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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02015 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles|Ecuador Open, Ecuador250 SeriesClay Feliciano López6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Win2–02016 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles|Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 SeriesClay4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win3–02017 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles|Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 SeriesClay Paolo Lorenzi6–7, 7–5, 7–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12015 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles|Ecuador Open, Ecuador250 SeriesClay João Souza Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko		5–7, 6–7
Loss0–22016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US250 SeriesClay Santiago González Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		6–4, 3–6,

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles

Singles: 28

No.YearTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
1.Buffalo, United StatesFuturesClay Marcus Fugate4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2.Pittsburgh, United StatesFuturesClay Matej Bocko7–6, 6–3
3.Tampa, United StatesFuturesClay Stefano Ianni6–2, 6–2
4.Managua, NicaraguaFuturesHard Alexander Satschko6–4, 3–6, 6–4
5.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Ádám Kellner6–4, 6–4
6.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Nicolás Todero6–3, 6–3
7.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Óscar Burrieza-López7–6, 6–3
8.Loomis, United StatesFuturesHard Ricardo Hocevar6–4, 0–6, 7–6
9.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Andrey Kumantsov7–6, 6–4
10.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Jhonson García7–6, 6–4
11.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Ričardas Berankis7–5, 6–1
12.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Adam El Mihdawy7–6, 6–3
13.Brownsville, United StatesFuturesHard Vasek Pospisil6–4, 6–3
14.Manizales, ColombiaFuturesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal6–4, 6–4
15.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Matwe Middelkoop6–1, 2–6, 6–1
16.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Pierre-Hugues Herbert6–1, 6–3
17.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Matwe Middelkoop6–4, 6–2
18.Panama City, PanamaFuturesClay Martín Alund6–3, 6–0
1.2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles|Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Alejandro Falla6–7, 6–4, 6–4
19.Mexico City, MexicoFuturesHard Marcel Felder7–6, 3–6, 6–2
20.Bogotá, ColombiaFuturesClay Nicolás Barrientos7–5, 6–4
21.Medellín, ColombiaFuturesClay Mauricio Echazú6–4, 0–6, 6–3
2.2013 Quito Challenger – Singles|Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Marco Trungelliti2–6, 6–4, 6–4
3.2013 Open Seguros Bolívar – Singles|Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Thomaz Bellucci6–2, 3–0, ret.
4.2014 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso – Singles|Salinas, EcuadorChallengerClay Andrea Collarini6–3, 6–4
5.2014 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles|Pereira, ColombiaChallengerClay João Souza7–6, 3–6, 7–6
6.2015 Morelos Open – Singles|Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHard Damir Džumhur7–5, 6–4
7.2017 Milex Open – Singles|Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicChallengerClay Damir Džumhur7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 9

No.YearTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Guatemala City, GuatemalaFuturesHard Jhonson García Bruno Soares
Márcio Torres		6–7, 6–4, 7–6
2.Caracas, VenezuelaFuturesHard Román Recarte Piero Luisi
Roberto Maytín		5–7, 6–2,
3.Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicFuturesHard Jhonson García Andrey Kuznetsov
Ryan Young		6–4, 6–0
1.2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Doubles|Pereira, ColombiaChallengerClay João Souza Juan Sebastián Cabal
Alejandro Falla		6–4, 6–4
2.2009 All Star Children's Foundation Sarasota Open – Doubles|Sarasota, United StatesChallengerClay Santiago González Harsh Mankad
Kaes Van't Hof		6–2, 6–4
4.Brownsville, United StatesFuturesHard Arnau Brugués Davi Brett Joelson
Chris Klingemann		7–6, 6–3
3.2010 Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún – Doubles|Cancún, MexicoChallengerClay Santiago González Rainer Eitzinger
César Ramírez		6–1, 7–6
4.2012 Open Seguros Bolívar – Doubles|Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Marcelo Demoliner Thomas Fabbiano
Riccardo Ghedin		6–4, 6–2
5.Cordoba, MexicoFuturesHard 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