Ariel Behar

Ariel Behar
Behar at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) Uruguay
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1989-11-12) 12 November 1989
Montevideo, Uruguay
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money$ 1,414,800
Singles
Career record1–5 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 823 (17 February 2014)
Doubles
Career record126 - 146 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 34 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 47 (23 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French Open2R (2022, 2023)
WimbledonQF (2023)
US Open3R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2021, 2022)
Last updated on: 23 June 2025.

Ariel Behar (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾjel βeˈaɾ];[1][a] born November 12, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 34 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009.[2]

Personal life

Behar played tennis for the first time at 3 years old and began playing seriously aged 10. Growing up, he admired Roger Federer and Andre Agassi. He is from a Jewish family but is "not a big fan" of religion.[3]

Professional career

2012–2017: ATP and Grand Slam singles debut

Since the mid 2010s till 2017, Behar competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he won 7 doubles titles.

Partnering with Aliaksandr Bury, he was a semifinalist at the 2017 Estoril Open.

He entered the main draw at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, his first appearance at a Grand Slam.

2018–2022: Three doubles titles, 15 Challenger titles, top 40

Partnering with Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar, Behar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open[4] and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. The pair won a total of eight Challenger titles between 2018 and 2020. Behar entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. He finished the year 2021 ranked No. 41, a career-high year-end doubles ranking and reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 39 on 31 January 2022 following the 2022 Australian Open. Also in 2022, he reached a fourth final and won his third ATP 250 title with Escobar at the 2022 Serbia Open defeating top seeds Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić.[5]

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinal, two ATP finals, back to top 50

At the 2023 Córdoba Open he reached the quarterfinals with Nicolas Barrientos.[6] At the next Golden swing tournament he reached the final at the 2023 Argentina Open also with Barrientos where they lost to Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini.[7]

At the 2023 French Open he won his first round match with new partner Adam Pavlásek over Albert Ramos Viñolas and Bernabe Zapata Miralles. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time with Adam Pavlásek defeating former Wimbledon champions, ninth seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić before losing to eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.[8] As a result he returned to the top 50 on 17 July 2023.

He reached his tenth ATP final and second of the season with Pavlasek at the 2023 European Open but lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.[9]

2024: Australian Open quarterfinal and Madrid final, top 35

At the 2024 Australian Open he made the quarterfinals with Pavlasek. The Uruguayan-Czech team upset fifth seeds Santiago González and Neal Skupski in three sets to advance and face next, first time doubles quarterfinalists newly formed Chinese-Czech duo of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomáš Macháč.[10] As a result he returned the top 40 in the rankings on 29 January 2024.[11]

Ranked No. 39 at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, he reached his first Masters final with Pavlasek, defeating tenth seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić, third seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, 15th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow and second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos by walkover.[12] As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings on 6 May 2024. They lost in the final to Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson.[13]

Partnering with Robert Galloway, he was runner-up at the Japan Open, losing to British duo, Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, in the final.[14][15]

Significant finals

Masters 1000 Finals

Doubles: (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2024 Madrid Open Clay Adam Pavlásek Sebastian Korda
Jordan Thompson 		3–6, 6–7(7–9)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 15 (3 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–3)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–10)
Indoor (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2021 Delray Beach Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard Gonzalo Escobar Christian Harrison
Ryan Harrison 		6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–4]
Loss 1–1 Mar 2021 Argentina Open,
Argentina 		250 Series Clay Gonzalo Escobar Tomislav Brkić
Nikola Ćaćić 		3–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Apr 2021 Andalucía Open,
Spain 		250 Series Clay Gonzalo Escobar Tomislav Brkić
Nikola Ćaćić 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Apr 2021 Serbia Open,
Serbia 		250 Series Clay Gonzalo Escobar Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov 		3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2–3 Jun 2021 Stuttgart Open,
Germany 		250 Series Grass Gonzalo Escobar Marcelo Demoliner
Santiago González 		6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 2–4 Jan 2022 Adelaide International,
Australia 		250 Series Hard Gonzalo Escobar Wesley Koolhof
Neal Skupski 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 3–4 Apr 2022 Serbia Open,
Serbia 		250 Series Clay Gonzalo Escobar Nikola Mektić
Mate Pavić 		6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 3–5 Jun 2022 Mallorca Championships,
Spain 		250 Series Grass Gonzalo Escobar Rafael Matos
David Vega Hernández 		6–75–7, 7–68–6, [1–10]
Loss 3–6 Feb 2023 Argentina Open,
Argentina 		250 Series Clay Nicolás Barrientos Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–7 Oct 2023 European Open,
Belgium 		250 Series Hard (i) Adam Pavlásek Petros Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas 		7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 3–8 Apr 2024 Madrid Open,
Spain 		Masters 1000 Clay Adam Pavlásek Sebastian Korda
Jordan Thompson 		3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3–9 Oct 2024 Japan Open,
Japan 		500 Series Hard Robert Galloway Julian Cash
Lloyd Glasspool 		4–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Loss 3–10 Feb 2025 Dallas Open,
United States 		500 Series Hard (i) Robert Galloway Christian Harrison
Evan King 		6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–11 May 2025 Geneva Open,
Switzerland 		250 Series Clay Joran Vliegen Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul 		7–6(7–4), 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 3–12 Jun 2025 Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom 		250 Series Grass Joran Vliegen Julian Cash
Lloyd Glasspool 		1−6, 6−1, [13−15]

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (23–23)
ITF Futures Tour (4–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (21–24)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2009 Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto Futures Clay Mauricio Echazú Francisco Carbajal
Eduardo Struvay 		5–7, 6–1, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2009 Venezuela F8, Caracas Futures Hard Francisco Carbajal Piero Luisi
Román Recarte 		4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 0–3 Oct 2009 Venezuela F9, Caracas Futures Hard Mauricio Echazú Luis David Martínez
Yohny Romero 		6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 1–3 Jan 2011 Brazil F2, Salvador Futures Clay Matteo Volante José Benítez
Daniel Alejandro López Cassaccia 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–4 Jan 2011 Brazil F5, João Pessoa Futures Clay Luis David Martínez Marcelo Demoliner
Morgan Phillips 		3–6, 5–7
Win 2–4 Aug 2011 Ecuador F5, Guayaquil Futures Hard Guido Andreozzi Alejandro González
Felipe Mantilla 		7–6(11–9), 4–6, [10–8]
Win 3–4 Jan 2012 Bucaramanga, Colombia Challenger Clay Horacio Zeballos Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Paolo Lorenzi 		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–5 Mar 2012 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Clay Carlos Salamanca Martín Alund
Horacio Zeballos 		3–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Aug 2012 Colombia F2, Medellín Futures Clay Duilio Beretta Nicolás Barrientos
Michael Quintero 		2–1 ret.
Loss 4–6 Oct 2012 Villa Allende, Argentina Challenger Clay Guillermo Durán Facundo Bagnis
Diego Junqueira 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–7 Nov 2012 São Leopoldo, Brazil Challenger Clay Horacio Zeballos Fabiano de Paula
Júlio Silva 		1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 4–8 Jul 2013 France F12, Bourg-en-Bresse Futures Clay Carlos Poch Gradin Germain Gigounon
Yannik Reuter 		4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win 5–8 Jun 2014 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Facundo Argüello Andriej Kapaś
Błażej Koniusz 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 5–9 Dec 2014 Chile F12, Santiago Futures Clay Gonzalo Lama Julio Peralta
Hans Podlipnik Castillo 		6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 6–9 Jul 2015 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Eduardo Dischinger Aslan Karatsev
Andrey Kuznetsov 		ret.
Win 7–9 Jul 2015 Belgium F8, Middelkerke Futures Hard Sander Arends Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Win 8–9 Feb 2016 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic 		Challenger Clay Giovanni Lapentti Jonathan Eysseric
Franko Škugor 		7–5, 6–4
Win 9–9 Jun 2016 Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia Challenger Clay Andrey Golubev Lukáš Dlouhý
Andrej Martin 		6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 9–10 Aug 2016 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Dino Marcan Jonathan Eysseric
André Ghem 		0–6, 4–6
Loss 9–11 Sep 2016 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Enrique López Pérez Íñigo Cervantes Huegun
Oriol Roca Batalla 		2–6, 5–6 ret.
Loss 9–12 Oct 2016 Orléans, France Challenger Hard (i) Andrei Vasilevski Nikola Mektić
Franko Škugor 		2–6, 5–7
Loss 9–13 Oct 2016 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Gonzalo Lama Sergio Galdós
Leonardo Mayer 		2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 10–13 Nov 2016 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Fabiano de Paula Marcelo Arévalo
Sergio Galdós 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 10–14 Nov 2016 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Marcelo Arévalo
Sergio Galdós 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 10–15 Sep 2017 Genova, Italy Challenger Clay Guido Andreozzi Tim Pütz
Jan-Lennard Struff 		6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10)
Win 11–15 Oct 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Fabiano de Paula Máximo González
Fabrício Neis 		7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 11–16 Nov 2017 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Fabiano de Paula Romain Arneodo
Fernando Romboli 		6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 12–16 Mar 2018 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Facundo Bagnis Simone Bolelli
Alessandro Giannessi 		6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win 13–16 Mar 2018 Marbella, Spain Challenger Clay Guido Andreozzi Martin Kližan
Jozef Kovalík 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 13–17 Apr 2018 Alicante, Spain Challenger Clay Guido Andreozzi Wesley Koolhof
Artem Sitak 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 13–18 Apr 2018 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Máximo González Denys Molchanov
Igor Zelenay 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 13–19 Apr 2018 Francavilla, Italy Challenger Clay Máximo González Julian Ocleppo
Andrea Vavassori 		6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 13–20 May 2018 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Sander Arends
Adil Shamasdin 		2–6, 1–6
Win 14–20 Jun 2018 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Enrique López Pérez Facundo Bagnis
Fabrício Neis 		6–2, 6–4
Win 15–20 Sep 2018 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Hard Enrique López Pérez Daniel Evans
Gerard Granollers Pujol 		w/o
Loss 15–21 Oct 2018 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic 		Challenger Clay Roberto Quiroz Leander Paes
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 15–22 Oct 2018 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán 		6–2, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss 15–23 Jan 2019 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Enrique López Pérez Max Purcell
Luke Saville 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 15–24 Apr 2019 San Luis Potosi, Mexico Challenger Clay Roberto Quiroz Marcelo Arevalo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6–1, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 16–24 May 2019 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Gonzalo Escobar Evan King
Julian Ocleppo 		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 16–25 Jun 2019 Parma, Italy Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Laurynas Grigelis
Andrea Pellegrino 		6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 17–25 Jul 2019 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Andrey Golubev
Aleksandr Nedovyesov 		6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–8]
Win 18–25 Sep 2019 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Guido Andreozzi
Andrés Molteni 		3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 18–26 Sep 2019 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Andrey Golubev Tomislav Brkić
Ante Pavić 		6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 19–26 Oct 2019 Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic 		Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Orlando Luz
Luis David Martínez 		6–7(5–7), 6–4, [12–10]
Win 20–26 Oct 2019 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Felipe Meligeni Alves
Luis David Martínez 		6–2, 2–6, [10–3]
Win 21–26 Nov 2019 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Thiago Seyboth Wild
Pedro Sakamoto 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 21–27 Nov 2019 Houston, USA Challenger Hard Gonzalo Escobar Jonathan Erlich
Santiago González 		3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 22–27 Jan 2020 Newport Beach, USA Challenger Hard Gonzalo Escobar Antonio Šančić
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 		6–2, 6–4
Win 23–27 Aug 2020 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Andrey Golubev Elliot Benchetrit
Hugo Gaston 		6–4, 6–2
Win 24–27 Aug 2020 Trieste, Italy Challenger Clay Andrey Golubev Tristan Lamasine
Hugo Gaston 		6–4, 6–2
Win 25–27 Sep 2020 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Andrey Golubev Hugo Nys
Andrés Molteni 		7–5, 6–4
Loss 25–28 Sep 2020 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Andrés Molteni
Hugo Nys 		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 25–29 Oct 2020 Parma, Italy Challenger Clay Gonzalo Escobar Marcelo Arévalo
Tomislav Brkić 		4–6, 4–6
Win 26–29 Oct 2020 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Gonzalo Escobar Robert Galloway
Nathaniel Lammons 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 27–29 May 2023 Francavilla al Mare, Italy Challenger Clay Nicolás Barrientos Sander Arends
Petros Tsitsipas 		7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–6]

Best Grand Slam results details

Doubles

a Because of a delay in schedule due to rain, the first two rounds of the competition were played best-of-three sets instead of the usual best-of-five format.

Wins over top 10 players

Doubles

  • Behar has a 6–12 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Type 2020 2021 2022 2024 Total
Wins 0 2 3 1 6
# Opponents Rank Event Surface Rd Score Partner ABR
2021
1. Marcelo Melo
Horia Tecău 		9
22 		Melbourne, Australia Hard QF 7–6(7–4), 6–3 Gonzalo Escobar 60
2. Marin Čilić
Ivan Dodig 		274
9 		Stuttgart, Germany Grass SF 7–6(7–5), 1–6, [14–10] Gonzalo Escobar 51
2022
3. Nikola Mektić
Mate Pavić 		7
4 		Belgrade, Serbia Clay F 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] Gonzalo Escobar 49
4. Jamie Murray
Michael Venus 		18
9 		Rome, Italy Clay 1R 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–5] Gonzalo Escobar 49
5. Joe Salisbury
Rajeev Ram 		1
2 		Montreal, Canada Hard 2R 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Gonzalo Escobar 46
2024
6. Neal Skupski
Santiago González 		10
11 		AO, Melbourne, Australia Hard 3R 3-6, 7-6 (7–1), 6-4 Adam Pavlásek 48

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Behar is pronounced [beˈaɾ].

References

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