Ernesto Escobedo
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Escobedo at the 2016 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | West Covina, California |
| Born |
July 4, 1996 Los Angeles, California |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Peter Lucassen |
| Prize money | $269,773 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 4–7 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 104 (6 March 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 104 (6 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| US Open | 2R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1,265 (20 February 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,269 6 March 2017) |
| Last updated on: 6 March 2017. | |
Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo (born July 4, 1996) is an American tennis player who has won two ATP Challenger titles.
Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father also briefly played professional tennis. He is of Mexican descent.
Escobedo reached his first ATP Challenger final at São Paulo in April 2016 to advance him to a career-high ranking inside the top 300. With that success, he became the seventh American teenager to reach a Challenger final in the previous seven months.
He won first career ATP match at the Aegon Open in Nottingham against Top 100 player Diego Schwartzman shortly before turning 20 years old. The next month, he won his first Challenger title at Lexington over fellow up-and-coming American Frances Tiafoe. With this victory, he also won the US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a wild card into the main draw of the final grand slam of the year. Escobedo put this wild card to good use by defeating Lukas Lacko in the first round to crack the Top 200 for the first time and record his first career grand slam match win.
Towards the end of the season, Escobedo returned to Monterrey where he had made the semifinals the previous year, and defended his points by winning the title over Denis Kudla.
To start the year, Escobedo continued to improve upon his success from 2016. He qualified for the Australian Open and then won his first round match against fellow NextGen player Daniil Medvedev. The following month, he was awarded a wild card into the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, an ATP 500 event in Acapulco. At this tournament, he again won first round match over fellow American Stefan Kozlov.
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