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JOSE ACASUSO (ARG)<br />
Birthdate: October 20, 1982 Turned Pro: 1999<br />
Birthplace: Posadas-Misiones, Argentina<br />
Height: 6’3” (1.91m)<br />
Residence: Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
Weight: 190 (86kg)<br />
Career Win-Loss: 191-182<br />
Plays: Right-handed<br />
Career Prize Money: $3,614,076<br />
One-handed backhand<br />
Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 3/8<br />
Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 6-18<br />
Highest Singles South African Airways <strong>ATP</strong> Ranking: 20 (August 14, 2006)<br />
Highest <strong>ATP</strong> Doubles Ranking: 27 (February 6, 2006)<br />
YEAR-END SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS <strong>ATP</strong> RANKING HISTORY (WIN-LOSS)<br />
2010: 252 (1-3) 2007: 64 (22-19) 2004: 66 (18-16) 2001: 87 (8-12)<br />
2009: 51 (21-21) 2006: 27 (33-21) 2003: 101 (11-19) 2000: 176 (0-0)<br />
2008: 48 (27-26) 2005: 41 (27-26) 2002: 41 (23-19) 1999: 250 (0-0)<br />
2010 HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Prize money: $67,085. Matches won-lost: <strong>ATP</strong>: 1-3 (singles), 1-1 (doubles) Challenger: 7-4 (singles) .<br />
2010 IN REVIEW<br />
The Buenos Aires resident was bothered by a left knee injury for most of season, falling out of Top 200 for first<br />
time since rookie campaign in ‘99…After retiring in 2nd RD in Santiago on Feb. 4, was sidelined for almost three<br />
months before returning Apr. 26 at Tunis Challenger where he won title (d. Brands)…Played two Challengers,<br />
retired in final round of qualifying at Roland Garros and returned four months later…Played three South<br />
American Challengers and went 1-3.<br />
CAREER IN REVIEW<br />
The Argentine has compiled four Top 50 campaigns, finishing a year-end best No. 27 in ’06…Overall has finished<br />
in Top 100 for eight of past 10 seasons…Compiled best season in ’06 by winning a career-high 33 matches,<br />
including personal-best 25-8 mark on clay…Broke Top 20 at No. 20 on Aug. 14 that year…Has a 3-8 mark in<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> finals, all on clay, with titles in Sopot (d. Squillari) in 2002, Bucharest (d. Andreev) in ’04 and Viña<br />
del Mar (d. Massu) in ’06…Best Grand Slam result is 4th RD at ’05 Roland Garros where he rallied in 2nd RD from<br />
a two-sets deficit to beat No. 3 Roddick 8-6 in fifth set (l. to Puerta)…His best <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> Masters 1000<br />
result is SF in ’06 Hamburg*…Has a 7-5 career Davis Cup record (5-3 in singles) in nine titles and played in ’08<br />
final vs. Spain, losing to Verdasco in five sets in fourth rubber…Earned a career-high $567,940 in ’06.<br />
CAREER TITLES (3): 2006 – Viña del Mar(CL); 2004 – Bucharest(CL); 2002 – Sopot(CL). FINALIST (8): 2009 –<br />
Viña del Mar(CL); 2008 – Buenos Aires(CL); 2007 – Sopot(CL); 2006 – Stuttgart(CL); 2004 – Sopot(CL); 2002 –<br />
Bucharest(CL), Palermo(CL); 2001 – Buenos Aires(CL). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (5). FINALIST (6).<br />
GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 5-5)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01<br />
AUS. OPEN 2-8 1ST — 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND 2ND —<br />
ROLAND GARROS 7-8 — 2ND 2ND 1ST 2ND 4TH — 1ST 1ST 2ND<br />
WIMBLEDON 0-6 — 1ST — — — 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST<br />
US OPEN 5-9 — 3RD 2ND 2ND 1ST 2ND 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY* (Career W-L: 5-5)<br />
CAREER 09 08 07 06 05 03 02<br />
INDIAN WELLS 3-6 1ST 1ST 3RD 2ND 1ST 1ST —<br />
MIAMI 6-7 1ST 4TH 2ND 2ND 2ND 2ND 1ST<br />
MONTE-CARLO 1-5 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND — 1ST —<br />
ROME 4-5 1ST 2ND 3RD 2ND — — 1ST<br />
MADRID 2-4 1ST — — 1ST 3RD — 2ND<br />
TORONTO/MONTREAL 6-4 — 3RD — QF 1ST 2ND —<br />
CINCINNATI 5-5 2ND 2ND — 1ST QF 1ST —<br />
SHANGHAI 0-1 1ST — — — — — —<br />
PARIS 0-1 — — — 1ST — — —<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Full name is Jose Javier Acasuso…Nickname is “Chucho”…Began playing tennis at age two when his father, Jose<br />
Andres, took him, brother, Juan Andres, and sister, Gabriela, to their grandfather’s (Juan Ruben) tennis club to<br />
take lessons…Mother, Selva Monica, is a housewife…His first instructor was Alberto “Zambo” Gonzalez and says,<br />
“Zambo, my grandfather and my father are very special people who I would like to recognize”…Played at Itapua<br />
Club and Club Progreso de Posadas in Misiones in his early career…Played basketball and tennis as a child, but<br />
at age 12 decided to concentrate on tennis…As a junior, received certificate of honor for Sports Achievement in<br />
1992 and South American champion in 1996…Plays right-handed but does everything else left-handed…His<br />
favorite surface is clay and considers his serve and forehand as strengths…Coached by countryman and former<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> pro Gustavo Liza (since December 2009).
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