Patricio Rodríguez

Pato Rodríguez
Full name	Patricio Rodríguez
Country (sports)	Chile
Born	20 December 1938; Santiago, Chile
Died	26 June 2020 (age 82); Santiago, Chile
Turned pro	1956 (amateur)
Retired	1979
Singles
Career record	345–328 (51.3%)
Career titles	23
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1966)
French Open	3R (1960), (1963)
Wimbledon	2R (1959)
US Open	3R (1964 )
Doubles
Career titles	2

Patricio (Pato) Rodríguez (20 December 1938 — 23 June 2020) was a professional tennis player from Chile. He was active from 1956 until 1979 and won 23 career singles titles. In addition he won 2 doubles titles.

Career

Rodríguez was born in Santiago, Chile. In 1956 he played his first tournament at the South American Championships. In 1959 he won his first title at the Bad Neuenahr Open at Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.

He also played in tennis Grand Slams and competed for his country in the Davis Cup in the 1960s and the 1970s. In 1970 he won the last of his 23 career singles titles at Pörtschach Championships. In 1979 he played his last singles event at the Vina Del Mar tournament at Valparaíso, Chile.

He also won two ATP doubles titles.

Career titles

Singles titles (23)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Aug 1959	Bad Neuenahr Open	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	Clay	Ernst Buchholz	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2.	Jul 1960	Bremen Clay Courts	Bremen	Clay	Bill Álvarez	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Win	3.	Jul 1961	Bad Reichenhall Clay Courts	Bad Reichenhall	Clay	Alan E.G. Bailey	6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	4.	Jun 1961	Worcestershire Championships	Malvern	Grass	Isaías Pimentel	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
Win	5.	Jun 1961	Ulster Grass Court Championships	Belfast	Grass	Peter Jackson	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win	6.	Aug 1961	Bagneres de Bigorre Tournament	Bagneres de Bigorre	Clay	Bernard Boutboul	4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–0
Win	7.	Aug 1961	USSR International Championships	Moscow	Clay	Toomas Leius	0–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Win	8.	Aug 1963	Bavarian International Championships	Munich	Clay	Nikola Pilić	1-6, 4-6, 7-5, 9-7, 6-2
Win	9.	Jul 1965	Gstaad International	Gstaad	Clay	Thomaz Koch	2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Win	23.	Aug 1970	Pörtschach Championships	Pörtschach am Wörthersee	Clay	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles titles (2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Jun 1968	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos Fernandes	Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino	6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	Oct 1969	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Terry Addison Ray Keldie	8–10, 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2

External links

Patricio Rodríguez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Patricio Rodríguez at the International Tennis Federation
Patricio Rodríguez at the Davis Cup

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