Sebastián Decoud (; born 18 September 1981) is a professional Argentine tennis player.

Tennis career Decoud was born in Curuzú Cuatiá, Argentina. He starting playing tennis relatively late, taking it up as a 10-year-old.Decoud's ITF Junior Profile

Juniors In his brief career as a junior, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut, split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu, and won his only encounter with Boris Pašanski.

Decoud reached as high as No. 32 in the junior world singles rankings in 1999.

2000 to 2006 Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25-year-old, finishing the year ranked #384.

2007 Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches.

2008 Decoud won his first ATP match as a 26-year-old in February 2008 in Brazil. After qualifying into the main draw, he took out #50 José Acasuso in the first round, but then lost to #112 Nicolás Lapentti. That got his ranking to a career-high of #254.

He retired in qualifying the next week in Buenos Aires, with an injury that kept him off the tour for 3 months. But he came back strong in his next two matches, in the qualifying for the French Open, beating #124 Christophe Rochus and making his first Grand Slam main draw as a Lucky loser after losing in the final qualifying round.

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament2008200920102011SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1AAA0 / 00–0 French Open2RQ2Q2Q20 / 11–1 WimbledonAQ1Q1A0 / 00–0US OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–10–00–00–00 / 11–1ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAQ20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (16–6) LegendATP Challenger (4–1)ITF Futures (12–5)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (13–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Paraguay F1, AsunciónFuturesClay Julio Peralta6–3, 6–1Loss1–1Spain F11, IrunFuturesClay Adrian Cruciat4–6, 3–6Win2–1Ecuador F1, GuayaquilFuturesHard Lionel Noviski6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5Win3–1Ecuador F3, VillamilFuturesHard Alessandro Camarço6–3, 6–2Win4–1Ecuador F3, GuayaquilFuturesHard Eric Nunez6–3, 6–4Win5–1Colombia F3, MedellínFuturesClay Michael Quintero Aguilar6–4, 7–5Loss5–2Argentina F8, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Máximo González6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss5–3Argentina F2, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Cristian Villagrán2–6, 6–2, 4–6Win6–3Uruguay F1, Punta del EsteFuturesClay Diego Cristin7–5, 6–0Loss6–4Italy F17, UdineFuturesClay Enrico Burzi1–6, 6–3, 5–7Loss6–5Germany F9, EspelkampFuturesClay Franz Stauder4–6, 3–6Win7–5Italy F11, PaduaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–5Win8–5Constanța, RoumaniaChallengerClay Victor Crivoi6–3, 6–3Win9–5Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Alex Bogomolov Jr.6–4, 6–2Win10–5Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Simon Greul7–6(7–2), 6–1Loss10–6Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Carlos Salamanca6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 4–6Win11–6Colombia F1, BogotáFuturesClay Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz6–4, 6–3Win12–6Colombia F2, MedellínFuturesClay Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz7–6(8–6), 7–5Win13–6Peru F1, ArequipaFuturesClay Mauricio Echazú7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)Win14–6Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava6–3, 7–6(7–3)Win15–6Argentina F9, Villa AllendeFuturesClay Diego Schwartzman4–6, 6–4, 6–2Win16–6Chile F5, SantiagoFuturesClay Juan Carlos Sáez6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 39 (20–19) LegendATP Challenger (5–5)ITF Futures (15–14)Finals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (15–15)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Argentina F7, ConcordiaFuturesClay Patricio Arquez Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán3–6, 1–6Win1–1Brazil F5, CuritibaFuturesClay Sebastian Uriarte Guillermo Carry Marcos Digliodo3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win2–1Bolivia F1, La PazFuturesClay Sebastian Uriarte Michael Quintero Aguilar Federico Cardinali6–2, 6–4Loss2–2Paraguay F1, AsunciónFuturesClay Sebastian Uriarte Diego Hartfield Matias O'Neille3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)Win3–2Paraguay F2, AsunciónFuturesClay Sebastian Uriarte Gianluca Luddi Riccardo Capannelli6–3, 6–2Win4–2Brazil F8, CampinasFuturesClay Sebastian Uriarte Márcio Carlsson Ricardo Schlachter6–4, 7–6(7–2)Win5–2Mexico F2, Mexico CityFuturesHard Ignacio González King Florian Jeschonek Lars Zimmermann7–5, 6–4Win6–2Mexico F11, CancúnFuturesHard Lazaro Navarro-Batles Alex Bogomolov Jr. Francisco MontanawalkoverLoss6–3Bolivia F3, Santa CruzFuturesClay Juan-Felipe Yáñez Ignacio González King Diego Hartfield5–7, 2–6Win7–3Chile F1, SantiagoFuturesClay Patricio Arquez Francisco Cabello Adrián García6–2, 7–6(8–6)Loss7–4Mexico F9, Chetumal, Quintana RooFuturesHard Paul Capdeville Toshihide Matsui Michihisa Onoda3–6, 4–6Win8–4Ecuador F1, GuayaquilFuturesHard Pablo González Juan-Martín Aranguren Diego Cristin6–4, 7–5Win9–4Ecuador F3, VillamilFuturesHard Javier Taborga Juan de Armas Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)Loss9–5Argentina F1, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Patricio Arquez Brian Dabul Carlos Berlocq2–6, 3–6Loss9–6Bolivia F2, La PazFuturesClay Patricio Arquez Javier Taborga Pablo González6–7(1–7), 2–6Win10–6Colombia F1, MedellínFuturesClay Javier Taborga Carlos Berlocq Ronaldo Carvalho7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)Loss10–7Uruguay F1, MontevideoFuturesClay Diego Hartfield Gustavo Marcaccio Patricio Rudi4–6, 4–6Loss10–8Argentina F1, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Alejandro Fabbri Lionel Noviski Agustin Tarantino1–6, 0–6Loss10–9Argentina F2, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Juan-Martín Aranguren Eduardo Schwank Juan-Pablo Amado1–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss10–10Ecuador F2, GuayaquilFuturesHard Pablo González Levar Harper-Griffith Jean-Julien Rojer6–2, 5–7, 3–6Loss10–11Colombia F1, CartagenaFuturesHard Pablo González Rubén Torres Shuon Madden5–7, 4–6Loss10–12Colombia F2, BucaramangaFuturesClay Pablo González Alexandre Bonatto Marcelo Melo4–6, 4–6Win11–12Argentina F1, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Antonio Pastorino Guillermo Carry Jonathan Gonzalia6–4, 6–4Win12–12Argentina F4, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Eduardo Schwank Leandro Migani Horacio Zeballos6–2, 6–2Win13–12Brazil F12, Caldas NovasFuturesHard Leonardo Mayer Frederico Casaro Mashiska Washington6–4, 7–5Loss13–13Colombia F2, BucaramangaFuturesClay Alejandro Fabbri Juan Sebastián Cabal Carlos Salamanca4–6, 4–6Win14–13Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Yuri Schukin Jérémy Chardy Predrag Rusevski3–6, 6–3, [10–7]Win15–13Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Yuri Schukin Olivier Charroin James Cerretani6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]Loss15–14La Serena, ChileChallengerClay Cristian Villagrán Nicolás Lapentti Eduardo Schwank4–6, 0–6Loss15–15Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Dick Norman Caio Zampieri Júlio Silva6–7(6–8), 2–6Win16–15Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Santiago Giraldo Ricardo Hocevar Thiago Alves6–4, 6–4Win17–15Rijeka, CroatiaChallengerClay Miguel Ángel López Jaén Ivan Dodig Antonio Veić7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–8]Loss17–16Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Diego Álvarez Alejandro Falla Alejandro González7–5, 4–6, [8–10]Win18–16Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank Diego Junqueira David Marrero6–0, 6–2Loss18–17San Remo, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq Diego Junqueira Martín Vassallo Argüello6–2, 4–6, [8–10]Loss18–18Pereira, ColombiaChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Guido Pella Martín Alund3–6, 6–2, [5–10]Win19–18Argentina F9, Villa AllendeFuturesClay Diego Schwartzman Juan Ignacio Londero Leandro Migani6–3, 6–4Win20–18Chile F5, SantiagoFuturesClay Matias Salinas Reid Carleton Daniel Stahl6–2, 6–4Loss20–19Chile F7, ConcónFuturesClay Federico Coria Jorge Aguilar Juan Carlos Sáez1–6, 2–6

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External links

Decoud world ranking history