The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Uruguay
This page contains a list of the greatest Uruguayan Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 2 of which were born in Uruguay. This makes Uruguay the birth place of the 64th most number of Tennis Players behind Dominican Republic, and The Bahamas.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Uruguayan Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Uruguayan Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Diego Pérez (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 37.61, Diego Pérez is the most famous Uruguayan Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Diego Pérez (Latin American Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo ˈpeɾes]; born 9 February 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1995. He has the most singles wins for the Uruguay Davis Cup team (31, shared with Marcelo Filippini).
2. Marcelo Filippini (b. 1967)
With an HPI of 37.35, Marcelo Filippini is the 2nd most famous Uruguayan Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Marcelo Filippini (born 4 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay. In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game of a 6–2, 6–3 first round loss. The game lasted 28 minutes (24-22 in total points for Berasategui). Filippini's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1999, where he reached (as a qualifier without dropping a set) the quarterfinals, defeating Laurence Tieleman, Martin Damm, Vince Spadea and Greg Rusedski before being knocked-out by eventual champion Andre Agassi. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1993 Rome Masters.
3. Andy Ram (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 37.28, Andy Ram is the 3rd most famous Uruguayan Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Andreas "Andy" Ram (Hebrew: אנדי רם; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics. He is the first Israeli tennis player to win a senior Grand Slam event. Ram first won the mixed doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, together with Vera Zvonareva. He then won the mixed doubles title at the 2007 French Open with Nathalie Dechy, and the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open with Jonathan Erlich. Ram attained his highest doubles ranking of World No. 5 in July 2008. He reached 36 doubles finals and won 20 of them through 2013, mostly with partner Jonathan Erlich; together, they are known in Israel as "AndiYoni". His Davis Cup doubles record, as of 2018, was 20–7. In May 2014 he announced his retirement, to take effect after Israel's Davis Cup tie in September. In April 2015, Ram, CEO of Pulse Play, announced his new startup – wearable technology and an app for amateur tennis players around the world.
4. Ariel Behar (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 26.39, Ariel Behar is the 4th most famous Uruguayan Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Ariel Behar (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾjel βeˈaɾ]; born November 12, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 34 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Uruguayan tennis players born between 1962 and 1989. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Uruguayan tennis players include Diego Pérez, Marcelo Filippini, and Andy Ram. As of April 2024, 2 new Uruguayan tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Diego Pérez, and Ariel Behar.
Living Uruguayan Tennis Players
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Diego Pérez
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Marcelo Filippini
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Andy Ram
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.28
Ariel Behar
1989 - Present
HPI: 26.39
