Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player.
44 Facts About Pablo Cuevas
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Pablo Cuevas has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No 19.
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In September 2019, Pablo Cuevas led the Uruguayan Davis Cup team to a victory over the Dominican Republic, winning entry into the highest Davis Cup tier, the World Group.
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Pablo Cuevas won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the Sao Paulo-1 and Florianopolis-2 doubles Challenger titles.
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Pablo Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Vina del Mar, Chile.
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Pablo Cuevas earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria.
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Pablo Cuevas then beat Fernando Verdasco and Jose Acasuso, before falling in the semifinals against Fernando Gonzalez.
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Pablo Cuevas defeated Vince Spadea in the first round, before falling to Fernando Gonzalez in the second round.
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At the 2008 French Open in May, Pablo Cuevas partnered with Peruvian Luis Horna to win the doubles title.
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Pablo Cuevas reached the semifinals of that tournament by beating Bjorn Phau, ninth-seeded Jurgen Melzer, eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, and 14th-seeded Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals.
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Pablo Cuevas played in the 2009 Kremlin Cup as fifth seed.
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Pablo Cuevas did win the doubles title, partnering Marcel Granollers.
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Pablo Cuevas defeated eight-seeded Albert Montanes at the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel to reach quarter-finals, where he lost to David Ferrer.
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At the 2011 US Men's Clay Court Championships, Pablo Cuevas beat third seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to reach semi-finals, where he lost to Kei Nishikori.
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Pablo Cuevas won the first round match at Roland Garros.
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In 2014, Pablo Cuevas won the first round matches at the Rio Open, Portugal Open and Roland Garros.
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Pablo Cuevas had to play the qualifying round, defeating Nikolas Walterscheid-Tukic, Nikola Cacic and Renzo Olivo.
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At the 2015 Australian Open, Pablo Cuevas lost in first round to unseeded player Matthias Bachinger.
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Pablo Cuevas began the Latin American season with his third ATP singles title at the ATP 250 Sao Paulo, after beating Jiri Vesely, Nicolas Almagro, and Santiago Giraldo.
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Pablo Cuevas then played the Davis Cup Americas Zone round versus Colombia, where he lost to Alejandro Gonzalez and defeated Giraldo.
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Pablo Cuevas partnered his brother Martin to defeat doubles specialists Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
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At the Indian Wells Masters, Pablo Cuevas defeated Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round, where he lost to Feliciano Lopez.
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Pablo Cuevas lost in second round of the Miami Masters to Thomaz Bellucci.
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Pablo Cuevas won the 2016 Rio Open by defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and Argentine Guido Pella in the final.
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Pablo Cuevas was the runner up at the 2016 Nottingham Open to Steve Johnson.
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Pablo Cuevas was runner up at the 2016 German Open to Martin Klizan.
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Pablo Cuevas struggled to put together wins over the rest of the year, falling in the second round at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 US Open.
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Pablo Cuevas followed that with a strong quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Indian Wells Masters.
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Pablo Cuevas followed that up with another Masters-level quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Monte-Carlo Masters, where he defeated No 3 seed Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.
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Pablo Cuevas defeated Thomaz Bellucci, Nicolas Mahut, Benoit Paire, and Alexander Zverev to reach the semifinals.
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Pablo Cuevas would make the third round of the 2017 French Open later that spring.
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Pablo Cuevas then lost his next nine matches before ending the year with a third-round appearance in the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets.
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Pablo Cuevas defeated world number 6 Dominic Thiem in the third round of Indian Wells.
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Pablo Cuevas lost in the fourth round to Hyeon Chung in straight sets.
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Pablo Cuevas broke his foot in the summer which limited his activity for the rest of the year.
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Pablo Cuevas won his first challenger title in almost 2 years at the Tunis Open.
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At the French Open, Pablo Cuevas made the third round to match his best result at the tournament for the fourth time before being defeated by world number 4 Dominic Thiem.
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Pablo Cuevas was part of team Uruguay for the Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup but lost all of his matches to Japan'sYoshihito Nishioka, Spain's Rafael Nadal, and Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili.
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Pablo Cuevas lost to eventual champion Cristian Garin in Cordoba and had four match points against top seed Diego Schwartzman in Buenos Aires, but fell short.
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Pablo Cuevas lost to 2nd seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.
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At the 2021 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon, Pablo Cuevas won both the singles and the doubles events along with his brother Martin Pablo Cuevas.
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Pablo Cuevas felt good and started training again in Buenos Aires to prepare himself for the 2023 French Open.
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Pablo Cuevas made his debut for the Uruguay Davis Cup team in April 2004 at the age of 18.
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Pablo Cuevas utilizes heavy topspin off his forehand side and plays a one-handed backhand.