Carlos Salamanca

Carlos Salamanca
Country (sports) Colombia
Residence Bogotá, Colombia
Born 15 January 1983
Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$338,323
Singles
Career record 3–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 137 (16 August 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon Q2 (2012)
US Open Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record 6–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 185 (8 September 2014)
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Men's tennis
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago Men's doubles
Last updated on: 3 September 2021.

Carlos Salamanca Caicedo (Latin American Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos salaˈmaŋka kajˈseðo]; born 15 January 1983) is a Colombian professional tennis player.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2001 French Open Clay Alejandro Falla Markus Bayer
Philipp Petzschner 		3–6, 7–5, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada Masters A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (16–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (10–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (14–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2001 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2004 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay Gustavo Marcaccio 3–2 ret.
Win 3–0 May 2005 Colombia F3, Cali Futures Clay Bruno Soares 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–1 May 2006 Colombia F3, Cali Futures Clay Santiago Giraldo 4–6, 2–6
Win 4–1 Jul 2006 Cuenca, Ecuador Challenger Clay Giovanni Lapentti 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–5
Win 5–1 Jan 2007 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–2 Feb 2007 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar 2–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Jul 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Thomaz Bellucci 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–3 Nov 2008 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Clay Hans Podlipnik Castillo 6–3, 4–5 ret.
Loss 6–4 Feb 2009 Bucaramanga, Colombia Challenger Clay Horacio Zeballos 5–7, 2–6
Win 7–4 Feb 2009 Colombia F2, Cartagena Futures Hard André Miele 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Loss 7–5 Jun 2009 USA F13, Sacramento Futures Clay Carsten Ball 5–7, 1–6
Win 8–5 Sep 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Riccardo Ghedin 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win 9–5 Oct 2009 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Sebastián Decoud 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss 9–6 Jul 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Robert Farah 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7),
Win 10–6 Oct 2010 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Júlio Silva 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 10–7 Jul 2011 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Feliciano López 4–6, 3–6
Loss 10–8 Sep 2011 Colombia F5, Bogotá Futures Clay Alejandro González 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win 11–8 Apr 2012 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win 12–8 Mar 2013 Colombia F1, Pereira Futures Clay Theodoros Angelinos 6–3, 6–4
Win 13–8 Mar 2013 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay Gianluigi Quinzi 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Win 14–8 May 2013 Guatemala F1, Guatemala City Futures Hard Nicolás Barrientos 7–5, 6–2
Win 15–8 May 2013 El Salvador F1, Santa Tecla Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar 6–3, 6–3
Loss 15–9 Nov 2013 Colombia F7, Bogotá Futures Hard Juan Carlos Spir 3–4 ret.
Win 16–9 May 2015 Colombia F2, Pereira Futures Clay Thiago Lopes 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 25 (14–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–6)
ITF Futures (10–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (13–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2002 Colombia F2, Santa Fe de Bogotá Futures Clay Alejandro Falla Fernando Araujo
Eduardo Bohrer 		3–0 ret.
Loss 1–1 Aug 2002 Spain F11, Irun Futures Clay Alejandro Falla Marc Fornell Mestres
F Ventura-Martell 		6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2002 Spain F14, Madrid Futures Hard Alejandro Falla A-J Martin-Arroyo
Gabriel Trujillo Soler 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jan 2003 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Hard Alejandro Falla Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Bruno Soares 		6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–4 May 2003 Colombia F1A, Cali Futures Clay Alejandro Falla Mirko Pehar
Michael Quintero Aguilar 		3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2003 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay Alejandro Falla Carlos Berlocq
Ronaldo Carvalho 		6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 3–4 May 2004 Colombia F1, Cali Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar Diego Hartfield
Damián Patriarca 		7–5, 6–4
Win 4–4 Sep 2004 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar Guillermo Carry
Leonardo Tavares 		7–5, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jun 2006 Brazil F4, Piracicaba Futures Clay Santiago Giraldo Lucas Engel
Marcelo Melo 		6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 5–5 Jul 2006 Cuenca, Ecuador Challenger Clay Santiago Giraldo Frank Moser
Alexander Satschko 		6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 5–6 Jan 2007 Colombia F1, Manizales Futures Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal Diego Álvarez
Carlos Avellán 		6–1, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 6–6 Feb 2007 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal Sebastián Decoud
Alejandro Fabbri 		6–4, 6–4
Win 7–6 Feb 2008 Colombia F2, Bucaramanga Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar Diego Álvarez
Juan-Pablo Amado 		6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 8–6 Jul 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Xavier Malisse Michael Quintero Aguilar
Juan Sebastián Cabal 		6–1, 6–4
Win 9–6 Nov 2008 El Salvador F2, La Libertad Futures Clay Michael Quintero Aguilar Jiří Krkoška
Vasek Pospisil 		6–7(6–8), 6–4, [14–12]
Win 10–6 Feb 2009 Colombia F2, Cartagena Futures Hard Juan Sebastián Cabal Eric Gomes
André Miele 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 10–7 Oct 2010 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Alejandro González Eric Nunez
Daniel Garza 		5–7, 4–6
Win 11–7 Apr 2011 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Marcel Felder Eduardo Struvay
Alejandro Falla 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 11–8 Mar 2012 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Clay Ariel Behar Martín Alund
Horacio Zeballos 		3–6, 3–6
Win 12–8 Oct 2012 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal João Souza
Marcelo Demoliner 		7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 12–9 Jul 2013 Manta, Ecuador Challenger Hard Alejandro González Marcelo Arévalo
Sergio Galdós 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–10 Sep 2013 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay João Souza Guido Andreozzi
Eduardo Schwank 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 12–11 Sep 2013 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Christopher Díaz Figueroa Kevin King
Juan Carlos Spir 		5–7, 7–6(11–9), [11–13]
Win 13–11 Oct 2013 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Challenger Clay Nicolás Barrientos João Souza
Marcelo Demoliner 		6–4, 6–4
Win 14–11 Nov 2016 Colombia F7, Pereira Futures Clay Alejandro Gomez Davide Pontoglio
Giorgio Portaluri 		6–4, 5–7, [10–7]