Mexican tennis player and Broadcaster
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Lavalle and the second or maternal family name is
Moreno .
Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a formertennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona , where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner upJordi Arrese . The left-hander won one career title in singles (Tel Aviv , 1991). He reached his highest singlesATP -ranking on 17 March 1986, when he became world No. 51.
Lavalle won the Wimbledon boys' junior singles and doubles title in 1985. His singles win was notable for the fact that the men's singles winner that yearBoris Becker was younger than Leonardo. He was later a runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon in 1991 and a Wimbledon doubles semifinalist in 1989 and 1990.
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ] Doubles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ] Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (1–1)
Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–1)
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (5–4)
Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (4–5) Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Oct 1986 Scottsdale , United StatesGrand Prix Hard Mike Leach Scott Davis David Pate 7–6, 6–4 Win 2–0 Oct 1987 Palermo , ItalyGrand Prix Clay Claudio Panatta Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 Win 3–0 Feb 1990 Rotterdam , NetherlandsWorld Series Carpet Jorge Lozano Diego Nargiso Nicolás Pereira 6–3, 7–6 Loss 3–1 May 1990 Kiawah Island , United StatesWorld Series Clay Jim Grabb Scott Davis David Pate 2–6, 3–6 Loss 3–2 Jul 1991 Wimbledon , United KingdomGrand Slam Grass Javier Frana John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6 Loss 3–3 Oct 1991 Tel Aviv , IsraelWorld Series Hard Javier Frana David Rikl Michiel Schapers 2–6, 7–6, 3–6 Loss 3–4 Nov 1991 Búzios , BrazilWorld Series Hard Javier Frana Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 Win 4–4 Feb 1993 Mexico City , MexicoWorld Series Clay Jaime Oncins Horacio de la Peña Jorge Lozano 7–6, 6–4 Loss 4–5 Apr 1993 Charlotte , United StatesWorld Series Clay Javier Frana Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann 1–6, 2–6 Win 5–5 Feb 1995 Acapulco , MexicoWorld Series Clay Javier Frana Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso 7–5, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (4–1) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (4–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Aug 1991 Salou , SpainChallenger Clay Federico Sanchez 7–5, 6–4 Win 2–0 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí , MexicoChallenger Clay Francisco Montana 6–0, 6–7, 6–4 Win 3–0 May 1992 Acapulco , MexicoChallenger Clay Luis Herrera 0–6, 6–3, 6–3 Win 4–0 Nov 1992 Pembroke Pines , United StatesChallenger Clay Daniel Orsanic 6–4, 7–6 Loss 4–1 Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta , MexicoChallenger Hard Michael Joyce 1–6, 6–7
Legend ATP Challenger (9–2) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (6–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Apr 1990 San Luis Potosí , MexicoChallenger Clay Jorge Lozano Luis Herrera Guillermo Pérez Roldán 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 Win 2–0 Feb 1991 Telford , United KingdomChallenger Carpet Martin Laurendeau Peter Nyborg Jan Siemerink 7–6, 6–3 Win 3–0 Feb 1992 Jakarta , IndonesiaChallenger Clay Mark Koevermans Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers walkover Win 4–0 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí , MexicoChallenger Clay Luis Herrera Agustín Moreno Francisco Maciel 6–2, 6–2 Win 5–0 Apr 1993 San Luis Potosí , MexicoChallenger Clay Javier Frana Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 Win 6–0 Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí , MexicoChallenger Clay Oliver Fernández Luis Herrera Ismael Hernandez 7–5, 7–5 Win 7–0 Jun 1994 Turin , ItalyChallenger Clay Libor Pimek Richard Schmidt Greg Van Emburgh 6–2, 7–6 Loss 7–1 Sep 1994 Singapore , SingaporeChallenger Hard Danilo Marcelino Brian Devening Sander Groen 2–6, 6–7 Loss 7–2 Jun 1996 Bogotá , ColombiaChallenger Clay Óscar Ortiz Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton 4–6, 3–6 Win 8–2 Aug 1996 Belo Horizonte , BrazilChallenger Hard Maurice Ruah Luis Herrera Gabriel Trifu 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 Win 9–2 Nov 1996 Puebla , MexicoChallenger Hard Maurice Ruah Bill Behrens Steve Campbell 7–5, 6–2
Performance timelines [ edit ] (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.