Germán Puentes Alcañiz (born 18 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.[1]

Germán Puentes
Country (sports)Spain Spain
Born (1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 51)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1995
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money$481,369
Singles
Career record13–28
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 90 (20 November 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2001)
French Open1R (1999)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open1R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record14–29
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (22 November 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2001)
French Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2000)
US Open1R (1999, 2001)

Career

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Puentes was the runner-up in the 1989 Spanish Junior Championships.

The Spaniard appeared in the main singles draw of five Grand Slams during his career but only once made the second round, at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, with a win over Mariano Puerta. He also won just one Grand Slam doubles match, which was against South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Marcos Ondruska in the 2001 Australian Open, partnering Juan Balcells.[2]

His best singles showing on the ATP Tour came at Prague in 1999 when he reached the semi-finals and he was also a quarter-finalist in the Swedish Open that year and again in the 2001 Grand Prix Hassan II.

As a doubles player he teamed up with countryman Eduardo Nicolás to make the semi-final stage of the 1999 Swedish Open. That effort was matched in the 2001 Mexican Open with Albert Portas. The pair also had a win that year over the fifth seeds in the 2001 Hamburg Masters, Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov, although it was due to a first set retirement.[3]

Challenger titles

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Singles: (4)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 2000 Barletta, Italy Clay   Tommy Robredo 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2. 2000 Ulm, Germany Clay   David Sánchez 6–3, 6–3
3. 2000 Linz, Austria Clay   Edwin Kempes 7–6(9–7), 6–1
4. 2001 Fürth, Germany Clay   Kristian Pless 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: (10)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1996 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Alberto Berasategui   Branislav Gálik
  Borut Urh
6–0, 6–0
2. 1998 Montauban, France Clay   Eduardo Nicolás   Edwin Kempes
  Rogier Wassen
7–6, 7–6
3. 1998 Budva, Yugoslavia Clay   Eduardo Nicolás   Emanuel Couto
  João Cunha-Silva
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
4. 1998 Skopje, Macedonia Clay   Eduardo Nicolás   Andrei Merinov
  Andrei Stoliarov
7–5, 3–6, 7–6
5. 1999 Braunschweig, Germany Clay   Albert Portas   Tomás Carbonell
  Nebojsa Djordjevic
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
6. 1999 Venice, Italy Clay   Albert Portas   Diego del Río
  Mariano Hood
6–4, 6–0
7. 1999 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Eduardo Nicolás   Alberto Martín
  Javier Sánchez
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
8. 2000 Fürth, Germany Clay   Eduardo Nicolás   Devin Bowen
  Brandon Coupe
6–4, 6–2
9. 2000 Sevilla, Spain Clay   Eduardo Nicolás   Tommy Robredo
  Santiago Ventura
6–3, 6–2
10. 2001 Barletta, Italy Clay   Jairo Velasco Jr.   Tomas Behrend
  Mikhail Youzhny
6–1, 1–0 RET

References

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  1. ^ emol.com "Croacia, tras vencer al español Germán Puentes (128°) por parciales de 6–3 y 6- 2, en...y lo obtuvo el europeo. "
  2. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  3. ^ ATP World Tour Profile
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