Ariel Behar

Ariel Behar
	Behar at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Uruguay
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	12 November 1989 (age 34); Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$1,074,999
Singles
Career record	1–5 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 823 (17 February 2014)
Doubles
Career record	105–114 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 34 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 34 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2024)
French Open	2R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	QF (2023)
US Open	3R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2021, 2022)
	Last updated on: 6 May 2024.

Ariel Behar (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾjel βeˈaɾ];^[1]^[a] born November 12, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 34 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009.^[2]

Personal

Behar played tennis for the first time at 3 years old and began playing seriously aged 10. Growing up, he admired Roger Federer and Andre Agassi. He is from a Jewish family but is "not a big fan" of religion.^[3]

Professional career

2012–2017: ATP and Grand Slam singles debut

Since the mid 2010s till 2017, Behar competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he won 7 doubles titles.

Partnering with Aliaksandr Bury, he was a semifinalist at the 2017 Estoril Open.

He entered the main draw at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, his first appearance at a Grand Slam.

2018–2022: Three doubles titles, 15 Challenger titles, top 40

Partnering with Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar, Behar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open^[4] and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. The pair won a total of eight Challenger titles between 2018 and 2020. Behar entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. He finished the year 2021 ranked No. 41, a career-high year-end doubles ranking and reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 39 on 31 January 2022 following the 2022 Australian Open. Also in 2022, he reached a fourth final and won his third ATP 250 title with Escobar at the 2022 Serbia Open defeating top seeds Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić.^[5]

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinal, two ATP finals, back to top 50

At the 2023 Córdoba Open he reached the quarterfinals with Nicolas Barrientos.^[6] At the next Golden swing tournament he reached the final at the 2023 Argentina Open also with Barrientos where they lost to Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini.^[7]

At the 2023 French Open he won his first round match with new partner Adam Pavlásek over Albert Ramos Viñolas and Bernabe Zapata Miralles. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time with Adam Pavlásek defeating former Wimbledon champions, ninth seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić before losing to eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.^[8] As a result he returned to the top 50 on 17 July 2023.

He reached his tenth ATP final and second of the season with Pavlasek at the 2023 European Open but lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.^[9]

2024: Australian Open quarterfinal and Madrid final, top 35

At the 2024 Australian Open he made the quarterfinals with Pavlasek. The Uruguayan-Czech team upset fifth seeds Santiago González and Neal Skupski in three sets to advance and face next, first time doubles quarterfinalists newly formed Chinese-Czech duo of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomáš Macháč.^[10] As a result he returned the top 40 in the rankings on 29 January 2024.

Ranked No. 39 at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, he reached his first Masters final with Pavlasek, defeating tenth seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić, third seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, 15th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow and second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos by walkover. As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings on 6 May 2024.

Significant finals

Masters 1000 Finals

Doubles: (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2024	Madrid Open	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Sebastian Korda Jordan Thompson	3–6, 6–7^(7–9)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–7)

Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–2)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–6)
Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2021	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Christian Harrison Ryan Harrison	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4), [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Mar 2021	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–1	Apr 2021	Andalucía Open, Spain	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Apr 2021	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2–3	Jun 2021	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Gonzalo Escobar	Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	2–4	Jan 2022	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2022	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	3–5	Jun 2022	Mallorca Championships, Spain	250 Series	Grass	Gonzalo Escobar	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	6–7^5–7, 7–6^8–6, [1–10]
Loss	3–6	Feb 2023	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7	Oct 2023	European Open, Antwerp	250 Series	Hard (i)	Adam Pavlásek	Petros Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–8	May 2024	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Sebastian Korda Jordan Thompson	3–6, 6–7^(7–9)

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (23–23)
ITF Futures Tour (4–6)

Titles by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (21–24)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2009	Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	Francisco Carbajal Eduardo Struvay	5–7, 6–1, [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2009	Venezuela F8, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Francisco Carbajal	Piero Luisi Román Recarte	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	0–3	Oct 2009	Venezuela F9, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Mauricio Echazú	Luis David Martínez Yohny Romero	6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Win	1–3	Jan 2011	Brazil F2, Salvador	Futures	Clay	Matteo Volante	José Benítez Daniel Alejandro López Cassaccia	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–4	Jan 2011	Brazil F5, João Pessoa	Futures	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Marcelo Demoliner Morgan Phillips	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–4	Aug 2011	Ecuador F5, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Guido Andreozzi	Alejandro González Felipe Mantilla	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, [10–8]
Win	3–4	Jan 2012	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	3–5	Mar 2012	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	Martín Alund Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Aug 2012	Colombia F2, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Duilio Beretta	Nicolás Barrientos Michael Quintero	2–1 ret.
Loss	4–6	Oct 2012	Villa Allende, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Durán	Facundo Bagnis Diego Junqueira	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4–7	Nov 2012	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Fabiano de Paula Júlio Silva	1–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	4–8	Jul 2013	France F12, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Carlos Poch Gradin	Germain Gigounon Yannik Reuter	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win	5–8	Jun 2014	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Argüello	Andriej Kapaś Błażej Koniusz	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	5–9	Dec 2014	Chile F12, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	Julio Peralta Hans Podlipnik Castillo	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Win	6–9	Jul 2015	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Eduardo Dischinger	Aslan Karatsev Andrey Kuznetsov	ret.
Win	7–9	Jul 2015	Belgium F8, Middelkerke	Futures	Hard	Sander Arends	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	6–7^(1–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Win	8–9	Feb 2016	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	Jonathan Eysseric Franko Škugor	7–5, 6–4
Win	9–9	Jun 2016	Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Lukáš Dlouhý Andrej Martin	6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	9–10	Aug 2016	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Dino Marcan	Jonathan Eysseric André Ghem	0–6, 4–6
Loss	9–11	Sep 2016	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Enrique López Pérez	Íñigo Cervantes Huegun Oriol Roca Batalla	2–6, 5–6 ret.
Loss	9–12	Oct 2016	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrei Vasilevski	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	2–6, 5–7
Loss	9–13	Oct 2016	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	Sergio Galdós Leonardo Mayer	2–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Win	10–13	Nov 2016	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–14	Nov 2016	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Marcelo Arévalo Sergio Galdós	4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–15	Sep 2017	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	Tim Pütz Jan-Lennard Struff	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(8–10)
Win	11–15	Oct 2017	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	11–16	Nov 2017	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	Romain Arneodo Fernando Romboli	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	12–16	Mar 2018	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Bagnis	Simone Bolelli Alessandro Giannessi	6–2, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	13–16	Mar 2018	Marbella, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	Martin Kližan Jozef Kovalík	6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–17	Apr 2018	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	Wesley Koolhof Artem Sitak	3–6, 2–6
Loss	13–18	Apr 2018	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay	1–6, 2–6
Loss	13–19	Apr 2018	Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Julian Ocleppo Andrea Vavassori	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	13–20	May 2018	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Sander Arends Adil Shamasdin	2–6, 1–6
Win	14–20	Jun 2018	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Enrique López Pérez	Facundo Bagnis Fabrício Neis	6–2, 6–4
Win	15–20	Sep 2018	Mallorca, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	Daniel Evans Gerard Granollers Pujol	w/o
Loss	15–21	Oct 2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Leander Paes Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	15–22	Oct 2018	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	15–23	Jan 2019	Playford, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	Max Purcell Luke Saville	4–6, 5–7
Loss	15–24	Apr 2019	San Luis Potosi, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Quiroz	Marcelo Arevalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–1, 4–6, [10–12]
Win	16–24	May 2019	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Evan King Julian Ocleppo	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	16–25	Jun 2019	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Laurynas Grigelis Andrea Pellegrino	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	17–25	Jul 2019	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, [10–8]
Win	18–25	Sep 2019	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Guido Andreozzi Andrés Molteni	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	18–26	Sep 2019	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Tomislav Brkić Ante Pavić	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Win	19–26	Oct 2019	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Orlando Luz Luis David Martínez	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [12–10]
Win	20–26	Oct 2019	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Felipe Meligeni Alves Luis David Martínez	6–2, 2–6, [10–3]
Win	21–26	Nov 2019	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Thiago Seyboth Wild Pedro Sakamoto	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	21–27	Nov 2019	Houston, USA	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Jonathan Erlich Santiago González	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	22–27	Jan 2020	Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Antonio Šančić Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–2, 6–4
Win	23–27	Aug 2020	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Elliot Benchetrit Hugo Gaston	6–4, 6–2
Win	24–27	Aug 2020	Trieste, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Tristan Lamasine Hugo Gaston	6–4, 6–2
Win	25–27	Sep 2020	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Hugo Nys Andrés Molteni	7–5, 6–4
Loss	25–28	Sep 2020	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Andrés Molteni Hugo Nys	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	25–29	Oct 2020	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Escobar	Marcelo Arévalo Tomislav Brkić	4–6, 4–6
Win	26–29	Oct 2020	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Gonzalo Escobar	Robert Galloway Nathaniel Lammons	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	27–29	May 2023	Francavilla al Mare, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	Sander Arends Petros Tsitsipas	7–6^(7–1), 3–6, [10–6]

Best Grand Slam results details

Doubles

	Australian Open
2022 Australian Open (15th Seed)
with Gonzalo Escobar
Round	Opponents	Score
1R	Tomislav Brkić / Nikola Ćaćić	6–4, 7–5
2R	Dominik Koepfer / Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6–2
3R	Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios (WC)	4–6, 6–4, 4–6

	French Open
2022 French Open
with Gonzalo Escobar
Round	Opponents	Score
1R	Francisco Cerúndolo / Federico Coria	6–2, 6–4
2R	Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliövaara	4–6, 2–6

	Wimbledon Championships
2021 Wimbledon^[a]
with Gonzalo Escobar
Round	Opponents	Score
1R	Hugo Nys / Jonny O'Mara	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2R	Matthew Ebden / John-Patrick Smith	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
3R	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (6)	3–6, 3–6, 6–7^(10–12)

	US Open
2022 US Open
with Gonzalo Escobar
Round	Opponents	Score
1R	Albert Ramos Viñolas / Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–4, 6–0
2R	Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek (7)	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(10–5)
3R	Hugo Nys / Jan Zieliński	1–6, 4–6

^a Because of a delay in schedule due to rain, the first two rounds of the competition were played best-of-three sets instead of the usual best-of-five format.

Wins over top 10 players

Doubles

Behar has a 6–12 (33.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Type	2020	2021	2022	2024	Total
Wins	0	2	3	1	6

#	Opponents	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Partner	ABR
2021
1.	Marcelo Melo Horia Tecău	9 22	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	QF	7–6^(7–4), 6–3	Gonzalo Escobar	60
2.	Marin Čilić Ivan Dodig	274 9	Stuttgart, Germany	Grass	SF	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, [14–10]	Gonzalo Escobar	51
2022
3.	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	7 4	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	F	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]	Gonzalo Escobar	49
4.	Jamie Murray Michael Venus	18 9	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, [10–5]	Gonzalo Escobar	49
5.	Joe Salisbury Rajeev Ram	1 2	Montreal, Canada	Hard	2R	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)	Gonzalo Escobar	46
2024
6.	Neal Skupski Santiago González	10 11	AO, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	3-6, 7-6 ^(7–1), 6-4	Adam Pavlásek	48

Notes

^ In isolation, Behar is pronounced [beˈaɾ].

References

^ etennistv (2 August 2013). "ATP Challenger Segovia, 2013 - interview with Ariel Behar". YouTube. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ Player profile daviscup.com ^{[dead link]}
^ Kalenberg, Martín (5 March 2012). "Tenista de la selección uruguaya Ariel Behar: "Hay muchas cosas duras y difíciles en el tenis profesional"". CCIU (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "Ariel Behar, Gonzalo Escobar Capture Marbella Doubles Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis".
^ "Ariel Behar/ Gonzalo Escobar Clinch Belgrade Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".
^ "Doubles Drama: Barrientos/Behar, Doumbia/Reboul Save MPs In Cordoba".
^ "Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini Return to Buenos Aires Winners' Circle". ATP Tour.
^ "Wimbledon 2023: Neal Skupski & Wesley Koolhof to make men's doubles semi-final debut". 7 December 2023.
^ "Hijikata/Purcell Clinch Tokyo Title, Tsitsipas Brothers Win Antwerp Trophy". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Bopanna/Ebden cut through tie-break tension for QF spot".

External links

Ariel Behar at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Ariel Behar at the International Tennis Federation
Ariel Behar at the Davis Cup
Ariel Behar at ESPN.com

[2] In isolation, Behar is pronounced [beˈaɾ].

[1] tennistv (2 August 2013). "ATP Challenger Segovia, 2013 - interview with Ariel Behar". YouTube. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[3] Player profile daviscup.com ^{[dead link]}

[4] Kalenberg, Martín (5 March 2012). "Tenista de la selección uruguaya Ariel Behar: "Hay muchas cosas duras y difíciles en el tenis profesional"". CCIU (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[5] "Ariel Behar, Gonzalo Escobar Capture Marbella Doubles Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[6] "Ariel Behar/ Gonzalo Escobar Clinch Belgrade Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[7] "Doubles Drama: Barrientos/Behar, Doumbia/Reboul Save MPs In Cordoba".

[8] "Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini Return to Buenos Aires Winners' Circle". ATP Tour.

[9] "Wimbledon 2023: Neal Skupski & Wesley Koolhof to make men's doubles semi-final debut". 7 December 2023.

[10] "Hijikata/Purcell Clinch Tokyo Title, Tsitsipas Brothers Win Antwerp Trophy". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[11] "Bopanna/Ebden cut through tie-break tension for QF spot".

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