Hans Podlipnik Castillo

Hans Podlipnik

Full name	Hans Podlipnik Castillo
Country (sports)	Chile
Residence	Santiago, Chile
Born	(1988-01-09) 9 January 1988 Lo Barnechea, Chile
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	January 2020
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$565,699
Singles
Career record	3–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 157 (10 August 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015, 2016)
French Open	Q2 (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2014, 2015, 2016)
US Open	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	38–55 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 43 (12 February 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	1R (2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
US Open	1R (2016, 2017)
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing Chile Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Men's Doubles

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Podlipnik and the second or maternal family name is Castillo.

Hans Podlipnik Castillo (Latin American Spanish: [ˈxans poðliβˈnik kasˈtiʝo]; born 9 January 1988) is a Chilean retired tennis player of Slovenian descent. His best results are in doubles, winning one ATP World Tour and reaching another final in this category, besides from winning 19 Challengers and 29 Futures. In singles, he won 23 Futures and reaching in 2015 the final in the Poprad-Tatry Challenger.

Since 2015, Podlipnik focused his career on doubles, ranking No. 43 in February 2018. He finished the 2014 season as the Chilean top singles player, ranked No. 196. and again in 2015 as No. 167. He reached his best singles ranking in August 2015, at no. 157. In November 2019, after his participation with the Chile Davis Cup Team at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, he announced his retirement.

Post retirement, Podlipnik has become a successful tennis coach in Seattle, Washington.

Some of his notable students include

• Anh Lao
• Chilean Davis Cup team

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Pablo Cuevas Guillermo Durán	4–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win	1–1	Feb 2018	Ecuador Open Quito, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Nicolás Jarry	Austin Krajicek Jackson Withrow	7–6(8–6), 6–3

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 36 (23–13)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures Tour (23–12)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (23–12) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2008	Poland F3, Kraków	Futures	Clay	Jiří Školoudík	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 2008	Poland F6, Poznań	Futures	Clay	Grzegorz Panfil	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Nov 2008	El Salvador F2, La Libertad	Futures	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	3–6, 5–4 ret
Loss	2–2	Apr 2009	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Marsel İlhan	1–6, 1–6
Win	3–2	Aug 2009	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Marco Simoni	6–1, 6–0
Loss	3–3	Aug 2010	Croatia F6, Osijek	Futures	Clay	Kristijan Mesaroš	3–6, 0–6
Loss	3–4	Jul 2011	Germany F8, Römerberg	Futures	Clay	Roman Jebavy	2–6, 0–6
Loss	3–5	Jul 2011	Estonia F1, Tallinn	Futures	Clay	Jürgen Zopp	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Jul 2011	Estonia F2, Kuressaare	Futures	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	1–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	5–5	Aug 2011	Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Vladimir Ivanov	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss	5–6	Aug 2011	Germany F13, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–7	Sep 2011	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–8	Oct 2011	Chile F8, Rancagua	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5–9	Nov 2011	Chile F13, Osorno	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–9	May 2012	Sweden F2, Båstad	Futures	Clay	Boy Westerhof	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win	7–9	May 2012	Morocco F1, Kenitra	Futures	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	6–4, 6–1
Win	8–9	Aug 2012	Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Joss Espasandin	6–1, 6–1
Win	9–9	Nov 2012	Brazil F34, Foz do Iguaçu	Futures	Clay	Patricio Heras	6–4, 6–4
Win	10–9	Dec 2012	Chile F14, Temuco	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–3, 7–5
Loss	10–10	Dec 2012	Chile F16, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	11–10	Aug 2013	Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Giammarco Micolani	6–4, 6–4
Loss	11–11	Oct 2013	USA F28, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Romain Arneodo	4–6, 6–1, 0–6
Win	12–11	Nov 2013	Chile F8, Osorno	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	6–3, 6–2
Win	13–11	Dec 2013	Chile F10, Temuco	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–11	Feb 2014	Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Steven Moneke	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	15–11	Mar 2014	Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	16–11	Mar 2014	Chile F2, Concón	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win	17–11	May 2014	Spain F8, Lleida	Futures	Clay	Juan-Samuel Arauzo Martínez	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win	18–11	Aug 2014	Germany F11, Friedberg	Futures	Clay	Rémi Boutillier	6–4, 6–2
Win	19–11	Oct 2014	Chile F5, Coquimbo	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Kicker	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Win	20–11	Dec 2014	Chile F9, Osorno	Futures	Clay	Julio Peralta	6–2, 6–3
Win	21–11	Dec 2014	Chile F10, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Sáez	6–4, 6–4
Win	22–11	Dec 2014	Chile F12, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Michael Linzer	6–2, 6–1
Loss	22–12	Mar 2015	Argentina F2, Mendoza	Futures	Clay	José Hernández-Fernández	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	23–12	Apr 2015	Chile F3, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Kicker	5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	23–13	Jun 2015	Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 74 (49–25)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (20–12) ITF Futures Tour (29–13)

Titles by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (43–22) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2005	Chile F6, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Borja Malo-Casado	Guillermo Hormazábal Luis Hormazábal	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2007	Nigeria F1, Benin City	Futures	Hard	Guillermo Hormazábal	Divij Sharan Navdeep Singh	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2007	Ghana F1, Accra	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Vivek Shokeen Ashutosh Singh	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Jun 2007	Italy F18, Bassano	Futures	Clay	Marco di Vuolo	Fabio Colangelo Daniele Giorgini	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Aug 2007	Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Borja Malo-Casado	Rafael Arévalo Matías Silva	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Sep 2007	Ecuador F3, Quito	Futures	Clay	Borja Malo-Casado	Justian Diao Natale Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli	4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	3–4	Apr 2008	Italy F11, Aosta	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Giacomo Miccini Matteo Viola	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–4	May 2008	Poland F2, Zabrze	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Marek Mrożek Mateusz Szmigiel	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–4	May 2008	Poland F3, Kraków	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Sadik Kadir Timo Nieminen	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win	6–4	Jul 2008	Italy F22, Palazzolo	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Ismar Gorčić Alessandro Sarra	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	7–4	Jul 2008	Italy F23, Modena	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Mohammad Ghareeb Stéphane Robert	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–4	Aug 2008	Italy F25, Avezzano	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Alexandre Renard Stéphane Robert	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]
Win	9–4	May 2009	Poland F2, Kraków	Futures	Clay	Martin Emmrich	Uladzimir Ignatik Denys Molchanov	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	10–4	Apr 2010	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urúza Rivera	Pavol Červenák Ladislav Chramosta	6–4, 4–6, [14–12]
Loss	10–5	Apr 2010	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	Kevin Krawietz Marcel Zimmermann	4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	10–6	Apr 2010	Turkey F8, Tarsus	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera	Kevin Krawietz Marcel Zimmermann	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win	11–6	May 2010	Poland F1, Katowice	Futures	Clay	Adrián García	Denis Matsukevich Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán	7–5, 7–5
Win	12–6	Jun 2010	Germany F5, Cologne	Futures	Clay	Paris Gemouchidis	Roman Jebavý Andrey Kumantsov	6–4, 7–5
Loss	12–7	Jul 2010	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Max Raditschingg	Frank Moser Lukáš Rosol	0–6, 5–7
Loss	12–8	Jul 2010	Kitzbühel, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Max Raditschingg	Dustin Brown Rogier Wassen	6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	13–8	Nov 2010	Chile F5, Quillota	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	Guillermo Hormazábal Rodrigo Pérez	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	14–8	Nov 2010	Chile F7, Talca	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Hormazábal	Guillermo Durán Kevin Konfederak	7–5, 6–7(10–12), [10–5]
Win	15–8	Jan 2011	Germany F4, Nußloch	Futures	Carpet (i)	Max Raditschingg	Gero Kretschmer Peter Torebko	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–8	May 2011	Poland F1, Kraków	Futures	Clay	Kamil Čapkovič	Marcin Gawron Grzegorz Panfil	w/o
Win	17–8	May 2011	Italy F11, Cesena	Futures	Clay	Max Raditschingg	Claudio Grassi Walter Trusendi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	17–9	Jul 2011	Estonia F2, Kuressaare	Futures	Clay	Vladimir Ivanov	Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	18–9	Aug 2011	Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Nikolai Fidirko Egor Gerasimov	6–2, 6–2
Win	19–9	Sep 2011	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Marc Rath	Levente Gödry Péter Nagy	2–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	19–10	Oct 2011	Chile F8, Rancagua	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	Guillermo Hormazábal Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán	6–2, 2–6, [10–12]
Loss	19–11	Mar 2012	Spain F6, Badalona	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo Soler	2–6, 5–7
Win	20–11	Apr 2012	Italy F3, Rome	Futures	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Daniel Dutra da Silva Pedro Sakamoto	4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	21–11	Apr 2012	Sweden F1, Karlskrona	Futures	Clay	Albano Olivetti	Lewis Burton George Morgan	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	21–12	Sep 2012	Romania F9, Brașov	Futures	Clay	Michal Konečný	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun Petru-Alexandru Luncanu	6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	21–13	Dec 2012	Chile F14, Temuco	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	Nicolás Kicker José María Paniagua	5–7, 2–6
Win	22–13	Sep 2013	Romania F10, Brașov	Futures	Clay	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen	Teodor-Dacian Crăciun Petru-Alexandru Luncanu	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–8]
Win	23–13	Sep 2013	Morocco F4, Agadir	Futures	Clay	Steven Moneke	Rafael Mazón-Hernández Alberto Santos Bravo	6–3, 6–1
Loss	23–14	Dec 2013	Chile F10, Temuco	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Álvarez-Guzmán	Pablo Galdón Andrés Molteni	1–6, 1–6
Win	24–14	Mar 2014	Chile F2, Concón	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Bruno Sant'anna Caio Zampieri	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [12–10]
Loss	24–15	Apr 2014	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Christian Garín Nicolás Jarry	w/o
Win	25–15	Sep 2014	Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	Gerard Granollers Jordi Samper Montaña	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss	25–16	Oct 2014	Chile F5, Coquimbo	Futures	Clay	Victor Núñez	Fabricio Neis José Pereira	7–5, 2–6, [11–13]
Win	26–16	Dec 2014	Chile F9, Osorno	Futures	Clay	Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán	Martín Cuevas Rodrigo Senattore	7–6(9–7), 2–6, [10–8]
Win	27–16	Dec 2014	Chile F12, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Julio Peralta	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Lama	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	28–16	Feb 2015	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Maytín	Romain Arneodo Benjamin Balleret	6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
Win	29–16	Feb 2015	Chile F2, Viña del Mar	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Martín Cuevas Nicolás Kicker	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	30–16	Apr 2015	Chile F3, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Nicolás Kicker Fabricio Neis	7–6(7–4), 5–7,[10–4]
Win	31–16	Apr 2015	Vercelli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Arnaboldi	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–3]
Win	32–16	May 2015	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral	4–6, 7–5, [10–1]
Win	33–16	May 2015	Romania F4, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Sáez	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Ilija Vučić	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	34–16	Jul 2015	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Dino Marcan	7–5, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	35–16	Aug 2015	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Win	36–16	Sep 2015	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Guilherme Clezar Fabricio Neis	3–6, 6–2, [10–0]
Win	37–16	Oct 2015	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Caio Zampieri	Nicolás Kicker Renzo Olivo	7–5, 6–0
Loss	37–17	Oct 2015	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Guillermo Durán Máximo González	6–7(2–7), 5–7
Win	38–17	Oct 2015	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Rogério Dutra Silva João Souza	6–3, 6–4
Win	39–17	Nov 2015	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Marcelo Demoliner Gastão Elias	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	40–17	Mar 2016	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Julio Peralta	Facundo Bagnis Máximo González	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Win	41–17	Apr 2016	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Rameez Junaid Mateusz Kowalczyk	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [12–10]
Loss	41–18	May 2016	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Loss	41–19	Jun 2016	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Julio Peralta	Aliaksandr Bury Igor Zelenay	4–6, 4–6
Win	42–19	Jul 2016	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Jarry	Erik Crepaldi Daniel Dutra da Silva	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	42–20	Jul 2016	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Andre Begemann Leander Paes	4–6, 4–6
Win	43–20	Jan 2017	Happy Valley, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Max Schnur	Steven De Waard Marc Polmans	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
Win	44–20	Jan 2017	Koblenz, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrei Vasilevski	Roman Jebavý Lukáš Rosol	7–5, 3–6, [16–14]
Win	45–20	May 2017	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Clement Geens Juan Pablo Paz	6–4, 6–2
Loss	45–21	Jun 2017	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Guillermo Durán Andrés Molteni	6–7(5–7), 7–6 (7–5), [6–10]
Win	46–21	Aug 2017	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Vasilevski	Lukáš Rosol Franko Škugor	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	47–21	Oct 2017	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Vasilevski	Yuki Bhambri Divij Sharan	6–4, 6–2
Loss	47–22	Jan 2018	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Vasilevski	Jonathan Erlich Divij Sharan	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win	48–22	Sep 2018	Banja Luka, Bosnia/Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Laurynas Grigelis Alessandro Motti	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	48–23	Apr 2019	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	David Pel	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 5–7, [5–10]
Win	49–23	Jun 2019	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	Gonçalo Oliveira Andrei Vasilevski	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	49–24	Sep 2019	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Guido Andreozzi Andrés Molteni	4–6, 3–6
Loss	49–25	Sep 2019	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Romain Arneodo Hugo Nys	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [1–10]

Personal life

His father, Johann, is an Austrian former football goalkeeper who played for clubs such as SK Vorwärts Steyr and SAK 1914. As an anecdote, he retired from football due to the fact that he suffered serious facial fractures after an accidental blow by Alfred Schweinsteiger, former player of FC Kufstein and the father of Bastian.

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	3R	1R	2–3
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	2R	QF	2R	A	5–3
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	3–2	3–3	0–1	7–9
National representation
Davis Cup	Z2	PO	Z1	Z1	GS	8–4

External links

• Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at the International Tennis Federation
• Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at the Davis Cup
• Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at ESPN.com
• Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at Olympics.com
• Hans Podlipnik at Olympedia (archive)
• Hans Podlipnik on Instagram