Eduardo Schwank

Full name is Eduardo Jonatan Schwank...Began playing at age four...Father, Rolando, is deceased...Mother, Marta and has three older brothers, Leonardo, Gerardo and Edoardo...Big fan of Boca Juniors soccer team...Enjoyed an outstanding junior career in 2004, finishing as No. 2 player in world (behind Gael Monfils) and winning five titles in six finals...Biggest title was Banana Bowl in Brazil (d. Pablo Andujar)...Considers clay his best surface and forehand as best shot...Biggest moment in his career thus far is reaching 3rd RD at Roland Garros in 2008 (d. former champ Moya in five sets in 1st RD)...Coached by Cristian Amsler, who was his first-ever tennis coach.

2008 -- The Argentine was one of most improved players on ATP circuit, climbing 117 ranking positions from previous season...Won a personal-best 15 ATP level matches and advanced to his first ATP SF during year...In first half of season, compiled his best results in Challenger play, winning three titles in four finals and putting together a 25-5 record...In February, qualified and reached his first ATP QF in Costa do Sauipe (d. Andreev, l. to Lapentti)...In late April-early May, won three straight Challenger titles, in Cremona (d. Phau), Rome (d. Prodon) and Bordeaux (d. Kunitsyn)...Qualified into his first Grand Slam at Roland Garros and reached 3rd RD, defeating '98 champion Moya in five-set opening round and Granollers before losing to Mathieu in four sets...On grass, won his first match in Nottingham (d. Nielsen, l. to Seppi) and fell to Roddick in Wimbledon opener...In July, returned to clay and reached SF in Stuttgart, losing to countryman and eventual champion del Potro...Followed with QF in Kitzbnhel (l. to Starace)...During indoor circuit, reached QF in Metz (l. to Stepanek)...Compiled marks of 10-7 on clay, 4-6 on hard and 1-2 on grass...Earned a career-high $349,219.

2007 -- Continued his dominance in Futures events, winning three more in Argentina in April and May; Posted a 22-10 record in Challenger tournaments, including a 1-2 record in finals, winning at Medellin in October with his first Top 100 win over No. 92 Chris Guccione...In August, reached back-to-back finals in Belo Horizonte (l. to Dabul) and Manta (l. to Soeda)...Qualified in his first ATP tournament in Costa do Sauipe (l. to Portas).

2006 -- A breakout year by posting a 6-0 record in Futures finals (four in Argentina and two in Bolivia)...Won four in a row from August thru September; Made one of biggest jumps during year, going from No. 976 previous year to No. 294.

2005 -- SF in Santiago Futures event (l. to del Potro) in April and QF in Buenos Aires Futures event later that month.

2004 -- Posted 1-4 Futures record.

2003 -- Won first pro match in Argentina Futures event in August (d. Galdon) before losing to Monaco.

2010

The Argentine opened the year with back-to-back finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, finishing runner-up in Sao Paulo and winning the title in Bucaramanga…Posted two quarter-final showings at Santiago (l. to Bellucci) and Acapulco (l. to F. Gonzalez) during Latin American “Golden Swing” in February and reached a third ATP World Tour quarter-final in Barcelona (l. to Soderling) in April…In doubles he reached the Wimbledon semi-finals with Juan Ignacio Chela two weeks before winning his first ATP World Tour title in Stuttgart with Eduardo Schwank…They defeated third seeds Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner in the final… “I’m very happy. It is the first ATP World Tour doubles title for both of us and we are both very happy. I hope it is the start of many titles to come."