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Nicolás Lapentti

{{short description|Ecuadorian tennis player}}

{{more footnotes needed|date=October 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Family name hatnote|Lapentti|Gómez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name= Nicolás Lapentti

|image= N Lapentti 2009 Davis Cup 1.jpg

|country= {{ECU}}

|residence= Miami, Florida, U.S.

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|13}}

|birth_place= Guayaquil, Ecuador

|height= {{height|m=1.88}}

|turnedpro= 1995

|retired= 2011
{{nowrap|(last match 2017)}}

|plays= Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney= $6,313,898

|singlesrecord= {{tennis record|won=321|lost=299}}

|singlestitles= 5

|highestsinglesranking= No. 6 (17 April 2000)

|AustralianOpenresult= SF (1999)

|FrenchOpenresult= 4R (2000)

|Wimbledonresult= QF (2002)

|USOpenresult= 3R (2001)

|Othertournaments= yes

|MastersCupresult= RR (1999)

|GrandSlamCupresult= QF (1999)

|Olympicsresult= 1R (1996, 2004, 2008)

|doublesrecord= 153–159

|doublestitles= 3

|highestdoublesranking= No. 32 (10 May 1999)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult= QF (1999, 2001, 2003)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult= QF (1998)

|WimbledonDoublesresult= 3R (2003)

|USOpenDoublesresult= 3R (2003)

|Team= yes

|DavisCupresult= 1R (2001, 2010)

}}

Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez ({{IPA|es|nikoˈlas laˈpenti}}; born 13 August 1976) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. Lapentti was ranked world No. 6 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in April 2000. His brothers, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés, and cousins Roberto and Emilio have also been professional tennis players. His father, also named Nicolás Lapentti, was a star basketball player at the College (now University) of St. Thomas in Minnesota from 1963 to 1967, and played on the Ecuador Olympic team.

Beginnings

Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six.

He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, when he also captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open (partnering with Gustavo Kuerten) and the US Open.

Professional

Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá.

In 1999, Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open, defeating Thomas Johansson, Magnus Norman, Mikael Tillström, Andrew Ilie and Karol Kučera before losing to Thomas Enqvist. He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 that November.

In 2002, Lapentti won his fifth tour singles title at St. Pölten, beating Fernando Vicente in straight sets in the final. In the second round of that tournament, his rival, Irakli Labadze, faced four match points but was not able to convert any of them. Lapentti finally won that tough match 5–7, 7–6(1), 7–6(6).

His brother, Giovanni, also a professional tennis player, reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 110 in May 2005. In addition, another brother, Leonardo, has been active at the lower levels of professional tennis.

In the Cincinnati Open 2008, Lapentti defeated David Ferrer in second round, Fernando Verdasco in the third round and faced No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals where he lost in straight sets. With that victory over Lapentti, Nadal clinched the world No. 1 ranking for the first time.

File:Nicolás Lapentti 2009 US Open 01.jpg

In his last participation in a Grand Slam championship, he unfortunately had to retire against Novak Djokovic in the first round of the 2009 French Open.

In 2017, it was announced that Nicolás would compete in the Ecuador Open doubles draw alongside brother Giovanni, playing in the final event of his career.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/tipsarevic-quito-2017-monday|title = Serbian Janko Tipsarevic Continues Climb to Top 100 in Quito | ATP Tour | Tennis}}

Davis Cup

He has also been a member of the Ecuador Davis Cup team since 1993. Representing his country in Davis Cup since he was 17, and won the deciding rubber against Great Britain (July 2000) to put Ecuador in the World Group. Moreover, he owns the Davis Cup record for most matches won in five sets, with a total of 13 victories.

Personal

File:Nicolás Lapentti.jpg

He set up the Nicolás Lapentti Foundation in late 2000 to help bring tennis to the underprivileged, and develop future champions. Other interests include soccer and reading Robert Ludlum books.

ATP career finals

=Singles: 12 (5 wins, 7 losses)=

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! Legend

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|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

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|Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)

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|ATP Super 9 /
ATP Masters Series (0–0)

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|ATP Championship Series /
ATP International Series Gold (2–1)

ATP World Series /
ATP International Series (3–6)

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! Finals by surface

Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

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! Finals by setting

Outdoor (4–7)
Indoor (1–0)

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:65px"|Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Sep 1995}}

|Bogotá Open, Colombia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|COL}} Miguel Tobón

|2–6, 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–1

|1996 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Singles

|Bogotá Open, Colombia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Muster

|7–6(8–6), 2–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–2

|{{dts|Oct 1997}}

|Bogotá Open, Colombia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Clavet

|3–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–3

|1999 Rado Swiss Open Gstaad – Singles

|Swiss Open, Switzerland

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Costa

|6–7(4–7), 3–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–3

|1999 RCA Championships – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Indianapolis Tennis Championships, United States

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Champ. Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Vince Spadea

|4–6, 6–4, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–3

|1999 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

|Grand Prix de Lyon, France

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt

|6–3, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–4

|{{dts|Oct 2000}}

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Japan Open, Tokyo

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Intl. Gold

|Hard

|{{flagicon|NED}} Sjeng Schalken

|4–6, 6–3, 1–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–4

|2001 Generali Open – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Intl. Gold

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Costa

|1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–5

|2002 BellSouth Open – Singles

|Santiago Open, Chile

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Fernando González

|3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–5

|2002 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Singles

|St. Pölten, Austria

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Vicente

|7–5, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–6

|2003 Synsam Swedish Open – Singles

|Swedish Open, Båstad

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Zabaleta

|3–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–7

|2006 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles

|Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Filippo Volandri

|7–5, 1–6, 3–6

=Doubles: 7 (3 wins, 4 losses)=

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! Legend

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|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

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|Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)

style="background:#e9e9e9;"

|ATP Super 9 /
ATP Masters Series (0–0)

style="background:#d4f1c5;"

|ATP Championship Series /
ATP International Series Gold (0–0)

ATP World Series /
ATP International Series (3–4)

|

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! Finals by surface

Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! Finals by setting

Outdoor (3–4)
Indoor (0–0)

|}

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:65px"|Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|1996 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles

|Bogotá Open, Colombia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ECU}} Pablo Campana

|{{flagicon|VEN}} Nicolás Pereira
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Rikl

|3–6, 6–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|1997 Dutch Open – Doubles

|Dutch Open, Amsterdam

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kilderry

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Kratzmann
{{flagicon|BEL}} Libor Pimek

|3–6, 7–5, 7–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|1997 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Doubles

|Mexican Open, Acapulco

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Orsanic

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Herrera
{{flagicon|MEX}} Mariano Sánchez

|4–6, 6–3, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–2

|1997 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles

|Santiago Open, Chile

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Alonso

|{{flagicon|NED}} Hendrik Jan Davids
{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Kratzmann

|6–7, 7–5, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–2

|1999 AAPT Championships – Doubles

|Adelaide International, Australia

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Kuerten

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Courier
{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Galbraith

|6–4, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–3

|1999 Prague Open – Doubles

|Prague Open, Czech Republic

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Keil

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Damm
{{flagicon|CZE}} Radek Štěpánek

|0–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–4

|2004 BellSouth Open – Doubles

|Santiago Open, Chile

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Martín Rodríguez

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Ignacio Chela
{{flagicon|ARG}} Gastón Gaudio

|6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)

Singles performance timeline

{{Performance key|active=no}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%

!Tournament!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!SR!!W–L

colspan=21 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
bgcolor=#efefef align=left| Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 11

|bgcolor=#efefef|15–11

bgcolor=#efefef align=left| French Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|Q1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 14

|bgcolor=#efefef|12–14

bgcolor=#efefef align=left| Wimbledon

|A

|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 10

|bgcolor=#efefef|8–10

bgcolor=#efefef align=left| US Open

|A

|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|Q1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|Q3

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 12

|bgcolor=#efefef|7–12

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!1–4

!2–3

!1–4

!8–4

!5–4

!4–3

!7–4

!6–4

!1–2

!0–1

!1–1

!3–4

!2–3

!1–4

!0–2

!0 / 47

!42–47

colspan=21 align=left|Year-end championships
bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Tennis Masters Cup

| align="center" colspan="6" | Did not qualify

|bgcolor=#afeeee|RR

| align="center" colspan="11" | Did not qualify

!0 / 1

!0–3

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Grand Slam Cup

| align="center" colspan="6" | Was Not Invited

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

| align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#767676;" | Not Held

!0 / 1

!1–1

colspan=21 align=left|ATP Masters Series
bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|Q2

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|A

|Q1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8

|bgcolor=#efefef|12–8

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami

|A

|Q1

|Q2

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|Q1

|Q1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 12

|bgcolor=#efefef|14–12

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|A

|Q2

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8

|bgcolor=#efefef|4–8

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Rome

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|Q1

|Q1

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8

|bgcolor=#efefef|10–8

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Hamburg

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|Q1

|A

|Q1

|A

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|NM1

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 7

|bgcolor=#efefef|8–7

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Canada

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|Q1

|Q2

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 5

|bgcolor=#efefef|2–5

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|Q1

|Q1

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8

|bgcolor=#efefef|5–8

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Madrid (Stuttgart)

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|Q1

|A

|Q1

|Q1

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4

|bgcolor=#efefef|5–4

bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Paris

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|A

|Q2

|Q2

|A

|A

|bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 6

|bgcolor=#efefef|7–6

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–2

!0–1

!3–6

!16–7

!8–9

!15–9

!7–9

!3–8

!4–4

!1–3

!0–1

!0–0

!5–4

!4–2

!1–1

!0 / 66

!67–66

bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Year-end ranking

|326

|632

|109

|121

|63

|90

|bgcolor=#eee8aa|7

|24

|23

|29

|57

|122

|95

|67

|109

|86

|97

|447

!colspan=2|

Top 10 wins

class="wikitable sortable"

|Season

19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
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|Wins

0000130401001010011

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!#

!width=180|Player

!Rank

!width=200|Event

!Surface

!Rd

!width=140|Score

!{{Tooltip|LR| Lapentti's ATP ranking}}

colspan=8|1998
1.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7

|Kitzbühel, Austria

|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|6–4, 6–1

|61

colspan=8|1999
2.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Àlex Corretja

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|8

|Gstaad, Switzerland

|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|4–3 ret.

|26

3.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Moyá

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Indianapolis, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|6–1, 6–2

|20

4.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Kuerten

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|5

|Lyon, France

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|5–7, 6–4, 7–5

|14

colspan=8|2001
5.

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Norman

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|5

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Indian Wells, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|4–6, 6–1, 6–1

|27

6.

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Henman

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Indian Wells, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|6–4, 6–4

|27

7.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|Kitzbühel, Austria

|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|7–6(8–6), 6–2

|36

8.

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt

|bgcolor=99ccff|3

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Paris Masters, France

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|4–6, 6–4, 6–4

|30

colspan=8|2003
9.

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Novák

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|8

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Miami Open, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|2–6, 6–3, 6–4

|39

colspan=8|2006
10

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikolay Davydenko

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

|Kitzbühel, Austria

|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|6–3, 6–3

|116

colspan=8|2008
11.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Ferrer

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Cincinnati, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3

|89

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.nicolaslapentti.com}} {{in lang|es}}
  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Davis Cup player}}

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{{s-ach|aw}}

{{succession box |

| before = {{flagicon|USA}} Andre Agassi

| after = {{flagicon|RUS}} Marat Safin

| title = ATP Most Improved Player

| years = 1999

|}}

{{s-end}}

{{French Open boys' doubles champions}}

{{US Open boys' doubles champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lapentti, Nicolas}}

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Ecuadorian expatriate tennis players in the United States

Category:Ecuadorian male tennis players

Category:Ecuadorian people of Italian descent

Category:Ecuadorian people of Spanish descent

Category:French Open junior champions

Category:Olympic tennis players for Ecuador

Category:Tennis players from Guayaquil

Category:Tennis players from Miami

Category:Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:US Open (tennis) junior champions

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles