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Alejandro Cortes

COL Age 71 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1979–1983

Alejandro Cortes represented Colombia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 126. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 18–34 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

126 (Jan 4, 1982)

Elo peak

1544 (16th percentile)

Singles record

18–34 (34.6%)

Singles titles

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 →

Alejandro Cortes's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Gianluca Rinaldini	7-6 6-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 9, 1983*	R32	Venice	ATP 250	Clay
Vitas Gerulaitis #5	7-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1982*	R32	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Hugo Nunez	6-7 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1982*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Juan Aguilera	6-3 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 5, 1982*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay
Georges Goven	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 1982*	R64	North Conway	ATP 250	Clay

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Alejandro Cortes's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Victor Pecci	0	3	3	Jan 31, 1981	H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis	0	2	2	Aug 12, 1982	H2H
Carlos Castellan	2	0	2	Jul 16, 1982	H2H
Gianluca Rinaldini	0	1	1	Jun 9, 1983	H2H
Hugo Nunez	1	0	1	Aug 11, 1982	H2H

Career Results

Alejandro Cortes career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1979	23	5	6	11	45.5%	189	189
1980	24	5	10	15	33.3%	175	175
1981	25	4	9	13	30.8%	—	—
1982	26	4	8	12	33.3%	126	126
1983	27	0	1	1	0.0%	193	193
Career		18	34	52	34.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Alejandro Cortes career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1979	23	1	1	2	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%
1980	24	1	1	2	50.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
1981	25	1	4	5	20.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	9	13	30.8%
1982	26	1	1	2	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1983	27	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	4	7	11	36.4%	14	24	38	36.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	18	34	52	34.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Alejandro Cortes 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 %
1979	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	0	0	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
1980	24	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1981	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1982	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	0	0	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 17/52 (32.7%) of Alejandro Cortes's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Alejandro Cortes 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
1979	23	1509	107.7	—	—	—	—	—	+37	—	52.2%	+0.22	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	97.8	+1.67
1980	24	1511	117.0	—	—	—	—	+21	+39	—	38.5%	-0.49	3–4 (43%)	3–6 (33%)	98.6	+0.84
1981	25	1505	116.9	—	—	—	—	+25	+33	—	31.3%	-1.41	2–3 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	100.7	+0.91
1982	26	1474	103.2	—	—	—	—	—	+25	—	37.5%	-1.44	2–4 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	100.6	+1.45
1983	27	1459	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	1–1	—	+0.23
Career		1544	114.4	—	—	—	—	+24	+34	—	38.8%	-0.85	8–14 (36%)	11–12 (48%)	97.6	+9.81

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Alejandro Cortes Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	23	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	24	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	25	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1982	26	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–5 (17%)

ATP 500

Alejandro Cortes ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	CAN	W-L Win %
1981	25	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	26	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 250

Alejandro Cortes ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	GEN	HAM	AUS	MAD	NAP	STG	TKY	BOG	CLE	LA	MEX	NOR	PAL	QUI	REP	SAN	TEL	VEN	VIN	W-L Win %
1979	23	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1980	24	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	5–9 (36%)
1981	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	3–7 (30%)
1982	26	QF	—	—	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1983	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	16–27 (37%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

126

Career-high date

Jan 4, 1982

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Alejandro Cortes ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	404
1979	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	189
1980	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	175
1982	26	126	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	27	193	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	28	563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Alejandro Cortes's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Dunk	USA	#129	1,581	50	18	32	36.0%	$164,030	1977–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Ivan Dupasquier	SUI	#122	1,581	43	15	28	34.9%	—	1978–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Pender Murphy	USA	#124	1,556	24	8	16	33.3%	—	1982–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Dave Siegler	USA	#137	1,546	40	15	25	37.5%	$96	1979–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Scott Lipton	USA	#132	1,550	19	6	13	31.6%	$3,040	1982–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Scott Mccain	USA	#122	1,571	69	22	47	31.9%	$99,991	1980–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Patrice Kuchna	FRA	#125	1,578	21	7	14	33.3%	$32,999	1980–1988	Rivalries	Match log
David Mustard	NZL	#121	1,519	49	13	36	26.5%	$74,934	1978–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Gustavo Tiberti	ARG	#130	1,581	41	13	28	31.7%	$51,046	1980–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Freddie Sauer	RSA	#134	1,639	55	24	31	43.6%	$80,690	1979–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Turpin	USA	#138	1,532	21	8	13	38.1%	$7,326	1979–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Ramiro Benavides	BOL	#124	1,562	151	44	107	29.1%	$2,159	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Alejandro Cortes?: Alejandro Cortes is 71 years old, born on July 14, 1955.
Which country does Alejandro Cortes represent?: Alejandro Cortes represents Colombia in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Alejandro Cortes left-handed or right-handed?: Alejandro Cortes plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Alejandro Cortes won?: Alejandro Cortes has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Alejandro Cortes won?: TennisDB does not group any of Alejandro Cortes's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Alejandro Cortes' highest ATP ranking?: Alejandro Cortes' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 126, first achieved on January 4, 1982.
What is Alejandro Cortes' career win-loss record?: Alejandro Cortes has a career ATP singles record of 18 wins and 34 losses (34.6%).
Which seasons of Alejandro Cortes's career appear in TennisDB?: Alejandro Cortes appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1979 through 1983.
On which surface does Alejandro Cortes have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Alejandro Cortes's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 36.8% (14–24).
Who has Alejandro Cortes faced most often?: Alejandro Cortes' most frequent opponent is Victor Pecci, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.