Carlos Salamanca

Carlos Salamanca Caicedo (Latin American Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos salaˈmaŋka kajˈseðo]; born 15 January 1983) is a Colombian professional tennis player.

Carlos Salamanca

Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 Bogotá, Colombia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$338,323
Singles
Career record	3–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 137 (16 August 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012)
US Open	Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	6–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 185 (8 September 2014)
Medal record Representing Colombia Men's tennis South American Games 2014 Santiago Men's doubles
Last updated on: 3 September 2021.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	French Open	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Markus Bayer Philipp Petzschner	3–6, 7–5, 6–4

Performance timelines

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.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada Masters	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (16–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–3) ITF Futures (10–6)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (14–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2001	Colombia F2, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	2–0	Sep 2004	Bolivia F1, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Gustavo Marcaccio	3–2 ret.
Win	3–0	May 2005	Colombia F3, Cali	Futures	Clay	Bruno Soares	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–1	May 2006	Colombia F3, Cali	Futures	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Jul 2006	Cuenca, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	4–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–5
Win	5–1	Jan 2007	Colombia F1, Manizales	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Feb 2007	Colombia F2, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Jul 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–3	Nov 2008	El Salvador F2, La Libertad	Futures	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	6–3, 4–5 ret.
Loss	6–4	Feb 2009	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 2–6
Win	7–4	Feb 2009	Colombia F2, Cartagena	Futures	Hard	André Miele	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Loss	7–5	Jun 2009	USA F13, Sacramento	Futures	Clay	Carsten Ball	5–7, 1–6
Win	8–5	Sep 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Riccardo Ghedin	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win	9–5	Oct 2009	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Decoud	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss	9–6	Jul 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Robert Farah	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7),
Win	10–6	Oct 2010	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Júlio Silva	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	10–7	Jul 2011	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Feliciano López	4–6, 3–6
Loss	10–8	Sep 2011	Colombia F5, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Alejandro González	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	11–8	Apr 2012	Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win	12–8	Mar 2013	Colombia F1, Pereira	Futures	Clay	Theodoros Angelinos	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–8	Mar 2013	Colombia F2, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Gianluigi Quinzi	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Win	14–8	May 2013	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	7–5, 6–2
Win	15–8	May 2013	El Salvador F1, Santa Tecla	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	6–3, 6–3
Loss	15–9	Nov 2013	Colombia F7, Bogotá	Futures	Hard	Juan Carlos Spir	3–4 ret.
Win	16–9	May 2015	Colombia F2, Pereira	Futures	Clay	Thiago Lopes	6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 25 (14–11)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–6) ITF Futures (10–5)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (13–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2002	Colombia F2, Santa Fe de Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Fernando Araujo Eduardo Bohrer	3–0 ret.
Loss	1–1	Aug 2002	Spain F11, Irun	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Marc Fornell Mestres F Ventura-Martell	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2002	Spain F14, Madrid	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Falla	A-J Martin-Arroyo Gabriel Trujillo Soler	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jan 2003	El Salvador F2, La Libertad	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Falla	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Bruno Soares	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	1–4	May 2003	Colombia F1A, Cali	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Mirko Pehar Michael Quintero Aguilar	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2003	Colombia F2, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Carlos Berlocq Ronaldo Carvalho	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win	3–4	May 2004	Colombia F1, Cali	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	Diego Hartfield Damián Patriarca	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–4	Sep 2004	Bolivia F1, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	Guillermo Carry Leonardo Tavares	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–4	Jun 2006	Brazil F4, Piracicaba	Futures	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Lucas Engel Marcelo Melo	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	5–5	Jul 2006	Cuenca, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Frank Moser Alexander Satschko	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	5–6	Jan 2007	Colombia F1, Manizales	Futures	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Diego Álvarez Carlos Avellán	6–1, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	6–6	Feb 2007	Colombia F2, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Sebastián Decoud Alejandro Fabbri	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–6	Feb 2008	Colombia F2, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	Diego Álvarez Juan-Pablo Amado	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	8–6	Jul 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Xavier Malisse	Michael Quintero Aguilar Juan Sebastián Cabal	6–1, 6–4
Win	9–6	Nov 2008	El Salvador F2, La Libertad	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero Aguilar	Jiří Krkoška Vasek Pospisil	6–7(6–8), 6–4, [14–12]
Win	10–6	Feb 2009	Colombia F2, Cartagena	Futures	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Eric Gomes André Miele	6–3, 7–5
Loss	10–7	Oct 2010	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro González	Eric Nunez Daniel Garza	5–7, 4–6
Win	11–7	Apr 2011	Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Marcel Felder	Eduardo Struvay Alejandro Falla	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	11–8	Mar 2012	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Ariel Behar	Martín Alund Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 3–6
Win	12–8	Oct 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	João Souza Marcelo Demoliner	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	12–9	Jul 2013	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Alejandro González	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	3–6, 4–6
Loss	12–10	Sep 2013	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	Guido Andreozzi Eduardo Schwank	2–6, 4–6
Loss	12–11	Sep 2013	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	Kevin King Juan Carlos Spir	5–7, 7–6(11–9), [11–13]
Win	13–11	Oct 2013	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	João Souza Marcelo Demoliner	6–4, 6–4
Win	14–11	Nov 2016	Colombia F7, Pereira	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gomez	Davide Pontoglio Giorgio Portaluri	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]

External links

• Carlos Salamanca at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Carlos Salamanca at the International Tennis Federation
• Carlos Salamanca at the Davis Cup