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Emilio Benfele Alvarez

ESP Age 53 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1993–2001

Emilio Benfele Alvarez represented Spain on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 81. In TennisDB's records, Emilio Benfele Alvarez finished with a career record of 45–67 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

81 (May 5, 1997)

Elo peak

1670 (49th percentile)

Career record

45–67 (40.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$902,099

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Emilio Benfele Alvarez's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Bjorn Rehnquist #237	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 2002	Q1 Q	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Jarkko Nieminen #144	2-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 2001*	Q2 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Lorenzo Manta #263	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2001	Q1 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Irakli Labadze #133	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 2001*	R32	Sopot	ATP 250	Clay
Carlos Moya #20	4-6 7-5 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2001*	R16	Croatia Open Umag	ATP 250	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Emilio Benfele Alvarez's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Francisco Clavet	3	3	6	Jul 29, 2000	H2H
Sergi Bruguera	0	3	3	Sep 28, 2000	H2H
Nicolas Lapentti	1	2	3	Jul 29, 2000	H2H
Christian Ruud	0	3	3	Oct 2, 1997	H2H
Galo Blanco	2	1	3	Sep 12, 1997	H2H

Career Results

Emilio Benfele Alvarez career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	20	ATP	1	4	5	20.0%	218	198
1994	21	ATP	4	4	8	50.0%	198	150
1995	22	ATP	3	6	9	33.3%	150	176
1996	23	ATP	8	8	16	50.0%	176	119
1997	24	ATP	15	19	34	44.1%	118	103
1998	25	ATP	7	12	19	36.8%	103	190
1999	26	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	191	141
2000	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2000	27	ATP	6	7	13	46.2%	141	125
2001	28	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
2001	28	ATP	1	6	7	14.3%	125	273
2002	29	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	45	67	112	40.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Emilio Benfele Alvarez career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	20	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1994	21	ATP	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1995	22	ATP	—	—	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1996	23	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8	16	50.0%
1997	24	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	14	14	28	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	15	19	34	44.1%
1998	25	ATP	0	5	5	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	7	12	19	36.8%
1999	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	27	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	27	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
2001	28	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
2001	28	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
2002	29	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	0	11	11	0.0%	43	49	92	46.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	45	67	112	40.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Emilio Benfele Alvarez career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1994	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1995	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1996	23	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	1	4	75.0%	8	8	16	50.0%
1997	24	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	6	14	20	30.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	15	19	34	44.1%
1998	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	7	12	19	36.8%
1999	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	27	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
2001	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
Career		1	7	8	12.5%	5	6	11	45.5%	18	37	55	32.7%	19	17	36	52.8%	43	67	110	39.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 110/112 (98.2%) of Emilio Benfele Alvarez's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Emilio Benfele Alvarez advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1993	20	1482	106.5	—	—	—	—	—	+51	—	18.2%	-2.45	1–0	1–0	—	+0.01
1994	21	1518	117.9	—	—	—	—	—	+50	—	55.6%	-0.11	0–2	3–0 (100%)	—	+0.19
1995	22	1529	118.8	—	—	—	—	—	+51	—	33.3%	-1.05	—	3–0 (100%)	—	-0.11
1996	23	1596	134.8	—	—	—	—	—	+69	—	52.6%	0.00	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	99.6	-0.22
1997	24	1587	127.5	—	—	—	—	-115	+98	+25	43.9%	-0.22	6–6 (50%)	4–8 (33%)	99.3	+1.21
1998	25	1596	123.8	—	—	—	—	-137	+92	—	40.0%	-0.54	3–4 (43%)	1–5 (17%)	95.5	+0.04
1999	26	1575	97.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.20
2000	27	1571	114.0	—	—	—	—	—	+95	—	48.1%	0.00	2–3 (40%)	2–3 (40%)	97.9	+0.69
2001	28	1495	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	+88	—	25.0%	-1.38	0–2	0–1	—	+0.52
2002	29	1479	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1671	128.0	—	—	—	—	-130	+81	+25	42.3%	-0.46	14–21 (40%)	16–19 (46%)	96.9	+2.26

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Emilio Benfele Alvarez Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1995	22	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	24	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1998	25	R128	R64	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2000	27	—	Q1	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	28	—	Q2	—	Q2	2–2 (50%)
2002	29	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	5–11 (31%)

Masters 1000

Emilio Benfele Alvarez Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	HAM	MC	MIA	ITA	STO	W-L Win %
1993	20	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
1997	24	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	3–2 (60%)
1998	25	—	R32	—	R128	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2000	27	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	6–9 (40%)

ATP 500

Emilio Benfele Alvarez ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	AUS	MEM	PHI	W-L Win %
1998	25	R32	—	R64	R32	1–3 (25%)
2000	27	—	F	—	—	5–1 (83%)
2001	28	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)

ATP 250

Emilio Benfele Alvarez ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BUC	CHN	DUB	EST	GST	AUS	MUN	SPB	STG	UMA	BOG	BOL	BOU	CAS	COP	DUT	GEN	MAR	MEX	NIC	PAL	PRA	LIB	SAN	SOP	GEN	TOU	VAL	W-L Win %
1993	20	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1994	21	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1995	22	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
1996	23	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	6–6 (50%)
1997	24	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	R32	—	QF	R32	—	QF	R32	R16	—	R16	QF	—	R32	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	11–14 (44%)
1998	25	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1999	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	27	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
2001	28	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–6 (54%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	30–46 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 5, 1997

First Top 100

Apr 21, 1997

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Emilio Benfele Alvarez ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1989	16	1054	1054	1064	1067	1075	1020	1057	521	512	474	475	468
1990	17	478	473	482	447	441	395	384	486	483	549	554	556
1991	18	557	535	551	612	342	400	404	399	411	397	407	411
1992	19	409	418	426	408	888	468	246	222	209	215	211	218
1993	20	216	218	224	180	183	186	198	195	197	202	199	198
1994	21	196	200	166	191	188	185	205	170	164	159	158	150
1995	22	150	147	161	165	166	157	168	189	174	172	172	176
1996	23	173	168	174	185	152	154	112	123	133	128	119	119
1997	24	113	111	107	89	85	83	101	98	97	95	99	103
1998	25	104	101	99	118	144	142	149	159	148	161	191	190
1999	26	188	205	223	242	264	350	202	172	152	156	140	141
2000	27	142	133	132	127	131	125	102	100	116	125	123	125
2001	28	127	132	139	141	137	129	232	244	270	276	274	273
2002	29	270	273	276	287	286	334	431	440	503	478	483	480
2003	30	481	510	512	514	564	724	842	507	431	412	409	415
2004	31	416	415	426	418	389	387	332	433	506	577	581	594
2005	32	594	605	603	607	683	682	1081	1482	1497	—	—	1497
2006	33	1489	1492	1504	1519	1529	1529	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Emilio Benfele Alvarez's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Laurence Tieleman	ITA	76	1,653	0	103	41	62	39.8%	1993–2000	Match log
Steve Campbell	USA	78	1,725	0	86	32	54	37.2%	1994–1999	Match log
Sebastien Lareau	CAN	76	1,720	0	205	83	122	40.5%	1989–2001	Match log
Lucas Arnold Ker	ARG	77	1,637	0	49	19	30	38.8%	1996–2000	Match log
Jens Knippschild	GER	76	1,701	0	116	47	69	40.5%	1994–2002	Match log
Michael Tebbutt	AUS	87	1,736	0	148	64	84	43.2%	1993–2001	Match log
Lars Rehmann	GER	87	1,636	0	37	16	21	43.2%	1994–1998	Match log
Neville Godwin	RSA	90	1,669	1	85	34	51	40.0%	1992–2002	Match log
Dennis van Scheppingen	NED	72	1,640	0	115	42	73	36.5%	1992–2007	Match log
Wayne Black	ZIM	69	1,721	0	136	53	83	39.0%	1993–2003	Match log
Leander Paes	IND	73	1,737	1	130	53	77	40.8%	1991–2005	Match log
Mauricio Hadad	COL	78	1,734	1	92	43	49	46.7%	1993–2001	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Emilio Benfele Alvarez?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez is 53 years old, born on November 15, 1972.
Which country does Emilio Benfele Alvarez represent?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez represents Spain in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Emilio Benfele Alvarez?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Emilio Benfele Alvarez left-handed or right-handed?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Emilio Benfele Alvarez won?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Emilio Benfele Alvarez won?: TennisDB does not group any of Emilio Benfele Alvarez's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Emilio Benfele Alvarez's highest ATP ranking?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 81, first achieved on May 5, 1997.
What is Emilio Benfele Alvarez's career win-loss record?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez has a career ATP singles record of 45 wins and 67 losses (40.2%).
How much career prize money has Emilio Benfele Alvarez earned?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez has earned at least $902,099 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Emilio Benfele Alvarez's career appear in TennisDB?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1993 through 2001.
On which surface does Emilio Benfele Alvarez have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Emilio Benfele Alvarez's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 46.7% (43–49).
Who has Emilio Benfele Alvarez faced most often?: Emilio Benfele Alvarez's most frequent opponent is Francisco Clavet, with a head-to-head record of 3–3 across 6 meetings.