Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez

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Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez
Pacheco Méndez at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19)
Mérida, Yucatán
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2022
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAlain Lemaitre
Prize money$97,570
Singles
Career record1–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 585 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 585 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorQF (2022)
French Open JuniorQF (2022)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2023)
US Open JuniorQF (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1062 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1290 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2022)
French Open JuniorW (2023)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2023)
US Open JuniorSF (2023)
Last updated on: 6 May 2024.

Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez (born 25 April 2005) is a Mexican professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 585 achieved on 6 May 2024 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 1062 on 8 August 2022.[1] He is currently the No. 2 Mexican player.[2] He was the year-end ITF junior world No. 1 in 2023.[3]

Career[edit]

2022: Turned Pro, ATP debut[edit]

Pacheco reached the quarterfinals of the Junior Australian Open and the Junior French Open in 2022.[4]

Pacheco Méndez made his ATP debut at the 2022 Los Cabos Open in the main singles draw.[5]

2023: Junior World No. 1[edit]

He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.[6] He also received a wildcard for the inaugural 2023 edition of the Challenger in Mexico City.

He reached a career high junior ranking of No. 1 achieved on 29 May 2023.[4][3]

2024: Top 500[edit]

For a third consecutive year, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 Los Cabos Open where he lost in the first round to the No. 72 ranked Australian Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets with two tiebreaks.[7] He again received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost to the No. 55 ranked Serbian Dusan Lajovic.[8]

On 22 April 2024, he reached the top 600 at world No. 589, following a quarterfinal showing at the 2024 GNP Seguros Tennis Open Challenger in Acapulco with wins over second seed Michael Mmoh and Nicolás Mejía.[1]

In May, ranked No. 585, he won the biggest title of his career defeating Bernard Tomic in the final of the M25 Xalapa in Mexico. He reached the top 500 on 20 May 2024, climbing more then 120 positions up in the rankings, following another final showing as a wildcard, at the M15 Villahermosa also in Mexico.[9]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ITF WTT (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2023 M15 Belém, Brazil WTT Hard Brazil Gilbert Klier Jr. 6–1, 6–0
Win 2–0 May 2024 M25 Xalapa, Mexico WTT Hard Australia Bernard Tomic 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–1 May 2024 M15 Villahermosa, Mexico WTT Hard Mexico Ernesto Escobedo 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2024 M15 Villahermosa, Mexico WTT Hard Mexico Alex Hernández United States Noah Schachter
Antigua and Barbuda Herbert Jody Maginley
4–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 French Open Clay Yaroslav Demin Italy Lorenzo Sciahbasi
Italy Gabriele Vulpitta
6–2, 6–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "RP ATP rankings".
  2. ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ a b "GET TO KNOW RODRIGO PACHECO". 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b ""I want to be like Nadal" says aspiring Mexican pro Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez". 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Scouting Report: Rublev & Kyrgios Headline Washington, Medvedev Returns In Los Cabos". ATP Tour. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Rodrigo Pacheco se prepara para Abierto Mexicano Telcel". revistafortuna.com.mx (in Spanish). 15 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Los Cabos Open: Vukic sets up Tsitsipas clash in second round". 21 February 2024.
  8. ^ "MEXICO'S RODRIGO PACHECO LEAVES THE AMT; RUUD AND TIAFOE ADVANCE". 27 February 2024.
  9. ^ "2023 JUNIOR STARS PACHECO MENDEZ AND SEARLE MAKE PRO BREAKTHROUGHS". 7 May 2024.

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