Juan Pablo Varillas

Juan Pablo Varillas
Full nameJuan Pablo Varillas Patiño-Samudio
Country (sports) Peru
ResidenceLima, Peru
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)
Lima, Peru
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachDiego Junqueira
Prize money$1,503,546
Singles
Career record38–48 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 60 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 113 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023, 2024)
French Open4R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record3–13 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 289 (10 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 886 (19 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup13–12
Medal record
Representing  Peru
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Men's doubles
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Men's singles
Last updated on: 25 February 2024.

Juan Pablo Varillas Patiño-Samudio (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwam ˈpaβlo βaˈɾiʝas];[a] born 6 October 1995) is a Peruvian professional tennis player. Varillas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 26 June 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Peruvian tennis player.[1]

Varillas has won 5 ATP Challenger and 5 ITF singles titles. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 289 achieved on 10 May 2021. He has also won 4 ITF doubles titles. He has represented Peru at the Davis Cup where he has a total W/L record of 13–12. In singles his W/L is 11–8.

Career

Varillas at the 2019 Pan American Games

2020–2021: ATP & Olympics debut

Varillas made his ATP debut at the 2020 Chile Open as a lucky loser where he reached the second round by defeating Filip Horansky before losing to Albert Ramos Viñolas.[2] The following year at the same tournament he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier where he lost to top seed and eventual winner Cristian Garín. Varillas qualified to represent Peru at the Summer Olympics.

2022: Grand Slam & top 100 debut

At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut but lost to ninth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime.[3]

He reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad as a qualifier defeating top-20 player and third seed Roberto Bautista Agut before losing to Dominic Thiem.[4] He also reached the round of 16 at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel where he lost to fifth seed Albert Ramos Viñolas.[5][6] As a result, he made his debut in the top 100, as one of the five Peruvian men to achieve the feat, at a new career-high of world No. 97 on 1 August 2022.

2023: Australian Open debut, first Major wins & fourth round, top 60

At the Australian Open he entered for the first time into the main draw at this Major as a lucky loser but lost in the first round to former top-2 player and twelfth seed Alexander Zverev. At the 2023 Argentina Open he reached the round of 16 as a qualifier defeating João Sousa. Next he defeated former top-3 player wildcard Dominic Thiem to move into the quarterfinals.[7][8][9] He reached his first ATP semifinal with his second win over a top-20 player and third seed Lorenzo Musetti.[10] As a result, he moved 20 positions up and reached a new career high ranking in the top 80 on 27 February 2023.

At the French Open, Varillas came from two sets to love down to defeat Shang Juncheng and win his first Grand slam match. He then defeated 19th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in five sets also from two sets to love down. He recorded the biggest victory of his career by ranking defeating 13th seed Hubert Hurkacz also in five sets to reach the fourth round for the first time at a Major. He became the first Peruvian to reach the fourth round of Roland Garros in 29 years since Jaime Yzaga in 1994.[11] He reached a new career-high ranking in the top 60 on 26 June 2023.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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

Current through the 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 A Q2 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A A A A Q1 Q1 1R 4R Q1 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Wimbledon A A A A A NH Q1 Q1 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A A Q1 Q1 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–4 0–1 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Career statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 20 1 30
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall win–loss 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 5–3 8–6 17–20 0–3 36–41
Win (%) 0% 100% 0% 33% 50% 75% 63% 57% 46% 0% 47%
Year-end ranking 655 641 493 350 143 158 129 105 83

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 25 (11–14)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (10–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 Peru F4, Arequipa Futures Clay Brazil Filipe Brandão 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 Ecuador F1, Quito Futures Clay Ecuador Iván Endara 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 0–3 Nov 2016 Colombia F7, Pereira Futures Clay Colombia Juan Sebastián Gómez 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2017 Turkey F13, Antalya Futures Clay France Alexis Musialek 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(1–7)
Loss 0–5 May 2017 Turkey F17, Antalya Futures Clay Austria Dennis Novak 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–5 Mar 2018 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Clay Austria Dennis Novak 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–6 Mar 2018 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay Russia Ivan Nedelko 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–7 May 2018 Turkey F18, Antalya Futures Clay France Jules Okala 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–7 Jul 2018 Belgium F2, Arlon Futures Clay Belgium Zizou Bergs 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
Win 3–7 Mar 2019 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Naoki Nakagawa 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–8 Mar 2019 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Argentina Facundo Mena 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–8 May 2019 M25 Pensacola, United States World Tennis Tour Clay United States Harrison Adams 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–9 Jun 2019 M25+H Arlon, Belgium World Tennis Tour Clay Belgium Jeroen Vanneste 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 5-9 Sep 2019 M25 Trieste, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Austria Alexander Erler 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4
Win 6–9 Oct 2019 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Ficovich 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 7–9 Oct 2019 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Coria 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 8–9 May 2021 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi 6–3, 6-1
Loss 8–10 May 2021 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Báez 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 8–11 Sep 2021 Ambato, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Thiago Agustín Tirante 5-7, 5-7
Win 9-11 Oct 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Báez 6-4, 7-5
Loss 9–12 Mar 2022 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Challenger Clay United Kingdom Paul Jubb 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 9–13 Oct 2022 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay United Kingdom Jan Choinski 4–6, 4–6
Win 10-13 Nov 2022 São Leopoldo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
Loss 10–14 Mar 2023 Sanremo, Italy Challenger Clay France Luca Van Assche 1–6, 3–6
Win 11–14 Mar 2024 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 6-2

Doubles: 7 (4-3)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4-2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2014 Arequipa, Peru F4 Futures Clay Peru Jorge Panta Japan Ryusei Makiguchi
United States Devin McCarthy
6–3, 3–6, 10–6
Loss 1–1 Nov 2016 San Jose, Costa Rica F1 Futures Hard United States Raleigh Smith United Kingdom Farris Fathi Gosea
United States Cameron Silverman
6–3, 4–6, 4–10
Win 2-1 Apr 2017 Antalya, Turkey F16 Futures Clay Uruguay Martín Cuevas United Kingdom Joel Cannell
Australia James Frawley
6–2, 6–4
Win 3-1 May 2019 M25 Bacău, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Chile Alejandro Tabilo Peru Alexander Merino
Argentina Manuel Peña López
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win 4-1 Jun 2019 M25 Huelva, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
Poland Maciej Smola
6–2, 6–4
Loss 4-2 Aug 2019 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Peru Sergio Galdós Croatia Ivan Sabanov
Croatia Matej Sabanov
4–6, 6–4, 5–10
Loss 4-3 Apr 2021 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
6–7(5–7), 5–7

Other finals

South American Games

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jun 2018 Cochabamba, Bolivia Clay Peru Jorge Panta Ecuador Diego Hidalgo
Ecuador Emilio Gómez
2–6, 3–6

Record against top 10 players

Varillas's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Serbia Novak Djokovic 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2023 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Germany Alexander Zverev 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 4–6) at 2023 Australian Open
Number 3 ranked players
Austria Dominic Thiem 1–2 33% 0–1 1–1 Lost (3–6, 6–7(8–10)) at 2023 Astana Open
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Chengdu Open
Number 5 ranked players
Russia Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2023 Srpska
Number 6 ranked players
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (6–2, 6–2, 1–6, 3–6, 3–6) at 2022 French Open
Number 8 ranked players
Argentina Diego Schwartzman 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2020 Summer Olympics
United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2023 Argentina Open
Number 9 ranked players
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 2–0 100% 2–0 Won (1–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1) at 2023 French Open
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–2) at 2023 French Open
Total 4–9 31% 0–4
(0%)
4–5
(44%)
0–0
( – )
* Statistics correct as of 28 September 2023.

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Juan and Varillas are pronounced [ˈxwan] and [baˈɾiʝas] respectively.

References

  1. ^ "Rankings | Singles".
  2. ^ "Juan Pablo Varillas | Player Activity".
  3. ^ "#NextGenATP Star Chun-hsin Tseng Qualifies for Roland Garros".
  4. ^ "Dominic Thiem Soars into Gstaad SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. ^ "Misolic Wins Memorable Kitzbühel Debut". 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Dominic Thiem Battles into Kitzbühel Quarter-finals".
  7. ^ "After first win of 2023, Thiem loses at Argentina Open". 16 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Not Thiem's Time Yet – Varillas Stuns Former World No.3 in Buenos Aires – Tennis Now".
  9. ^ "Puntodebreak". 17 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Varillas tops Musetti, reaches Buenos Aires semis". 17 February 2023.
  11. ^ "'Mr. Five-Setter' Varillas Upsets Hurkacz To Extend Fairytale Paris Run". atptour.com. 2 June 2023.