45 Facts About Pablo Cuevas

Pablo Cuevas won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No 19 achieved in August 2016.

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.

Pablo Cuevas won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the Sao Paulo-1 and Florianopolis-2 doubles Challenger titles.

Pablo Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Vina del Mar, Chile.

Pablo Cuevas earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria.

Pablo Cuevas then beat Fernando Verdasco and Jose Acasuso, before falling in the semifinals against Fernando Gonzalez.

Pablo Cuevas defeated Vince Spadea in the first round, before falling to Fernando Gonzalez in the second round.

At the 2008 French Open in May, Pablo Cuevas partnered with Peruvian Luis Horna to win the doubles title.

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.

Pablo Cuevas played in the 2009 Kremlin Cup as fifth seed.

Pablo Cuevas did win the doubles title, partnering Marcel Granollers.

Pablo Cuevas defeated eight-seeded Albert Montanes at the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel to reach quarter-finals, where he lost to David Ferrer.

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.

Pablo Cuevas won the first round match at Roland Garros.

In 2014, Pablo Cuevas won the first round matches at the Rio Open, Portugal Open and Roland Garros.

Pablo Cuevas had to play the qualifying round, defeating Nikolas Walterscheid-Tukic, Nikola Cacic and Renzo Olivo.

At the 2015 Australian Open, Pablo Cuevas lost in first round to unseeded player Matthias Bachinger.

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.

Pablo Cuevas then played the Davis Cup Americas Zone round versus Colombia, where he lost to Alejandro Gonzalez and defeated Giraldo.

Pablo Cuevas partnered his brother Martin to defeat doubles specialists Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

At the Indian Wells Masters, Pablo Cuevas defeated Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round, where he lost to Feliciano Lopez.

Pablo Cuevas lost in second round of the Miami Masters to Thomaz Bellucci.

Pablo Cuevas won the 2016 Rio Open by defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and Argentine Guido Pella in the final.

Pablo Cuevas was the runner up at the 2016 Nottingham Open to Steve Johnson.

Pablo Cuevas was runner up at the 2016 German Open to Martin Klizan.

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.

Pablo Cuevas followed that with a strong quarterfinal appearance at the 2017 Indian Wells Masters.

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.

Pablo Cuevas defeated Thomaz Bellucci, Nicolas Mahut, Benoit Paire, and Alexander Zverev to reach the semifinals.

Pablo Cuevas would make the third round of the 2017 French Open later that spring.

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.

Pablo Cuevas defeated world number 6 Dominic Thiem in the third round of 2018 Indian Wells.

Pablo Cuevas lost in the fourth round to Hyeon Chung in straight sets.

Pablo Cuevas broke his foot in the summer which limited his activity for the rest of the 2018 season.

Pablo Cuevas won his first Challenger title in almost two years at the 2019 Tunis Open.

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 No 4 Dominic Thiem.

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.

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.

Pablo Cuevas lost to 2nd seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.

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.

Pablo Cuevas felt good and started training again in Buenos Aires to prepare himself for the 2023 French Open.

Pablo Cuevas entered several Grand Slam qualifying competitions using a protected ranking: 2023 French Open, 2023 Wimbledon Championships, 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 US Open.

In September 2024, Pablo Cuevas announced his retirement from professional tennis.

Pablo Cuevas made his debut for the Uruguay Davis Cup team in April 2004 at the age of 18.

Pablo Cuevas utilizes heavy topspin off his forehand side and plays a one-handed backhand.