Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo

Escobedo at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	West Covina, California
Born	July 4, 1996 Los Angeles, California
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Peter Lucassen
Prize money	$179,189
Singles
Career record	2–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 126 (24 October 2016)
Current ranking	No. 126 (24 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1,523 (September 30, 2013)
Last updated on: October 17, 2016.

Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo (born July 4, 1996) is an American tennis player who has won two ATP Challenger titles.

Personal life

Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father also briefly played professional tennis.^[1] He is of Mexican descent.^[2]

Career

2016: Multiple Challenger titles

Escobedo reached his first ATP Challenger final at São Paulo in April 2016 to advance him to a career-high ranking inside the top 300. With that success, he became the seventh American teenager to reach a Challenger final in the previous seven months.^[3]

He won first career ATP match at the Aegon Open in Nottingham against Top 100 player Diego Schwartzman shortly before turning 20 years old. The next month, he won his first Challenger title at Lexington over fellow up-and-coming American Frances Tiafoe. With this victory, he also won the US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a wild card into the main draw of the final grand slam of the year. Escobedo put this wild card to good use by defeating Lukas Lacko in the first round to crack the Top 200 for the first time and record his first career grand slam match win.

Towards the end of the season, Escobedo returned to Monterrey where he had made the semifinals the previous year, and defended his points by winning the title over Denis Kudla.

Tour finals

Singles (2–7)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 22, 2013	United States F24	Hard	Haythem Abid	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	November 17, 2013	Mexico F19	Hard	Nicolas Meister	7–6, 1–6, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	May 24, 2015	Mexico F4	Hard	Darian King	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	June 14, 2015	United States F16B	Hard	Tennys Sandgren	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	September 27, 2015	United States F27	Hard	Ryan Shane	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	April 24, 2016	São Paulo	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	2–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	July 31, 2016	Lexington	Hard	Frances Tiafoe	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	8.	September 18, 2016	Cary	Hard	James McGee	6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	October 15, 2016	Monterrey	Hard	Denis Kudla	6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
French Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Wimbledon	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
US Open	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0
Year End Ranking		$72,881

References

1. "Ernesto Escobedo grinds out win in Citi Open qualifier". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
2. "Mexican-American Ernesto Escobedo into Semifinals". Monterrey Open. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
3. "Escobedo Becomes Newest Teen To Excel In Challengers". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

External links

• Ernesto Escobedo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ernesto Escobedo at the International Tennis Federation