Álvaro Guillén Meza (born 2 January 2003) is an Ecuadorian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 286 achieved on 18 March 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 409 achieved on 1 April 2024.[1] He is currently the No. 1 Ecuadorian tennis player.[2]

Álvaro Guillén Meza
Country (sports) Ecuador
Born (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$53,961
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 286 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 294 (22 April 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 409 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 421 (22 April 2024)
Last updated on: 20 April 2024.

Guillén Meza represents Ecuador at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–1.[3][4]

Career edit

At 20 years old, he became the youngest Ecuadorian champion since Giovanni Lapentti in 2003 after winning the 2023 Lima Challenger.[5]

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2023 M15 Litija, Slovenia World Tennis Tour Clay   Paweł Ciaś 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 M15 Štore, Slovenia World Tennis Tour Clay   Dominik Kellovský 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–1 Aug 2023 M15 Arequipa, Peru World Tennis Tour Clay   Guido Ivan Justo 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Aug 2023 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Blaise Bicknell 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Loss 3–2 Sep 2023 M15 Punta del Este, Uruguay World Tennis Tour Clay   Bruno Kuzuhara 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Oct 2023 ITF Argentina F7 World Tennis Tour Clay   Luciano Ambrogi 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2021 M25 Guayaquil, Ecuador World Tennis Tour Clay   Ángel Díaz Jalil   Facundo Juárez
  Luis Patiño
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2022 M15 Aprilia, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Gonzalo Bueno   Franco Emanuel Egea
  Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo
2–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2022 M15 Gubbio, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Gonzalo Bueno   Francesco Forti
  Gabriele Piraino
Walkover
Loss 1–3 Jul 2023 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Ángel Díaz Jalil   Vasil Kirkov
  Alfredo Perez
5–7, 5–7

References edit

  1. ^ "Alvaro Guillen Meza | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup - Players".
  4. ^ "Andrés Andrade y Álvaro Guillén, por un histórico debut". www.expreso.ec.
  5. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/atp-challenger-tour/challenger-news/guillen-meza-bicknell-lima-challenger-2023-final

External links edit