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Jairo Velasco, Jr.
Spanish tennis player

Jairo Velasco, Jr.

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Spanish tennis player
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Barcelona, Barcelonès, Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, Spain
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Biography

Jairo Velasco Jr. (born 21 January 1974) is a former Spanish professional tennis player. His father, Jairo Velasco Sr., was a Colombian tennis player, who emigrated to Spain.

Career

Velasco was a doubles specialist, usually teaming up with countryman Juan Ignacio Carrasco. The pair appeared together in the main draw of six Grand Slams, but only once made it past the opening round. That was at the 2000 French Open, where they upset ninth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and David Prinosil to make the third round. The pair had previously played four Grand Slam matches together without a win, although they did have the misfortune of drawing Bhupathi/Paes at the French Open and The Woodies at Wimbledon for their first two Grand Slam appearances together in 1999. They had their best ATP Tour performance at Marseille, in 2000, when they finished runners-up. The Spaniards also reached semi-finals in the 1999 Majorca Open and 2000 Colombia Open.

Before teaming up with Carrasco in 1998, Velasco made the semi-finals of the Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, with Joan Balcells, in 1996. He also played Grand Slam tennis with Virginia Ruano Pascual at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships and Mariano Hood in the 2001 Australian Open.

He played World Team Cup tennis for Spain in 1999 and 2000.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW-LYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2000Marseille, FranceHard Juan Ignacio Carrasco Simon Aspelin
Johan Landsberg
6–7, 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (8)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1998Brașov, RomaniaClay Juan Ignacio Carrasco Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
2.1998Maia, PortugalClay Juan Ignacio Carrasco Cristian Brandi
Stephen Noteboom
7–5, 6–4
3.1999Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Juan Ignacio Carrasco Justin Bower
Jason Weir-Smith
6–4, 6–4
4.1999Besançon, FranceHard Juan Ignacio Carrasco Martín García
Cristiano Testa
6–1, 7–6
5.1999Cairo, EgyptClay Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón
Albert Portas
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
6.1999AndorraHard Juan Ignacio Carrasco Scott Humphries
Peter Nyborg
7–5, 7–6
7.2001Barletta, ItalyClay Germán Puentes Tomas Behrend
Mikhail Youzhny
6–1, 1–0 RET
8.2001Mönchengladbach, GermanyClay Jens Knippschild Wim Neefs
Djalmar Sistermans
6–3, 6–3
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