Ariel Behar


Ariel Behar is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009. He specializes in men's doubles.
His highest doubles ranking to date has been world no. 71, in February 2020.
Behar has competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour where he won 17 doubles titles.
Partnering with Aliaksandr Bury, he was a semi-finalist at the 2017 Estoril Open, an ATP 250 tournament. He entered the main draw at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, his first appearance at a Grand Slam.

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 48 (21–27)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Venezuela F7, BarquisimetoFuturesClay Mauricio Echazú Francisco Carbajal
Eduardo Struvay
5–7, 6–1,
Loss0–2Venezuela F8, CaracasFuturesHard Francisco Carbajal Piero Luisi
Román Recarte
4–6, 6–3,
Loss0–3Venezuela F9, CaracasFuturesHard Mauricio Echazú Luis David Martínez
Yohny Romero
6–7, 5–7
Win1–3Brazil F2, SalvadorFuturesClay Matteo Volante José Benítez
Daniel Alejandro López Cassaccia
6–3, 6–2
Loss1–4Brazil F5, João PessoaFuturesClay Luis David Martínez Marcelo Demoliner
Morgan Phillips
3–6, 5–7
Win2–4Ecuador F5, GuayaquilFuturesHard Guido Andreozzi Alejandro González
Felipe Mantilla
7–6, 4–6,
Win3–42012 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Doubles|Bucaramanga, ColombiaChallengerClay Horacio Zeballos Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Paolo Lorenzi
6–4, 7–6
Loss3–52012 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso – Doubles|Salinas, EcuadorChallengerClay Carlos Salamanca Martín Alund
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 3–6
Win4–5Colombia F2, MedellínFuturesClay Duilio Beretta Nicolás Barrientos
Michael Quintero
2–1 ret.
Loss4–62012 Copa Agco Cordoba – Doubles|Villa Allende, ArgentinaChallengerClay Guillermo Durán Facundo Bagnis
Diego Junqueira
1–6, 2–6
Loss4–72012 São Léo Open – Doubles|São Leopoldo, BrazilChallengerClay Horacio Zeballos Fabiano de Paula
Júlio Silva
1–6, 6–7
Loss4–8France F12, Bourg-en-BresseFuturesClay Carlos Poch Gradin Germain Gigounon
Yannik Reuter
4–6, 6–3,
Win5–82014 Košice Open – Doubles|Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Facundo Argüello Andriej Kapaś
Błażej Koniusz
6–4, 7–6
Loss5–9Chile F12, SantiagoFuturesClay Gonzalo Lama Julio Peralta
Hans Podlipnik Castillo
6–7, 2–6
Win6–92015 Sport 1 Open – Doubles|Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Eduardo Dischinger Aslan Karatsev
Andrey Kuznetsov
ret.
Win7–9Belgium F8, MiddelkerkeFuturesHard Sander Arends Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen
6–7, 6–4,
Win8–92016 Milex Open – Doubles|Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicChallengerClay Giovanni Lapentti Jonathan Eysseric
Franko Škugor
7–5, 6–4
Win9–92016 Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour – Doubles|Poprad-Tatry, SlovakiaChallengerClay Andrey Golubev Lukáš Dlouhý
Andrej Martin
6–2, 5–7,
Loss9–102016 Svijany Open – Doubles|Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Dino Marcan Jonathan Eysseric
André Ghem
0–6, 4–6
Loss9–112016 Copa Sevilla – Doubles|Seville, SpainChallengerClay Enrique López Pérez Íñigo Cervantes Huegun
Oriol Roca Batalla
2–6, 5–6 ret.
Loss9–122016 Open d'Orléans – Doubles|Orléans, FranceChallengerHard Andrei Vasilevski Nikola Mektić
Franko Škugor
2–6, 5–7
Loss9–132016 Lima Challenger – Doubles|Lima, PeruChallengerClay Gonzalo Lama Sergio Galdós
Leonardo Mayer
2–6, 6–7
Win10–132016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Doubles|Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Fabiano de Paula Marcelo Arévalo
Sergio Galdós
6–2, 6–4
Loss10–142016 Open Bogotá – Doubles|Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Marcelo Arévalo
Sergio Galdós
4–6, 1–6
Loss10–152017 AON Open Challenger – Doubles|Genova, ItalyChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Tim Pütz
Jan-Lennard Struff
6–7, 6–7
Win11–152017 Copa Fila – Doubles|Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Fabiano de Paula Máximo González
Fabrício Neis
7–6, 5–7,
Loss11–162017 Uruguay Open – Doubles|Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Fabiano de Paula Romain Arneodo
Fernando Romboli
6–2, 4–6,
Win12–162018 Punta Open – Doubles|Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Facundo Bagnis Simone Bolelli
Alessandro Giannessi
6–2, 7–6
Win13–162018 Casino Admiral Trophy – Doubles|Marbella, SpainChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Martin Kližan
Jozef Kovalík
6–3, 6–4
Loss13–172018 JC Ferrero Challenger Open – Doubles|Alicante, SpainChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Wesley Koolhof
Artem Sitak
3–6, 2–6
Loss13–182018 Open Città della Disfida – Doubles|Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Máximo González Denys Molchanov
Igor Zelenay
1–6, 2–6
Loss13–192018 Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo – Doubles|Francavilla, ItalyChallengerClay Máximo González Julian Ocleppo
Andrea Vavassori
6–7, 6–7
Loss13–202018 Braga Open – Doubles|Braga, PortugalChallengerClay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Sander Arends
Adil Shamasdin
2–6, 1–6
Win14–202018 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Vicenza – Doubles|Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Enrique López Pérez Facundo Bagnis
Fabrício Neis
6–2, 6–4
Win15–202018 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles|Mallorca, SpainChallengerHard Enrique López Pérez Daniel Evans
Gerard Granollers Pujol
w/o
Loss15–212018 Milex Open – Doubles|Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicChallengerClay Roberto Quiroz Leander Paes
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–4, 3–6,
Loss15–222018 Lima Challenger – Doubles|Lima, PeruChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán
6–2, 6–7,
Loss15–232019 City of Playford Tennis International – Men's Doubles|Playford, AustraliaChallengerHard Enrique López Pérez Max Purcell
Luke Saville
4–6, 5–7
Loss15–242019 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Doubles|San Luis Potosi, MexicoChallengerClay Roberto Quiroz Marcelo Arevalo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–1, 4–6,
Win16–242019 Jerusalem Volvo Open – Doubles|Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Gonzalo Escobar Evan King
Julian Ocleppo
6–4, 7–6
Loss16–252019 Internazionali di Tennis Emilia Romagna – Doubles|Parma, ItalyChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Laurynas Grigelis
Andrea Pellegrino
6–1, 3–6,
Win17–252019 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Men's Doubles|Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Andrey Golubev
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–7, 7–5,
Win18–252019 AON Open Challenger – Doubles|Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Guido Andreozzi
Andrés Molteni
3–6, 6–4,
Loss18-262019 Thindown Challenger Biella – Doubles|Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Andrey Golubev Tomislav Brkić
Ante Pavić
6–7, 4–6
Win19–262019 Milex Open – Doubles|Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Orlando Luz
Luis David Martínez
6–7, 6–4,
Win20–262019 Lima Challenger – Doubles|Lima, PeruChallengerClay Gonzalo Escobar Felipe Meligeni Alves
Luis David Martínez
6–2, 2–6,
Loss20–272019 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston – Men's Doubles|Houston, USAChallengerHard Gonzalo Escobar Jonathan Erlich
Santiago González
3–6, 6–7
Win21–272020 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Doubles|Newport Beach, USAChallengerHard Gonzalo Escobar Antonio Šančić
6–2, 6-4