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Nicolás Alexander Lapentti (born August 13 , 1976 in Guayaquil ) is a professional Tennis player from Ecuador . Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six. He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994 , and captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open and the US Open . Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá . In 1999 , Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open . He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 that November. In 2002 , Lapentti won his fifth tour singles title at St Pölten . Lapentti is the first cousin of another Ecuadorian tennis star – Andrés Gómez (who won the French Open men's singles title in 1990 ). His brother, Giovanni , is also a professional tennis player. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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