Gonzalo Escobar

This article is about the Ecuadorian tennis player. For the Argentine footballer, see Gonzalo Escobar (footballer).

Gonzalo Escobar (Latin American Spanish: [ɡonˈsalo eskoˈβaɾ]; born 20 January 1989, in Manta) is an Ecuadorian tennis player. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 38, achieved on 15 November 2021. He has won three ATP doubles titles with Uruguayan Ariel Behar and three with Kazakhstani Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Escobar also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 281 achieved on 15 June 2015.

Gonzalo Escobar

Escobar at the 2021 French Open
Full name	Gonzalo Escobar
Country (sports)	Ecuador
Residence	Manta, Ecuador
Born	(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 Manta, Ecuador
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two–handed backhand)
College	Texas Tech University
Prize money	$860,108
Singles
Career record	4–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 281 (15 June 2015)
Doubles
Career record	105–95 (52.5% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 38 (15 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 56 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2022, 2023)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
US Open	3R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2022)
French Open	QF (2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
Medal record Representing Ecuador Men's tennis Pan American Games 2019 Lima Men's doubles 2015 Toronto Men's doubles
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Playing for Ecuador in Davis Cup, Escobar has a W/L record of 8–9.

Career

2021–2022: Three ATP doubles titles and top 50

Partnering with Uruguyan Ariel Behar, Escobar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. He entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. He reached the third round of a Major for the first time at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Escobar finished the year 2021 ranked No. 38, a career-high doubles ranking.

In 2022, he reached a fourth final and won his third ATP 250 title with Behar at the 2022 Serbia Open defeating top seeds Mate Pavić and Nikola Mektić. The pair reached two Major third rounds at the 2022 Australian Open and the 2022 US Open (tennis). Escobar finished the year 2022 ranked No. 40, a second best career-high doubles ranking.

2023: Fourth and fifth ATP titles

He reached the third round at the 2023 Australian Open with Tomislav Brkić.

He reached his ninth ATP final at the 2023 Libéma Open with Kazakhstani Aleksandr Nedovyesov.

He won his fourth title at the 2023 Swedish Open with Nedovyesov. He won his fifth title at the 2023 Sofia Open with Nedovyesov.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 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 (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–8)

Titles by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–3)

Titles by setting Outdoor (5–8) Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2021	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Ariel Behar	Christian Harrison Ryan Harrison	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Mar 2021	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–1	Apr 2021	Andalucía Open, Spain	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Apr 2021	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–3	Jun 2021	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Ariel Behar	Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	2–4	Jan 2022	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Ariel Behar	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2022	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Ariel Behar	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	3–5	Jun 2022	Mallorca Championships, Spain	250 Series	Grass	Ariel Behar	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [1–10]
Loss	3–6	Jun 2023	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win	4–6	Jul 2023	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Francisco Cabral Rafael Matos	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–7	Aug 2023	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–7	Nov 2023	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Julian Cash Nikola Mektić	6–3, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	5–8	Feb 2024	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Max Purcell Jordan Thompson	5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win	6–8	Apr 2024	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	7–5, 6–2

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 14 (6–8)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures Tour (6–7)

Titles by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2009	Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2013	Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Emilio Gómez	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–2	Aug 2014	Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–2	Aug 2014	Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Iván Endara	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2	Aug 2014	Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Jean-Yves Aubone	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	4–2	Sep 2014	Ecuador F5, Quito	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–3	Oct 2014	Peru F8, Lima	Futures	Clay	Duilio Beretta	0–6, 4–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2015	Canada F7, Winnipeg	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss	5–4	Sep 2015	Canada F8, Calgary	Futures	Hard	Frank Dancevic	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–4	May 2017	Italy F14, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Viktor Galović	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Sep 2017	Bolivia F1, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Juan Ignacio Galarza	6–6 ret.
Loss	6–6	Dec 2017	Mexico F7, Metepec	Futures	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6–7	Dec 2017	Mexico F8, Cancún	Futures	Hard	Lucas Catarina	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	6–8	Feb 2019	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Matías Franco Descotte	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (20–18)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (12–12) ITF Futures Tour (8–6)

Titles by surface Hard (7–8) Clay (12–10) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2014	USA F17, Oklahoma City	Futures	Hard	Jesús Bandrés	Mackenzie McDonald Martin Redlicki	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2014	Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Jean-Yves Aubone	Iván Endara Caio Silva	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win	2–1	Aug 2014	Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Rodrigo Sánchez	Caio Silva Thales Turini	6–1, 6–0
Win	3–1	Oct 2014	Peru F8, Lima	Futures	Clay	Emilio Gómez	Eduardo Dischinger Tiago Lopes	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Aug 2015	Canada F7, Winnipeg	Futures	Hard	Sora Fukuda	Luis David Martínez Luis Patiño	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–2	May 2016	USA F16, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Miomir Kecmanović Jonas Lütjen	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	4–3	Sep 2016	Barranquilla, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Alejandro Falla Eduardo Struvay	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4	Nov 2016	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–5	Jan 2017	USA F5, Weston	Futures	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Facundo Argüello Juan Ignacio Londero	4–6, 7–6(7–1), [12–14]
Loss	4–6	Jun 2017	Italy F15, Reggio Emilia	Futures	Clay	Alexander Centenari	Grzegorz Panfil Ante Pavić	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	4–7	Nov 2017	Mexico F6, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Federico Zeballos	Marc-Andrea Hüsler Jessy Kalambay	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	5–7	Dec 2017	Mexico F7, Metepec	Futures	Hard	Manuel Sánchez	John Paul Fruttero Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–7	Dec 2017	Mexico F8, Cancún	Futures	Hard	Bruno Sant'Anna	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	1–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	7–7	Mar 2018	Croatia F2, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Bruno Sant'Anna	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Win	8–7	Apr 2018	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Manuel Sánchez	Bradley Mousley John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–8	Jun 2018	Romania F2, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Gábor Borsos	Franco Agamenone Hernán Casanova	2–6, 3–6
Loss	8–9	Jul 2018	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Julian Ocleppo Andrea Vavassori	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Loss	8–10	Jul 2018	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Romboli	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win	9–10	Aug 2018	Italy F21, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Hernán Casanova	Wilson Leite Bruno Sant'Anna	7–5, 6–2
Loss	9–11	Sep 2018	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Quiroz	Peter Polansky Tommy Paul	3–6, 3–6
Loss	9–12	Oct 2018	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	9–13	Feb 2019	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luis David Martínez	André Göransson Marc-Andrea Hüsler	3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	9–14	May 2019	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luis David Martínez	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–7(10–12), 3–6
Win	10–14	May 2019	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Evan King Julian Ocleppo	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	10–15	Jun 2019	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Laurynas Grigelis Andrea Pellegrino	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	11–15	Jul 2019	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–8]
Win	12–15	Sep 2019	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Guido Andreozzi Andrés Molteni	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	13–15	Oct 2019	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Orlando Luz Luis David Martínez	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [12–10]
Win	14–15	Oct 2019	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Felipe Meligeni Alves Luis David Martínez	2–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win	15–15	Nov 2019	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Pedro Sakamoto Thiago Seyboth Wild	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	15–16	Nov 2019	Houston, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Jonathan Erlich Santiago González	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	16–16	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Zhang Ze Gong Maoxin	6-3, 6-3
Win	17–16	Jan 2020	Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Antonio Šančić Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–2, 6-4
Loss	17–17	Sep 2020	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Andrés Molteni Hugo Nys	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	17–18	Oct 2020	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Marcelo Arévalo Tomislav Brkić	4–6, 4-6
Win	18–18	Oct 2020	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Ariel Behar	Robert Galloway Nathaniel Lammons	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	19–18	June 2023	Ilkley, UK	Challenger	Grass	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Robert Galloway John-Patrick Smith	2–6, 7-5, [11–9]
Win	20–18	Mar 2024	Girona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Jonathan Eysseric Albano Olivetti	7–6(7–1), 6–4

External links

• Gonzalo Escobar at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gonzalo Escobar at the International Tennis Federation
• Gonzalo Escobar at the Davis Cup
• Gonzalo Escobar at Wimbledon
• Gonzalo Escobar at ESPN.com