Sebastián Decoud

Argentine tennis player
Sebastián Decoud
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBogotá, Colombia
Born (1981-09-18) 18 September 1981 (age 42)
Curuzú Cuatiá, Argentina
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2000
PlaysLeft-handed (single-handed backhand)
Prize money$328,980
Singles
Career record4–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 132 (17 August 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2008)
French Open2R (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (10 May 2010)
Last updated on: 5 September 2021.

Sebastián Decoud (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan deˈku];[1][2] born 18 September 1981) is a professional Argentine tennis player.

Tennis career

Decoud was born in Curuzú Cuatiá, Argentina. He starting playing tennis relatively late, taking it up as a 10-year-old.[3]

Juniors

In his brief career as a junior, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut, split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu, and won his only encounter with Boris Pašanski.

Decoud reached as high as No. 32 in the junior world singles rankings in 1999.[3]

2000 to 2006

Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25-year-old, finishing the year ranked #384.

2007

Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches.

2008

Decoud won his first ATP match as a 26-year-old in February 2008 in Brazil. After qualifying into the main draw, he took out #50 José Acasuso in the first round, but then lost to #112 Nicolás Lapentti. That got his ranking to a career-high of #254.

He retired in qualifying the next week in Buenos Aires, with an injury that kept him off the tour for 3 months. But he came back strong in his next two matches, in the qualifying for the French Open, beating #124 Christophe Rochus and making his first Grand Slam main draw as a Lucky loser after losing in the final qualifying round.

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.

Singles

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open 2R Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (16–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (12–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (13–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2001 Paraguay F1, Asunción Futures Clay Chile Julio Peralta 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Aug 2002 Spain F11, Irun Futures Clay Romania Adrian Cruciat 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2003 Ecuador F1, Guayaquil Futures Hard Argentina Lionel Noviski 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2003 Ecuador F3, Villamil Futures Hard Brazil Alessandro Camarço 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Sep 2004 Ecuador F3, Guayaquil Futures Hard United States Eric Nunez 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–1 Oct 2004 Colombia F3, Medellín Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar 6–4, 7–5
Loss 5–2 Aug 2005 Argentina F8, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Máximo González 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–3 Mar 2006 Argentina F2, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Cristian Villagrán 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 6–3 Apr 2006 Uruguay F1, Punta del Este Futures Clay Argentina Diego Cristin 7–5, 6–0
Loss 6–4 Jun 2006 Italy F17, Udine Futures Clay Italy Enrico Burzi 1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 6–5 Jul 2006 Germany F9, Espelkamp Futures Clay Germany Franz Stauder 4–6, 3–6
Win 7–5 Apr 2007 Italy F11, Padova Futures Clay Italy Alberto Brizzi 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–5
Win 8–5 Jul 2007 Constanța, Roumania Challenger Clay Romania Victor Crivoi 6–3, 6–3
Win 9–5 Aug 2008 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6–4, 6–2
Win 10–5 Apr 2009 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Simon Greul 7–6(7–2), 6–1
Loss 10–6 Oct 2009 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win 11–6 Aug 2010 Colombia F1, Bogotá Futures Clay Chile Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz 6–4, 6–3
Win 12–6 Aug 2010 Colombia F2, Medellín Futures Clay Chile Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Win 13–6 Nov 2010 Peru F1, Arequipa Futures Clay Peru Mauricio Echazú 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win 14–6 Oct 2011 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 15–6 May 2012 Argentina F9, Villa Allende Futures Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 16–6 May 2012 Chile F5, Santiago Futures Clay Chile Juan Carlos Sáez 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 39 (20–19)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–5)
ITF Futures (15–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (15–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2000 Argentina F7, Concordia Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Arquez Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Argentina Cristian Villagrán
3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2001 Brazil F5, Curitiba Futures Clay Argentina Sebastian Uriarte Argentina Guillermo Carry
Argentina Marcos Digliodo
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 2001 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay Argentina Sebastian Uriarte Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar
Argentina Federico Cardinali
6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Oct 2001 Paraguay F1, Asunción Futures Clay Argentina Sebastian Uriarte Argentina Diego Hartfield
Argentina Matias O'Neille
3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)
Win 3–2 Oct 2001 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay Argentina Sebastian Uriarte Italy Gianluca Luddi
Italy Riccardo Capannelli
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Nov 2001 Brazil F8, Campinas Futures Clay Argentina Sebastian Uriarte Brazil Márcio Carlsson
Brazil Ricardo Schlachter
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win 5–2 Mar 2002 Mexico F2, Mexico City Futures Hard Argentina Ignacio González King Germany Florian Jeschonek
Germany Lars Zimmermann
7–5, 6–4
Win 6–2 Jun 2002 Mexico F11, Cancún Futures Hard Cuba Lazaro Navarro-Batles United States Alex Bogomolov Jr.
United States Francisco Montana
walkover
Loss 6–3 Sep 2002 Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz Futures Clay Chile Juan-Felipe Yáñez Argentina Ignacio González King
Argentina Diego Hartfield
5–7, 2–6
Win 7–3 Apr 2003 Chile F1, Santiago Futures Clay Chile Patricio Arquez Argentina Francisco Cabello
Chile Adrián García
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 7–4 Jun 2003 Mexico F9, Chetumal, Quintana Roo Futures Hard Chile Paul Capdeville Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Michihisa Onoda
3–6, 4–6
Win 8–4 Jul 2003 Ecuador F1, Guayaquil Futures Hard Colombia Pablo González Argentina Juan-Martín Aranguren
Argentina Diego Cristin
6–4, 7–5
Win 9–4 Jul 2003 Ecuador F3, Villamil Futures Hard Bolivia Javier Taborga Venezuela Juan de Armas
Venezuela Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez
4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 9–5 Aug 2003 Argentina F1, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Arquez Argentina Brian Dabul
Argentina Carlos Berlocq
2–6, 3–6
Loss 9–6 Sep 2003 Bolivia F2, La Paz Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Arquez Bolivia Javier Taborga
Colombia Pablo González
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win 10–6 Oct 2003 Colombia F1, Medellín Futures Clay Bolivia Javier Taborga Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Brazil Ronaldo Carvalho
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 10–7 Nov 2003 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Clay Argentina Diego Hartfield Argentina Gustavo Marcaccio
Argentina Patricio Rudi
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–8 May 2004 Argentina F1, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Alejandro Fabbri Argentina Lionel Noviski
Argentina Agustin Tarantino
1–6, 0–6
Loss 10–9 May 2004 Argentina F2, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Juan-Martín Aranguren Argentina Eduardo Schwank
Argentina Juan-Pablo Amado
1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 10–10 Sep 2004 Ecuador F2, Guayaquil Futures Hard Colombia Pablo González United States Levar Harper-Griffith
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 10–11 Jan 2005 Colombia F1, Cartagena Futures Hard Colombia Pablo González Colombia Rubén Torres
United States Shuon Madden
5–7, 4–6
Loss 10–12 Feb 2005 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Colombia Pablo González Brazil Alexandre Bonatto
Brazil Marcelo Melo
4–6, 4–6
Win 11–12 Mar 2006 Argentina F1, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Antonio Pastorino Argentina Guillermo Carry
Argentina Jonathan Gonzalia
6–4, 6–4
Win 12–12 Apr 2006 Argentina F4, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Eduardo Schwank Argentina Leandro Migani
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–2, 6–2
Win 13–12 Sep 2006 Brazil F12, Caldas Novas Futures Hard Argentina Leonardo Mayer Brazil Frederico Casaro
United States Mashiska Washington
6–4, 7–5
Loss 13–13 Feb 2007 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Argentina Alejandro Fabbri Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Carlos Salamanca
4–6, 4–6
Win 14–13 Aug 2007 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay Russia Yuri Schukin France Jérémy Chardy
North Macedonia Predrag Rusevski
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 15–13 Aug 2007 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Russia Yuri Schukin France Olivier Charroin
United States James Cerretani
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Loss 15–14 Jan 2008 La Serena, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Cristian Villagrán Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Argentina Eduardo Schwank
4–6, 0–6
Loss 15–15 Mar 2008 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Belgium Dick Norman Brazil Caio Zampieri
Brazil Júlio Silva
6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 16–15 Nov 2008 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Colombia Santiago Giraldo Brazil Ricardo Hocevar
Brazil Thiago Alves
6–4, 6–4
Win 17–15 Jul 2009 Rijeka, Croatia Challenger Clay Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén Croatia Ivan Dodig
Croatia Antonio Veić
7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 17–16 Sep 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Álvarez Colombia Alejandro Falla
Colombia Alejandro González
7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 18–16 Nov 2009 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Eduardo Schwank Argentina Diego Junqueira
Spain David Marrero
6–0, 6–2
Loss 18–17 May 2010 San Remo, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq Argentina Diego Junqueira
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 18–18 Apr 2012 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Argentina Guido Pella
Argentina Martín Alund
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win 19–18 May 2012 Argentina F9, Villa Allende Futures Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero
Argentina Leandro Migani
6–3, 6–4
Win 20–18 May 2012 Chile F5, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Matias Salinas United States Reid Carleton
United States Daniel Stahl
6–2, 6–4
Loss 20–19 Jun 2012 Chile F7, Concón Futures Clay Argentina Federico Coria Chile Jorge Aguilar
Chile Juan Carlos Sáez
1–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ provalten (2010-10-08). "Entrevista a Sebatian Decoud previo a la Semifinal en el Club Premium Open". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  2. ^ CHALLENGER ECUADOR (2012-10-02). "Sebastián Decoud 1". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. ^ a b Decoud's ITF Junior Profile

External links