Nicolas Almagro6 meetings, finals 0-1
1-5Chela trails
Last: Feb 20, 2011, ATP Copa Claro Final, lost
TennisATPRight-handed
Juan Ignacio Chela (born 1979)
ArgentinaAge, ranking and resultsJuan Ignacio Chela is a retired tennis player who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 15 on August 9, 2004.
216ATP Tour matches since 20073titles since 2007
Updated
About Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela, a retired tennis player from Argentina, was born on August 30, 1979, in Ciudad Evita. He played right-handed with a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 1998. In 2010, Chela won 2 titles: US Men's Claycourt Championships and BCR Open Romania. A career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 15 came on August 9, 2004, and he retired in 2012.
Agatha Research DeskUpdated Oct 5, 2026Match history216
Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.
2012: 5-13
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Martin Klizan | L | 5-7, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-1, 9-11 | Grass |
| May 29 | French Open | Round 1 | Marcos Baghdatis | L | 3-6, 3-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| May 14 | ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Round 1 | Radek Stepanek | L | 6-2, 0-6, 3-6 | Clay |
| May 7 | ATP Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open | Round 1 | Alejandro Falla | L | 3-6, 6-2, 2-6 | Clay |
| Apr 16 | ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters | Round 1 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | L | 2-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Mar 23 | ATP Sony Ericsson Open | Round 2 | Grigor Dimitrov | L | 2-6, 6-4, 4-6 | Hard |
| Mar 11 | ATP BNP Paribas Open | Round 2 | Denis Istomin | L | 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 5-7 | Hard |
| Feb 29 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 2 | Fernando Verdasco | L | 4-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Feb 27 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 1 | Cesar Ramirez | W | 6-0, 6-2 | Clay |
| Feb 21 | ATP Copa Claro | Round 1 | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | L | 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 | Clay |
| Feb 21 | ATP Copa Claro | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | L | 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 | Clay | |
| Feb 4 | ATP VTR Open | Semifinal | Carlos Berlocq | L | 3-6, 6-4, 0-6 | Clay |
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| Feb 3 | ATP VTR Open | Quarterfinal | Joao Souza | W | 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-1 | Clay |
| Feb 2 | ATP VTR Open | Round 2 | Horacio Zeballos | W | 6-4, 7-6(2) | Clay |
| Jan 20 | Australian Open | Round 3 | David Ferrer | L | 5-7, 2-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Jan 18 | Australian Open | Round 2 | Pablo Andujar | W | 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 | Hard |
| Jan 16 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Michael Russell | W | 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4 | Hard |
| Jan 10 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 2 | Benoit Paire | L | 7-5, 2-6, 2-6 | Hard |
2011: 22-22
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30 | ATP Valencia Open 500 | Round 1 | Pablo Andujar | L | 0-6, 6-7(7) | Hard |
| Oct 25 | ATP Erste Bank Open | Round 1 | Tommy Haas | L | 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-7(5) | Hard |
| Oct 20 | ATP Tour If Stockholm Open | Round 2 | Grigor Dimitrov | L | 2-6, 7-5, 1-6 | Hard |
| Sep 24 | ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy | Semifinal | Pablo Andujar | L | 4-6, 5-7 | Clay |
| Sep 23 | ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy | Quarterfinal | Andreas Seppi | W | 7-5, 6-3 | Clay |
| Sep 21 | ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy | Round 2 | Florent Serra | W | 6-1, 6-0 | Clay |
| Aug 15 | ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Round 1 | Ryan Harrison | L | 3-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Aug 9 | ATP Rogers Cup | Round 1 | Vasek Pospisil | L | 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Aug 5 | ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel | Semifinal | Albert Montanes | L | 2-6, 5-7 | Clay |
| Aug 4 | ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel | Quarterfinal | Marcel Granollers | W | 6-3, 6-4 | Clay |
| Aug 3 | ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel | Round 2 | Daniel Gimeno-Traver | W | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 | Clay |
| Jul 28 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Round 2 | Potito Starace | L | 4-6, 6-4, 5-7 | Clay |
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2010: 28-24
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | ATP BNP Paribas Masters | Round 1 | Ernests Gulbis | L | 5-7, 2-2 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Nov 4 | ATP Tour Valencia Open 500 | Round 2 | Nikolay Davydenko | L | 6-7(0), 2-6 | Hard |
| Nov 2 | ATP Tour Valencia Open 500 | Round 1 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | W | 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 | Hard |
| Oct 29 | ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy | Quarterfinal | Nicolas Almagro | L | 5-7, 6-3, 3-6 | Hard |
| Oct 28 | ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy | Round 2 | Grega Zemlja | W | 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 | Hard |
| Oct 26 | ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy | Round 1 | Alberto Martin | W | 6-3, 6-3 | Hard |
| Sep 26 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Final | Pablo Andujar | W | 7-5, 6-1 | Clay |
| Sep 25 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Semifinal | Albert Montanes | W | 6-1, 6-3 | Clay |
| Sep 24 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Quarterfinal | Bjorn Phau | W | 6-3, 6-3 | Clay |
| Sep 22 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 2 | Simon Greul | W | 6-1, 6-0 | Clay |
| Sep 3 | US Open | Round 2 | Stan Wawrinka | L | 5-7, 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Sep 1 | US Open | Round 1 | Yen-Hsun Lu | W | 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 | Hard |
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2009: 9-14
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | US Open | Round 2 | Lleyton Hewitt | L | 3-6, 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Aug 31 | US Open | Round 1 | Oscar Hernandez | W | 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jul 28 | ATP Studena Croatia Open | Round 1 | Andreas Seppi | L | 4-6, 6-2, 3-6 | Clay |
| Jul 21 | ATP German Open | Round 1 | Julien Benneteau | L | 4-6, 6-1, 1-6 | Clay |
| May 24 | French Open | Round 1 | Andy Murray | L | 2-6, 2-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| May 21 | ATP Interwetten Austrian Open | Quarterfinal | Oscar Hernandez | L | 4-6, 4-6 | Clay |
| May 20 | ATP Interwetten Austrian Open | Round 2 | Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo | W | 6-3, 6-2 | Clay |
| May 19 | ATP Interwetten Austrian Open | Round 1 | Marc Gicquel | W | 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 | Clay |
| May 11 | ATP Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open | Round 1 | Simone Bolelli | L | 5-7, 6-7(3) | Clay |
| Apr 27 | ATP Internationaionali BNL d'Italia | Round 1 | Christophe Rochus | L | 1-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Apr 22 | ATP Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell | Round 2 | Nicolas Almagro | L | 6-3, 6-7(4), 3-6 | Clay |
| Apr 20 | ATP Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell | Round 1 | Thomaz Bellucci | W | 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 | Clay |
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| Apr 15 | ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo | Round 2 | Rafael Nadal | L | 2-6, 3-6 | Clay |
| Apr 13 | ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo | Round 1 | Igor Kunitsyn | W | 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 | Clay |
| Mar 26 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Round 1 | Bobby Reynolds | L | 6-0, 5-7, 4-6 | Hard |
| Mar 13 | ATP BNP Paribas Open | Round 1 | Andreas Seppi | L | 2-6, 1-4 ret. (ret.) | Hard |
| Feb 25 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 2 | Jose Acasuso | L | 5-7, 3-6 | Clay |
| Feb 23 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 1 | Pablo Cuevas | W | 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 | Clay |
| Feb 18 | ATP Copa Telmex | Round 2 | Tommy Robredo | L | 2-6, 6-3, 4-6 | Clay |
| Feb 16 | ATP Copa Telmex | Round 1 | Alberto Martin | W | 6-3, 6-2 | Clay |
| Feb 6 | ATP Movistar Open | Quarterfinal | Tommy Robredo | L | 6-0, 3-6, 4-6 | Clay |
| Feb 5 | ATP Movistar Open | Round 2 | Martin Vassallo Arguello | W | 6-4, 7-6(4) | Clay |
| Feb 2 | ATP Movistar Open | Round 1 | Pablo Andujar | W | 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 | Clay |
2008: 11-12
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29 | French Open | Round 2 | Fernando Verdasco | L | 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7 | Clay |
| May 28 | French Open | Round 1 | John Isner | W | 2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 | Clay |
| May 14 | ATP Masters Series Hamburg | Round 2 | Novak Djokovic | L | 3-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| May 12 | ATP Masters Series Hamburg | Round 1 | Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna | W | 6-3, 6-3 | Clay |
| May 6 | ATP Masters Series Campionati BNL d'Italia | Round 1 | Tommy Robredo | L | 4-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| May 2 | ATP Tour Open Seat 2008 | Quarterfinal | Rafael Nadal | L | 4-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| May 1 | ATP Tour Open Seat 2008 | Round 3 | Ernests Gulbis | W | 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 | Clay |
| Apr 30 | ATP Tour Open Seat 2008 | Round 2 | Marc Lopez | W | 5-1 ret. (ret.) | Clay |
| Apr 28 | ATP Tour Open Seat 2008 | Round 1 | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | W | 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2 | Clay |
| Apr 22 | ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo | Round 1 | Simone Bolelli | L | 2-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Mar 29 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Round 2 | Ivo Minar | L | 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 | Hard |
| Mar 17 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 3 | Richard Gasquet | L | 2-6, 1-6 | Hard |
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| Mar 15 | ATP Masters Series Pacific Life Open | Round 2 | Dmitry Tursunov | W | 6-7(1), 7-6(6), 6-4 | Hard |
| Feb 27 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 2 | Agustin Calleri | L | 6-7(4), 6-2, 1-6 | Clay |
| Feb 26 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 1 | Pablo Cuevas | W | 7-6(4), 6-4 | Clay |
| Feb 23 | ATP Copa Telmex | Semifinal | David Nalbandian | L | 1-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Feb 22 | ATP Copa Telmex | Quarterfinal | Nicolas Almagro | W | 6-3, 2-1 ret. (ret.) | Clay |
| Feb 20 | ATP Copa Telmex | Round 2 | Thomaz Bellucci | W | 6-4, 6-4 | Clay |
| Feb 19 | ATP Copa Telmex | Round 1 | Santiago Ventura | W | 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 | Clay |
| Jan 29 | ATP Movistar Open | Round 1 | Fabio Fognini | L | 6-7(0), 2-6 | Clay |
| Jan 13 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | L | 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 2-6 | Hard |
| Jan 9 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 2 | Florian Mayer | L | 3-6, 6-7(7) | Hard |
| Jan 7 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 1 | Daniel King-Turner | W | 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 | Hard |
2007: 37-23
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | ATP BNP Paribas Masters | Round 2 | Stan Wawrinka | L | 3-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Oct 23 | ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel | Round 1 | Stefan Koubek | L | 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Oct 16 | ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid | Round 2 | Andy Murray | L | 1-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Oct 12 | ATP BA-CA Tennis Trophy | Quarterfinal | Novak Djokovic | L | 3-6, 7-5, 6-7(2) | Hard |
| Oct 11 | ATP BA-CA Tennis Trophy | Round 2 | Jurgen Melzer | W | 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 | Hard |
| Oct 9 | ATP BA-CA Tennis Trophy | Round 1 | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | W | 6-1, 6-3 | Hard |
| Sep 6 | US Open | Quarterfinal | David Ferrer | L | 2-6, 3-6, 5-7 | Hard |
| Sep 4 | US Open | Round 4 | Stan Wawrinka | W | 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(6), 1-6, 6-4 | Hard |
| Sep 2 | US Open | Round 3 | Ivan Ljubicic | W | 6-4, 6-7(5), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 | Hard |
| Aug 31 | US Open | Round 2 | Wayne Odesnik | W | 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 | Hard |
| Aug 28 | US Open | Round 1 | Michael McClune | W | 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(0) | Hard |
| Aug 15 | ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Round 2 | Marcos Baghdatis | L | 7-6(6), 4-6, 2-6 | Hard |
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How he is doing now
Last 101-9LLLLLLLLWLNewest first. Eight losses in a row.
Career
28years1998 to 2012
- 2007First ATP matchBeat Nicolas Mahut, ATP Heineken Open
- 2007First titleATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel
- 2004Career high No. 15Aug 9, 2004
- Jun 25, 2012Latest matchLost to Martin Klizan, Wimbledon
Grand Slam titles
AO0Round 3 (2012)3-5 in our records
RG0Round 2 (2010)3-5 in our records
WIM0Round 2 (2011)2-4 in our records
USO0Quarterfinal (2007)6-3 in our records
Titles by season
First ATP match
Jan 10, 2007: beat Nicolas Mahut 7-6, 6-3ATP Heineken Open, on hard
Latest match
Jun 25, 2012: lost to Martin Klizan 5-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1, 9-11Wimbledon, Round 1, on grass court
Most often against
The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.
Andy Murray5 meetings, finals 0-0
0-5Chela trails
Last: May 27, 2010, French Open Round 2, lost
Pablo Andujar5 meetings, finals 1-0
3-2Chela leads
Last: Jan 18, 2012, Australian Open Round 2, won
Stan Wawrinka5 meetings, finals 0-0
2-3Chela trails
Last: Feb 19, 2011, ATP Copa Claro Semifinal, won
Albert Montanes4 meetings, finals 0-0
2-2All square
Last: Aug 5, 2011, ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel Semifinal, lost
Fernando Verdasco4 meetings, finals 0-0
1-3Chela trails
Last: Feb 29, 2012, ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel Round 2, lost
Sources and updates
Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.
Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:18 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.