Agustín Calleri (born September 14, 1976) is a
professional male tennis player from Argentina. He
won his first title as a professional player in
Acapulco in 2003 beating his countryman and friend
Mariano Zabaleta. His nickname is Gordo that means
Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he
prefers playing on clay.
In 1999 he picked up first ATP win over Jan Vacek at
Roland Garros. Also advanced to first quarterfinal
at Umag. In 2000 he made the third round in Roland
Garros, before losing to Andrei Medvedev. He beat
Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to
two tie-breakers in US Open's third round. Then in
2001 he won three challenger events beating Juan
Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian.
He finished in Top 50 for his first time in 2002,
and had match points to Nicolás Massú in Buenos
Aires final. Later in October he beat Marat Safin
and Thomas Johansson to make an impressive
quarterfinal in Paris.
In 2003 he won his first ATP title of his career in
Acapulco where he defeated Gastón Gaudio, Marcelo
Rios, Felix Mantilla and then Mariano Zabaleta in
the final and reached his career-high ranking of
World No. 16. In Estoril he reached the final but
lost to Nikolay Davydenko. In Hamburg he made his
greatest result reaching the final before losing to
Guillermo Coria in straight sets. He also posted a
stunning win against former No. 1 Juan Carlos
Ferrero in Davis Cup.
In 2004 he beat Andre Agassi in Miami before losing
to Vince Spadea and reached the decisive match at
Costa Do Sauipe. In 2005 he lost the final in
Amersfoort to Chilean Fernando González.
Calleri won his second career title in the 2006
Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came three years
after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of
only one set along the way he defeated Nicolas
Massu, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before
defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6
(9) 6-2 6-3. Calleri made his first final on
hardcourt in New Haven losing to Russian Nikolay
Davydenko 6-4 6-3 and after this result will move
inside the top 30 in the ATP rankings.
