Nicolás Pereira

Nicolás Pereira (born September 29, 1970) is a commentator for the Tennis Channel and former professional tennis player, who became the ITF Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

Professional career

In the fall of 1988, Pereira registered wins on the pro tour against Brad Gilbert and Amos Mansdorf. He finished 1988 ranked No. 151 in the world rankings.

In April 1989, Pereira reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Open, defeating No. 21 ranked Andrés Gómez before losing to No. 1 ranked Ivan Lendl. In June, he defeated world No. 3 Stefan Edberg in straight sets in the first round of the Queens Club grass-court tournament.

A few weeks later, in the first round of Wimbledon, he took eventual semifinalist Lendl to five sets before losing. Later that summer, he reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix event in Montreal, the Canadian Open. There he beat No. 10 ranked Tim Mayotte, then lost to No. 14 ranked Jay Berger. Pereira, at 19 years of age, finished 1989 ranked No. 121.

However, Pereira's progress stalled over the next three years. In 1990, he lost most of his matches in the first round of ATP level tournaments and finished the year ranked No. 238. In 1991, he won the Lins and São Paulo-4 Challengers in back-to-back weeks, and ended the year ranked No. 146. He won the Guarujá Brazil Challenger in September 1992 and was ranked No. 138 at the end of the year.

In 1993, Pereira defeated Aaron Krickstein in the first round at the Bermuda Challenger. At the end of 1993, Pereira was ranked No. 141.

1994 marked a resurgence for Pereira. In March, he won the San Luis Potosí Challenger. At Wimbledon, he reached the second round where he lost a thrilling five-set match to No. 18 Andre Agassi. In September, Pereira defeated Mauricio Hadad in the final of the Bancolombia Open to win his first ATP singles title. He closed out 1994 ranked No. 110. 1995 was a mixed year for Pereira. In July, he won the Rio Brazil Challenger title by defeating João Cunha e Silva in straight sets. The next week at New Haven, he defeated MaliVai Washington in the second round, then lost to No. 10 Marc Rosset.

At the U.S. Open, Pereira reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. At the end of the year, Nicolas was ranked No. 134.

1996 was another inconsistent year for Pereira. He started the year well in Doha by qualifying, then defeated world No. 5 Boris Becker 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 in the second round to reach the quarterfinals. In March, Pereira again caused an upset when he defeated world No. 1 Thomas Muster in straight sets at the Masters Series tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida. In July, Pereira won his second ATP title, defeating Grant Stafford on the grass courts at Newport, Rhode Island. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 74 the following week on July 22, 1996.

Pereira represented Venezuela at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, losing in the second round to eventual bronze medalist Leander Paes. He finished the year ranked No. 110.

Pereira retired in September 1997.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mauricio Hadad	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	[[1996 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Grant Stafford	4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (3–3) Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[1990 BP National Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Wellington, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 7–6
Loss	1–1	[[1990 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Lavalle Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano	6–7, 4–6
Win	2–1	[[1991 BP National Championships|Template:Dts]]	Wellington, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Luiz Mattar	Template:Flagicon John Letts Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	2–2	[[1991 Prudential-Bache Securities Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Orlando, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	2–3	[[1995 Volvo International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	2–4	[[1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	Template:Flagicon Donald Johnson Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	[[1996 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Pablo Campana Template:Flagicon Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 7–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–5) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Lins, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Luis Lobo	2–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martin Stringari	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Madeira, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martin Stringari	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Guarujá, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roberto Jabali	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mauricio Hadad	6–7, 6–7
Win	4–4	Template:Dts	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Luis Herrera	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win	5–4	Template:Dts	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Template:Dts	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Lapentti	6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–6) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (4–2) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Salerno, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ondruska	Template:Flagicon Emilio Benfele Álvarez Template:Flagicon Pietro Pennisi	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Lins, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva	Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta Template:Flagicon Fernando Roese	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	walkover
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mario Tabares	Template:Flagicon William Kyriakos Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	7–6, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	Template:Dts	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Acioly	Template:Flagicon Fernando Roese Template:Flagicon Felipe Rivera	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Template:Dts	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Doug Flach	Template:Flagicon Richard Matuszewski Template:Flagicon John Sullivan	6–7, 5–7
Loss	4–4	Template:Dts	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Maurice Ruah	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	1–6, 3–6
Win	5–4	Template:Dts	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano	Template:Flagicon Paul Kilderry Template:Flagicon Simon Youl	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win	6–4	Template:Dts	Annenheim, Austria	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Karsten Braasch Template:Flagicon Joern Renzenbrink	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	7–4	Template:Dts	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Template:Flagicon Noam Behr Template:Flagicon Lior Mor	7–6, 6–2
Loss	7–5	Template:Dts	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva Template:Flagicon Óscar Ortiz	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	7–6	Template:Dts	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	8–6	Template:Dts	USA F12, Hallandale Beach	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon José de Armas	Template:Flagicon Steve Berke Template:Flagicon Kyle Porter	6–4, 2–6, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1988	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magnus Larsson	7–6, 6–3
Win	1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Guillaume Raoux	7–6, 6–2
Win	1988	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti	6–1, 6–2

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	Q3	A	1R	A	2R	Q2	1R	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	A	A	Q1	2R	1R	3R	1R	Q2	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	3–3	1–3	0–2	0 / 18	8–18	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	A	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	QF	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0 / 7	7–7	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	1R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	3R	2R	A	Q1	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 7	3–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	3–3	3–4	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	4–4	0–4	0 / 24	12–24	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	2R	A	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 12	7–12	Template:Tennis win percentage

See also

List of Grand Slam Boys' Singles champions

External links

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