Lucas Arnold Ker

Argentine tennis player

Lucas Arnold Ker
Singles
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1974年10月12日) 12 October 1974 (age 50) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 1,745,936
Career record	22–31
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 77 (20 July 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1998, 1999)
French Open	2R (1998)
Wimbledon	1R (1998)
US Open	3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	299–258
Career titles	15 19 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 21 (8 March 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1999, 2002, 2008, 2009)
French Open	SF (1997)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	3R (2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002, 2004)
French Open	QF (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2009)
US Open	2R (2001)
Last updated on: 7 August 2021.

Lucas Arnold Ker (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlukasaɾˈnolˈkeɾ] ;^[1] born 12 October 1974) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell. He is the younger brother of Patricio Arnold. He is right-handed and turned professional in 1994. He played several times for the Argentine Davis Cup team, where he made his debut in 1997 against Venezuela. Arnold Ker was Roger Federer's opponent in the latter's first professional match in 1998, beating the 17-year-old future singles world No. 1 and 20-time major singles champion in straight sets. Arnold Ker retired from professional tennis in 2016.

Cancer

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In August 2006, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The testicle was removed, and he successfully underwent chemotherapy. In 2008, he was in remission and returned to playing professional tennis.^[2]

ATP Tour career finals

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Doubles: 33 (15 titles, 18 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–5)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (15–13)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (15–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (15–16)
Indoor (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1996	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Argentina Pablo Albano	Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Oct 1996	Valencia Open, Spain	World Series	Clay	Argentina Pablo Albano	Australia Lucas Arnold United States Jack Waite	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jun 1999	Merano Open, Italy	World Series	Clay	Brazil Jaime Oncins	Denmark Marc-Kevin Goellner Philippines Eric Taino	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	3–1	Aug 1999	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Czech Republic Petr Pála Czech Republic Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–1	Sep 1999	Majorca Open, Spain	World Series	Clay	Spain Tomás Carbonell	Spain Alberto Berasategui Spain Francisco Roig	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–1	Oct 1999	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Argentina Martín García	Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner United States Francisco Montana	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Feb 2000	Pacific Coast Championships, United States	World Series	Hard	Philippines Eric Taino	United States Jan-Michael Gambill United States Scott Humphries	1–6, 4–6
Win	6–2	Mar 2000	Bogotá, Colombia	International Series	Clay	Argentina Pablo Albano	Spain Joan Balcells Colombia Mauricio Hadad	7-6^(7–4), 1–6, 6–2
Loss	6–3	Jul 2000	Stuttgart Open, Germany	International Gold	Clay	United States Donald Johnson	Czech Republic Jiří Novák Czech Republic David Rikl	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	7–3	Feb 2001	Movistar Open, Chile	International Series	Clay	Spain Tomás Carbonell	Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win	8–3	Feb 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	International Series	Clay	Spain Tomás Carbonell	Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto	5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	8–4	Feb 2002	Movistar Open, Chile	International Series	Clay	Argentina Luis Lobo	Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–5	Apr 2002	Barcelona, Spain	International Gold	Clay	Argentina Gastón Etlis	Australia Michael Hill Czech Republic Daniel Vacek	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8–6	Jul 2002	Kitzbühel, Austria	International Gold	Clay	Spain Àlex Corretja	South Africa Robbie Koenig Japan Thomas Shimada	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Win	9–6	Sep 2002	Palermo, Italy	International Series	Clay	Argentina Luis Lobo	Czech Republic František Čermák Czech Republic Leoš Friedl	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Feb 2003	Buenos Aires, Argentina	International Series	Clay	Argentina David Nalbandian	Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto	2–6, 2–6
Loss	9–8	Apr 2003	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	India Mahesh Bhupathi Belarus Max Mirnyi	1–6, 2–6
Win	10–8	May 2003	Valencia, Spain	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	United States Brian MacPhie Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić	6–1, 6–7^(7–9), 6-4
Loss	10–9	Jul 2003	Båstad, Sweden	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Sweden Simon Aspelin Italy Massimo Bertolini	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, 4–6
Win	11–9	Sep 2003	Palermo, Italy	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Czech Republic František Čermák Czech Republic Leoš Friedl	7-6^(8–6), 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
Loss	11–10	Oct 2003	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	International Series	Carpet	Argentina Mariano Hood	The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Daniel Nestor	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–10	Feb 2004	Buenos Aires, Argentina	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Argentina Federico Browne Argentina Diego Veronelli	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 6–4
Loss	12–11	Jul 2003	Kitzbühel, Austria	International Gold	Clay	Argentina Martín García	Czech Republic František Čermák Czech Republic Leoš Friedl	3–6, 5–7
Win	13–11	Sep 2004	Bucharest, Romania	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Argentina José Acasuso Spain Óscar Hernández	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Win	14–11	Oct 2004	Palermo, Italy	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Martín Rodríguez	7–5, 6–2
Loss	14–12	Oct 2004	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	International Series	Carpet	Argentina Mariano Hood	United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan	6–7^(9–11), 2–6
Loss	14–13	Apr 2005	Valencia, Spain	International Series	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Chile Fernando González Argentina Martín Rodríguez	4–6, 4–6
Win	15–13	May 2005	Sankt Pölten, Austria	International Series	Clay	Australia Paul Hanley	Czech Republic Martin Damm Argentina Mariano Hood	6–3, 6–4
Loss	15–14	Aug 2005	Sopot, Poland	International Series	Clay	Argentina Sebastián Prieto	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Poland Marcin Matkowski	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Loss	15–15	Apr 2006	Estoril, Portugal	International Series	Clay	Czech Republic Leoš Friedl	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Czech Republic Pavel Vízner	3–6, 1–6
Loss	15–16	Jul 2006	Amersfoort, Netherlands	International Series	Clay	Germany Christopher Kas	Spain Alberto Martín Spain Fernando Vicente	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15–17	Jul 2008	Kitzbühel, Austria	International Gold	Clay	Belgium Olivier Rochus	United States James Cerretani Romania Victor Hănescu	3–6, 5–7
Loss	15–18	Feb 2009	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	Argentina Juan Mónaco	Spain Marcel Granollers Spain Tommy Robredo	4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 5 (2–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1996	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Spain Juan-Albert Viloca-Puig	6–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1997	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Vincenzo Santopadre	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 1997	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Brazil Fernando Meligeni	6–4, 1–0 ret.
Loss	2–2	Apr 1998	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Hernán Gumy	6–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 1998	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Franco Squillari	2–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 28 (20–8)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (19–7)
ITF Futures (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (19–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1994	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Patricio Arnold	Italy Filippo Messori Italy Federico Mordegan	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	May 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Ecuador Pablo Campana	Brazil Danilo Marcelino Portugal Nuno Marques	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Mar 1995	Punta Del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Pablo Albano	Argentina Christian Miniussi Uruguay Diego Pérez	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Win	3–1	Jul 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Argentina Pablo Albano	Brazil Otavio Della Brazil Marcelo Saliola	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win	4–1	May 1996	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Pablo Albano	Sweden Rikard Bergh United States Shelby Cannon	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Jun 1996	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Patricio Arnold	United States Brett Hansen-Dent United States T J Middleton	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	Jul 1996	Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Czech Republic David Škoch	Belgium Wim Neefs Belgium Yuri Soberon	7–6, 6–1
Loss	5–3	Apr 1997	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Daniel Orsanic	The Bahamas Mark Knowles Argentina Javier Frana	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	6–3	May 1997	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Daniel Orsanic	Czech Republic David Škoch Netherlands Fernon Wibier	6–0, 6–4
Win	7–3	Aug 1997	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Belgium Tom Vanhoudt	Spain Alberto Martín Spain Albert Portas	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–3	Oct 1997	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Brazil Jaime Oncins	Argentina Diego del Río Argentina Mariano Puerta	6–2, 6–2
Win	9–3	Nov 1997	Palmar, Puerto Rico	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Daniel Orsanic	Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	10–3	Feb 1999	Punta Del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Uruguay Marcelo Filippini	Paraguay Paulo Carvallo Uruguay Gonzalo Rodríguez	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10–4	Mar 1999	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Argentina Daniel Orsanic	Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto	2–6, 6–7
Win	11–4	Nov 2000	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Gastón Etlis	Spain Joan Balcells Spain Germán Puentes	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–4	Nov 2000	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Pablo Albano	Argentina Sergio Roitman Argentina Andrés Schneiter	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	13–4	May 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Sweden Simon Aspelin Australia Todd Perry	6–1, 6–3
Win	14–4	Jul 2003	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Spain Salvador Navarro	2–1 ret.
Win	15–4	Sep 2004	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Spain Óscar Hernández Spain Alberto Martín	6–0, 6–4
Loss	15–5	Sep 2005	Argentina F12, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Argentina Diego Cristin	Argentina Emiliano Massa Argentina Leonardo Mayer	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Loss	15–6	Oct 2005	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti	Austria Daniel Köllerer Austria Oliver Marach	4–6, 3–6
Win	16–6	Nov 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Sebastián Prieto	Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Spain Santiago Ventura	6–0, 6–4
Win	17–6	Jul 2006	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Agustín Calleri	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	18–6	Oct 2007	Argentina F18, Tandil	Futures	Clay	Argentina Lionel Noviski	Argentina Máximo González Argentina Diego Junqueira	6–3, 6–2
Win	19–6	Jul 2009	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Máximo González	Netherlands Thomas Schoorel Netherlands Nick van der Meer	7–5, 6–2
Win	20–6	Aug 2009	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Sebastián Prieto	Sweden Johan Brunström Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	20–7	Oct 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Máximo González	Argentina Brian Dabul Argentina Sergio Roitman	7–6^(7–4), 0–6, [8–10]
Loss	20–8	Nov 2015	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Guido Andreozzi	Argentina Horacio Zeballos Chile Julio Peralta	2–6, 5–7

Performance timelines

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Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	2R	Q3	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–4	0–1	0 / 5	3–5	38%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	Q1	A	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0 / 3	1–3	25%

Doubles

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Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	A	3R	3R	2R	A	0 / 9	10–9	53%
French Open	SF	1R	1R	2R	QF	3R	QF	1R	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	1R	0 / 13	17–13	57%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 9	4–9	31%
US Open	A	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 11	7–11	39%
Win–loss	4–1	1–3	2–2	2–3	7–4	4–4	5–4	2–4	2–3	0–3	0–0	6–4	2–4	1–1	0–2	0 / 42	38–42	48%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	Q1	1R	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Miami Open	2R	QF	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 8	6–8	43%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 7	2–7	22%
Rome Masters	A	1R	A	1R	SF	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	4–6	40%
Hamburg	A	QF	A	QF	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	NMS			0 / 6	4–6	40%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Stuttgart	2R	2R	A	Q2	2R	Not Held										0 / 3	3–3	50%
Madrid Masters	Not Held					1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Win–loss	2–2	5–5	0–0	3–3	6–8	5–8	1–5	0–5	1–5	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 44	24–44	35%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
French Open	2R	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 8	3–8	27%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–2	3–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 20	9–20	31%

References

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^ dariozatra (14 September 2009). "Testimonio Lucas Arnold Ker". YouTube (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ Davis, Robert (22 August 2008). "Lucas Learns to Live Again". Association of Tennis Professionals .

External links

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