Leonardo Mayer

Full name is Leonardo Martin Mayer…Nicknamed Leo…Began playing tennis at age nine…Father, Orlando, works in a bank; mother, Estela, is a teacher...Has two brothers Gabriel and Walter, one sister, Veronica....Considers clay as favorite surface and forehand as strength…Favorite hobby is playing soccer…One of top juniors in world in 2005, reaching a career-high No. 2 ranking in June before finishing No. 5…Reached six consecutive finals from February to May, winning titles in Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil…Also runner-up in Argentina and Brazil…Later in season won Canadian junior title and followed with QF at US Open (d. Querrey, l. to eventual winner Sweeting), his best Grand Slam result…In doubles, captured five titles in ’05, including Roland Garros and Orange Bowl (boh w/Massa)….Lists Maradonna as the most inspirational person in his life...If he wasn't a tennis player he would be a soccer player, most likely a goalkeeper...Coached by former ATP pro Emiliano Redondi.

2005 -- In first season on Futures circuit, won Chile #6 event and also reached QF in clay court stops in Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.

2006 -- Reached QF or better in four Challenger events, including a final in Puebla, Mexico (l. to Kendrick). Posted a 15-10 Challenger record.

2007 -- Won Challenger titles at Cuenca (d. Bellucci) and Puebla (d. Olenjniczak) and reached final at Graz (l. to Hanescu). Finished with 26-22 Challenger record and in Top 200 for first time at No. 189.

2008 -- Finished just outside Top 100 at No. 102 with successful Challenger results…Compiled a 44-21 match record and one title in four finals…Won title in Medellin (d. Roitman) and runner-up in Bronx (l. to Dlouhy), Cali (l. to Daniel) and Asuncion (l. Vassallo-Arguello)…Also SF in four other Challengers…In his ATP World Tour debut in Kitzbühel, qualified and beat Gremelmayr before losing in next round to Melzer…

2009

The Argentine compiled a career-best season by finishing in Top 100 for first time…He won a personal-high 17 matches and reached his first ATP World Tour SF…Also reached QFs in three other tournaments on as many surfaces, in Acapulco on clay (ret. vs. Monfils), Eastbourne on grass (l. to Dancevic) and New Haven on hard (l. to Andreev)…Qualified for first Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros and beat No. 16 Blake before losing in next round to Haas in five sets…In early August, reached SF in Los Angeles courtesy of a walkover against injured top seed Fish…Also defeated No. 5 seed Kunitsyn in 2nd RD before falling to Ball in SF…Finished with marks of 10-11 on hard, 4-4 on clay and 3-3 on grass…Earned a career-high $323,542.