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Guido Pella
Singles
Pella at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 35) Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2007
Retired	2023
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$6,368,373
Official website	guidopella.com
Career record	128–151 (45.88% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 20 (19 August 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	2R (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	3R (2018)
Doubles
Career record	39–69 (36.11%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 55 (1 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 424 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	SF (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2016, 2019, 2023)
US Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2016)

Guido Pella (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡiðo ˈpela]; born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles.

Personal life

His father, Carlos, taught him the game at the age of five. His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments. He is engaged to marry the model and entrepreneur Stephanie Demner.

In February 2020, Pella announced via his Instagram account that he would be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with Morton's neuroma.

Career

Junior career

As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008. Entering as a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the French Open boys' singles in 2008, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals (and losing to Jerzy Janowicz).

2006–2011

Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 in July 2008 without dropping a set. In the following years, he won six further Futures titles, all of them on clay. His first Challenger final came at Guayaquil, Ecuador in November 2011, losing the match to Matteo Viola in straight sets. He finished the 2011 season ranked world no. 350 in singles and no. 501 in doubles.

2012: Grand Slam & top 100 in singles & top 200 in doubles debut

Pella started his 2012 Challenger season in March, capturing his first title in that category at the Salinas Challenger in Ecuador, with a victory over Paolo Lorenzi in the final round. The following month, he won his first doubles Challenger title at the Pereira Challenger in Colombia, partnering Martín Alund.

In May, he entered the French Open qualifying draw, losing in the first round to former world no. 2 Tommy Haas. In August, he won his first hard-court tournament at the Manta Challenger, beating Maximiliano Estévez in the final.

In the US Open, he made it through the qualifying stage of the tournament, beating Lukáš Rosol to reach his first Grand Slam main-draw match, which he lost to Nikolay Davydenko in four sets. In September, he defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Leonardo Kirche on his way to win the Campinas Challenger in Brazil.

He cracked the top 100 for the first time after winning the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, defeating Adrian Ungur in the final round. Pella finished the year ranked world no. 97 in singles and world no. 187 in doubles, a career high and a 249-spots improvement since the beginning of the season.

2013: Grand Slam debuts at Australian & French Open and Wimbledon

Pella in 2013

Guido Pella entered the 2013 Australian Open main draw directly, but he lost in the first round to qualifier Amir Weintraub. He then competed in Viña del Mar, also losing in the first round, this time to countryman Federico Delbonis. The following week, he played at the Brasil Open, winning his first ATP World Tour-level match against sixth seed Fabio Fognini, losing then in the second round to eventual finalist David Nalbandian. At 2013 Düsseldorf, he advanced to his first ATP SF starting as a qualifier, defeating No. 10 Janko Tipsarević along the way.

2019: First title & Major quarterfinal, top 20 in singles, top 55 in doubles

Pella reached his fourth ATP Tour final in Córdoba Open in February, but lost to compatriot Juan Ignacio Londero in three sets. Having lost each of his previous four finals, in March 2019, he won his first ATP title in 2019 Brasil Open. He defeated Cristian Garín in straight sets.

At the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the semifinals of a Masters 1000 for the first time, partnering João Sousa where they lost to Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman. Following this successful run, he entered the top 100 in doubles at World No. 99 on 13 May 2019. Later in June, at the 2019 French Open he also reached the semifinals in doubles for the first time in his career partnering with Schwartzman this time where they were defeated by eventual champions German duo Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies. As a result, he reached a career-high of No. 56 in doubles on 10 June 2019.

At Wimbledon in July, he reached his first-ever Grand Slam singles quarterfinal by defeating former World Number 3 and 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic in five sets from two sets down, but was then defeated by Roberto Bautista Agut. The victory marked his third against the most-recent runners-up of Wimbledon: He had previously defeated 2017 Wimbledon finalist Marin Čilić in the second round of 2018 Wimbledon, also from two sets down, and 2018 Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson in the third round of the 2019 championships. Following his successful runs at the Canada and Cincinnati Masters of third and second round respectively on his debut, he reached a career-high in singles of World No. 20 on 19 August 2019.

2020–22: Major third round, ATP Cup, Full season hiatus

He participated in the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup where Argentina reached the quarterfinals and also in the 2021 ATP Cup where Argentina reached second place in their group (first place was Russia) and was eliminated from reaching the semifinals knockout stage.

Seeded 22nd, Pella reached the third round at the 2020 Australian Open for the first time in his career where he lost to 12th seed Fabio Fognini. He announced an indefinite break due to health issues but returned to the tour after 6 months at the 2020 US Open.

At the 2021 Western & Southern Open Masters 1000 in Cincinnati he reached the third round by defeating 15th seed David Goffin, and took his revenge for the loss at the Australian Open in 2020 by defeating Fabio Fognini in the second round.

2023: Comeback, three Masters and Major wins & back to Top 200, Retirement

After a year hiatus, he entered the 2023 Australian Open using a protected ranking.

Using also his protected ranking he reached the second rounds of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open and the 2023 Miami Open defeating Thiago Monteiro and Juan Pablo Varillas respectively. As a result, he jumped more the 250 positions back into the top 500.

He entered the Italian Open using protected ranking and reached the second round defeating Maxime Cressy. He moved another 60 positions up in the top 450. At the 2023 French Open he also reached the second round defeating Quentin Halys in five sets with a super tiebreak in the fifth, coming back from two sets to one down, and moved another 95 positions up in the top 350 in the rankings.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he defeated 13th seed Borna Ćorić and qualifier Harold Mayot to reach the third round. He climbed more than 80 positions up and moved into the top 250.

In September 2023, Pella announced his retirement from professional tennis.

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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

Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup/ATP Cup/Laver Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Miami Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	0 / 8	3–8	27%
French Open	Q1	2R	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	0 / 8	7–8	47%
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	Q3	1R	A	3R	QF	NH	1R	A	3R	0 / 6	8–6	57%
US Open	1R	1R	Q1	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	0 / 10	5–10	33%
Win–loss	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	3–4	1–3	5–4	5–4	3–3	2–4	0–0	3–4	0 / 32	23–32	42%
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	Q2	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	NH	2R	A	2R	0 / 6	7–7	45%
Miami Open	A	2R	1R	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	QF	NH	1R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	NH	1R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	3R	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	NH			A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–7	3–2	0–3	8–8	0–0	3–4	0–0	3–3	0 / 30	20–30	40%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	13	4	4	22	15	22	26	8	18	0	13	Career total: 146
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	Career total: 5
Overall win–loss	0–1	7–13	3–4	1–4	16–23	16–18	25–22	36–25	7–10	8–18	0–0	9–13	1 / 146	128–151	46%
Year-end ranking	97	118	155	74	80	64	58	25	43	74	–	–	$6,368,373

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 7	1–7	13%
French Open	1R	A	2R	SF	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	1R	0 / 3	0–3	0%
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	0 / 5	0–5	0%
Win–loss	0–4	0–2	1–3	4–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–4	0 / 21	8–21	28%
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Masters	2R	A	A	1R	NH	A	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	A	2R	NH	A	A		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	2R	NH	QF	A		0 / 2	3–2	60%
Madrid Open	1R	A	A	SF	NH	A	A		0 / 2	3–2	60%
Italian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	1R	NH	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	1R	NH				0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Win–loss	1–2	0–0	0–0	6–8	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–6	0 / 18	11–18	43%

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
ATP Finals (0-0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0-0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–4)
Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 4–6
Loss	0–2	May 2017	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Zverev	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2018	Croatia Open Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	0–4	Feb 2019	Córdoba Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Juan Ignacio Londero	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Win	1–4	Mar 2019	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Cristian Garín	7–5, 6–3

Team competitions finals

Davis Cup: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner(s)	Opponents	Score
Win	Nov 2016	Davis Cup, Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Juan Martín del Potro Federico Delbonis Leonardo Mayer	Marin Čilić Ivo Karlović Ivan Dodig Franko Škugor	3–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 26 (20 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger (13–2)
ITF Futures (7–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (18–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2007	ITF Lima, Peru F2	Futures	Clay	Matias Silva	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2007	ITF La Paz, Bolivia F3	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Carry	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2008	ITF Trujillo, Peru F3	Futures	Clay	Juan-Manuel Valverde	6–0, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Nov 2008	ITF Bahia Bianca, Argentina F15	Futures	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Apr 2009	ITF Jujuy, Argentina F1	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–4	May 2009	ITF Córdoba, Argentina F4	Futures	Clay	Juan-Manuel Valverde	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	3–4	Aug 2009	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia F1	Futures	Clay	Gaston Giussani	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	4–4	Sep 2009	ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia F2	Futures	Clay	Arnau Brugués Davi	6–2, 6–7⁽³⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	5–4	Nov 2009	ITF Corrientes, Argentina F25	Futures	Clay	Lionel Noviski	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–4	Jul 2010	ITF Corrientes, Argentina F13	Futures	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	7–4	Oct 2011	ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia F2	Futures	Clay	Juan Ignacio Londero	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–5	Nov 2011	Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Viola	4–6, 1–6
Win	8–5	Mar 2012	Challenger de Salinas Diario Expreso, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	9–5	Aug 2012	Manta Open, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Maximiliano Estévez	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–5	Sep 2012	Campeonato Internacional de Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Kirche	6–4, 6–0
Win	11–5	Dec 2012	ATP Challenger Finals, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Adrian Ungur	6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	12–5	Oct 2013	IS Open São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Argüello	6–1, 6–0
Win	13–5	Nov 2014	Lima Challenger, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Jason Kubler	6–2, 6–4
Win	14–5	Apr 2015	San Luis Open Challenger Tour, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	James McGee	6–3, 6–3
Win	15–5	May 2015	São Paulo Challenger, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Christian Lindell	7–5, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	15–6	May 2015	Heilbronn Neckarcup, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Zverev	1–6, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Win	16–6	Oct 2015	Aberto do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	17–6	Nov 2015	Montevideo Open, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Íñigo Cervantes	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	18–6	Jul 2017	Aspria Cup Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Delbonis	6–2, 2–1 ret.
Win	19–6	Aug 2017	Claro Open Floridablanca, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Argüello	6–2, 6–4
Win	20–6	Nov 2018	Montevideo Open, Uruguay (2)	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 24 (14 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–5)
ITF Futures (8–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (14–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2008	ITF Trujillo, Peru F3	Futures	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Matias Silva Mauricio Echazú	6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2008	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina F14	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Alejandro Kon Gonzalo Tur	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	2–1	Nov 2008	ITF Neuquén, Argentina F16	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Guillermo Bujniewicz N Jara-Lozano	6–3, 5–7, [14–12]
Win	3–1	Dec 2008	ITF Tucumán, Argentina F17	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Diego Cristin G-A Grimolizzi	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 7–6⁽¹³⁾, [10–6]
Loss	3–2	Apr 2009	ITF Jujuy, Argentina F1	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Diego Cristin J-P Amado	5–7, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Win	4–2	May 2009	ITF Córdoba, Argentina F3	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	German Gaich Guillermo Durán	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–2	Aug 2009	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia F1	Futures	Clay	Diego Cristin	J-J Monteferrario Gaston Giussani	6–1, 6–1
Win	6–2	Nov 2009	ITF Corrientes, Argentina F25	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Jonathan Gonzalia Alejandro Fabbri	6–1, 6–3
Loss	6–3	Nov 2010	ITF Rosario, Argentina F22	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Diego Cristin Pablo Galdón	3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	6–4	Nov 2010	Challenger de Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Carlos Berlocq Brian Dabul	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Loss	6–5	Aug 2011	ITF Arequipa, Perj F1	Futures	Clay	Martín Cuevas	Duilio Beretta Sergio Galdós	4–6, 0–6
Win	7–5	Oct 2011	ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia F2	Futures	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Mauricio Doria-Medina Federico Zeballos	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–5	Oct 2011	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia F3	Futures	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Felipe Soares Thales Turini	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss	8–6	Oct 2011	ITF Sucre, Bolivia F4	Futures	Clay	Sergio Galdós	J-J Monteferrario Guillermo Carry	6–7⁽³⁾, 4–6
Win	9–6	Apr 2012	Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Martín Alund	Sebastián Decoud Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	9–7	Oct 2013	IS Open S ão Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Artem Sitak Roman Borvanov	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	10–7	Apr 2014	São Paulo Challenger, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	Máximo González Andrés Molteni	1–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	10–8	Sep 2014	Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	11–8	Nov 2014	Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Pere Riba Jordi Samper Montaña	2–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, [10–5]
Win	12–8	Nov 2014	Lima Challenger, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Roberto Maytín Marcelo Demoliner	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–8	Mar 2015	Challenger Cachantún Cup, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Máximo González Andrea Collarini	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	13–9	Apr 2015	San Luis Open Challenger Tour, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Horacio Zeballos Guillermo Durán	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Loss	13–10	Apr 2015	Campeonato Internacional de Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Máximo González Roberto Maytín	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	14–10	May 2015	Vicenza Internazionali, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Bagnis	Salvatore Caruso Federico Gaio	6–2, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

Pella has a 4–16 (20%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2013	...	2017	2018	2019	Total
Wins	1		1	1	1	4

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	GPR
2013
1.	Janko Tipsarević	10	Horse Cup Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	2R	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–1	101
2017
2.	Dominic Thiem	7	Chengdu Open, China	Hard	2R	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–4	72
2018
3.	Marin Čilić	5	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾, 7–5	82
2019
4.	Kevin Anderson	8	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	6–4, 6–3, 7–6⁽⁴⁾	26