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Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth	August 30, 1979 (age 30)
Place of birth	Ciudad Evita, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$4,703,528
Singles
Career record	262–213
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 15 (August 9, 2004)
Current ranking	No. 76 (November 23, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2006)
French Open	QF (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004, 2007)
US Open	QF (2007)
Doubles
Career record	66–81
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 34 (May 17, 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	3R (2004, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
US Open	2R (2006)
	Last updated on: May 25, 2009.

Juan Ignacio Chela (born August 30, 1979) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His strongest surface is slow hardcourt, but like most Argentine players he is comfortable on clay. He was born at Ciudad Evita, Provincia de Buenos Aires.

[edit] Career

Chela was suspended by the ATP in 2001 for 3 months and fined US$8,000 for the use of Methyltestosterone during the Cincinnati Masters.

On August 9, 2004, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 15.

Chela was involved in a controversy during a third round loss to Lleyton Hewitt in the Australian Open in 2005, when he attempted to spit at Hewitt.^[1]

As part of the Argentine team for the Davis Cup, he holds a record of 6 victories and 4 losses, the most important of his victories on April 2006, giving Argentina the third point to beat defending champion Croatia in quarterfinals.

In May 2007, he appeared in the quarterfinals of his 6th different Masters event at Rome, also his personal best showing at Rome, with wins over Marc Gicquel, Igor Andreev, and World No. 3 Andy Roddick, the latter one being Chela's best ever victory since defeating #3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in round 2 of Mallorca in in May 2000.

His trainer and fitness coach (and also a close friend) is Fernando Aguirre.

[edit] Titles (6)

[edit] Singles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Feb .21 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Mariano Puerta	6–4 7–6(4)
2.	Jul. 15 2002	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Albert Costa	6–1 7–6(4)
3.	Apr. 12 2004	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Marat Safin	6–7(2) 6–3 6–3
4.	Feb. 26, 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–3 7–6(2)

[edit] Singles Finalist (5)

2001: São Paulo (lost to Agustín Calleri)
2002: Sydney (lost to Roger Federer)
2002: Long Island (lost to Paradorn Srichaphan)
2006: Acapulco (lost to Luis Horna)
2006: Kitzbühel (lost to Agustín Calleri)

[edit] Doubles (2)

2004 ATP tour Estoril
2004 ATP tour Viña del Mar

[edit] Doubles finalist (2)

2004 ATP tour Acapulco
2005 ATP tour Estoril

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the Paris Masters in Bercy, which ended on November 2, 2008.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career win-loss
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	4R	3R	1R	A	12-8
French Open	2R	A	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	10–9
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	3–6
U.S. Open	1R	A	4R	3R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	2R	10–8
Grand Slam Win-Loss¹	1-3	2-1	4-4	6-4	6-4	3-3	3-4	8-4	1-2	1-2	35-31
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	3R	2R	QF	3R	2R	QF	3R	1R	11-9
Miami Masters	A	1R	QF	3R	3R	3R	4R	QF	2R	1R	12-9
Monte Carlo Masters	3R	A	3R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	12-9
Rome Masters	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	6–9
Madrid Masters	A	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	5–7
Canada Masters	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	3–7
Cincinnati Masters	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	9–7
Paris Masters	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	A	A	1–5
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R	2R	NM1	7–7
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Total Titles	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0		4
Year End Ranking	63	70	23	38	26	39	33	20	140		N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.

[edit] See also

List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] References

^ "The Ten Most Hated Athletes". GQ Features. menstyle.gq.com. http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_4103. Retrieved 2009-07-01.

[edit] External links

Juan Ignacio Chela at the Association of Tennis Professionals

[GQ-0] "The Ten Most Hated Athletes". GQ Features. menstyle.gq.com. http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_4103. Retrieved 2009-07-01.

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