Álex López Morón (born 28 November 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 100 (achieved on 9 October 1995).

Álex López Morón
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1970-11-28) 28 November 1970 (age 53)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$833,225
Singles
Career record18–36
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 100 (9 October 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1995)
US Open1R (1995)
Doubles
Career record57–101
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 63 (24 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon2R (2004)
US Open2R (2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2005)
Last updated on: 12 July 2021.

Career edit

He turned pro in 1990.

ATP career finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 titles) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2000 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay   Albert Portas   Ivan Ljubičić
  Lovro Zovko
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Win 2–0 Jul 2003 Umag, Croatia International Series Clay   Rafael Nadal   Todd Perry
  Thomas Shimada
6–1, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 4 (2–2) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1997 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Álex Calatrava 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1997 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Clay   Orlin Stanoytchev 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 1999 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Emanuel Couto 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Jul 1999 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay   Olivier Malcor 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 33 (16–17) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (16–17)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (15–17)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1994 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Massimo Valeri   Joshua Eagle
  Kirk Haygarth
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1997 Alpirsbach, Germany Challenger Clay   Fabio Maggi   Mathias Huning
  Grant Silcock
7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Sep 1997 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay   Juan Ignacio Carrasco   Álex Calatrava
  Bernardo Mota
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–2 Jun 1998 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Martín Rodríguez
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Jun 1998 Split, Croatia Challenger Clay   Alberto Martín   Geoff Grant
  Attila Sávolt
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 1998 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay   Jairo Velasco   Diego del Río
  Martín Rodríguez
6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 1998 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Massimo Ardinghi   Orlin Stanoytchev
  Radomír Vašek
6–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 3–5 Oct 1998 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Alberto Martín
  Salvador Navarro
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–5 Aug 1999 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez   Paul Hanley
  Nathan Healey
7–5, 6–3
Loss 4–6 Oct 1999 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Jairo Velasco
  Juan Ignacio Carrasco
7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 4–7 Nov 1999 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Germán Puentes Alcañiz   Antonio Prieto
  Cristiano Testa
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–7 May 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez   Paul Rosner
  Jason Weir-Smith
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–8 Jun 2000 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Jens Knippschild
  Jeff Tarango
2–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Oct 2000 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Petr Kovačka
  Pavel Kudrnáč
6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–9 Sep 2001 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Juan Ignacio Carrasco   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 7–9 Oct 2001 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay   Juan Ignacio Carrasco   Marc López
  Fernando Vicente
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 8–9 Oct 2001 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Juan Ignacio Carrasco   František Čermák
  David Škoch
6–4, 6–1
Win 9–9 Apr 2002 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Devin Bowen
  Ashley Fisher
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 9–10 Oct 2002 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Mariano Hood
  Luis Horna
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 9–11 Oct 2002 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Karsten Braasch
  Tomas Behrend
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 10–11 Mar 2003 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Albert Portas
5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 10–12 May 2003 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Stephen Huss
  Myles Wakefield
4–6, 3–6
Loss 10–13 Jun 2003 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Joan Balcells
  Juan Albert Viloca
4–6, 4–6
Win 11–13 Aug 2003 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Philipp Petzschner
6–4, 5–7, 7–6(9–7)
Win 12–13 Jul 2004 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Marc-Kevin Goellner   Brian Dabul
  Ignacio Gonzalez-King
6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 12–14 Aug 2004 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Adrián García   Massimo Bertolini
  Tom Vanhoudt
2–6, 4–6
Win 13–14 Aug 2004 Trani, Italy Challenger Clay   Massimo Bertolini   Martin Štěpánek
  Jan Vacek
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 14–14 Sep 2004 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez   Massimo Bertolini
  Tom Vanhoudt
6–3, 6–4
Loss 14–15 Oct 2004 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Óscar Hernández   Alexander Waske
  Tomas Behrend
6–7(0–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 14–16 Jun 2005 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Óscar Hernández
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
5–7, 4–6
Win 15–16 Jun 2005 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Enzo Artoni   Massimo Bertolini
  Tom Vanhoudt
5–7, 6–4, 7–6(14–12)
Win 16–16 Aug 2005 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard   Marcel Granollers   Daniele Bracciali
  Uros Vico
6–4, 6–2
Loss 16–17 Sep 2006 Tarragona, Spain Challenger Clay   Santiago Ventura   Hugo Armando
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Performance timelines edit

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 edit

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q3 Q1 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q3 1R A Q3 Q1 2R Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 1R A Q1 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 1R A A A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo Q1 Q3 3R A A A A 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome Masters A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 2–2 50%

Doubles edit

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 0–7 0%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 6 1–6 14%
US Open A 1R A 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–3 1–4 1–3 1–3 1–4 1–4 0–2 0 / 23 5–23 18%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg QF A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 2–3 40%

Wins over top 10 players edit

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
1995
1.   Magnus Larsson 10 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Personal life edit

His brother Víctor also played tennis professionally.

External links edit