Leonardo Lavalle

Leonardo Lavalle

Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Mexico City, Mexico
Born	(1967-07-14) 14 July 1967 Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1998
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$903,200
Singles
Career record	83–114
Career titles	1 4 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 51 (17 March 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989)
French Open	3R (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1992)
US Open	2R (1986, 1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1992)
Doubles
Career record	134–137
Career titles	5 9 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 23 (27 April 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1985)
French Open	SF (1988, 1991)
Wimbledon	F (1991)
US Open	3R (1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1988, 1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1987, 1992)
French Open	2R (1992)
Wimbledon	2R (1995)
US Open	QF (1998)
Last updated on: 13 January 2022.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lavalle and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking of world No. 51 on 17 March 1986 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 23 in April 1992. Lavalle represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the eventual runner-up Jordi Arrese from Spain. The left-hander won one career title in singles in Tel Aviv in 1991.

Lavalle won the 1984 US Open – Boys' doubles title with Mihnea Năstase. He turned professional in 1985. He won the 1985 Wimbledon Junior singles title, and reached the men's doubles final in 1991. His singles win was notable for the fact that the men's singles winner that year Boris Becker was younger than Leonardo. He was also a Wimbledon doubles semifinalist in 1989 and in 1990 and at the French Open in 1988 and in 1991.

Lavalle won the Abierto Mexicano doubles titles in 1993 in Mexico City at the inaugural edition, and in 1995.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Eduardo Vélez	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1984	US Open	Hard	Mihnea Năstase	Jaime Yzaga Agustín Moreno	7–6, 1–6, 6–1

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1988	Frankfurt, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (5–4)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (4–5) Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1986	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Mike Leach	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Oct 1987	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Claudio Panatta	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Feb 1990	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Jorge Lozano	Diego Nargiso Nicolás Pereira	6–3, 7–6
Loss	3–1	May 1990	Kiawah Island, United States	World Series	Clay	Jim Grabb	Scott Davis David Pate	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 1991	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Javier Frana	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	3–3	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Javier Frana	David Rikl Michiel Schapers	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Nov 1991	Búzios, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Javier Frana	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Feb 1993	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Horacio de la Peña Jorge Lozano	7–6, 6–4
Loss	4–5	Apr 1993	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	Javier Frana	Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann	1–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Feb 1995	Mexico City (2)	World Series	Clay	Javier Frana	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	7–5, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1991	Salou, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Federico Sanchez	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Apr 1992	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Montana	6–0, 6–7, 6–4
Win	3–0	May 1992	Acapulco, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Luis Herrera	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	4–0	Nov 1992	Pembroke Pines, United States	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 7–6
Loss	4–1	Apr 1994	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Michael Joyce	1–6, 6–7

Doubles: 11 (9–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (9–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (6–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1990	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Luis Herrera Guillermo Pérez Roldán	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Feb 1991	Telford, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Martin Laurendeau	Peter Nyborg Jan Siemerink	7–6, 6–3
Win	3–0	Feb 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers	walkover
Win	4–0	Apr 1992	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Luis Herrera	Agustín Moreno Francisco Maciel	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–0	Apr 1993	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Javier Frana	Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	6–0	Apr 1994	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Fernández	Luis Herrera Ismael Hernandez	7–5, 7–5
Win	7–0	Jun 1994	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Libor Pimek	Richard Schmidt Greg Van Emburgh	6–2, 7–6
Loss	7–1	Sep 1994	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Danilo Marcelino	Brian Devening Sander Groen	2–6, 6–7
Loss	7–2	Jun 1996	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Óscar Ortiz	Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–2	Aug 1996	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Luis Herrera Gabriel Trifu	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	9–2	Nov 1996	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Bill Behrens Steve Campbell	7–5, 6–2

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	A	1R	A	4R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	Q1	0 / 7	4–7	36%
French Open	A	1R	A	1R	3R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q3	A	1R	Q2	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	2R	A	Q2	1R	Q2	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Win–loss	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–2	5–4	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 20	9–20	31%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			2R	Not Held			QF	Not Held			A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	1R	A	1R	3R	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	Q1	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	3R	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Canada	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Cincinnati	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	3–4	0–1	0–1	4–5	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 15	9–15	38%

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	3R	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 9	4–9	31%
French Open	A	2R	A	SF	1R	A	SF	3R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	11–6	65%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	SF	SF	F	3R	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 7	15–7	68%
US Open	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	A	Q2	1R	2R	A	0 / 9	6–9	40%
Win–loss	2–1	1–2	0–3	5–3	5–4	5–3	11–4	5–4	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	0 / 31	36–31	54%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	NH	0 / 2	0–2	0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 6	4–6	40%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	SF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Rome	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Canada	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Cincinnati	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	4–5	0–2	3–4	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 20	12–20	38%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	A	QF	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 10	5–10	33%

External links

• Leonardo Lavalle at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Leonardo Lavalle at World Tennis
• Leonardo Lavalle at the Davis Cup (archived)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonardo Lavalle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.