Carlos Salamanca

Carlos Salamanca
Country (sports) Colombia
ResidenceBogotá, Colombia
Born (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41)
Bogotá, Colombia[1]
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$338,323
Singles
Career record3–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (16 August 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (2011)
WimbledonQ2 (2012)
US OpenQ2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record6–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 185 (8 September 2014)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's tennis
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago Men's doubles
Last updated on: 3 September 2021.

Carlos Salamanca Caicedo (Latin American Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos salaˈmaŋka kajˈseðo]; born 15 January 1983)[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2001 French Open Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla Germany Markus Bayer
Germany Philipp Petzschner
3–6, 7–5, 6–4

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada Masters A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (16–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (10–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (14–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2001 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2004 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay Argentina Gustavo Marcaccio 3–2 ret.
Win 3–0 May 2005 Colombia F3, Cali Futures Clay Brazil Bruno Soares 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–1 May 2006 Colombia F3, Cali Futures Clay Colombia Santiago Giraldo 4–6, 2–6
Win 4–1 Jul 2006 Cuenca, Ecuador Challenger Clay Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–5
Win 5–1 Jan 2007 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–2 Feb 2007 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar 2–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Jul 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–3 Nov 2008 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Clay Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo 6–3, 4–5 ret.
Loss 6–4 Feb 2009 Bucaramanga, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos 5–7, 2–6
Win 7–4 Feb 2009 Colombia F2, Cartagena Futures Hard Brazil André Miele 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Loss 7–5 Jun 2009 USA F13, Sacramento Futures Clay Australia Carsten Ball 5–7, 1–6
Win 8–5 Sep 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Italy Riccardo Ghedin 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win 9–5 Oct 2009 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Decoud 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss 9–6 Jul 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Colombia Robert Farah 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7),
Win 10–6 Oct 2010 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Brazil Júlio Silva 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 10–7 Jul 2011 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Spain Feliciano López 4–6, 3–6
Loss 10–8 Sep 2011 Colombia F5, Bogotá Futures Clay Colombia Alejandro González 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win 11–8 Apr 2012 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win 12–8 Mar 2013 Colombia F1, Pereira Futures Clay Greece Theodoros Angelinos 6–3, 6–4
Win 13–8 Mar 2013 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay Italy Gianluigi Quinzi 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Win 14–8 May 2013 Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Futures Hard Colombia Nicolás Barrientos 7–5, 6–2
Win 15–8 May 2013 El Salvador F1, Santa Tecla Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar 6–3, 6–3
Loss 15–9 Nov 2013 Colombia F7, Bogotá Futures Hard Colombia Juan Carlos Spir 3–4 ret.
Win 16–9 May 2015 Colombia F2, Pereira Futures Clay Brazil Thiago Lopes 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 25 (14–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–6)
ITF Futures (10–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (13–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2002 Colombia F2, Santa Fe de Bogotá Futures Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla Brazil Fernando Araujo
Brazil Eduardo Bohrer
3–0 ret.
Loss 1–1 Aug 2002 Spain F11, Irun Futures Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla Spain Marc Fornell Mestres
Spain F Ventura-Martell
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2002 Spain F14, Madrid Futures Hard Colombia Alejandro Falla Spain A-J Martin-Arroyo
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler
4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jan 2003 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Hard Colombia Alejandro Falla Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–4 May 2003 Colombia F1A, Cali Futures Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla United States Mirko Pehar
Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2003 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay Colombia Alejandro Falla Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Brazil Ronaldo Carvalho
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 3–4 May 2004 Colombia F1, Cali Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar Argentina Diego Hartfield
Argentina Damián Patriarca
7–5, 6–4
Win 4–4 Sep 2004 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar Argentina Guillermo Carry
Portugal Leonardo Tavares
7–5, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jun 2006 Brazil F4, Piracicaba Futures Clay Colombia Santiago Giraldo Brazil Lucas Engel
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 5–5 Jul 2006 Cuenca, Ecuador Challenger Clay Colombia Santiago Giraldo Germany Frank Moser
Germany Alexander Satschko
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 5–6 Jan 2007 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Argentina Diego Álvarez
Ecuador Carlos Avellán
6–1, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 6–6 Feb 2007 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Argentina Sebastián Decoud
Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
6–4, 6–4
Win 7–6 Feb 2008 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar Argentina Diego Álvarez
Argentina Juan-Pablo Amado
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 8–6 Jul 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Belgium Xavier Malisse Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
6–1, 6–4
Win 9–6 Nov 2008 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar Czech Republic Jiří Krkoška
Canada Vasek Pospisil
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [14–12]
Win 10–6 Feb 2009 Colombia F2, Cartagena Futures Hard Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Brazil Eric Gomes
Brazil André Miele
6–3, 7–5
Loss 10–7 Oct 2010 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Colombia Alejandro González United States Eric Nunez
Mexico Daniel Garza
5–7, 4–6
Win 11–7 Apr 2011 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Uruguay Marcel Felder Colombia Eduardo Struvay
Colombia Alejandro Falla
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 11–8 Mar 2012 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Clay Uruguay Ariel Behar Argentina Martín Alund
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 3–6
Win 12–8 Oct 2012 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Brazil João Souza
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 12–9 Jul 2013 Manta, Ecuador Challenger Hard Colombia Alejandro González El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Peru Sergio Galdós
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–10 Sep 2013 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Brazil João Souza Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Eduardo Schwank
2–6, 4–6
Loss 12–11 Sep 2013 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Guatemala Christopher Díaz Figueroa United States Kevin King
Colombia Juan Carlos Spir
5–7, 7–6(11–9), [11–13]
Win 13–11 Oct 2013 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Challenger Clay Colombia Nicolás Barrientos Brazil João Souza
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–4, 6–4
Win 14–11 Nov 2016 Colombia F7, Pereira Futures Clay Colombia Alejandro Gomez Italy Davide Pontoglio
Italy Giorgio Portaluri
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]

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