Emilio Benfele Álvarez

Spanish tennis player

1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)Turned pro1989Retired2005PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)Prize money$898,962SinglesCareer record45–67Career titles0Highest rankingNo. 81 (5 May 1997)Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R (1998)French Open2R (1995, 1998)Wimbledon2R (1997)US Open1R (1997)DoublesCareer record20–46Career titles0Highest rankingNo. 91 (5 July 2004)Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R (2002)French Open1R (2000)WimbledonQ1 (1995)

Emilio Benfele Álvarez (born 15 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only ATP final in 2000 in Kitzbühel. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in 1996, he got into Kitzbühel draw after losing in the last round of qualifying and beat specialists at clay: Santoro, Clavet, Medvedev and top seed Muster before losing in three sets to Berasategui in the semifinals. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 81 in 1997 (and No. 91 in doubles in 2004).

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2000	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Àlex Corretja	3–6, 1–6, 0–3, ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2001	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Enzo Artoni	Tomás Carbonell Daniel Orsanic	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2002	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Andrés Schneiter	Jens Knippschild Peter Nyborg	3–6, 3–6