Máximo González
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Máximo González Mereira (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023.
Career
Singles
Early career through 2006
In singles play, González won two Futures events in the second half of 2004. He won four more Futures events in 2005 before finally finding success on the Challenger circuit with two consecutive semi-final appearances and a quarterfinal, improving his ranking to No. 206 in November 2005.
2007: ATP singles debut, Challenger circuit success
His success waned in early 2007, and by the end of July, his ranking had slipped out of the 250 to No. 267 in singles, despite qualifying in late July for his first ATP-level event, and then again a second time the following week.
In August, he built on that recent success, winning his first-ever Challenger title in Spain. The following week in Italy, he won his second Challenger title, beating former world #9 Mariano Puerta in the final. He beat Puerta a second time a few days later, but lost in the second round that week. The following week, still in Italy, he won his 3rd Challenger singles title, as well as his 7th doubles title. In the first week in September in Romania, he won his 4th Challenger in five weeks. In seven weeks, he went 27–3 in singles matches, including wins over 14 top-200 players,[1] to improve his ranking to a No. 125 on September 10, 2007.
2008–2014
González reached the semifinals of Umag in 2008 and Kitzbühel in 2014.
Doubles
2008–2014: US Open semifinal, French Open quarterfinal
He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2008 US Open (tennis) partnering with fellow Argentinian Juan Mónaco where they lost to seventh seeded and eventual runners-up Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes. Six year later, he reached his second Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2014 French Open also with Monaco.
2021: New partnership, Wimbledon semifinal, Three titles and one final, Career-high ranking in top 25
In 2021 González won two clay titles with new partner Simone Bolelli at the 2021 Chile Open and 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma and one grass title at the first edition of the Mallorca Championships after the walkover from the wildcard pair Novak Djokovic/Carlos Gómez-Herrera[2] and reached one other ATP final. Their most successful run was to the 2021 Wimbledon Championships semifinals where the pair was defeated by fourth seeded pair and eventual runners-up Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. As a result of this run he returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings at World No. 28 on 12 July 2021 and later to top 25 on 13 September 2021.
González finished the year ranked World No. 22 in doubles, his career-high ranking.
2022–2024: Fifteenth title, Australian, French and two US Open quarterfinals, Masters title, top 10
He reached the semifinals at the 2022 Estoril Open with Swede André Göransson defeating Pablo Cuevas and João Sousa.[3] They reached the final after defeating fourth seeds Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan.[4]
He won his tenth clay title at the 2023 Córdoba Open with compatriot Andrés Molteni. It was the third for Molteni at this tournament.
He won two more ATP 500 titles with Andrés Molteni at the 2023 Rio Open and at the 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, his fifteenth title. The pair climbed four spots to fourth in the ATP Live doubles team rankings.[5]
After winning the biggest title of his career, the Masters 1000 2023 Western & Southern Open[6] and reaching the quarterfinals at the 2023 US Open with Molteni, he reached World No. 10 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.
At the 2024 US Open the duo reached the quarterfinals for a second consecutive season with a win over second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2023 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray Template:Flagicon Michael Venus |
3–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
| Loss | 2024 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Wesley Koolhof Template:Flagicon Nikola Mektić |
4–6, 4–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 27 (19 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | [[2008 Movistar Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Chile Open, Chile |
International | Clay | Template:Flagicon Juan Mónaco | Template:Flagicon José Acasuso Template:Flagicon Sebastián Prieto |
6–1, 3–0 ret. |
| Win | 1–1 | [[2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Valencia Open, Spain |
International | Clay | Template:Flagicon Juan Mónaco | Template:Flagicon Travis Parrott Template:Flagicon Filip Polášek |
7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–1 | [[2015 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Croatia Open, Croatia |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon André Sá | Template:Flagicon Mariusz Fyrstenberg Template:Flagicon Santiago González |
4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Win | 3–1 | [[2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Guillermo Durán | Template:Flagicon Marin Draganja Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–2, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–1 | [[2018 Brasil Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay (i) | Template:Flagicon Federico Delbonis | Template:Flagicon Wesley Koolhof Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | [[2019 Córdoba Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Córdoba Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Horacio Zeballos | Template:Flagicon Roman Jebavý Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni |
4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 5–2 | [[2019 Argentina Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Horacio Zeballos | Template:Flagicon Diego Schwartzman Template:Flagicon Dominic Thiem |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–2 | [[2019 Rio Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Nicolás Jarry | Template:Flagicon Thomaz Bellucci Template:Flagicon Rogério Dutra Silva |
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–7] |
| Win | 7–2 | [[2019 Brasil Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Brasil Open, Brazil (2) |
250 Series | Clay (i) | Template:Flagicon Federico Delbonis | Template:Flagicon Luke Bambridge Template:Flagicon Jonny O'Mara |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–3 | [[2019 Eastbourne International – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom |
250 Series | Grass | Template:Flagicon Horacio Zeballos | Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal Template:Flagicon Robert Farah |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [6–10] |
| Win | 8–3 | Jan 2020 | Adelaide International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | Template:Flagicon Fabrice Martin | Template:Flagicon Ivan Dodig Template:Flagicon Filip Polášek |
7–6(14–12), 6–3 |
| Win | 9–3 | [[2021 Chile Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Chile Open, Chile |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Simone Bolelli | Template:Flagicon Federico Delbonis Template:Flagicon Jaume Munar |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–4 | [[2021 Geneva Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Geneva Open, Switzerland |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Simone Bolelli | Template:Flagicon John Peers Template:Flagicon Michael Venus |
2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 10–4 | [[2021 Emilia-Romagna Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Simone Bolelli | Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–4 | [[2021 Mallorca Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Mallorca Open, Spain |
250 Series | Grass | Template:Flagicon Simone Bolelli | Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic Template:Flagicon Carlos Gómez-Herrera |
Walkover |
| Loss | 11–5 | [[2022 Estoril Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Estoril Open, Portugal |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon André Göransson | Template:Flagicon Nuno Borges Template:Flagicon Francisco Cabral |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 11–6 | [[2022 ATP Lyon Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Lyon Open, France |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo | Template:Flagicon Ivan Dodig Template:Flagicon Austin Krajicek |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 12–6 | [[2022 Gijón Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Gijón Open, Spain |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Nathaniel Lammons Template:Flagicon Jackson Withrow |
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [10–5] |
| Win | 13–6 | [[2023 Córdoba Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Córdoba Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Sadio Doumbia Template:Flagicon Fabien Reboul |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 14–6 | [[2023 Rio Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Rio Open, Brazil (2) |
500 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo |
6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 15–6 | [[2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Barcelona Open, Spain |
500 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Wesley Koolhof Template:Flagicon Neal Skupski |
6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–4] |
| Win | 16–6 | [[2023 Mubadala Citi DC Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] | Washington Open, United States |
500 Series | Hard | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Mackenzie McDonald Template:Flagicon Ben Shelton |
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–6] |
| Win | 17–6 | [[2023 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]] | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray Template:Flagicon Michael Venus |
3–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
| Win | 18–6 | [[2024 Córdoba Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Córdoba Open, Argentina (2) |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Sadio Doumbia Template:Flagicon Fabien Reboul |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 19–6 | [[2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Barcelona Open, Spain (2) |
500 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Hugo Nys Template:Flagicon Jan Zieliński |
4–6, 6–4, [11–9] |
| Loss | 19–7 | [[2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Shanghai Masters, China |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Wesley Koolhof Template:Flagicon Nikola Mektić |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 19–8 | Feb 2025 | Chile Open, Chile |
250 Series | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrés Molteni | Template:Flagicon Nicolás Barrientos Template:Flagicon Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli |
3-6, 2-6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 33 (24–9)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Template:Dts | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Brian Dabul | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Template:Dts | Italy F17, Arezzo | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Stefano Ianni | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Template:Dts | Argentina F7, Rosario | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Daruich | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Template:Dts | Argentina F6, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Lionel Noviski | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Template:Dts | Argentina F8, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Sebastián Decoud | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Template:Dts | Argentina F10, Rosario | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Template:Dts | Argentina F11, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Lionel Noviski | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
| Win | 6–2 | Template:Dts | Chile F4, Santiago | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Simone Vagnozzi | 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–2 | Template:Dts | Morocco F2, Rabat | Futures | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rabie Chaki | 6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
| Win | 8–2 | Template:Dts | Vigo, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Marc López | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–2 | Template:Dts | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Mariano Puerta | 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 10–2 | Template:Dts | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Christophe Rochus | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Win | 11–2 | Template:Dts | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Olivier Patience | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–3 | Template:Dts | Sanremo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Diego Junqueira | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 12–3 | Template:Dts | San Benedetto, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Diego Junqueira | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 13–3 | Template:Dts | Iquique, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Guillermo Hormazábal | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 14–3 | Template:Dts | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Mariano Zabaleta | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 14–4 | Template:Dts | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Potito Starace | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 14–5 | Template:Dts | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Fred Gil | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 15–5 | Template:Dts | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Pablo Cuevas | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 16–5 | Template:Dts | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Pablo Cuevas | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 17–5 | Template:Dts | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Éric Prodon | 7–5, 0–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 18–5 | Template:Dts | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Caio Zampieri | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 18–6 | Template:Dts | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Carlos Berlocq | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 18–7 | Template:Dts | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Facundo Argüello | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 19–7 | Template:Dts | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Gastão Elias | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 20–7 | Template:Dts | Blois, France | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Gastão Elias | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 21–7 | Template:Dts | Padova, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Albert Ramos Viñolas | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 21–8 | Template:Dts | Córdoba, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Alejandro González | 5–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 22–8 | Template:Dts | Mestre, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Jozef Kovalík | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 22–9 | Template:Dts | Cortina, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Paolo Lorenzi | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 23–9 | Template:Dts | Corrientes, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Diego Schwartzman | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 24–9 | Template:Dts | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rogério Dutra Silva | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
Doubles: 70 (37–33)
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Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | 1R | QF | 7–8 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | QF | 3R | 1R | A | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | QF | 3R | 17–11 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 3R | 3R | NH | SF | 1R | 2R | QF | 13–10 |
| US Open | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | QF | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | QF | 18–12 |
| Win–loss | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 8–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 9–4 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 9–4 | 55–41 |
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| ATP Finals | Did not qualify | RR | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||
References
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External links
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- Living people
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