Chilean tennis player
Gabriel Silberstein
Full name
| Gabriel Silberstein Berisic
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Country (sports)
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Chile
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Born
| (
1974-10-17
)
17 October 1974
(age 49)
Neumunster
,
West Germany
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Height
| 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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Turned pro
| 1993
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Plays
| Right-handed
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Prize money
| $116,651
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Career record
| 11?14
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Career titles
| 0
1
Challenger
, 0
Futures
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Highest ranking
| No. 131 (1 December 1997)
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Australian Open
| Q1 (
1997
)
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Career record
| 3?8
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Career titles
| 0
0
Challenger
, 0
Futures
|
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Highest ranking
| No. 261 (13 June 1994)
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Last updated on: 3 September 2022.
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Gabriel Silberstein
(born 17 October 1974) is a former professional
tennis
player from Chile.
Biography
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Early career
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As a junior he was a strong performer and most notably finished runner-up in the boys' doubles with
Marcelo Rios
at the
1992 US Open
. He won his first
Challenger
match aged 17 and in 1992 won a Challenger tournament in
Ribeirao
.
Professional tour
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In 1993 he began competing professionally and made his first ATP Tour main draw appearance the following year at Santiago. He was one of the successful qualifiers at the
1995 ATP German Open
, a top-tier event now known as the
Hamburg Masters
. At the end of the 1997 season he reached his best ranking of 131 in the world, following a year which included wins over
Karol Ku?era
in St Poelten and
Carlos Costa
in Santiago.
Representative career
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Silberstein featured in a total of 9 ties for the
Chile Davis Cup team
from 1993 to 1997.
In 1995 he suffered disappointment, having started a tie against Argentina with a win over
Franco Davin
, it was his loss to
Javier Frana
in the final reverse singles that decided the tie, a match Silbertein led two sets to love.
He helped Chile reach the World Group qualifiers in the
1997 Davis Cup
. His defeat of Ecuador's
Nicolas Lapentti
in five sets started Chile's campaign and he finished off the tie by beating
Luis Morejon
in a dead rubber to secure a 4?1 win. His most significant contribution came in the next tie, against Argentina at the National Stadium in Santiago. With the tie level at 1-1, a scoreline which included a loss for Silberstein to
Hernan Gumy
, he teamed up with Rios in the doubles to beat Javier Frana and
Luis Lobo
in five sets. Rios then gave Chile the tie over their South American rivals with victory in the first of the reverse singles, setting up a qualifying match against India.
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History repeated itself in the tie with India, as Silberstein again squandered a two set lead in the fifth and deciding rubber, to lose to
Mahesh Bhupathi
.
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He finished his Davis Cup career with an 8?6 record in singles, 11-9 overall.
At the
1995 Pan American Games
he won a bronze medal for Chile in the men's doubles event, with partner
Sergio Cortes
.
[3]
Personal life
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Silberstein emigrated to Chile from West Germany. He was born in
Neumunster
, a city in the northern state of
Schleswig-Holstein
.
His youngest brother, Alvaro, was seriously injured in a 2004 car accident, which left him with full paralysis from the chest down
[4]
In 2016 Alvaro trekked Patagonia in a wheelchair, a trip that captured media attention and was filmed by a documentary crew.
[5]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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Singles: 3 (1?2)
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Legend
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ATP Challenger (1?2)
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ITF Futures (0?0)
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Finals by surface
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Hard (0?0)
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Clay (1?2)
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Grass (0?0)
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Carpet (0?0)
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Doubles: 2 (0?2)
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Legend
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ATP Challenger (0?2)
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ITF Futures (0?0)
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Finals by surface
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Hard (0?0)
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Clay (0?2)
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Grass (0?0)
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Carpet (0?0)
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Junior Grand Slam finals
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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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See also
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References
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External links
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