Hans Podlipnik Castillo (Latin American Spanish: [ˈxans poðliβˈnik kasˈtiʝo]; born 9 January 1988) is a Chilean retired tennis player of Slovenian descent. His best results are in doubles, winning one ATP World Tour and reaching another final in this category, besides from winning 19 Challengers and 29 Futures. In singles, he won 23 Futures and reaching in 2015 the final in the Poprad-Tatry Challenger.
Since 2015, Podlipnik focused his career on doubles, ranking No. 43 in February 2018. He finished the 2014 season as the Chilean top singles player, ranked No. 196. and again in 2015 as No. 167. He reached his best singles ranking in August 2015, at no. 157. In November 2019, after his participation with the Chile Davis Cup Team at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, he announced his retirement.
Post retirement, Podlipnik has become a successful tennis coach in Seattle, Washington.
Some of his notable students include
- Anh Lao
- Chilean Davis Cup team
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 36 (23–13)
Doubles: 74 (49–25)
Personal life
His father, Johann, is an Austrian former football goalkeeper who played for clubs such as SK Vorwärts Steyr and SAK 1914. As an anecdote, he retired from football due to the fact that he suffered serious facial fractures after an accidental blow by Alfred Schweinsteiger, former player of FC Kufstein and the father of Bastian.
References
Doubles performance timeline
External links
- Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at the International Tennis Federation
- Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at the Davis Cup
- Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at ESPN.com
- Hans Podlipnik-Castillo at Olympics.com
- Hans Podlipnik at Olympedia
- Hans Podlipnik on Instagram
