Giovanni Lapentti

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

Giovanni Lapentti

Lapentti in 2014
Country (sports)	Ecuador
Residence	Miami, Florida, USA
Born	(1983-01-25) January 25, 1983 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$588,402
Singles
Career record	19–37 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 10 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 110 (May 23 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	1R (2003)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2003, 2004)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	12–18 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 176 (June 14 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2003)
Last updated on: July 25, 2024.

Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈβani laˈpenti]; born 25 January 1983) is a retired Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis.

Personal life

Lapentti married Andrea Gómez Miss Venezuela 2004 in 2011 and became a father in 2012.

Tennis career

2002-2004

Lapentti announced his ATP debut in 2002, but he actually had his first tour match in 2003, at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Lapentti obtained his first professional victory at that tournament's first round, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, 7–6 (7–2), 6–2. He lost in the tournament's second round to David Sánchez.

He participated in 2003's Italian and French Open, losing in the first round both times. During the French Open, he was leading 2 sets to 1 against Tommy Robredo but had to retire due to an injury while trailing the fourth set; the injury did not allow him to return to the professional men's tennis tour until 2004.

Lapentti did not obtain a single victory during his second year as a professional, but he participated in tournaments held in Argentina, Mexico, Spain and Indian Wells, California.

2005-2013

Lapentti had better results in 2005, losing in the Davis Cup playoffs to Jürgen Melzer (he only played one Davis Cup game that year), advancing to the second round of the Legg Mason Classic, where he was defeated by Andy Roddick, getting to an ATP's tournament's third round for the first time in his career when he participated at the RCA Championships (losing to Paul Goldstein in the third round), making the second round of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championship and the third round of the Tennis Channel Open. The only tournament that he participated in and failed to reach the second round during 2005 was the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, where he lost to Kevin Kim.

Lapentti was eliminated in the first round of 2006's Pacific Life Open, that time by Mardy Fish. In June 2008 Lapentii won the Manta Open and had accomplished his goal also winning Costa Rica Seguros Bolivar Open in March 2011.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 23 (15–8)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–6) ITF Futures Tour (5–2)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (10–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2001	Peru F1, Lima	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Di Cesare	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Nov 2001	Venezuela F2, Caracas	Futures	Clay	Marko Neunteibl	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Oct 2002	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Dick Norman	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–1	Mar 2003	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Iván Miranda	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jul 2003	Campos do Jordao, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	6–4, 6–0
Win	5–1	Oct 2003	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Ricardo Mello	6–3, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win	6–1	Nov 2003	Waco, USA	Challenger	Clay	Paul Goldstein	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Jul 2004	Campos do Jordao, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Takao Suzuki	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–2	Aug 2004	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Carlos Berlocq	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4
Win	8–2	Oct 2004	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Răzvan Sabău	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Jan 2005	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Ricardo Mello	6–4, 2–6, 6–7(0–7)
Loss	8–4	Jun 2006	Brazil F4, Piracicaba	Futures	Clay	Rogerio Dutra Silva	0–6, 6–2, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	8–5	Jul 2006	Cuenca, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	6–4, 6–7(8–10), 5–7
Win	9–5	Sep 2007	Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Carlos Avellan	7–5, 6–4
Win	10–5	Sep 2007	Bolivia F2, Cochabamba	Futures	Clay	Damian Patriarca	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Oct 2007	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	11–6	Jul 2008	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Ricardo Mello	6–2, 6–4
Win	12–6	Sep 2008	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Riccardo Ghedin	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–6	Oct 2010	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14–6	Mar 2011	San Jose, Costa Rica	Challenger	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	7–5, 6–3
Win	15–6	Sep 2014	Ecuador F6, Ibarra	Futures	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	15–7	Dec 2014	Mexico F14, Merida	Futures	Hard	Dennis Novikov	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss	15–8	May 2015	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Romboli	6–4, 3–6, 2–6

AO - Q1 (03, 04, 11), Q2 (09) FO - Q1 (05, 09, 10, 11, 14), Q2 (04), 1R (03) WC - Q1 (02, 09, 11, 14, 15), Q3 (03, 04) UO - Q1 (10, 13, 15), Q2 (03), Q3 (05, 08), 1R (09)

Indian Wells - Q2 (10, 16), 1R (04, 05, 06) Miami - Q1 (01, 03, 04, 05) Canada - Q1 (05) Cincinnati - Q2 (05)

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	Australian Open	Hard	Frank Dancevic	Ytai Abougzir Luciano Vitullo	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Frank Dancevic	Bruno Echagaray Santiago González	6–1, 6–4

External links

• Giovanni Lapentti at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Giovanni Lapentti at the International Tennis Federation
• Giovanni Lapentti at the Davis Cup
• cbs.sportsline.com