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BORN : 13 August 1976
STAR SIGN : Leo
NICKNAME : "Nico"
HEIGHT : 6'2"
WEIGHT : 180 (82 kg)
RACKET : Babolat
CLOTHING : Adidas
OTHER SPONSORS : Club, Bell South
PLAYS : Right handed
GRAND SLAM RECORD :
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Australian |
French |
Wimbledon |
US Open |
| 2003 |
3R |
3R |
2R |
2R |
| 2002 |
4R |
1R |
QF |
1R |
| 2001 |
2R |
2R |
- |
3R |
| 2000 |
2R |
4R |
1R |
2R |
| 1999 |
SF |
2R |
2R |
2R |
| 1998 |
2R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
| 1997 |
- |
2R |
1R |
2R |
| 1996 |
1R |
1R |
2R |
1R |
2003 RESULTS SO FAR :
Final - Bastad Quarter Final - Kitzbuhel, Basel
4th Round - Miami TMS 3rd Round - Australian Open, French Open
Davis Cup- 6 victories [5 in singles] (Chile, Venezuela and Romania ties)
BEST 2002 RESULTS:
Winner- St Polten
Final - Vina Del Mar,
Quarter Final- Wimbledon, Miami TMS, Munich 4th Round - Australian Open
BEST 2001 RESULTS :
Winner - Kitzbuhel Semi Final - Rome Quarter
Final- Indian Wells, Stuttgart (outdoor)
3rd Round - US Open, Stuttgart, Paris, Miami, Hamburg, Washington
Doubles SF - Gstaad (w Carbonell), Cincinnati and Lyon (w Tarango),
Doubles QF - Australian Open (w Moya), Memphis (w Balcells), Stuttgart (w
Carbonell)
BEST ATP RESULTS 2000 :
Runner Up- Tokyo Semi Final - Indian Wells, Estoril
Quarter Finals - Sydney, Mexico City, Scottsdale, Miami, Barcelona, Halle,
Kitzbuhel, Hong Kong, Shanghai
4th Round - French Open Mixed Doubles - Wimbledon Semi
Finals
Davis Cup - Ecuador beat Great Britain 3-2 on grass at Wimbledon (July)
BEST ATP RESULTS 1999 :
Winner- Indianapolis, Lyon Finalist - Gstaad
Semi Finals - Australian Open, Hamburg, Paris Indoors,
Amsterdam Quarter Finals - Rome, Stuttgart, Kitzbuhel,
Compaq Grand Slam Cup, Stockholm,
BEST ATP RESULTS 1998 :
Semi Finals - Prague Quarter Finals - Kitzbuhel, Palermo,
Santiago
Doubles Semi Finals - Kitzbuhel, Boston (w Albano)
BEST ATP RESULTS 1997 :
Final- Bogota Semi Finals - Mexico City Quarter
Finals - Bologna, Bucharest
Doubles Winner - Amsterdam (w Kilderry), Mexico City (w Orsanic)
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHT : Won first ATP Title in Bogota, Columbia in 1995 on
his ATP Main tour debut as a qualifier.
LIVES : Guayaquil, Ecuador and Miami
PERSONAL:
Brother Giovanni , a very promising tennis player himself and earned his first
ATP ranking in 1998. Won the U16 Junior Orange Bowl at Key Biscayne in December
1999. Has represented his country in Davis Cup since he was 17 and won the deciding
rubber against Great Britain (July 2000) to put Ecuador into the World Group.
Nicolas enjoyed a brilliant Junior career winning the Orange Bowl and reached Semi
Finals at French and US Open Junior events in 1994. In doubles won the French Open
Junior Title (w Kuerten) and US Open Junior title (w Ellwood)
Member of Ecuador Davis Cup team since 1993 with Career win/loss record - 44-22
(30-11 in Singles) - in 26 ties.
Coached by ex-professional Patricio Rodriguez since 1997. Fitness trainer is
Carlos Aranda
Set up the Nicolas Lapentti Foundation in late 2000 to help bring tennis to the
underprivileged, and develop future champions.
OTHER INTERESTS : Soccer, reading Robert Ludlum books.
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