Horacio Zeballos

His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39, achieved in March 2013, and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3, achieved in September 2019. In doubles, he has reached the men's doubles finals at the 2019 US Open and at Wimbledon in 2021 and 2023 alongside Marcel Granollers. In singles, he has reached the fourth round at the French Open, doing so in 2017.

Horacio Zeballos

Zeballos in 2015
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 38) Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Alejandro Lombardo
Prize money	$7,821,684
Singles
Career record	91–133 (40.6% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (4 March 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
French Open	4R (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
US Open	2R (2009, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	337–206 (62.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 3 (9 September 2019)
Current ranking	No. 5 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2022, 2023)
French Open	SF (2013, 2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	F (2021, 2023)
US Open	F (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2023)
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles
Last updated on: 9 April 2024.

Zeballos won his first ATP title at the 2013 VTR Open in Chile on 10 February. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only four players (with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) to beat Nadal in a clay-court final.

He has also reached the final in St. Petersburg in 2009, Russia, losing to Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. Zeballos won the 2009 ATP Newcomer of the Year award.

He reached his first doubles final at the Chile Open in Santiago in 2010, with partner Potito Starace. They lost to top seeds Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. He won his first doubles title at the Argentina Open with Sebastián Prieto.

Zeballos is an Argentine of Spanish descent. He enjoys music, ping-pong, and swimming. His father is also named Horacio Zeballos, and his mother is named Carolina. He has one sister, Carolina Jr. His favorite surface is clay, and Alejandro Lombardo coaches him.

2008–2009: First ATP singles final

Zeballos competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he won five singles titles and six doubles titles.

He reached his first ATP Tour final at the St. Petersburg Open, defeating Yuri Schukin, Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., Ernests Gulbis and Igor Kunitsyn before falling in the final to Stakhovsky in a third-set tiebreak.

2010: First ATP title & Grand Slam semifinal in doubles

Zeballos started the singles season in a slump, falling in the first round four times, but had an excellent start to the doubles season. In his first tournament, the Heineken Open, Zeballos and Rogier Wassen defeated the world No. 1 team Bob and Mike Bryan. Zeballos then reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open with countryman Leonardo Mayer and reached the final at the Movistar Open with Italian Potito Starace. Zeballos then turned to the clay in the Copa Telmex in Argentina, where in the first round, he defeated countryman and former French Open champion Gastón Gaudio. It was Zeballos' first ATP singles win since he reached the final in St. Petersburg. Zeballos next defeated former world No. 1 Carlos Moyá and reached his first ATP quarterfinal since October, where he then lost to countryman Juan Mónaco. In doubles, Zeballos and countryman Sebastián Prieto were the fourth seed and won the title against Simon Greul and Peter Luczak. It was Zeballos' first career ATP title. The following week, at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Zeballos lost in the first round to Łukasz Kubot. He made it to the doubles semifinals with partner Mónaco.

Zeballos was selected for the Argentine Davis Cup team for the first time. He played doubles with David Nalbandian against the Swedish pair of Robert Lindstedt and Robin Söderling. They won in straight sets. Zeballos reached a career milestone as he defeated his first-ever top-25 player, 24th ranked Gilles Simon, in the second round at the Sony Ericsson Open. He then lost in the third round to the eventual finalist Tomáš Berdych.

At the US Men's Clay Court Championships, he defeated Taylor Dent, Dudi Sela, and world No. 11 Fernando González for his first top-15 win and the biggest one of his career. He then faced eventual champion Juan Ignacio Chela in the semifinals, where he lost in straight sets.

At the US Open, Zeballos, with partner Eduardo Schwank, reached the semifinals in doubles.

2011–2012: French Open quarterfinal in doubles

Zeballos played mostly on the Challenger circuit in singles. He did not make it past the second round in any ATP events. He had more success in doubles, where he won his second title at the 2011 BMW Open partnering Simone Bolelli.

In 2012, he made it to the semifinals in Viña de Mar and Buenos Aires. At Roland Garros, he and partner Oliver Marach made it to the quarterfinals, where they were beaten by the Bryan brothers.

2013: First ATP title & top 40 in singles, French Open doubles semifinal

Zeballos won his first ATP singles title at Viña del Mar, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in three sets in his comeback tournament. This victory made Zeballos one of the only four players who have beaten Nadal in a final on clay (the others are Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray).

2014–15: Loss of form, out of singles top 100 & doubles top 50

2016: Four doubles titles

He won three doubles titles with Julio Peralta and one with Andrés Molteni.

2017–18: French Open fourth round in singles & quarterfinals in doubles, four more titles

Zeballos' first match in the 2017 Australian Open was a 5-hour and 15-minute loss to Ivo Karlović, the second longest match by time at the Australian Open in the Open Era.

In June 2017 at Roland Garros, he had his best performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the fourth round. He was beaten by 6th seed Dominic Thiem in straight sets. At the same tournament, he reached the quarterfinals partnering Julio Peralta.

2019–21: New partnership, US Open & Wimbledon finals, World No. 3, four Masters titles

Zeballos won his first ATP Masters 1000 Doubles Title at the 2019 BNP Paribas Open with Nikola Mektić. They defeated sixth-seeded Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the final. Zeballos became the first ATP Masters doubles champion from Argentina since 1997 after Luis Lobo at the Hamburg Masters.

With his new partner Marcel Granollers, he has won 6 titles thus far, starting in August 2019, and also made his first Grand Slam doubles final at the 2019 US Open, losing to the world No. 1 and top-seeded pair Farah/Cabal. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in doubles on 9 September 2019.

The pair won 3 Masters 1000: the 2019 Canadian Open, the 2020 Italian Open, and the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open. They also reached the 2021 Wimbledon Championships final losing to world No. 1 and top seeds Mektic/Pavic.

In August 2021, they reached a second Masters 1000 final for 2021 and fourth overall at the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, defeating Arévalo/Fognini. They defeated Austin Krajicek and Steve Johnson in the final to win their fourth Masters.

2022: Australian & French Opens semifinals, five Masters quarterfinals

Zebalos and Granollers qualified for their third consecutive ATP finals, having advanced to the semifinals of the year-end championships in 2020 and 2021.

2023: Wimbledon final, 20th doubles title, fourth straight ATP Finals qualification & first final

At the 2023 Australian Open Zebalos and Granollers reached back-to-back semifinals.

At the 2023 French Open they upset top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski to reach back-to-back semifinals. They lost to eventual champions Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.

The pair won their first Masters of the season and fifth overall at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters. As a result, he returned to the top 10 on 16 October 2023.

Granollers and Zebalos qualified for their fourth consecutive ATP Finals.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	US Open	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2021	Wimbledon	Grass	Marcel Granollers	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 5–7
Loss	2023	Wimbledon	Grass	Marcel Granollers	Wesley Koolhof   Neal Skupski	4–6, 4–6

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2023	ATP Finals, Turin	Hard (i)	Marcel Granollers	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	3–6, 4–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2019	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Łukasz Kubot   Marcelo Melo	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	2019	Canadian Open	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Robin Haase   Wesley Koolhof	7–5, 7–5
Win	2020	Italian Open	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Jérémy Chardy   Fabrice Martin	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	2021	Madrid Open	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	2021	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Steve Johnson   Austin Krajicek	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Win	2023	Shanghai Masters	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Rohan Bopanna   Matthew Ebden	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	2024	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Wesley Koolhof   Nikola Mektić	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2009	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–2, 6–7(8–10), 6–7(7–9)
Win	1–1	Feb 2013	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4

Doubles: 41 (20 titles, 21 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2010	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Potito Starace	Łukasz Kubot   Oliver Marach	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2010	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Sebastián Prieto	Simon Greul   Peter Luczak	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	2–1	May 2011	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Andreas Beck   Christopher Kas	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	2–2	Sep 2013	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Pablo Cuevas	Eric Butorac   Raven Klaasen	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Feb 2014	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	Marcel Granollers   Marc López	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–3	Feb 2016	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	Julio Peralta	Pablo Carreño Busta   David Marrero	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	4–3	Jul 2016	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Julio Peralta	Mate Pavić   Michael Venus	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win	5–3	Aug 2016	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Andrés Molteni	Johan Brunström   Andreas Siljeström	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	6–3	Sep 2016	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Julio Peralta	Mate Pavić   Michael Venus	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	6–4	Feb 2017	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Julio Peralta	James Cerretani   Philipp Oswald	3–6, 1–2 ret.
Win	7–4	Apr 2017	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States	250 Series	Clay	Julio Peralta	Dustin Brown   Frances Tiafoe	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	7–5	Aug 2017	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Julio Peralta	Jean-Julien Rojer   Horia Tecău	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–6	Sep 2017	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Julio Peralta	Roman Jebavý   Matwé Middelkoop	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–7	Jan 2018	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Leonardo Mayer	Henri Kontinen   John Peers	6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Win	8–7	Feb 2018	Argentina Open (2), Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	9–7	Jul 2018	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Julio Peralta	Simone Bolelli   Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–7	Jul 2018	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Julio Peralta	Oliver Marach   Mate Pavić	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	10–8	Feb 2019	Córdoba Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Máximo González	Roman Jebavý   Andrés Molteni	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	11–8	Feb 2019	Argentina Open (3), Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Máximo González	Diego Schwartzman   Dominic Thiem	6–1, 6–1
Win	12–8	Mar 2019	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Łukasz Kubot   Marcelo Melo	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	12–9	Jun 2019	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Máximo González	Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Loss	12–10	Jul 2019	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Federico Delbonis	Sander Gillé   Joran Vliegen	7–5(7–5), 5–7, [5–10]
Win	13–10	Aug 2019	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Robin Haase   Wesley Koolhof	7–5, 7–5
Loss	13–11	Sep 2019	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah	4–6, 5–7
Win	14–11	Feb 2020	Argentina Open (4), Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Guillermo Durán   Juan Ignacio Londero	6–4, 5–7, [18–16]
Win	15–11	Feb 2020	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Salvatore Caruso   Federico Gaio	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	15-12	Sep 2020	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Austin Krajicek   Franko Škugor	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	16–12	Sep 2020	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Jérémy Chardy   Fabrice Martin	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	16–13	Mar 2021	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Ken Skupski   Neal Skupski	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win	17–13	May 2021	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	17–14	Jul 2021	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Marcel Granollers	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 5–7
Win	18–14	Aug 2021	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Steve Johnson   Austin Krajicek	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	18–15	Feb 2022	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Santiago González   Andrés Molteni	1–6, 1–6
Win	19–15	Jun 2022	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Marcel Granollers	Tim Pütz   Michael Venus	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [14–12]
Loss	19–16	May 2023	Geneva Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Jamie Murray   Michael Venus	6–7(6–8), 6–7 (3–7)
Loss	19–17	Jul 2023	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Marcel Granollers	Wesley Koolhof   Neal Skupski	4–6, 4–6
Win	20–17	Oct 2023	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Rohan Bopanna   Matthew Ebden	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	20–18	Nov 2023	ATP Finals, Italy	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Marcel Granollers	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	3–6, 4–6
Loss	20–19	Jan 2024	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Wesley Koolhof   Nikola Mektić	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Loss	20–20	Feb 2024	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Simone Bolelli   Andrea Vavassori	2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	20–21	Mar 2024	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Wesley Koolhof   Nikola Mektić	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)

Singles

Current through 2018 Wimbledon.

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters.