Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez (; born 9 September 1981) is an inactive professional tennis player from Chile.Julio Peralta volverá al ranking ATP 27 Jun 2011 – "El tenista chileno Julio Peralta logró clasificar al cuadro principal del ... El jugador nacional con un revés envidiable, Julio Peralta (sin ranking) Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career, reaching no. 29 in the ATP rankings in doubles. He captured six doubles titles at ATP World Tour and one singles challenger title. He went on hiatus from 2005 to 2007, from 2009 to 2011, from 2012 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.
Career 2000–2004 Peralta turned pro in 2000, and had his best year in his singles career in 2003, year which he won a challenger tournament, the BH Tennis Open International Cup in Belo Horizonte. He retired in 2005.
2007–2008 He made a comeback in 2007 at ITF Futures tournaments. Julio competed throughout 2008, but he suffered an injury the next year.
2011: Second comeback He made his comeback (after long, exhausting, two-year injury) in the 2011 Sparkassen Open, winning comfortably the first two qualifying rounds, against Stefan Seifert and David Goffin (no. 220). In the main tournament, he defeated Victor Crivoi.
2014: Third comeback After a long hiatus, he returned in September at the 2014 Napa Valley Challenger doubles tournament partnering Matt Seeberger as a wildcard pair.
In early November, he won the titles in both singles and doubles USA F30 tournament, not dropping a single set in the main draw in both tournaments. In Chile F9 tournament he made the singles final, losing to Hans Podlipnik Castillo and the following week won the doubles tournament in Chile F10 partnering Seeberger.
2015: New partnership and Challenger Tour success Peralta played many Challenger Tour tournaments during the year, reaching seven finals and winning four, partnering Horacio Zeballos in three of these titles. With the victories, Peralta rose almost 400 positions in the rankings, ending the year at No. 105.
2016: Three ATP Doubles titles He broke through onto the ATP World Tour doubles circuit in 2016, winning the Brazil Open, the Swiss Open and the Moselle Open with Horacio Zeballos. He won his first match in a Grand Slam at the French Open, partnering Denis Kudla, but the duo lost in the second round. Peralta also won six challenger tournaments, partnering Zeballos in four, in one with Dennis Novikov, and at Santiago with countryman Hans Podlipnik. Peralta tied with Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith for most Challenger titles in doubles for the year. Peralta finished the year ranked No. 44 in the world in doubles, and the highest ranked Chilean player in singles or doubles, record he has held since then.
2017: Another title, French Open quarterfinals, top 30 debut Peralta and Zeballos reached the final of the Ecuador Open, but lost to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald. They went on to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. At the French Open, he partnered Zeballos to reach the quarterfinals. This saw his ranking jump to a career high of No. 35.
In the rest of the year, Peralta reached two more tournament finals with Zeballos, and another one with Santiago González, with whom he reached quarterfinals at the 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters too.
Peralta ended the year at World No. 29, his best position yet.
2018: First ATP 500 & one more titles Peralta had a slow beginning of the year, with semifinals at 2018 ASB Classic as the only notable result. Julio and Horacio Zeballos reunited for attempting a defense of their title in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but they lost in first round. They also tried to imitate their past year quarterfinals run on the French Open, but they lost in second round. Partnering with Roman Jebavý, they reached semifinals of the 2018 Antalya Open.
Peralta and Zeballos partnered again for the 2018 Wimbledon and won over 16th seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in first round, but then lost in second round. The partnership went on and they won the 2018 Swedish Open, defeating in the final the Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. The following week Peralta and Zeballos won another title, the 2018 German Open, his first on the ATP 500 level, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final.
2022: Back on the ATP tour After almost 4 years of hiatus, Peralta came back on the ATP tour in April where he entered the 2022 BMW Open with Franko Škugor with a protected ranking and next at the Italian Open as an alternate pair also with Škugor where they won their first round match against top 50 players Tomislav Brkić and Nikola Ćaćić.
Personal life Peralta was born in Brasília, Brazil, and began to play tennis in Paramaribo, Suriname, where his father worked as a dentist.
A close friend of Fernando González, he performed as his double in an advert of Powerade.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)Titles by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (5–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (5–2)Indoor (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero4–6, 6–1, [10–5]Win2–0Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Mate Pavić Michael Venus7–6(7–2), 6–2Win3–0Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Horacio Zeballos Mate Pavić Michael Venus6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss3–1Ecuador Open, Ecuador250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos James Cerretani Philipp Oswald3−6, 1−2 ret.Win4–1U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Dustin Brown Frances Tiafoe4–6, 7–5, [10–6]Loss4–2Winston-Salem Open, US250 SeriesHard Horacio Zeballos Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău3−6, 4−6Loss4–3St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Horacio Zeballos Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop4–6, 4–6Loss4–4European Open, Belgium250 SeriesHard (i) Santiago González Scott Lipsky Divij Sharan4–6, 6–2, [5–10]Win5–4Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini 6–3, 6–4Win6–4German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Oliver Marach Mate Pavić6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals
Singles (8–6) LegendATP Challenger Series (1–0) ITF Futures Series (7–6)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 28 August 2000 Peru F1, Peru Clay Júlio Silva 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6Loss 2. 4 December 2000 Chile F9, Chile Clay Patricio Rudi 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 0–6Loss 3. 16 July 2001 Romania F3, Romania Clay Gabriel Moraru 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)Win 1. 3 September 2001 Peru F2, Peru Clay Yohny Romero 6–3, 6–3Win 2. 24 September 2001 Bolivia F2, Bolivia Clay Phillip Harboe 6–3, 6–4Loss 4. 8 October 2001 Paraguay F1, Paraguay Clay Sebastián Decoud 3–6, 1–6Win 3. 14 April 2003 Chile F3, Chile Clay Phillip Harboe 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 4. 28 July 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Danai Udomchoke 7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–1Win 5. 2 August 2004 Chile F1-A, Chile Clay Damián Patriarca 6–2, 6–1Loss 5. 9 August 2004 Chile F1-B, Chile Clay Cristian Villagrán 4–6, 4–6Win 6. 27 October 2008 Chile F4, Chile Clay Jorge Aguilar 6–4, 6–2Win 7. 3 November 2008 Chile F5, Chile Clay Bruno Tiberti 6–0, 6–2Win 8. 4 November 2014 USA F5, United States Clay Jean-Yves Aubone 6–2, 6–1Loss 6. 1 December 2014 Chile F9, Chile Clay Hans Podlipnik Castillo 2–6, 3–6
Doubles (18–10) LegendATP Challenger Series (10–6) ITF Futures Series (8–4)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1.1 October 2001Bolivia F3, BoliviaClay Felipe Parada Federico Cardinali Sergio Elias7–5, 2–6, 3–6Loss2.22 April 2002Jamaica F3, JamaicaHard Kepler Orellana Diego Ayala Adam Kennedy5–7, 6–3, 3–6Loss3.20 January 2003USA F2, USAHard Felipe Parada Ignacio Hirigoyen Tripp Phillips4–6, 2–6Loss4.27 January 2003USA F3, USAHard Felipe Parada Ryan Sachire Tripp Phillipsw/oWin1.27 October 2008Chile F4, ChileClay Mathieu Guenat Ángel Torres6–2, 6–2Win2.3 November 2014USA F30, USAClay Matt Seeberger Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Alex Rybakov6–3, 6–4Win3.8 December 2014Chile F10, ChileClay Mathieu Guenat Martín Cuevas Gustavo Guerses6–2, 6–3Win4.15 December 2014Chile F11, ChileClay Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera Nicolás Arreche Tomás Lipovšek Puches7–5, 6–0Win5.22 December 2014Chile F12, ChileClay Hans Podlipnik Ariel Behar Gonzalo Lama7–6(7–3), 6–2Win6.23 February 2015Panama F1, PanamaClay Darian King Iván Endara Eduardo Agustín Torrew/oWin7.2 March 2015Nicaragua F1, NicaraguaClay Juan Sebastián Gómez Keith-Patrick Crowley Hans Hach Verdugo6–3, 6–3Loss5.20 April 2015Savannah, United StatesClay Dennis Novikov Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos4–6, 3–6Win8.27 April 2015Tallahassee, United StatesClay Dennis Novikov Somdev Devvarman Sanam Singh6–2, 6–4Win9.1 June 2015USA F16-A, USAHard Matt Seeberger Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss6.8 June 2015Moscow, RussiaClay Matt Seeberger Renzo Olivo Horacio Zeballos5–7, 3–6Loss7.13 July 2015Poznań, PolandClay Matt Seeberger Mikhail Elgin Mateusz Kowalczyk6–3, 3–6, [6–10]Win10.12 October 2015Corrientes, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Guillermo Durán Máximo González6–2, 6–3Win11.2 November 2015Bogotá, ColombiaClay Horacio Zeballos Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay6–3, 6–4Win12.9 November 2015Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Lucas Arnold Ker Guido Andreozzi6–2, 7–5Loss8.4 January 2016Mendoza, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Máximo González José Hernández-Fernández6–4, 3–6, [1–10]Win13.25 January 2016Bucaramanga, ColombiaClay Horacio Zeballos Sergio Galdós Luis David Martínez6–2, 6–2Win14.7 March 2016Santiago, ChileClay Hans Podlipnik Facundo Bagnis Máximo González7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]Win15.25 April 2016Tallahassee, United StatesClay Dennis Novikov Peter Luczak Marc Polmans3–6, 6–4, [12–10]Loss9.30 May 2016Prostějov, Czech RepublicClay Hans Podlipnik Aliaksandr Bury Igor Zelenay4–6, 4–6Loss10.25 July 2016Prague, Czech RepublicClay Facundo Argüello Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay4–6, 5–7Win16.25 July 2016Genova, ItalyClay Horacio Zeballos Aliaksandr Bury Andrei Vasilevski6–4, 6–3Win17.10 October 2016Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Horacio Zeballos Sergio Galdós Fernando Romboli7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)Win18.17 October 2016Santiago, ChileClay Horacio Zeballos Máximo González Sergio Galdós6–3, 6–4
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament2015201620172018 2019–2021 2022 W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1RAA0–2French OpenA2RQF2RAA5–3WimbledonA1R2R2RA1R2–4US Open1R1R2R2RAA2–4Win–loss0–11–35–43–40–00–19–13ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAA1RAA0–1Miami OpenAAAAAA0–0Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAA0–0Madrid OpenAAAAAA0–0Italian OpenAAA1RA2RPeralta and Franko Škugor withdrew before second round, so it doesn't count as a loss1–1Canadian OpenAAAAAA0–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAA0–0Shanghai MastersAAQFQFA/NHNH4–2Paris MastersAA2RAAA1–1Win–loss0–00–03–22–30–01–06–5
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