14 Facts About Carlos Berlocq

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Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine retired professional tennis player nicknamed Charly, Panther and Warlocq.

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Carlos Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and had success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits.

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Carlos Berlocq made his first Challenger final in Manta, Ecuador, losing to Giovanni Lapentti before winning another Futures title in Argentina.

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Carlos Berlocq struggled to adapt his level from the Futures and Challengers to the ATP main level events and achieved only limited success on the ATP Tour.

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Carlos Berlocq won two consecutive matches for the first time on the ATP Tour to make the quarterfinals in Sopot after defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber and Lukas Dlouhy.

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Carlos Berlocq started the year in Auckland, losing in the second round to Fernando Verdasco.

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Carlos Berlocq made it to the second round of the 2012 Australian Open, where he was defeated by Ivo Karlovic.

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Carlos Berlocq made the quarterfinals in Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Acapulco, losing to World No 11 Nicolas Almagro, David Nalbandian and Santiago Giraldo respectively.

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Carlos Berlocq made the quarterfinals in Houston, exiting against World No 15 Feliciano Lopez.

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Carlos Berlocq did not have much success at the Masters 1000 events or Grand Slams, exiting in the first or second round of each.

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Carlos Berlocq represented Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but lost in the first round to Alex Bogomolov of Russia.

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Carlos Berlocq lost his first round match at the French Open against 19th seed John Isner in straight sets.

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Carlos Berlocq won his first career title at the Swedish Open, defeating Fernando Verdasco in the final.

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Carlos Berlocq lost in the second round of the US Open in straight sets to Roger Federer after winning his first round match against Santiago Giraldo in five sets.