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Martín Vilarrubí

b. 1984

Uruguayan tennis player

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Born 1984. Martín Vilarrubí is an Uruguayan tennis player.

Martín Vilarrubí (born 2 September 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay.

Biography Born in Montevideo, Vilarrubí showed promise as a junior, winning several international tournaments. He made the round of 16 of the boys' singles at both the French Open and US Open in 2002, reaching his best junior ranking of seven in the world that year. In Juniors had victories over ex top tens such as Gasquet, Tsonga, Monaco, Soderling.

Vilarrubí was 17 when he began playing Davis Cup tennis for Uruguay. His deciding rubber win over Pablo González handed Uruguay a tie against Colombia in 2003. In addition to the Davis Cup he also represented Uruguay in the Pan American Games and the South American Games. He won both of Uruguay's gold medals at the 2002 South American Games in Brazil, the singles and doubles events, partnering Marcel Felder in the latter. His last Davis Cup match was played in 2007 and finished with a 10/8 overall record, from 11 ties. In 2003 went to two simultaneous surgeries while living in Barcelona and training under the arms of Francis Roig and Jordi Vilaro that put him away long time from the courts. Considered among attractive players while in the tour and sometimes confused with Spanish tennis star Feliciano Lopez because of their kinship.

He played mostly as a doubles player on the professional tour, with 3 Challenger titles, as well as 17 titles on the lower level Futures circuit. Early in 2008, his final year in tennis, he reached his career best doubles ranking of 163 in the world.

Soon after retiring from tennis he founded a chemical company called Pactirol SA. which is among the biggest companies in Uruguay.

Challenger titles Doubles: (3)

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Uruguayan tennis player

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Martín Vilarrubí was born on 2 September 1984 in Montevideo.

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· Wikipedia: Martín Vilarrubí

· Wikidata: Q39872472

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