger Finals, Brazil Challenger Hard Romania Adrian Ungur 6–3, 6–7(4), 7–6(4)
Win 12–5 Oct 2013 IS Open São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello 6–1, 6–0
Win 13–5 Nov 2014 Lima Challenger, Peru Challenger Clay Australia Jason Kubler 6–2, 6–4
Win 14–5 Apr 2015 San Luis Open Challenger Tour, Mexico Challenger Clay Republic of Ireland James McGee 6–3, 6–3
Win 15–5 May 2015 São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Sweden Christian Lindell 7–5, 7–6(1)
Loss 15–6 May 2015 Heilbronn Neckarcup, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Alexander Zverev 1–6, 6–7(7)
Win 16–6 Oct 2015 Aberto do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 17–6 Nov 2015 Montevideo Open, Uruguay Challenger Clay Spain Íñigo Cervantes 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win 18–6 Jul 2017 Aspria Cup Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Delbonis 6–2, 2–1 ret.
Win 19–6 Aug 2017 Claro Open Floridablanca, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello 6–2, 6–4
Win 20–6 Nov 2018 Montevideo Open, Uruguay (2) Challenger Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 24 (14 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–5)
ITF Futures (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (14–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2008 ITF Trujillo, Peru F3 Futures Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Peru Matias Silva
Peru Mauricio Echazú
6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Nov 2008 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina F14 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Alejandro Kon
Argentina Gonzalo Tur
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Nov 2008 ITF Neuquén, Argentina F16 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Guillermo Bujniewicz
Argentina N Jara-Lozano
6–3, 5–7, [14–12]
Win 3–1 Dec 2008 ITF Tucumán, Argentina F17 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Diego Cristin
Argentina G-A Grimolizzi
6–7(6), 7–6(13), [10–6]
Loss 3–2 Apr 2009 ITF Jujuy, Argentina F1 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Diego Cristin
Argentina J-P Amado
5–7, 6–7(7)
Win 4–2 May 2009 ITF Córdoba, Argentina F3 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina German Gaich
Argentina Guillermo Durán
6–2, 6–4
Win 5–2 Aug 2009 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia F1 Futures Clay Argentina Diego Cristin Argentina J-J Monteferrario
Argentina Gaston Giussani
6–1, 6–1
Win 6–2 Nov 2009 ITF Corrientes, Argentina F25 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Jonathan Gonzalia
Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
6–1, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Nov 2010 ITF Rosario, Argentina F22 Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Diego Cristin
Argentina Pablo Galdón
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 6–4 Nov 2010 Challenger de Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Argentina Brian Dabul
6–7(4), 3–6
Loss 6–5 Aug 2011 ITF Arequipa, Perj F1 Futures Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas Peru Duilio Beretta
Peru Sergio Galdós
4–6, 0–6
Win 7–5 Oct 2011 ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia F2 Futures Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Bolivia Mauricio Doria-Medina
Bolivia Federico Zeballos
6–3, 6–2
Win 8–5 Oct 2011 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia F3 Futures Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Brazil Felipe Soares
Brazil Thales Turini
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 8–6 Oct 2011 ITF Sucre, Bolivia F4 Futures Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Argentina J-J Monteferrario
Argentina Guillermo Carry
6–7(3), 4–6
Win 9–6 Apr 2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Martín Alund Argentina Sebastián Decoud
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss 9–7 Oct 2013 IS Open São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Peru Sergio Galdós New Zealand Artem Sitak
Moldova Roman Borvanov
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win 10–7 Apr 2014 São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Andrés Molteni
1–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 10–8 Sep 2014 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Colombia Eduardo Struvay
6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 11–8 Nov 2014 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Máximo González Spain Pere Riba
Spain Jordi Samper Montaña
2–6, 7–6(3), [10–5]
Win 12–8 Nov 2014 Lima Challenger, Peru Challenger Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Venezuela Roberto Maytín
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–3, 6–1
Win 13–8 Mar 2015 Challenger Cachantún Cup, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Andrea Collarini
7–6(7), 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 13–9 Apr 2015 San Luis Open Challenger Tour, Mexico Challenger Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Argentina Horacio Zeballos
Argentina Guillermo Durán
6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 13–10 Apr 2015 Campeonato Internacional de Santos, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Argentina Máximo González
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
4–6, 6–7(4)
Win 14–10 May 2015 Vicenza Internazionali, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis Italy Salvatore Caruso
Italy Federico Gaio
6–2, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

  • Pella has a 4–16 (20.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2013 ... 2017 2018 2019 Total
Wins 1 1 1 1 4
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score GPR
2013
1. Serbia Janko Tipsarević 10 Horse Cup Düsseldorf, Germany Clay 2R 7–6(1), 6–1 101
2017
2. Austria Dominic Thiem 7 Chengdu Open, China Hard 2R 7–6(6), 6–4 72
2018
3. Croatia Marin Čilić 5 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 2R 3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(3), 7–5 82
2019
4. South Africa Kevin Anderson 8 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 3R 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(4) 26

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