Intro
Dominican Republic tennis player
Birth:
2 August 1980(Santiago de los Caballeros)
Residences
Santiago de los Caballeros
Introduction
Víctor Estrella Burgos (Spanish pronunciation: [βiktor estreʝa burgos]; born August 2, 1980) is a Dominican professional tennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the semifinals in an ATP 250 tournament in Bogota. In 2015, he also became the first tennis player from his country to participate in all four Grand Slams, playing in the Australian Open. In February 2015, he won his first career ATP title at the 2015 Ecuador Open Quito, becoming the oldest first-time ATP tour winner in the Open Era. He successfully defended his title in 2016.
Estrella has been a member of the Davis Cup team from the Dominican Republic since 1998, posting a record of 41-17 in singles and 21-22 in doubles.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
| Legend | | Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–0) | | | Titles by Surface | | Hard (0–0) | | Clay (2–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 8 February 2015 | Ecuador Open, Quito, Ecuador | Clay | Feliciano López | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner | 2. | 7 February 2016 | Ecuador Open, Quito, Ecuador | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-up)
| Legend | | Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2) | | | Titles by Surface | | Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 7 February 2015 | Ecuador Open, Quito, Ecuador | Clay | João Souza | Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko | 5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 10 April 2016 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States | Clay | Santiago González | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 3–6(8–10) |
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles
Singles
| ATP Challengers (6) |
| ITF Futures (21) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| 1. | 2006 | Buffalo | Clay | Marcus Fugate | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2. | 2006 | Pittsburgh | Clay | Matej Bocko | 7–6, 6–3 |
| 3. | 2007 | Tampa | Clay | Stefano Ianni | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 4. | 2007 | Managua | Hard | Alexander Satschko | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 5. | 2007 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Ádám Kellner | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 6. | 2007 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Nicolas Todero | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 7. | 2007 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Óscar Burrieza-Lopez | 7–6, 6–3 |
| 8. | 2008 | Loomis | Hard | Ricardo Hocevar | 6–4, 0–6, 7–6 |
| 9. | 2008 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Andrey Kumantsov | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 10. | 2008 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Jhonson García | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 11. | 2009 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Ričardas Berankis | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 12. | 2009 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Adam El Mihdawy | 7–6, 6–3 |
| 13. | 2010 | Brownsville | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 14. | 2010 | Manizales | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 15. | 2010 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Matwe Middelkoop | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
| 16. | 2010 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 17. | 2010 | Santo Domingo | Hard | Matwe Middelkoop | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 18. | 2011 | Panama City | Clay | Martín Alund | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 19. | 2011 | Medellín | Clay | Alejandro Falla | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4 |
| 20. | 2012 | Mexico City | Hard | Marcel Felder | 7–6, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 21. | 2012 | Bogotá | Clay | Nicolás Barrientos | 7–5, 6-4 |
| 22. | 2013 | Medellín | Clay | Mauricio Echazú | 6–4, 0–6, 6–3 |
| 23. | 2013 | Quito | Clay | Marco Trungelliti | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 24. | 2013 | Bogotá | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 6–2, 3–0r |
| 25. | 2014 | Salinas | Clay | Andrea Collarini | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 26. | 2014 | Pereira | Clay | João Souza | 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 |
| 27. | 2015 | Cuernavaca | Hard | Damir Džumhur | 7–5, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
This table is current through the 2017 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| French Open | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| US Open | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | 3R | 1R | 1R | | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0 / 12 | 5–12 | 29% |
| Career statistics |
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 100% |
| Overall Win–Loss | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 9–10 | 20–20 | 14–19 | 1–1 | 74–631 | 54% |
| Year-end Ranking2 | 235 | 325 | 211 | 202 | 255 | 144 | 78 | 56 | 102 | | |
1 Including Win-Loss 2001 (2–0), 2003 (3–1), 2004 (3–1), 2005 (1–2), 2006 (2–2), 2007 (3–0)
2 Year-end Ranking 2006: 570, 2007: 317