JUAN IGNACIO CHELA

' Juan Ignacio Chela ' (born August 30, 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His strongest surface is slow hardcourt, but like most Argentine players he is comfortable on clay.
Chela was suspended by the ATP in 2001 for 3 months and US$ 8,000 for the use of Methyltestosterone during the Cincinnati Masters.
On August 9, 2004 he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 15. On January 19, 2006, he defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the second round of the Australian Open.
As part of the Argentine team for the Davis Cup, he holds a record of 6 victories and 4 losses, the most important of his victories on April 2006, giving Argentina the third point to beat defending champion Croatia in quarterfinals.
In May 2007, he appeared in the quarterfinals of his 6th different Masters event at Rome, also his personal best showing at Rome, with wins over Marc Gicquel, Igor Andreev, and world #3 Andy Roddick, the latter one being Chela's best ever victory since defeating #3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in round 2 of Mallorca in in May 2000.
His trainer and fitness coach (and also a close friend) is Fernando Aguirre.

Contents

Titles (6)

Singles (4)

Singles Finalist (5)

Doubles (2)

Doubles finalist (2)

Singles performance timeline

External links

Titles (6)

Singles (4)

'Legend (Singles)'

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Feb .21 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Mariano Puerta	6-4 7-6(4)
2.	Jul. 15 2002	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Albert Costa	6-1 7-6(4)
3.	Apr. 12 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Marat Safin	6-7(2) 6-3 6-3
4.	Feb. 26, 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Carlos Moya	6-3 7-6(2)

Singles Finalist (5)

★ 2001: São Paulo (lost to Agustín Calleri)

★ 2002: Sydney (lost to Roger Federer)

★ 2002: Long Island (lost to Paradorn Srichaphan)

★ 2006: Acapulco (lost to Luis Horna)

★ 2006: Kitzbuhel (lost to Agustín Calleri)

Doubles (2)

★ 2004 ATP tour Estoril

★ 2004 ATP tour Viña del Mar

Doubles finalist (2)

★ 2004 ATP tour Acapulco

★ 2005 ATP tour Estoril

Singles performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the Hamburg Masters in Germany, which ended on May 20, 2007.''

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career win-loss
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	3R	12-7
French Open	2R	A	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	2R	9-7
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	3-6
U.S. Open	1R	A	4R	3R	1R	1R	1R	QF	9-7
'Grand Slam Win-Loss'1	'1-3'	'2-1'	'4-4'	'6-4'	'6-4'	'3-3'	'3-4'	'4-3'	'29-26'
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	3R	2R	QF	3R	2R	QF	10-7
Miami Masters	A	1R	QF	3R	3R	3R	4R	QF	12-7
Monte Carlo Masters	3R	A	3R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	11-7
Rome Masters	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	6-7
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R	6-6
Canada Masters	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	3-7
Cincinnati Masters	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	9-7
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)	A	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	2R		5-5
Paris Masters	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R		1-4
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0-0
'Total Titles'	'1'	'0'	'1'	'0'	'1'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'4'
'Year End Ranking'	63	70	23	38	26	39	33		'N/A'

A = did not participate in the tournament.

1. The win total does not include walkovers.

External links

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★ Chela Recent Match Results

★ Chela World Ranking History