Víctor Estrella Burgos
Víctor Estrella Burgos is a Dominican retired 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 Ecuador Open, becoming the oldest first-time ATP tour winner in the Open Era. He successfully defended his title and 100% winning record at the event in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the second round in 2018.
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. Since 2014 he belongs to the Dominican olympic program CRESO.
On 5 August 2019, Estrella Burgos announced that he will retire from professional tennis. His last tournament was the Santo Domingo Open, played in October.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (3 titles)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1–0 | 2015 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles| | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | Feliciano López | 6–2, 6–7, 7–6 |
Win | 2–0 | 2016 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles| | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 | |
Win | 3–0 | 2017 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles| | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | 6–7, 7–5, 7–6 |
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2015 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles| | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | João Souza | Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko | 5–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles| | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US | 250 Series | Clay | Santiago González | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 3–6, |
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles
Singles: 28
No. | Year | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
1. | Buffalo, United States | Futures | Clay | Marcus Fugate | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
2. | Pittsburgh, United States | Futures | Clay | Matej Bocko | 7–6, 6–3 | |
3. | Tampa, United States | Futures | Clay | Stefano Ianni | 6–2, 6–2 | |
4. | Managua, Nicaragua | Futures | Hard | Alexander Satschko | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | |
5. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Ádám Kellner | 6–4, 6–4 | |
6. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Nicolás Todero | 6–3, 6–3 | |
7. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Óscar Burrieza-López | 7–6, 6–3 | |
8. | Loomis, United States | Futures | Hard | Ricardo Hocevar | 6–4, 0–6, 7–6 | |
9. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Andrey Kumantsov | 7–6, 6–4 | |
10. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Jhonson García | 7–6, 6–4 | |
11. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Ričardas Berankis | 7–5, 6–1 | |
12. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Adam El Mihdawy | 7–6, 6–3 | |
13. | Brownsville, United States | Futures | Hard | Vasek Pospisil | 6–4, 6–3 | |
14. | Manizales, Colombia | Futures | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–4, 6–4 | |
15. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Matwe Middelkoop | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 | |
16. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 6–1, 6–3 | |
17. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Matwe Middelkoop | 6–4, 6–2 | |
18. | Panama City, Panama | Futures | Clay | Martín Alund | 6–3, 6–0 | |
1. | 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles| | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Alejandro Falla | 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
19. | Mexico City, Mexico | Futures | Hard | Marcel Felder | 7–6, 3–6, 6–2 | |
20. | Bogotá, Colombia | Futures | Clay | Nicolás Barrientos | 7–5, 6–4 | |
21. | Medellín, Colombia | Futures | Clay | Mauricio Echazú | 6–4, 0–6, 6–3 | |
2. | 2013 Quito Challenger – Singles| | Quito, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Marco Trungelliti | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
3. | 2013 Open Seguros Bolívar – Singles| | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | 6–2, 3–0, ret. |
4. | 2014 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso – Singles| | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Andrea Collarini | 6–3, 6–4 |
5. | 2014 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles| | Pereira, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | João Souza | 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 |
6. | 2015 Morelos Open – Singles| | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Damir Džumhur | 7–5, 6–4 |
7. | 2017 Milex Open – Singles| | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Challenger | Clay | Damir Džumhur | 7–6, 6–4 |
Doubles: 9
No. | Year | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1. | Guatemala City, Guatemala | Futures | Hard | Jhonson García | Bruno Soares Márcio Torres | 6–7, 6–4, 7–6 | |
2. | Caracas, Venezuela | Futures | Hard | Román Recarte | Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín | 5–7, 6–2, | |
3. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Futures | Hard | Jhonson García | Andrey Kuznetsov Ryan Young | 6–4, 6–0 | |
1. | 2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Doubles| | Pereira, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | João Souza | Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla | 6–4, 6–4 |
2. | 2009 All Star Children's Foundation Sarasota Open – Doubles| | Sarasota, United States | Challenger | Clay | Santiago González | Harsh Mankad Kaes Van't Hof | 6–2, 6–4 |
4. | Brownsville, United States | Futures | Hard | Arnau Brugués Davi | Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann | 7–6, 6–3 | |
3. | 2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún – Doubles| | Cancún, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Santiago González | Rainer Eitzinger César Ramírez | 6–1, 7–6 |
4. | 2012 Open Seguros Bolívar – Doubles| | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Demoliner | Thomas Fabbiano Riccardo Ghedin | 6–4, 6–2 |
5. | Cordoba, Mexico | Futures | Hard | Alex Llompart | Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher | 6–3, 6–3 |
Singles performance timeline
Current through the 2019 US Open.Record against top-10 players
Estrella's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold- Marin Čilić 1–0
- Janko Tipsarević 1–0
- Dominic Thiem 1–1
- Richard Gasquet 1–2
- Marcos Baghdatis 0–1
- Roberto Bautista Agut 0–1
- Tomáš Berdych 0–1
- David Ferrer 0–1
- Fabio Fognini 0–1
- David Goffin 0–1
- Ernests Gulbis 0–1
- John Isner 0–1
- Jürgen Melzer 0–1
- Rafael Nadal 0–1
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–1
- Stanislas Wawrinka 0–1
- Pablo Carreño Busta 0–2
- Milos Raonic 0–2
- Jack Sock 0–2
- Fernando Verdasco 0–2
Wins over top 10 players