Fernando González

Fernando González

Residence	La Reina, Santiago, Chile
Born	(1980-07-29) 29 Julie 1980 Santiago, Chile
Hicht	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	Mairch 21, 2012
Plays	Richt-haundit (ane-haundit backhaund)
Coach(es)	Larry Stefanki
Prize money	$11,862,276
Singles
Career record	370–202
Career titles	11
Heichest rankin	No. 5 (Januar 29, 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	F (2007)
French Open	SF (2009)
Wimbledon	QF (2005)
US Open	QF (2002, 2009)
Ither toornaments
Tour Finals	RR (2005, 2007)
Olympic Gemmes	Siller Medal (2008) Bronze Medal (2004)
Doubles
Career record	109–98
Career titles	3
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2010)
French Open	SF (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2005)
US Open	QF (2004)
Ither Doubles toornaments
Olympic Games	Gowd Medal (2004)
Last updatit on: Mairch 8, 2012.

Olympic medal record
Representin Chile
Men's Tennis
	2004 Athens	Doubles
	2004 Athens	Singles
	2008 Beijing	Singles

Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (born Julie 29, 1980) is a retired professional tennis player frae Chile. He is kent for haein ane o the hairdest forehauns on the circuit. In Spainyie he is cried El Bombardero de La Reina ("The La Reina Bomber") an Mano de Piedra ("Stane Haund"). The Inglis-leid media haes labeled him "Gonzo".

González reaked leastweys the quarterfinal roond o aw fower Grand Slam toornaments. He played his anerly major final at the 2007 Australian Open, losin tae tap-ranked Roger Federer. He is the fowert male tennis player in history tae hae wan each Olympic medal (gowd in doubles an bronze in singles at Athens 2004, an siller in singles at Beijing 2008). Ootthrough his career, he haes defeatit mony past an present tap players, includin Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer (aw while thay held the tap spot), Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyà, Gustavo Kuerten, Marat Safin, Juan Martín del Potro, Andy Murray an Pete Sampras. González qualified twice for the year-end Masters Cup event an wis runner-up at twa Masters Series toornaments. He is arguably Chile's best tennis player o the 2000s.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Ootcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2007	Australian Open	Haird	Roger Federer	6–7(2–7), 4–6, 4–6

Olympic finals

Singles: 2 (1 siller, 1 bronze medal)

Ootcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	2004	Athens Olympics	Haird	Taylor Dent	6–4, 2–6, 16–14
Siller	2008	Beijing Olympics	Haird	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–7(2–7), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 gowd medal)

Ootcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Pairtner	Opponents	Score
Gowd	2004	Athens Olympics	Haird	Nicolas Massú	Nicolas Kiefer Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Ootcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Champion	Score
Runner-up	2006	Madrid	Haird (i)	Roger Federer	5–7, 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2007	Roum	Clay	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 2–6

Career finals

Singles: 22 (11–11)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) Olympic Gowd Medal Match (0–1) ATP Warld Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Warld Tour Masters 1000 (0–2) ATP Warld Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP Warld Tour 250 Series (11–6)

Teetles bi Surface Haird (2–6) Clay (8–3) Gress (0–0) Carpet (1–2)

Ootcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	Mey 7, 2000	Orlando, U.S.	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	Februar 17, 2002	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	3.	September 29, 2002	Palermo, Italy	Clay	José Acasuso	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	October 27, 2002	Basel, Swisserland	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	4–6, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	August 3, 2003	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Haird	Tim Henman	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	October 5, 2003	Metz, Fraunce	Haird (i)	Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner	4.	Februar 15, 2004	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	Julie 18, 2004	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Martin Verkerk	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 4–6
Winner	5.	Januar 16, 2005	Auckland, New Zealand	Haird	Olivier Rochus	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	Februar 6, 2005	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	Julie 24, 2005	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Agustín Calleri	7–5, 6–3
Winner	7.	October 30, 2005	Basel, Swisserland	Carpet (i)	Marcos Baghdatis	6–7(8–10), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	October 15, 2006	Vienna, Austrick	Haird (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	3–6, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	October 22, 2006	Madrid, Spain	Haird (i)	Roger Federer	5–7, 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	October 29, 2006	Basel, Swisserland	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	3–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	9.	Januar 28, 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australie	Haird	Roger Federer	6–7(2–7), 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	Mey 13, 2007	Roum, Italy	Clay	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	September 16, 2007	Beijing, Cheenae	Haurd	Tommy Robredo	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	9.	Februar 3, 2008	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Juan Mónaco	W/O
Winner	10.	Mey 4, 2008	Munich, Germany	Clay	Simone Bolelli	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Runner-up	11.	August 17, 2008	Simmer Olympics, Beijing, Cheenae	Haird	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Winner	11.	Februar 8, 2009	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	José Acasuso	6–1, 6–3

Ither wins

Ootcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	1.	August 21, 2004	Athens Olympics	Haird	Taylor Dent	6–4, 2–6, 16–14

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Wins (3)

Legend
Olympic Gowd (1–0)
ATP Tour (2–1)

No.	Date	Toornament	Surface	Pairtner	Opponent	Score
1.	August 21, 2004	Simmer Olympics, Athens, Greece	Haird	Nicolás Massú	Nicolas Kiefer Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2.	Aprile 10, 2005	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–4
3.	October 30, 2005	Basel, Swisserland	Carpet (i)	Agustín Calleri	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	7–5, 7–5

Runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Toornament	Surface	Pairtner	Opponent	Score
1.	Julie 24, 2005	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Nicolás Massú	Martín García Luis Horna	4–6, 4–6

Team competition wins

• 2003 – Warld Team Championship, Düsseldorf, Germany (Clay)
• 2004 – Warld Team Championship, Düsseldorf, Germany (Clay)

Performance timeline

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F-S

G

NMS

NH

Won toornament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Roond 4, 3, 2, 1; competit at a Roond Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent frae toornament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (wi its nummer indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, siller (F or S) or gowd medal at the Olympics; a doungradit Masters Series/1000 toornament (Nae a Masters Series); or a toornament that was Not Held in a gien year.

Tae avoid confusion an double coontin, these charts are updatit either at the conclusion o a toornament, or when the player's pairteecipation in the toornament has endit.

Toornament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	4R	2R	1R	3R	1R	F	3R	4R	4R	A	A	0 / 10	20–10	66.67
French Open	A	A	Q2	2R	3R	QF	1R	3R	2R	1R	QF	SF	2R	A	A	0 / 10	20–10	66.67
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	3R	QF	3R	3R	2R	3R	A	3R	A	0 / 9	16–9	64.00
US Open	A	A	2R	Q2	QF	3R	1R	3R	3R	1R	4R	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 11	18–11	62.07
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	10–4	7–4	2–4	10–4	5–4	8–4	10–4	14–4	4–3	2–2	0–0	0 / 40	74–40	64.91
Davis Cup
Davis Cup Singles	P	PO	PO	PO	P	P	PO	1R	QF	1R	PO	1R	QF	PO	A	0 / 14	20–7	74.07
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	RR	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–3	40.00
Olympic Gemmes
Simmer Olympics	Nae Held			Nae Held			SF-B	Nae Held			F-S	Nae Held			A	0 / 2	10–2	83.33
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	4R	2R	4R	2R	4R	A	A	A	0 / 8	12–8	60.00
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	4R	2R	SF	3R	3R	3R	3R	3R	4R	A	1R	0 / 10	14–10	58.33
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	6–6	50.00
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	3R		2R	1R	QF	F	3R	SF	A	A	A	0 / 7	15–7	68.18
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	F	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 7	9–7	56.25
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	SF	2R	2R	3R	A	A	A	0 / 8	9–8	52.94
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	2R	3R	SF	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	12–8	60.00
Shanghai Masters	Not Held											3R	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	66.67
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	0 / 7	1–7	12.50
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	3R	2R	3R	QF	A	NM1000				0 / 6	11–6	64.71
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	12–9	4–8	11–9	9–9	21–9	11–9	4–5	12–7	2–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 68	86–67	56.21
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	3–4	0–3	1–3	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	11 / 22	11–11	50.00
Oweraw Win–Loss	0–1	3–1	9–5	5–10	40–22	37–24	42–21	49–23	49–22	37–24	39–15	39–16	15–9	3–5	3–4	11 / 208	370–202	64.69
Year End Rankin	580	412	115	139	18	35	23	11	10	7	15	11	68	298	509	$8,862,276

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial steid Archived 2006-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Fernando González at the Association o Tennis Professionals
• Fernando González at the Internaitional Tennis Federation
• Fernando González at the Davis Cup