Sergio Cortés Godoy (born 11 January 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Chile.

Career

Cortés was a leading junior player in South American, winning the continental championships in the 14s, 16s and 18s age groups.

Sergio Cortés

He was a quarter-finalist in the 1989 Geneva Open.

Sergio Cortés

Cortés competed in just one Grand Slam event, the 1993 US Open, where he reached the third round. He defeated American Derrick Rostagno and Dutchman Jacco Eltingh, both in four sets and was then eliminated in straight sets by Boris Becker.

Sergio Cortés

In 1993 he had one of the best wins of his career beat when he beat world number 31 Magnus Larsson at the Lipton Championships in Florida

Cortés made the quarter-finals of a Bogotá ATP tournament, along the way defeating Andrei Chesnokov, then the world number 40.

He appeared in six ties for the Chile Davis Cup team, with a record of 5–5 in singles and 2–0 in doubles.

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

Doubles: (1)

References

1968 births

Living people

Chilean male tennis players

Sportspeople from Antofagasta

Pan American Games medalists in tennis

Pan American Games bronze medalists for Chile

Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games

South American Games medalists in tennis

South American Games silver medalists for Chile

Competitors at the 1986 South American Games

20th-century Chilean people