Víctor Estrella Burgos

Víctor Estrella Burgos (American Spanish: [ˈbiktoɾ esˈtɾeʝa ˈβuɾɣos];[1][lower-alpha 1] born August 2, 1980) is a retired Dominican professional tennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the semifinals in an ATP 250 tournament in Bogota. In 2015, he also became the first tennis player from his country to participate in all four Grand Slams, playing in the Australian Open.[2] In February 2015, he won his first career ATP title at the Ecuador Open, becoming the oldest first-time ATP tour winner in the Open Era.[3] He successfully defended his title and 100% winning record at the event in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the second round in 2018.

Víctor Estrella Burgos
Víctor Estrella Burgos at the 2013 US Open
Country (sports) Dominican Republic
ResidenceSantiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Born (1980-08-02) August 2, 1980
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2002
RetiredOctober 2019
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,163,776
Singles
Career record84–81
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 43 (13 July 2015)
Current rankingNo. 776 (21 October 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open2R (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon2R (2015)
US Open3R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record37–46
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (13 July 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2016, 2018)
French Open1R (2015, 2017)
Wimbledon1R (2015)
US Open3R (2016)
Team competitions
Davis CupWG-PO (2015)

Estrella has been a member of the Davis Cup team from the Dominican Republic since 1998, posting a record of 41–17 in singles and 21–22 in doubles. Since 2014 he belongs to the Dominican olympic program CRESO.[4]

On 5 August 2019, Estrella Burgos announced that he will retire from professional tennis. His last tournament was the Santo Domingo Open, played in October.[5]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 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 (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2015 Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 Series Clay Feliciano López 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–0 Feb 2016 Ecuador Open, Ecuador (2) 250 Series Clay Thomaz Bellucci 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 3–0 Feb 2017 Ecuador Open, Ecuador (3) 250 Series Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 Series Clay João Souza Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0–2 Apr 2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US 250 Series Clay Santiago González Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles

Singles: 28

ATP Challengers (7)
ITF Futures (21)
No. Year Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
1. Jul 2006 Buffalo, United States Futures Clay Marcus Fugate 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2. Jul 2006 Pittsburgh, United States Futures Clay Matej Bocko 7–6, 6–3
3. May 2007 Tampa, United States Futures Clay Stefano Ianni 6–2, 6–2
4. Oct 2007 Managua, Nicaragua Futures Hard Alexander Satschko 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
5. Nov 2007 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Ádám Kellner 6–4, 6–4
6. Dec 2007 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Nicolás Todero 6–3, 6–3
7. Dec 2007 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Óscar Burrieza-López 7–6, 6–3
8. Jun 2008 Loomis, United States Futures Hard Ricardo Hocevar 6–4, 0–6, 7–6
9. Dec 2008 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Andrey Kumantsov 7–6, 6–4
10. Dec 2008 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Jhonson García 7–6, 6–4
11. Nov 2009 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Ričardas Berankis 7–5, 6–1
12. Dec 2009 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Adam El Mihdawy 7–6, 6–3
13. Feb 2010 Brownsville, United States Futures Hard Vasek Pospisil 6–4, 6–3
14. Sep 2010 Manizales, Colombia Futures Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–4, 6–4
15. Nov 2010 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Matwe Middelkoop 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
16. Dec 2010 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6–1, 6–3
17. Dec 2010 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Matwe Middelkoop 6–4, 6–2
18. Feb 2011 Panama City, Panama Futures Clay Martín Alund 6–3, 6–0
1. Nov 2011 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay Alejandro Falla 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
19. Feb 2012 Mexico City, Mexico Futures Hard Marcel Felder 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
20. Aug 2012 Bogotá, Colombia Futures Clay Nicolás Barrientos 7–5, 6–4
21. Aug 2013 Medellín, Colombia Futures Clay Mauricio Echazú 6–4, 0–6, 6–3
2. Sep 2013 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Marco Trungelliti 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
3. Nov 2013 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Thomaz Bellucci 6–2, 3–0, ret.
4. Mar 2014 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Clay Andrea Collarini 6–3, 6–4
5. Sep 2014 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay João Souza 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
6. Feb 2015 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard Damir Džumhur 7–5, 6–4
7. Aug 2017 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Challenger Clay Damir Džumhur 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles: 9

ATP Challengers (4)
ITF Futures (5)
No. Year Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. Jan 2003 Guatemala City, Guatemala Futures Hard Jhonson García Bruno Soares
Márcio Torres
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
2. Oct 2007 Caracas, Venezuela Futures Hard Román Recarte Piero Luisi
Roberto Maytín
5–7, 6–2, [10–6]
3. Dec 2008 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Futures Hard Jhonson García Andrey Kuznetsov
Ryan Young
6–4, 6–0
1. May 2009 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay João Souza Juan Sebastián Cabal
Alejandro Falla
6–4, 6–4
2. May 2009 Sarasota, United States Challenger Clay Santiago González Harsh Mankad
Kaes Van't Hof
6–2, 6–4
4. Feb 2010 Brownsville, United States Futures Hard Arnau Brugués Davi Brett Joelson
Chris Klingemann
7–6, 6–3
3. Nov 2010 Cancún, Mexico Challenger Clay Santiago González Rainer Eitzinger
César Ramírez
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
4. Jul 2012 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Marcelo Demoliner Thomas Fabbiano
Riccardo Ghedin
6–4, 6–2
5. Apr 2013 Cordoba, Mexico Futures Hard Alex Llompart Ruben Gonzales
Chris Letcher
6–3, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R 2R 2R Q1 A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A Q1 A Q1 A Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
US Open A A A A A A A A Q2 Q2 A Q1 Q1 Q3 3R 1R 1R A Q3 A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–4 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 15 6–15 29%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A Q2 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open Not Held A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters Not Held A A A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 9 2–9 18%
National representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Davis Cup Z3 Z2 Z3 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z1 PO Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 0 / 0 43–17 72%
Win–Loss 0–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 6–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0 / 1 43–18 70%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 20 18 11 9 0 69
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 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 3
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 4–0 0–3 2–1 6–0 2–1 9–10 20–20 14–19 9–10 2–9 0–0 84–81
Year-end ranking N/A N/A 1055 1061 1463 N/A 570 317 235 325 211 202 255 144 78 56 102 83 278 774 51%

Record against top-10 players

Estrella's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold

* Statistics correct as of 19 August 2019.

Wins over top 10 players

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score EB rank
2015
1. Marin Čilić 9 Barcelona, Spain Clay 2R 6–4, 6–4 53

Notes

  1. In isolation, Burgos is pronounced [ˈbuɾɣos].

References

  1. "The pronunciation by Víctor Estrella Burgos himself". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. https://challengertennis.wordpress.com/tag/victor-estrella/
  3. "HISTORY MADE: ESTRELLA BURGOS WINS FIRST TITLE IN QUITO". ATP Tour, inc. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. "El tenista dominicano Víctor Estrella Burgos anuncia su retiro oficial de las canchas" [Dominican tennis player Víctor Estrella Burgos announces his official retirement from the courts] (in Spanish). Dominican Republic: Deportes al Límite. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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