Country (sports) El Salvador Career titles 0 Weight 76 kg Career record 13–7 Height 1.8 m | Prize money $34,239 Role Tennis player Residence Sonsonate, El Salvador Name Rafael Arevalo Turned pro 2003 | |
Born July 4, 1986 (age 37)
Sonsonate, El Salvador ( 1986-07-04 ) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Similar People Marcelo Arevalo, David Souto, Ricardo Rodriguez | ||
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Rafael Arévalo González (born July 4, 1986) is a professional tennis player from El Salvador. The majority of Arévalo's professional career has been restricted to playing on the Futures (ITF) circuit, with a further 22 appearances for the El Salvador Davis Cup team; he also encountered modest success in the juniors, reaching a peak of No. 10 in 2004. However, in 2008, aided by the Salvadoran Tennis Federation (Federación Salvadoreña de Tenis), he was awarded an invitation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics tennis tournament. The Tripartite Commission, which issued the invitation, is composed of representatives from International Olympic Committee (IOC), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and it is standard practice to award such invitations (of which there were two for the men's singles tennis event) to countries with small Olympic teams. Arévalo was the first player from El Salvador to represent the country, in a tennis competition, at the Olympics. Arévalo defeated Lee Hyung-taik in three sets in the first round, before being beaten by Swiss World No. 1 Roger Federer in the second.