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{{short description|Colombian tennis player}}
{{family name hatnote|Falla|Ramírez|lang=Spanish}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|image= Falla WMQ16 (5) (28133804431).jpg
|name = Alejandro Falla
|country = {{COL}}
|residence = [[Bogotá]], Colombia
|fullname = Alejandro Falla Ramírez
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|11|14}}
|birth_place = [[Popayán]], Colombia
|height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|turnedpro = 2000
|retired = 2018
|plays = Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = [[US$|$]]3,101,331
|singlesrecord = 114–169<small> (at [[ATP Tour]] level, [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level, and in [[Davis Cup]])</small>
|singlestitles = 0
|highestsinglesranking = No. 48 (16 July 2012)
|AustralianOpenresult = 3R ([[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles|2010]], [[2012 Australian Open – Men's singles|2012]])
|FrenchOpenresult = 4R ([[2011 French Open – Men's singles|2011]])
|Wimbledonresult = 3R ([[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2012]])
|USOpenresult = 2R ([[2006 US Open – Men's singles|2006]], [[2011 US Open – Men's singles|2011]])
|doublesrecord = 17–41<small> (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)</small>
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking = No. 130 (3 August 2009)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[2010 Australian Open – Men's doubles|2010]], [[2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles|2012]], [[2013 Australian Open – Men's doubles|2013]])
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[2014 French Open – Men's doubles|2014]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R ([[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2010]], [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2014]])
|USOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[2010 US Open – Men's doubles|2010]], [[2014 US Open – Men's doubles|2014]])
| medaltemplates-expand       = yes
| medaltemplates              =
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Tennis at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games|2002 San Salvador]]|Men's doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Tennis at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games|2002 San Salvador]]|Men's Team}}
|updated = 9 April 2021
}}

'''Alejandro Falla Ramírez''' ({{IPA|es|aleˈxandɾo ˈfaʎa raˈmiɾes}};<ref>{{cite web|title=The pronunciation by Alejandro Falla himself|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/-/media/player-names/10_alejandro-falla_player-name-2014.mp3|publisher=ATP World Tour|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref> born 14 November 1983) is a Colombian former professional [[tennis]] player. The left-hander turned professional in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 in July 2012. At the [[2006 Wimbledon]] tournament, Falla upset ninth seed [[Nikolay Davydenko]] and at the 2007 [[Sony Ericsson Open]] he beat ninth seed [[Tommy Haas]] in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the [[Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon]] in 2007, beating players such as the fifth seed [[Ivan Ljubičić]].

==Career==
[[File:Alejandro Falla 2, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff.jpg|thumb|Alejandro Falla, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying]]
The Colombian became the first player from his country to break into the top 100 of the [[ATP rankings]] since [[Mauricio Hadad]] in 1996. In 2006, Alejandro qualified a career-high five times into the main draw of ATP tournaments. In his second tournament of the year, he reached the final of the [[Mexico City]] Challenger. He then went on to earn points for his country in a [[Davis Cup]] tie against [[Paraguay|Paraguay Davis Team]]. Then later in April, he won the Bogotá Challenger. At [[French Open (tennis)|Roland Garros]], he reached the second round after defeating [[Justin Gimelstob]], though he lost to [[Roger Federer]] in the second round. A few weeks later at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], he managed to beat [[Nikolay Davydenko]] in a four-set thriller. His victory over Davydenko was his first win over a top-10 player, and a first ever for a Colombian player. However, he was then defeated in the second round by [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] in another four-set match. He then reached the second round in the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. In the first round, he beat [[Juan Martín del Potro]] in four sets, before being defeated by [[Dmitry Tursunov]] in straight sets.

Falla almost caused a sensation in the first round of [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon in 2010]], winning the first two sets against defending champion Roger Federer and serving for the match at 5–4 in the fourth set (he was three points away from winning), before Federer eventually won 5–7, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8751820.stm|title=Wimbledon 2010: Roger Federer survives massive scare|date=21 June 2010|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|first=Caroline|last=Cheese|access-date=21 June 2010}}</ref>

His best result in a Grand Slam was in 2011 at the French Open. Falla reached the fourth round, where he lost to the unseeded [[Juan Ignacio Chela]].

In the 2014 [[Gerry Weber Open]] in [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle]], Falla rallied to beat 2011 champion Philipp Kohlschreiber 5–7, 7–6 (5), 6–4 to become the first Colombian to reach the final of a grass-court tournament. He lost to six-time champion [[Roger Federer]] in the final.

==Juniors==
Alejandro Falla made it to the semi-finals in the 2001 French Open, giving a big inspiration to Colombian players aspiring to achieve strong results in junior open tennis.

===Doubles===
In junior doubles at the French Open, he and compatriot Carlos Salamanca defeated the German duo Markus Bayer and Philipp Petzschner, the first junior title won by Colombians in a Grand Slam.
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!Tournament!!2000!!2001
|-
|colspan=10 align=left|'''[[List of Grand Slam boys' singles champions|Junior Grand Slam tournaments]]'''
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|A
|A
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 French Open#Boys' doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[2001 French Open#Boys' doubles|'''W''']]
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' doubles|1R]]
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 US Open (tennis)#Boys' doubles|2R]]
|-
|}

===Doubles: 1 (1 title)===

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!Result
!Year
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!Score
|-bgcolor=ebc2af
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win||[[2001 French Open#Boys' Doubles|2001]]||[[French Open]]||Clay||{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]||{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Bayer<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Petzschner]]||3–6, 7–5, 6–4
|}

==ATP career finals==
===Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
|-
|ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (0–1)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–1)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by setting
|-
|Outdoor (0–2)
|-
|Indoor (0–0)
|}
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|[[2013 Claro Open Colombia – Singles|{{dts|Jul 2013}}]]
|[[Colombia Open]], Colombia
|250 Series
|Hard
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivo Karlović]]
|3–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>0–2</small>
|[[2014 Gerry Weber Open – Singles|{{dts|Jun 2014}}]]
|[[Halle Open]], Germany
|250 Series
|Grass
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]]
|6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|}

===Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
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|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
|-
|ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (0–1)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
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|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by setting
|-
|Outdoor (0–1)
|-
|Indoor (0–0)
|}
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{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|[[2011 SAP Open – Doubles|{{dts|Feb 2011}}]]
|[[Pacific Coast Championships]], United States
|250 Series
|Hard
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Xavier Malisse]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Lipsky]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]]
|4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
|}

==ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals==

===Singles: 24 (14–10)===
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|-valign=top
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (11–8)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (3–2)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (3–4)
|-
|Clay (11–6)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|0–1
|Jun 2002
|style="background:#cffcff;"|[[Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} Pablo González
|6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|0–2
|Jun 2002
|style="background:#cffcff;"|[[Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Eduardo Bohrer
|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(1–7)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–2
|Jan 2003
|style="background:#cffcff;"|[[San Salvador]], El Salvador
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jorge Aguilar]]
|6–4, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–2
|May 2003
|style="background:#cffcff;"|[[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]], Colombia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thiago Alves (tennis)|Thiago Alves]]
|7–5, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3–2
|Oct 2003
|style="background:#cffcff;"|[[Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Marco Mirnegg]]
|7–5, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|3–3
|Feb 2004
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger|Waikoloa]], United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitry Tursunov]]
|5–7, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|4–3
|Mar 2004
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bancolombia Open|Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Adrián García (tennis)|Adrián García]]
|4–6, 6–1, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|5–3
|Mar 2004
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso|Salinas]], Ecuador
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Gilles Müller]]
|6–7, 6–2, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|5–4
|Jul 2005
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco|Pozoblanco]], Spain
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Marcos Baghdatis]]
|3–6, 3–6
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|5–5
|Jul 2005
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger|Binghamton]], United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Andy Murray]]
|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 3–6
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|5–6
|Apr 2006
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Mexico City]], Mexico
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Ramón Delgado]]
|3–6, 6–4, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|6–6
|Apr 2006
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bogotá]], Colombia <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Sá]]
|6–4, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|6–7
|Nov 2007
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Slovak Open|Bratislava]], Slovakia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard 
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Bolelli]]
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup>, 1–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|7–7
|May 2009
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira|Pereira]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Zeballos]]
|6–4, 4–6, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|8–7
|Sep 2009
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Milo Open Cali|Cali]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Zeballos
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|9–7
|Oct 2009
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Open de Rennes|Rennes]], France
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Ascione]]
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|9–8
|Apr 2010
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[João Souza]]
|6–4, 4–6, 1–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|10–8
|Sep 2011
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Cali]], Colombia <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Eduardo Schwank]]
|6–4, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|10–9
|Oct 2011
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Claro Open Medellín|Medellín]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Víctor Estrella Burgos]]
|7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 4–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|11–9
|Apr 2012
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Claro Open Barranquilla|Barranquilla]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Zeballos
|6–4, 6–1
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|12–9
|Jul 2012
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Open Bogotá|Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Santiago Giraldo]]
|7–5, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|13–9
|Jan 2014
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie|Nouméa]], New Caledonia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Steven Diez]]
|6–2, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|14–9
|Jan 2014
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga|Bucaramanga]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Lorenzi]]
|7–5, 6–1
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|14–10
|Jan 2016
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Nouméa]], New Caledonia 
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adrian Mannarino]]
|7–5, 2–6, 2–6
|}

===Doubles: 20 (10–10)===
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|-valign=top
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (6–5)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (4–5)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (1–3)
|-
|Clay (9–6)
|-
|Grass (0–1)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class=unsortable|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class=unsortable|Score
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|{{dts|Oct 2000}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Colombia F2, [[Bogotá]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Pablo Gonzalez (tennis)|Pablo Gonzalez]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Azzaro]] <br>{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Eyal Ran]]
|2–6, 2–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|{{dts|Aug 2001}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Spain F4, [[Denia]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Pablo Gonzalez (tennis)|Pablo Gonzalez]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} J. Fernandez-Rubio <br>{{flagicon|ESP}} A-J Martin-Arroyo
|2–6, 6–2, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–1</small>
|{{dts|Jun 2002}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Colombia F2, [[Bogotá]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Eduardo Bohrer <br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando Araujo
|3–0 ret.
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>2–2</small>
|{{dts|Aug 2002}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Spain F11, [[Irun]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marc Fornell Mestres]] <br>{{flagicon|ESP}} F. Ventura-Martell
|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 1–6
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>2–3</small>
|{{dts|Sep 2002}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Spain F14, [[Madrid]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Hard
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gabriel Trujillo Soler]] <br>{{flagicon|ESP}} A-J Martin-Arroyo
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>2–4</small>
|{{dts|Jan 2003}}
|style=background:#cffcff|El Salvador F2, [[La Libertad, El Salvador|La Libertad]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Hard
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Pablo Brzezicki]] <br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]]
|6–4, 4–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>3–4</small>
|{{dts|May 2003}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Mexico F4, [[Aguascalientes]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Hard
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo Carvalho (tennis)|Ronaldo Carvalho]] <br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Pitta]]
|4–6, 6–4, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>3–5</small>
|{{dts|May 2003}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Colombia F1A, [[Cali]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mirko Pehar]] <br>{{flagicon|COL}} [[Michael Quintero]]
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>4–5</small>
|{{dts|Oct 2003}}
|style=background:#cffcff|Colombia F2, [[Bogotá]]
|style=background:#cffcff|Futures
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo Carvalho (tennis)|Ronaldo Carvalho]] <br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Berlocq]]
|6–5, 5–7, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>4–6</small>
|{{dts|Jun 2004}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Surbiton]], Great Britain
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Glenn Weiner]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nathan Healey]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Thomas (tennis)|Jim Thomas]]
|3–6, 6–7<sup>(9–11)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>5–6</small>
|{{dts|Sep 2008}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Cali]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Brian Dabul]] <br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Zeballos]]
|7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>6–6</small>
|{{dts|Sep 2008}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bogotá|Bogotá 3]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alejandro Fabbri]] <br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Zeballos]]
|3–6, 7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, [10–8]
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>7–6</small>
|{{dts|Nov 2008}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Medellín]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan-Pablo Amado <br>{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Víctor Estrella Burgos]]
|3–4 ret.
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>7–7</small>
|{{dts|May 2009}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira|Pereira]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[João Souza]] <br>{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Víctor Estrella Burgos]]
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>8–7</small>
|{{dts|Nov 2009}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bogotá]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Alejandro González (tennis)|Alejandro González]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Álvarez (tennis)|Diego Álvarez]] <br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Sebastián Decoud]]
|5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>8–8</small>
|{{dts|Oct 2009}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Mons, Belgium|Mons]], Belgium
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Teymuraz Gabashvili]]
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Denis Istomin]] <br>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Korolev]]
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, [9–11]
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>8–9</small>
|{{dts|Apr 2011}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Barranquilla]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Eduardo Struvay]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavio Cipolla]] <br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Lorenzi]]
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
|<small>8–10</small>
|{{dts|Apr 2011}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira|Pereira]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Eduardo Struvay]]
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Marcel Felder]] <br>{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Salamanca]]
|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>9–10</small>
|{{dts|Sep 2016}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Barranquilla]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Eduardo Struvay]]
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Gonzalo Escobar]] <br>{{flagicon|COL}} [[Roberto Quiroz]]
|6–4, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>10–10</small>
|{{dts|Oct 2016}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Medellín]], Colombia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Eduardo Struvay]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Ghem]] <br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Lizariturry]]
|6–3, 6–2
|}

== Performance timelines ==
{{Performance key|active=no}}

=== Singles ===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![[2001 ATP Tour|2001]]!![[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]!![[2003 ATP Tour|2003]]!![[2004 ATP Tour|2004]]!![[2005 ATP Tour|2005]]!![[2006 ATP Tour|2006]]!![[2007 ATP Tour|2007]]!![[2008 ATP Tour|2008]]!![[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]]!![[2010 ATP World Tour|2010]]!![[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]!![[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]]!![[2013 ATP World Tour|2013]]!![[2014 ATP World Tour|2014]]!![[2015 ATP World Tour|2015]]!![[2016 ATP World Tour|2016]]!![[2017 ATP World Tour|2017]]!!SR!!W–L
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|'''[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments]]'''
|-
|align=left| [[Australian Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|[[2004 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|A
|[[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Australian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2016 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|A
|0 / 7
|7–7
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2004 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2005 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2009 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2016 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|0 / 10
|7–10
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2004 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|A
|0 / 11
|5–11
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|[[2004 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2005 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2007 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2008 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2015 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|A
|A
|0 / 6
|2–6
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!2–2
!0–0
!3–3
!1–2
!2–3
!0–2
!3–4
!4–4
!4–4
!1–3
!1–4
!0–3
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 34
!21–34
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|'''[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]]'''
|-
|align=left|[[Indian Wells Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|[[2015 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles|Q1]]
|A
|A
|0 / 5
|3–5
|-
|align=left| [[Miami Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Sony Open Tennis – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Sony Open Tennis – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 Miami Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|[[2016 Miami Open – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|0 / 6
|8–6
|-
|align=left|[[Monte Carlo Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|-
|align=left| [[Rome Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|[[2012 Italian Open – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Italian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2015 Italian Open – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|A
|0 / 1
|0–1
|-
|align=left| [[Madrid Open (tennis)|Madrid Masters]]
|style=color:#767676|NH
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|[[2013 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|[[2014 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|0 / 5
|1–5
|-
|align=left| [[Canada Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Rogers Masters – Singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Rogers Masters – Singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 Rogers Masters – Singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Rogers Cup – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Rogers Cup – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Rogers Cup – Men's singles|1R]]
|[[2015 Rogers Cup – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q2]]
|[[2016 Rogers Cup – Men's singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|0 / 6
|1–6
|-
|align=left| [[Cincinnati Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles|2R]]
|[[2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 4
|1–4
|-
|align=left| [[Shanghai Masters (tennis)|Shanghai Masters]]
|colspan=8 style=color:#767676|Not Masters Series
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 2
|0–2
|-
|align=left| [[Paris Masters]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles|2R]]
|[[2013 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles#Qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 2
|1–2
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–2
!3–5
!0–0
!1–2
!2–4
!0–2
!3–6
!2–3
!2–5
!2–2
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 31
!15–31
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|'''National representation'''
|-
|align=left|[[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]
|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held
|A
|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held
|A
|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|1R]]
|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held
|A
|style=color:#767676|NH
|0 / 1
|0–1
|-
|align=left|[[Davis Cup]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone|Z2]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2002 Davis Cup Americas Zone|Z2]]
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2004 Davis Cup Americas Zone|Z3]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2005 Davis Cup Americas Zone|Z2]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2006 Davis Cup Americas Zone|Z2]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I|Z1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I|Z1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I|Z1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2010 Davis Cup World Group play-offs|PO]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I|Z1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I|Z1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2013 Davis Cup World Group play-offs|PO]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2014 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I|Z1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2015 Davis Cup World Group play-offs|PO]]
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2017 Davis Cup World Group play-offs|PO]]
|0 / 0
|22–10
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!1–0
!1–0
!0–0
!5–0
!2–0
!4–0
!2–1
!2–0
!1–1
!0–1
!1–2
!0–2
!2–2
!1–0
!0–2
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 1
!22–11
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|'''Career statistics'''
|-
!style=text-align:left|Titles / Finals
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 1
!0 / 1
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!0 / 0
!colspan=2|0 / 2
|-bgcolor=EFEFEF
|align=left|Year-end ranking
|1383
|566
|275
|127
|231
|108
|81
|180
|81
|105
|74
|54
|99
|88
|122
|273
|397
|colspan=2|
|}

===Doubles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:97%"
!Tournament!![[2010 ATP World Tour|2010]]!![[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]!![[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]]!![[2013 ATP World Tour|2013]]!![[2014 ATP World Tour|2014]]!!W–L
|-
| colspan="7" align="left" |'''[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments]]'''
|-
| align="left" | [[Australian Open]]
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2010 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2013 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
|0–3
|-
| align="left" | [[French Open]]
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2010 French Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2012 French Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2014 French Open – Men's doubles|2R]]
|1–3
|-
| align="left" | [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1R]]
|0–2
|-
| align="left" | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2010 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
| bgcolor="afeeee" |[[2014 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|0–2
|-
! style="text-align:left" |Win–loss
!0–4
!0–0
!0–2
!0–1
!1-3
!1–10
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF profile}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}
* {{ESPN Tennis}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203516/http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Falla Falla world ranking history]

{{French Open boys' doubles champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Falla, Alejandro}}
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