Player Profile
Birthdate: March, 5 1972Birthplace: Buenos Aires,ArgentinaResidence: Buenos Aires,ArgentinaHeight: 1.88 m - Weight: 80 kgPRO tennis player from 1991 to 2001 - Right HandedHighest singles ATP entry system position: 39 (August, 19 1996)Highest doubles ATP entry system position: 232 (June, 6 1994) Career prize money: 1.226.776 us dollars Sponsor T-Shirts / Shoes: - TOPPER (first to January 1999) SERGIO TACCHINI (1999) LOTTO (from 2000)Racquets : HEAD RADICAL TOUR 630 (first to 1999) BABOLAT PURE DRIVE (dal 1999) Year - end Entry System position history 1989: T623 ---- 1992: 259 ---- 1995: 65 ---- 1998: 109 1990: T642 ---- 1993: 200 ---- 1996: 42 ---- 1999: 68 1991: 337 ---- 1994: 132 ---- 1997: 85 ---- 2000: 119 2001 REVIEW 2001 was the last year for Hernan Gumy in the ATP TOUR. In this season the argentinean has played only one ATP tournament, at Buenos Aires, defeating Nicolas Massu before losing to Guillermo Canas...lost at opening round in Espinho, Barletta and Zagreb challengers and in Roland Garros qualifying draw...in Biella played his last official tournament, beating Janco Tipsarevic before losing for an injury against Solon Peppas. At August Gumy played German Bundesliga for the Mannheim team: his last match was against Martin Stringari (Gumy won 64 16 76). In October the argentinean announced his retire from tennis PRO. FROM APRIL, 8, 2002, HE' S GUILLERMO CANAS' COACH CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 1992 - reached SF at Belo Horizonte Challenger...1993 - QF at Cotia and Sao Luis challenger...won Argentinean #2 circuit (w/46 points)...1994 - Reached first QF at Umag ATP event...won Budapest and Bochum challengers...1995 - Reached first ATP SF in Oporto, defeating Corretja in first round before losing to C. Costa...Advanced to consecutive SF in Palermo, Valencia and Santiago...earned first Grand Slam victory over Stark in US OPEN before extending Stich to five set in second round...in doubles, reached Mar Del Plata Challenger final (w/Burillo)...1996 - Finished as No. 1 Argentinean for the first time...reached his first ATP final in Oporto (lost to Mantilla) and closed season by winning his first ATP title in Santiago (+ Rios)...was 22-14on his favorite clay surface...won Budapest challenger (+Alami)...1997 - Finished at no.1 Argentinean for second straight year and reached QF in Kitzbuhel and Boston...1998 - underwent hernia/abdominal/abductor surgery on December, 26, 1997 and didn't play first three months...reached career best third round at Roland Garros, losing 9-7 in fifth set to Corretja in 5:31, the longest match in tournament history...1999 - finished in Top-100 for fourth time in five yearswith five ATP QF...in challengers, compile a 26-11 record, winning Bermuda (+ Canas) and Sao Paulo (+ Guardiola)...Also a finalist in Salinas (- Chela)...2000 - reached final in Biella challenger...beat former number 1 Carlos Moya at Roland Garros and advanced in second round at US OPEN, before losing in five set to Ferrero...play in all Grand Slam event...reached QF at Guadalajara challenger PERSONAL Full name is Hernan Pablo Gumy...started playing tennis at age 12...finished Temperley Commercial School in 1990...parents are Ruben, a salesman, and Liliana, a housewife...was no. 4 in final 1990 junior world ranking and no. 1 in Argentina in 16s and 18s...likes reading,playing soccer and squash and collecting watches and hats...favourite soccer team in Boca Juniors...in 1995, won Pan Am Games gold medal in singles (+ Frana)...speaks five languages: spanish, english, portuguese, italian and french...has a 7-7 career Davis Cup singles record in seven ties...member of ATP player council in 1997-98...most important coach of his career was the countryman Alejandro Gattiker...nicknamed "Titan" |
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