Giovanni Lapentti

Ecuadorian tennis player

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lapentti and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Giovanni Lapentti
Singles
Lapentti in 2014
Country (sports)	Ecuador
Residence	Miami, Florida, USA
Born	(1983年01月25日) January 25, 1983 (age 42) Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$588,402
Career record	19–37 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 10 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 110 (May 23 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	1R (2003)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2003, 2004)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	12–18 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 6 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 176 (June 14 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2003)
Last updated on: July 28, 2024.

Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈβanilaˈpenti] ;^[1] born 25 January 1983) is a retired Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis.

Personal life

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Lapentti married Andrea Gómez Miss Venezuela 2004 in 2011 and became a father in 2012.

Tennis career

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2002-2004

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Lapentti announced his ATP debut in 2002, but he actually had his first tour match in 2003, at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Lapentti obtained his first professional victory at that tournament's first round, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, 7–6 (7–2), 6–2. He lost in the tournament's second round to David Sánchez.

He participated in 2003's Italian and French Open, losing in the first round both times. During the French Open, he was leading 2 sets to 1 against Tommy Robredo but had to retire due to an injury while trailing the fourth set; the injury did not allow him to return to the professional men's tennis tour until 2004.

Lapentti did not obtain a single victory during his second year as a professional, but he participated in tournaments held in Argentina, Mexico, Spain and Indian Wells, California.

2005-2013

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Lapentti had better results in 2005, losing in the Davis Cup playoffs to Jürgen Melzer (he only played one Davis Cup game that year), advancing to the second round of the Legg Mason Classic, where he was defeated by Andy Roddick, getting to an ATP's tournament's third round for the first time in his career when he participated at the RCA Championships (losing to Paul Goldstein in the third round), making the second round of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championship and the third round of the Tennis Channel Open. The only tournament that he participated in and failed to reach the second round during 2005 was the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, where he lost to Kevin Kim.

Lapentti was eliminated in the first round of 2006's Pacific Life Open, that time by Mardy Fish. In June 2008 Lapentii won the Manta Open and had accomplished his goal also winning Costa Rica Seguros Bolivar Open in March 2011.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 23 (15–8)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (10–6)
ITF Futures Tour (5–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (10–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2001	Peru F1, Lima	Futures	Clay	Argentina Juan Pablo Di Cesare	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Nov 2001	Venezuela F2, Caracas	Futures	Clay	Austria Marko Neunteibl	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Oct 2002	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Belgium Dick Norman	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–1	Mar 2003	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Peru Iván Miranda	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jul 2003	Campos do Jordao, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Japan Gouichi Motomura	6–4, 6–0
Win	5–1	Oct 2003	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Brazil Ricardo Mello	6–3, 6–7^(8–10), 6–3
Win	6–1	Nov 2003	Waco, USA	Challenger	Clay	United States Paul Goldstein	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Jul 2004	Campos do Jordao, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Japan Takao Suzuki	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–2	Aug 2004	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Argentina Carlos Berlocq	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–4
Win	8–2	Oct 2004	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Romania Răzvan Sabău	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Jan 2005	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Brazil Ricardo Mello	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(0–7)
Loss	8–4	Jun 2006	Brazil F4, Piracicaba	Futures	Clay	Brazil Rogerio Dutra Silva	0–6, 6–2, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	8–5	Jul 2006	Cuenca, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Colombia Carlos Salamanca	6–4, 6–7^(8–10), 5–7
Win	9–5	Sep 2007	Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Ecuador Carlos Avellan	7–5, 6–4
Win	10–5	Sep 2007	Bolivia F2, Cochabamba	Futures	Clay	Argentina Damian Patriarca	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Oct 2007	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Colombia Santiago Giraldo	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	11–6	Jul 2008	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Brazil Ricardo Mello	6–2, 6–4
Win	12–6	Sep 2008	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Italy Riccardo Ghedin	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–6	Oct 2010	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Brazil João Souza	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14–6	Mar 2011	San Jose, Costa Rica	Challenger	Hard	Russia Igor Kunitsyn	7–5, 6–3
Win	15–6	Sep 2014	Ecuador F6, Ibarra	Futures	Clay	Argentina Marco Trungelliti	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	15–7	Dec 2014	Mexico F14, Merida	Futures	Hard	United States Dennis Novikov	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	15–8	May 2015	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Brazil Fernando Romboli	6–4, 3–6, 2–6

AO - Q1 (03, 04, 11), Q2 (09) FO - Q1 (05, 09, 10, 11, 14), Q2 (04), 1R (03) WC - Q1 (02, 09, 11, 14, 15), Q3 (03, 04) UO - Q1 (10, 13, 15), Q2 (03), Q3 (05, 08), 1R (09)

Indian Wells - Q2 (10, 16), 1R (04, 05, 06) Miami - Q1 (01, 03, 04, 05) Canada - Q1 (05) Cincinnati - Q2 (05)

Doubles: 10 (9–1)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–1)
ITF Futures Tour (3–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2000	Colombia F1, Bogota	Futures	Clay	Colombia Ruben Tolles	Argentina Gustavo Marcaccio Argentina Patricio Rudi	7–5, 2–0 ret.
Win	2–0	Oct 2001	Venezuela F1, Caracas	Futures	Clay	Venezuela Jose De Armas	Croatia Ivan Cinkus Hungary Gergely Kisgyorgy	walkover
Win	3–0	Nov 2001	Venezuela F2, Caracas	Futures	Clay	Venezuela Jose De Armas	Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva Spain David Cors-Pares	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Jul 2003	Campos do Jordao, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	South Africa Rik De Voest	Argentina Carlos Berlocq Mexico Miguel Gallardo-Valles	6–1, 7–5
Win	5–0	May 2004	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	South Africa Rik De Voest	Sweden Robert Lindstedt United States Michael Russell	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–0	Jan 2005	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Damian Patriarca	Italy Enzo Artoni Argentina Ignacio Gonzalez King	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7–0	Feb 2005	Dallas, USA	Challenger	Hard	South Africa Rik De Voest	Paraguay Ramón Delgado Brazil Andre Sa	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–1	Oct 2005	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker	Austria Daniel Koellerer Austria Oliver Marach	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–1	Apr 2011	Recife, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Brazil Fernando Romboli	Brazil Andre Ghem Brazil Rodrigo Guidolin	6–2, 6–1
Win	9–1	Feb 2016	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Uruguay Ariel Behar	France Jonathan Eysseric Croatia Franko Skugor	7–5, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	Australian Open	Hard	Canada Frank Dancevic	United States Ytai Abougzir Argentina Luciano Vitullo	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Canada Frank Dancevic	Mexico Bruno Echagaray Mexico Santiago González	6–1, 6–4

References

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^ Dr. Alejandro Badia, MD (2017年04月05日). "Giovanni Lapentti: testimonial sobre problema de codo de tenista". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021年12月22日. Retrieved 2018年02月07日.