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Leonardo Lavalle

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Leonardo Lavalle
Country (sports) Mexico
ResidenceMexico City, Mexico
Born (1967-07-14) 14 July 1967 (age 57)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1998
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$903,200
Singles
Career record83–114
Career titles1
4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 51 (17 March 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1989)
French Open3R (1989)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open2R (1986, 1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1992)
Doubles
Career record134–137
Career titles5
9 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 23 (27 April 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1985)
French OpenSF (1988, 1991)
WimbledonF (1991)
US Open3R (1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1988, 1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1987, 1992)
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1995)
US OpenQF (1998)
Last updated on: 13 January 2022.

Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in singles (Tel Aviv, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 17 March 1986, when he became world No. 51.

Lavalle won the Wimbledon boys' junior singles and doubles title in 1985. His singles win was notable for the fact that the men's singles winner that year Boris Becker was younger than Leonardo. He was later a runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon in 1991 and a Wimbledon doubles semifinalist in 1989 and 1990.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1985 Wimbledon Grass Mexico Eduardo Vélez 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1984 US Open Hard Romania Mihnea Nastase Peru Jaime Yzaga
Mexico Agustín Moreno
7–6, 1–6, 6–1

ATP career finals

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

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1988 Frankfurt, West Germany Grand Prix Carpet United States Tim Mayotte 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1991 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard South Africa Christo van Rensburg 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–5)
Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1986 Scottsdale, United States Grand Prix Hard United States Mike Leach United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
7–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 1987 Palermo, Italy Grand Prix Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Feb 1990 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet Mexico Jorge Lozano Italy Diego Nargiso
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
6–3, 7–6
Loss 3–1 May 1990 Kiawah Island, United States World Series Clay United States Jim Grabb United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–2 Jul 1991 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Argentina Javier Frana Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss 3–3 Oct 1991 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard Argentina Javier Frana Czechoslovakia David Rikl
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Nov 1991 Búzios, Brazil World Series Hard Argentina Javier Frana Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 Feb 1993 Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Mexico Jorge Lozano
7–6, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Apr 1993 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay Argentina Javier Frana Sweden Rikard Bergh
United States Trevor Kronemann
1–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Feb 1995 Acapulco, Mexico World Series Clay Argentina Javier Frana Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Italy Diego Nargiso
7–5, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 5 (4–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1991 Salou, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Federico Sanchez 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay United States Francisco Montana 6–0, 6–7, 6–4
Win 3–0 May 1992 Acapulco, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Luis Herrera 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–0 Nov 1992 Pembroke Pines, United States Challenger Clay Argentina Daniel Orsanic 6–4, 7–6
Loss 4–1 Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Michael Joyce 1–6, 6–7

Doubles: 11 (9–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (9–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1990 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Jorge Lozano Mexico Luis Herrera
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 1991 Telford, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet Canada Martin Laurendeau Sweden Peter Nyborg
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
7–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Feb 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Clay Netherlands Mark Koevermans Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Tom Kempers
walkover
Win 4–0 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Luis Herrera Mexico Agustín Moreno
Mexico Francisco Maciel
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–0 Apr 1993 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Javier Frana United States Francisco Montana
United States Bryan Shelton
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win 6–0 Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Oliver Fernández Mexico Luis Herrera
Mexico Ismael Hernandez
7–5, 7–5
Win 7–0 Jun 1994 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Libor Pimek United States Richard Schmidt
United States Greg Van Emburgh
6–2, 7–6
Loss 7–1 Sep 1994 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Brazil Danilo Marcelino United States Brian Devening
Netherlands Sander Groen
2–6, 6–7
Loss 7–2 Jun 1996 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Mexico Óscar Ortiz United States Brett Hansen-Dent
United States T. J. Middleton
4–6, 3–6
Win 8–2 Aug 1996 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard Venezuela Maurice Ruah Mexico Luis Herrera
Romania Gabriel Trifu
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–2 Nov 1996 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard Venezuela Maurice Ruah United States Bill Behrens
United States Steve Campbell
7–5, 6–2

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A 1R A 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A Q1 0 / 7 4–7 36%
French Open A 1R A 1R 3R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q3 A 1R Q2 A 2R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open 1R 2R A 1R 1R A A 2R A Q2 1R Q2 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 5–4 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 20 9–20 31%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 2R Not Held QF Not Held A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A 1R A 1R 3R A A 1R 2R A A Q1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A 3R A A 3R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Canada A 1R A A A A A 2R A A A Q2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A 2R 1R A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 0–1 0–1 4–5 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 9–15 38%

Doubles

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Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R A 2R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A 0 / 9 4–9 31%
French Open A 2R A SF 1R A SF 3R A 1R A A A 0 / 6 11–6 65%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R SF SF F 3R A A 1R A A 0 / 7 15–7 68%
US Open A 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R A Q2 1R 2R A 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Win–loss 2–1 1–2 0–3 5–3 5–4 5–3 11–4 5–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 0 / 31 36–31 54%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A A A 1R 2R 2R 3R 3R 1R A A A Q1 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Monte Carlo A A A A SF A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Hamburg A A A A 1R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A 2R A A 1R A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Canada A 2R A A A 1R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati A 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 4–5 0–2 3–4 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 12–20 38%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 1R A A 1R A A 2R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R A A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A QF A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 10 5–10 33%
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  • Leonardo Lavalle at the Davis Cup Edit this at Wikidata
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonardo Lavalle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.