Víctor Estrella Burgos

Burgos at 2013 US Open
Country (sports)	Dominican Republic
Residence	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Born	(1980-08-02)August 2, 1980 (age 45) Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2019(last doubles match 2022)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,164,736
Singles
Career record	84–81
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 43 (13 July 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2016,2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	3R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	37–47
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 135 (13 July 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016,2018)
French Open	1R (2015,2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	3R (2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	WG-PO (2015)
Medal record Representing Dominican Republic Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Singles Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez Singles 2014 Veracruz Singles 2018 Barranquilla Singles 2018 Barranquilla Men's doubles 2018 Barranquilla Team 2002 San Salvador Team 2006 Cartagena Men's doubles 2006 Cartagena Singles 2006 Cartagena Mixed doubles 2014 Veracruz Mixed doubles

Víctor Estrella Burgos (Latin American Spanish:[ˈbiɣtoɾesˈtɾeʝaˈβuɾɣos];^[1][a] born August 2, 1980) is a Dominican former professionaltennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in theATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the semifinals in an ATP 250 tournament in Bogotá. In 2015, he also became the first tennis player from his country to participate in all four Grand Slams, playing in the Australian Open.^[2] In February 2015, he won his first careerATP title at theEcuador Open, becoming the oldest first-time ATP tour winner in theOpen Era.^[3] He successfully defended his title with a 100% winning record at the event in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the second round in 2018.

Estrella has been a member of theDavis Cup team from the Dominican Republic since 1998, posting a record of 41–17 in singles and 21–22 in doubles. Since 2014 he belongs to the Dominican olympic programCRESO.^[4]

Estrella Burgos reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 43, achieved on July 13, 2015. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on the same date.

Estrella Burgos began playing tennis at the age of 8.

Estrella Burgos played his first junior match in July 1996 at the age of 15 at a grade 5 tournament in theDominican Republic. He did not play much junior tennis as he play just six tournaments in singles and five tournaments in doubles. His best result was a semifinal appearance at a grade 4 tournament inEl Salvador in singles and a final appearance at a grade 4 tournament in the Dominican Republic in doubles. He did not play in any junior Grand Slams or any major junior tournaments.

Estrella Burgos ended his junior career with a high ranking of 360 in singles and 292 in doubles. He had an overall win–loss record of 9–6 in singles and 10–5 in doubles.^[5]

Although playing his first ITF event in 2000, Estrella Burgos officially turned pro in 2002 at the age of 22. He reportedly did not take his career seriously until he was 26 when he decided that a career on theATP Tour was the best option. For the first few years of his career, he played tournaments only located inThe Americas. It was not until 2011 where he started to play in other parts of the world. Throughout 2002–2013, he earned a handful of ITF titles while also improving his year-end ranking.

Highlights during this period include qualifying for his first ATP tournament, the2008 Cincinnati Masters which he qualified for but lost toFernando Verdasco in the first round, winning his first challenger title in 2011, and winning a gold medal at the2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and a bronze medal at the2011 Pan American Games, both in singles.

In October 2012, Estrella Burgos suffered an elbow injury. He was contemplating retirement during this time but returned to tennis in April 2013.

At the age of 32, Estrella Burgos picked up his first ATP win at the2013 Colombia Open defeatingFacundo Argüello in the first round.

In early 2014, he became the first Dominican player to break into the top 100 and he started to qualify for ATP events and grand slams. His first grand slam was the2014 French Open where he got an automatic qualification due to ranking but lost in the first round to 22nd seedJerzy Janowicz in 4 sets.

At the2014 Colombia Open, he went into the tournament as 8th seed and made the semifinals defeating the 1st seed and world number 14Richard Gasquet along the way. He lost to eventual championBernard Tomic.

At the2014 US Open, he made the third round which remains as his best result in a slam. He lost toMilos Raonic in straight sets which all went to tiebreaks.

At the2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, Estrella Burgos repeated his gold medal feat from 2010 in singles and also won a bronze medal in mixed doubles.

Estrella Burgos would finish 2014 with a year-end ranking of 78 and a win–loss record of 9–10.

At the2015 Ecuador Open, Estrella Burgos made his first ATP final. In the final, he defeated top seed and world No. 14Feliciano López to win his first ATP title. Not only did he become the first Dominican to win an ATP title, but the oldest first-time ATP champion inOpen Era history. He also made the final of the doubles draw partneringJoão Souza but lost toGero Kretschmer andAlexander Satschko in straight sets.

At the2015 Barcelona Open, he recorded his only win over a top 10 player when he defeated world number 9Marin Čilić. He also beat future world number 3Dominic Thiem during the tournament.

On July 13, 2015, he reach his career-high ranking of 43 and would finish 2015 with his best year-end rankings of 56 and a win–loss record of 20–20.

Estrella Burgos made his second final in doubles at the2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship partneringSantiago González but lost to theBryan brothers (Bob andMike) in three sets.

He defended his title the Ecuador Open two more times in2016 and2017. He also played in the2016 Summer Olympics but lost in the first round toFabio Fognini in three sets.

He won his last challenger title in August 2017 againstDamir Džumhur at the2017 Santo Domingo Open in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

At the2018 Australian Open, he played his last grand slam match against world number 1Rafael Nadal. He lost in straight sets.

His win streak at theEcuador Open ended at the2018 edition with a second round loss toGerald Melzer.

He played his last ATP match after qualifying for the2018 Hall of Fame Open after qualifying for the main draw where he lost in the first round against eventual finalistRamkumar Ramanathan in straight sets.

At the2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Estrella Burgos won three gold medals for singles, doubles, and team event. It would be the last time he attended the games.

At the2018 US Open qualifying, Estrella Burgos defeated 2nd seedJürgen Zopp andBjorn Fratangelo to make the qualifying competition. He lost toStefano Travaglia in straight sets.

Estrella Burgos' ranking dropped to a low of 326 in November and he ended the year with a win–loss record of 2–9 and a year-end ranking of 278. A severe dip from his win–loss record of 9–10 and year-end ranking of 83 in 2017.

On 5 August 2019, after playing in a few more challenger events and his ranking having dropped to 665 in the world, Estrella Burgos announced his retirement from professional tennis. His last tournament was theSanto Domingo Open, which was played in October.^[6]

On October 7, he won his last match againstMarcelo Arévalo. On October 8, Estrella Burgos played his last match againstThiago Monteiro.^[7] He was honored as one of the biggest retirees in 2019.^[8][9]

Estrella Burgos made hisDavis Cup debut in 1998 at the age of 17. During his time with theDominican Davis Cup team, he posted a win–loss record of 43–17 in singles, 22–23 in doubles, and 65–40 overall.

In 2015, the Dominican Republic entered the world group playoff for the first time in their history and were paired up againstGermany. Estrella Burgos won the opening match in the series when he defeatedDustin Brown in four sets. He would lose his second singles match againstPhilipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets and the Dominican Republic would lose the series 4–1.

Estrella Burgos was born inSantiago de los Caballeros to father Elgio Felix and mother Ana. He also has three brothers; Hector, Henry and Felix.

Estrella Burgos' nickname is "Viti"

Estrella Burgos is also a big baseball fan and likes to go to many games.^[10]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	ATP 250	Clay	Feliciano López	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–0	Feb 2016	Ecuador Open, Ecuador(2)	ATP 250	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	3–0	Feb 2017	Ecuador Open, Ecuador(3)	ATP 250	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	ATP 250	Clay	João Souza	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–2	Apr 2016	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US	ATP 250	Clay	Santiago González	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2006	USA F9,Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Ryan Sweeting	3–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2006	USA F15,Buffalo	Futures	Clay	Marcus Fugate	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jul 2006	USA F16,Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Matej Bocko	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Jul 2006	USA F17,Peoria	Futures	Clay	Denis Zivkovic	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Mar 2007	USA F5,Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	May 2007	USA F11,Tampa	Futures	Clay	Stefano Ianni	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Oct 2007	Venezuela F5,Caracas	Futures	Hard	Julio César Campozano	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Oct 2007	Nicaragua F1,Managua	Futures	Hard	Alexander Satschko	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	5–4	Nov 2007	Dominican Republic F1,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Ádám Kellner	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–4	Dec 2007	Dominican Republic F2,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Todero	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–4	Dec 2007	Dominican Republic F3,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Óscar Burrieza-López	7–6, 6–3
Win	8–4	Jun 2008	USA F12,Loomis	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Hocevar	6–4, 0–6, 7–6
Loss	8–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F3,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Philipp Oswald	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	9–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F4,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Andrey Kumantsov	7–6, 6–4
Win	10–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F5,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Jhonson García	7–6, 6–4
Win	11–5	Nov 2009	Dominican Republic F1,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	7–5, 6–1
Win	12–5	Dec 2009	Dominican Republic F2,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	7–6, 6–3
Loss	12–6	Dec 2009	Dominican Republic F3,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	4–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss	12–7	Feb 2010	USA F4,Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	1–6, 3–6
Win	13–7	Feb 2010	USA F5,Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	6–4, 6–3
Win	14–7	Sep 2010	Colombia F3,Manizales	Futures	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–7	Nov 2010	Dominican Republic F1,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win	16–7	Dec 2010	Dominican Republic F2,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6–1, 6–3
Win	17–7	Dec 2010	Dominican Republic F3,Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	6–4, 6–2
Win	18–7	Feb 2011	Panama F1,Panama City	Futures	Clay	Martín Alund	6–3, 6–0
Win	19–7	Nov 2011	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Falla	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	20–7	Feb 2012	Mexico F2,Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Marcel Felder	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Win	21–7	Aug 2012	Colombia F1,Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	7–5, 6–4
Win	22–7	Aug 2013	Colombia F3,Medellín	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	6–4, 0–6, 6–3
Win	23–7	Sep 2013	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	24–7	Nov 2013	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	6–2, 3–0, ret.
Loss	24–8	Feb 2014	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Gerald Melzer	1–6, 4–6
Win	25–8	Mar 2014	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Collarini	6–3, 6–4
Win	26–8	Sep 2014	Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	26–9	Oct 2014	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	27–9	Feb 2015	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Damir Džumhur	7–5, 6–4
Loss	27–10	Nov 2015	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Thiemo de Bakker	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss	27–11	Jul 2016	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Darian King	7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Win	28–11	Aug 2017	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Damir Džumhur	7–6(7–4), 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2003	Guatemala F1,Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Jhonson García	Bruno Soares Márcio Torres	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(15-13)
Loss	1–1	Jun 2007	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alberto Francis	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6–7(8–10), 2–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2007	Venezuela F6,Caracas	Futures	Hard	Román Recarte	Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín	5–7, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	2–2	Oct 2007	Nicaragua F1,Managua	Futures	Hard	Jose-Roberto Velasco	Alejandro González Nicolás Todero	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2008	USA F12,Loomis	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Hocevar	G.D. Jones Daniel King-Turner	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2008	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Alejandro Fabbri	Alejandro González Eduardo Struvay	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	2–5	Nov 2008	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Pablo Amado	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	4–3 ret.
Win	3–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F5, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Jhonson García	Andrey Kuznetsov Ryan Young	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–6	Feb 2009	Colombia F1,Medellín	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Amado	Alejandro González Eduardo Struvay	2–6, 7–6(8–6), [5–10]
Loss	3–7	Apr 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	João Souza	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–7	May 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–7	May 2009	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Harsh Mankad Kaes Van't Hof	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–8	Jan 2010	USA F2,Hollywood	Futures	Clay	Arnau Brugués Davi	Stefano Ianni Matteo Viola	7–6(7–1), 1–6, [7–10]
Win	6–8	Feb 2010	USA F5,Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Arnau Brugués Davi	Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann	7–6, 6–3
Loss	6–9	Jul 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro González	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win	7–9	Nov 2010	Cancún, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Rainer Eitzinger César Ramírez	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	7–10	Oct 2011	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Julio César Campozano	Santiago González Daniel Garza	4–6, 7–5, [7–3]
Loss	7–11	Feb 2012	Mexico F2,Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Piero Luisi	Austin Krajicek Devin Britton	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–11	Jul 2012	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Thomas Fabbiano Riccardo Ghedin	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8–12	Aug 2012	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	João Souza	Duilio Beretta Renzo Olivo	3–6, 0–6
Loss	8–13	Aug 2012	Colombia F1,Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero	Mauricio Echazú César Ramírez	4–6, 5–7
Win	9–13	Apr 2013	Mexico F5,Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Alex Llompart	Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–14	Sep 2013	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	Guillermo Durán Máximo González	6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss	9–15	Jan 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Alexander Satschko Gero Kretschmer	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	EB rank
2015
1.	Marin Čilić	9	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–4	53

• Víctor Estrella Burgos at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Víctor Estrella Burgos at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Víctor Estrella Burgos at theDavis Cup (archived)

• 1980 births
• Living people
• Dominican Republic male tennis players
• Sportspeople from Santiago de los Caballeros
• Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic tennis players for the Dominican Republic
• Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic
• Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis
• Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic
• Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic
• Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
• Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
• 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen

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