Eduardo Schwank (born April 23, 1986, in Rosario,
Argentina) is a professional tennis player on the
ATP Tour.
In 2006, he won four consecutive futures events: the
former two in Argentina, the latter two in Bolivia.
In 2007 he won a challenger title in Medellín,
defeating Chris Guccione in the final, as well as
three consecutive futures events. He also won the
bronze medal in singles and the gold medal in men's
doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de
Janeiro. At the 2007 United States Open qualifying
singles, he defeated Mischa Zverev and Richard
Bloomfield before falling to Alexander Waske.
In April 2008, Schwank won two consecutive
challenger events, the first in Cremona, Italy and
the second in Rome, Italy. On May 12, 2008, a hotel
in which Schwank was staying while competing in a
challenger event in Bordeaux, France caught fire.
Schwank's room was engulfed by the blaze, which
destroyed his laptop, passport, as well as the prize
money he had earned from the Rome challenger
tournament. Schwank was not in his room at the time.
He ended up winning the tournament, making that his
third consecutive challenger title for the year. At
the 2008 Roland Garros tournament (commonly known as
the French Open) Schwank was the number 1 seed in
the qualifying rounds. He defeated Bjorn Rehnquist,
Uladzimir Ignatik and Ilia Bozoljac in the first,
second and third qualifying rounds respectively to
qualify for the main draw of the tournament. He is
currently ranked 74 in the world in singles.
