Julio Peralta

Chilean tennis player
Julio Peralta
Country (sports) Chile
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Miami, United States[1]
Born (1981-09-09) 9 September 1981 (age 42)
Paramaribo, Suriname[1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 700,691
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 212 (December 1, 2003)
Doubles
Career record79–58 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 29 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 553 (27 February 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2017, 2018)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2017, 2018)
US Open2R (2017, 2018)
Last updated on: 27 February 2023.

Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo leoˈnaɾðo peˈɾalta maɾˈtines];[2] born 9 September 1981)[1] is an inactive professional tennis player from Chile.[3] Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career, reaching no. 29 in the ATP rankings in doubles. He captured six doubles titles at ATP World Tour and one singles challenger title. He went on hiatus from 2005 to 2007, from 2009 to 2011, from 2012 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.

Career

2000–2004

Peralta turned pro in 2000, and had his best year in his singles career in 2003, year which he won a challenger tournament, the BH Tennis Open International Cup in Belo Horizonte. He retired in 2005.

2007–2008

He made a comeback in 2007 at ITF Futures tournaments. Julio competed throughout 2008, but he suffered an injury the next year.

2011: Second comeback

He made his comeback (after long, exhausting, two-year injury) in the 2011 Sparkassen Open, winning comfortably the first two qualifying rounds, against Stefan Seifert and David Goffin (no. 220). In the main tournament, he defeated Victor Crivoi.

2014: Third comeback

After a long hiatus, he returned in September at the 2014 Napa Valley Challenger doubles tournament partnering Matt Seeberger as a wildcard pair.

In early November, he won the titles in both singles and doubles USA F30 tournament, not dropping a single set in the main draw in both tournaments. In Chile F9 tournament he made the singles final, losing to Hans Podlipnik Castillo and the following week won the doubles tournament in Chile F10 partnering Seeberger.

2015: New partnership and Challenger Tour success

Peralta played many Challenger Tour tournaments during the year, reaching seven finals and winning four, partnering Horacio Zeballos in three of these titles. With the victories, Peralta rose almost 400 positions in the rankings, ending the year at No. 105.

2016: Three ATP Doubles titles

He broke through onto the ATP World Tour doubles circuit in 2016, winning the Brazil Open, the Swiss Open and the Moselle Open with Horacio Zeballos. He won his first match in a Grand Slam at the French Open, partnering Denis Kudla, but the duo lost in the second round. Peralta also won six challenger tournaments, partnering Zeballos in four, in one with Dennis Novikov, and at Santiago with countryman Hans Podlipnik. Peralta tied with Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith for most Challenger titles in doubles for the year. Peralta finished the year ranked No. 44 in the world in doubles, and the highest ranked Chilean player in singles or doubles, record he has held since then.

2017: Another title, French Open quarterfinals, top 30 debut

Peralta and Zeballos reached the final of the Ecuador Open, but lost to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald. They went on to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. At the French Open, he partnered Zeballos to reach the quarterfinals. This saw his ranking jump to a career high of No. 35.

In the rest of the year, Peralta reached two more tournament finals with Zeballos, and another one with Santiago González, with whom he reached quarterfinals at the 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters too.

Peralta ended the year at World No. 29, his best position yet.

2018: First ATP 500 & one more titles

Peralta had a slow beginning of the year, with semifinals at 2018 ASB Classic as the only notable result. Julio and Horacio Zeballos reunited for attempting a defense of their title in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but they lost in first round. They also tried to imitate their past year quarterfinals run on the French Open, but they lost in second round. Partnering with Roman Jebavý, they reached semifinals of the 2018 Antalya Open.

Peralta and Zeballos partnered again for the 2018 Wimbledon and won over 16th seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in first round, but then lost in second round. The partnership went on and they won the 2018 Swedish Open, defeating in the final the Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. The following week Peralta and Zeballos won another title, the 2018 German Open, his first on the ATP 500 level, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final.

2022: Back on the ATP tour

After almost 4 years of hiatus, Peralta came back on the ATP tour in April where he entered the 2022 BMW Open with Franko Škugor with a protected ranking[4] and next at the Italian Open as an alternate pair also with Škugor where they won their first round match against top 50 players Tomislav Brkić and Nikola Ćaćić.[5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (5–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–2)
Indoor (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Spain David Marrero
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Jul 2016 Swiss Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Croatia Mate Pavić
New Zealand Michael Venus
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 3–0 Sep 2016 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Argentina Horacio Zeballos Croatia Mate Pavić
New Zealand Michael Venus
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–1 Feb 2017 Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos United States James Cerretani
Austria Philipp Oswald
3−6, 1−2 ret.
Win 4–1 Apr 2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Germany Dustin Brown
United States Frances Tiafoe
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 4–2 Aug 2017 Winston-Salem Open, US 250 Series Hard Argentina Horacio Zeballos Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
3−6, 4−6
Loss 4–3 Sep 2017 St. Petersburg Open, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Argentina Horacio Zeballos Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Oct 2017 European Open, Belgium 250 Series Hard (i) Mexico Santiago González United States Scott Lipsky
India Divij Sharan
4–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win 5–4 Jul 2018 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–4 Jul 2018 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Austria Oliver Marach
Croatia Mate Pavić
6–1, 4–6, [10–6]

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals

Singles (8–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger Series (1–0)
ITF Futures Series (7–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 28 August 2000 Peru F1, Peru Clay Brazil Júlio Silva 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 4 December 2000 Chile F9, Chile Clay Argentina Patricio Rudi 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 0–6
Runner-up 3. 16 July 2001 Romania F3, Romania Clay Romania Gabriel Moraru 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Winner 1. 3 September 2001 Peru F2, Peru Clay Venezuela Yohny Romero 6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 24 September 2001 Bolivia F2, Bolivia Clay Chile Phillip Harboe 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 8 October 2001 Paraguay F1, Paraguay Clay Argentina Sebastián Decoud 3–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 14 April 2003 Chile F3, Chile Clay Chile Phillip Harboe 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. 28 July 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Thailand Danai Udomchoke 7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–1
Winner 5. 2 August 2004 Chile F1-A, Chile Clay Argentina Damián Patriarca 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 9 August 2004 Chile F1-B, Chile Clay Argentina Cristian Villagrán 4–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 27 October 2008 Chile F4, Chile Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar 6–4, 6–2
Winner 7. 3 November 2008 Chile F5, Chile Clay Argentina Bruno Tiberti 6–0, 6–2
Winner 8. 4 November 2014 USA F5, United States Clay United States Jean-Yves Aubone 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 1 December 2014 Chile F9, Chile Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (18–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger Series (10–6)
ITF Futures Series (8–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1 October 2001 Bolivia F3, Bolivia Clay Chile Felipe Parada Argentina Federico Cardinali
Chile Sergio Elias
7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 22 April 2002 Jamaica F3, Jamaica Hard Venezuela Kepler Orellana United States Diego Ayala
Australia Adam Kennedy
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 20 January 2003 USA F2, USA Hard Chile Felipe Parada Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen
United States Tripp Phillips
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 27 January 2003 USA F3, USA Hard Chile Felipe Parada United States Ryan Sachire
United States Tripp Phillips
w/o
Winner 1. 27 October 2008 Chile F4, Chile Clay Switzerland Mathieu Guenat Chile Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán
Chile Ángel Torres
6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 3 November 2014 USA F30, USA Clay United States Matt Seeberger Romania Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
United States Alex Rybakov
6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 8 December 2014 Chile F10, Chile Clay Switzerland Mathieu Guenat Uruguay Martín Cuevas
Brazil Gustavo Guerses
6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 15 December 2014 Chile F11, Chile Clay Chile Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera Argentina Nicolás Arreche
Argentina Tomás Lipovšek Puches
7–5, 6–0
Winner 5. 22 December 2014 Chile F12, Chile Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Uruguay Ariel Behar
Chile Gonzalo Lama
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner 6. 23 February 2015 Panama F1, Panama Clay Barbados Darian King Ecuador Iván Endara
Argentina Eduardo Agustín Torre
w/o
Winner 7. 2 March 2015 Nicaragua F1, Nicaragua Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Gómez South Africa Keith-Patrick Crowley
Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 20 April 2015 Savannah, United States Clay United States Dennis Novikov Argentina Guillermo Durán
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
4–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 27 April 2015 Tallahassee, United States Clay United States Dennis Novikov India Somdev Devvarman
India Sanam Singh
6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 1 June 2015 USA F16-A, USA Hard United States Matt Seeberger United States Tennys Sandgren
United States Rhyne Williams
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up 6. 8 June 2015 Moscow, Russia Clay United States Matt Seeberger Argentina Renzo Olivo
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 13 July 2015 Poznań, Poland Clay United States Matt Seeberger Russia Mikhail Elgin
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Winner 10. 12 October 2015 Corrientes, Argentina Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Guillermo Durán
Argentina Máximo González
6–2, 6–3
Winner 11. 2 November 2015 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Colombia Eduardo Struvay
6–3, 6–4
Winner 12. 9 November 2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Guido Andreozzi
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 8. 4 January 2016 Mendoza, Argentina Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Máximo González
Dominican Republic José Hernández-Fernández
6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
Winner 13. 25 January 2016 Bucaramanga, Colombia Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Peru Sergio Galdós
Venezuela Luis David Martínez
6–2, 6–2
Winner 14. 7 March 2016 Santiago, Chile Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Argentina Facundo Bagnis
Argentina Máximo González
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Winner 15. 25 April 2016 Tallahassee, United States Clay United States Dennis Novikov Australia Peter Luczak
Australia Marc Polmans
3–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Runner-up 9. 30 May 2016 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 10. 25 July 2016 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello Austria Julian Knowle
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
4–6, 5–7
Winner 16. 25 July 2016 Genova, Italy Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–4, 6–3
Winner 17. 10 October 2016 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Peru Sergio Galdós
Brazil Fernando Romboli
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)
Winner 18. 17 October 2016 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Argentina Máximo González
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019–2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R A A 0–2
French Open A 2R QF 2R A A 5–3
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 2R A 1R 2–4
US Open 1R 1R 2R 2R A A 2–4
Win–loss 0–1 1–3 5–4 3–4 0–0 0–1 9–13
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 1R A A 0–1
Miami Open A A A A A A 0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A 0–0
Italian Open A A A 1R A 2R[6] 1–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A QF QF A/NH NH 4–2
Paris Masters A A 2R A A A 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 6–5

References

  1. ^ a b c ATP – Players – Profile
  2. ^ "The pronunciation by Julio Peralta himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. ^ Julio Peralta volverá al ranking ATP Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine 27 Jun 2011 – "El tenista chileno Julio Peralta logró clasificar al cuadro principal del ... El jugador nacional con un revés envidiable, Julio Peralta (sin ranking)
  4. ^ "Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies Edge Through in Munich". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ "Julio Peralta gana en el Masters 1.000 de Roma y volverá al ranking mundial de dobles luego de tres años". 9 May 2022.
  6. ^ Peralta and Franko Škugor withdrew before second round, so it doesn't count as a loss

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