Hans Podlipnik-Castillo

Hans Podlipnik Castillo (; born 9 January 1988) is a Chilean tennis coach and a former player of Slovenian descent. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 43 achieved in February 2018. He won one ATP Tour doubles title. He also reached a best singles ranking in August 2015, at No. 157.

Career In singles he finished the 2014 season as the Chilean top singles player, ranked No. 196, and again in 2015 as No. 167. He won 23 Futures in singles and reached the final of the 2015 Poprad-Tatry Challenger. After 2013, Podlipnik focused his career on doubles winning 20 Challengers and 29 Futures.

In November 2019, after his participation with the Chile Davis Cup Team at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, he announced his retirement. After his retirement, he became a successful tennis coach in Seattle, Washington.

Some of his notable students include

Anh Lao Chilean Davis Cup team

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Winner – LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 36 (23–13) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF Futures Tour (23–12)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (23–12)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 74 (49–25) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (20–12)ITF Futures Tour (29–13)Titles by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (43–22)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

Personal life Born to an Austrian father and a Chilean mother, his father, Johann, is a former football goalkeeper who played for clubs such as SK Vorwärts Steyr and SAK 1914. As an anecdote, he retired from football due to the fact that he suffered serious facial fractures after an accidental blow by Alfred Schweinsteiger, former player of FC Kufstein and the father of Bastian.

He has a twin sister, Soledad, and speaks English, German and Italian.

He has served as an Greenpeace Ambassador.