Víctor Estrella Burgos

Estrella Burgos began playing tennis at the age of 8.

Estrella Burgos played his first junior match in July 1996 at the age of 15 at a grade 5 tournament in the Dominican Republic. He did not play much junior tennis as he play just six tournaments in singles and five tournaments in doubles. His best result was a semifinal appearance at a grade 4 tournament in El Salvador in singles and a final appearance at a grade 4 tournament in the Dominican Republic in doubles. He did not play in any junior Grand Slams or any major junior tournaments.

Estrella Burgos ended his junior career with a high ranking of 360 in singles and 292 in doubles. He had an overall win–loss record of 9–6 in singles and 10–5 in doubles.^[5]

2002–2013: Slow rise

Although playing his first ITF event in 2000, Estrella Burgos officially turned pro in 2002 at the age of 22. He reportedly did not take his career seriously until he was 26 when he decided that a career on the ATP Tour was the best option. For the first few years of his career, he played tournaments only located in The Americas. It was not until 2011 where he started to play in other parts of the world. Throughout 2002–2013, he earned a handful of ITF titles while also improving his year-end ranking.

Highlights during this period include qualifying for his first ATP tournament, the 2008 Cincinnati Masters which he qualified for but lost to Fernando Verdasco in the first round, winning his first challenger title in 2011, and winning a gold medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, both in singles.

In October 2012, Estrella Burgos suffered an elbow injury. He was contemplating retirement during this time but returned to tennis in April 2013.

At the age of 32, Estrella Burgos picked up his first ATP win at the 2013 Colombia Open defeating Facundo Argüello in the first round.

2014: Breakout year

In early 2014, he became the first Dominican player to break into the top 100 and he started to qualify for ATP events and grand slams. His first grand slam was the 2014 French Open where he got an automatic qualification due to ranking but lost in the first round to 22nd seed Jerzy Janowicz in 4 sets.

At the 2014 Colombia Open, he went into the tournament as 8th seed and made the semifinals defeating the 1st seed and world number 14 Richard Gasquet along the way. He lost to eventual champion Bernard Tomic.

At the 2014 US Open, he made the third round which remains as his best result in a slam. He lost to Milos Raonic in straight sets which all went to tiebreaks.

At the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, Estrella Burgos repeated his gold medal feat from 2010 in singles and also won a bronze medal in mixed doubles.

Estrella Burgos would finish 2014 with a year-end ranking of 78 and a win–loss record of 9–10.

2015: Best year of career

At the 2015 Ecuador Open, Estrella Burgos made his first ATP final. In the final, he defeated top seed and world No. 14 Feliciano López to win his first ATP title. Not only did he become the first Dominican to win an ATP title, but the oldest first-time ATP champion in Open Era history. He also made the final of the doubles draw partnering João Souza but lost to Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko in straight sets.

At the 2015 Barcelona Open, he recorded his only win over a top 10 player when he defeated world number 9 Marin Čilić. He also beat future world number 3 Dominic Thiem during the tournament.

On July 13, 2015, he reach his career-high ranking of 43 and would finish 2015 with his best year-end rankings of 56 and a win–loss record of 20–20.

2016–2017: More success on tour

Estrella Burgos made his second final in doubles at the 2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship partnering Santiago González but lost to the Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) in three sets.

He defended his title the Ecuador Open two more times in 2016 and 2017. He also played in the 2016 Summer Olympics but lost in the first round to Fabio Fognini in three sets.

He won his last challenger title in August 2017 against Damir Džumhur at the 2017 Santo Domingo Open in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

2018: Downfall

At the 2018 Australian Open, he played his last grand slam match against world number 1 Rafael Nadal. He lost in straight sets.

His win streak at the Ecuador Open ended at the 2018 edition with a second round loss to Gerald Melzer.

He played his last ATP match after qualifying for the 2018 Hall of Fame Open after qualifying for the main draw where he lost in the first round against eventual finalist Ramkumar Ramanathan in straight sets.

At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Estrella Burgos won three gold medals for singles, doubles, and team event. It would be the last time he attended the games.

At the 2018 US Open qualifying, Estrella Burgos defeated 2nd seed Jürgen Zopp and Bjorn Fratangelo to make the qualifying competition. He lost to Stefano Travaglia in straight sets.

Estrella Burgos' ranking dropped to a low of 326 in November and he ended the year with a win–loss record of 2–9 and a year-end ranking of 278. A severe dip from his win–loss record of 9–10 and year-end ranking of 83 in 2017.

2019: Retirement

On 5 August 2019, after playing in a few more challenger events and his ranking having dropped to 665 in the world, Estrella Burgos announced that he will retire from professional tennis. His last tournament was the Santo Domingo Open, which was played in October.^[6]

On October 7, he won his last match against Marcelo Arévalo. On October 8, Estrella Burgos played his last match against Thiago Monteiro.^[7] He was honored as one of the biggest retirees in 2019.^[8][9]

Davis Cup

Estrella Burgos made his Davis Cup debut in 1998 at the age of 17. During his time with the Dominican Davis Cup team, he posted a win–loss record of 43–17 in singles, 22–23 in doubles, and 65–40 overall.

In 2015, the Dominican Republic entered the world group playoff for the first time in their history and were paired up against Germany. Estrella Burgos won the opening match in the series when he defeated Dustin Brown in four sets. He would lose his second singles match against Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets and the Dominican Republic would lose the series 4–1.

Estrella Burgos was born in Santiago de los Caballeros to father Elgio Felix and mother Ana. He also has three brothers; Hector, Henry and Felix.

Estrella Burgos' nickname is "Viti"

Estrella Burgos is also a big baseball fan and likes to go to many games.^[10]

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Feliciano López	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–0	Feb 2016	Ecuador Open, Ecuador (2)	250 Series	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	3–0	Feb 2017	Ecuador Open, Ecuador (3)	250 Series	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2015	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	João Souza	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–2	Apr 2016	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US	250 Series	Clay	Santiago González	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]

Singles: 39 (28–11)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2006	USA F9, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Ryan Sweeting	3–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2006	USA F15, Buffalo	Futures	Clay	Marcus Fugate	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jul 2006	USA F16, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Matej Bocko	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Jul 2006	USA F17, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Denis Zivkovic	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Mar 2007	USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	May 2007	USA F11, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Stefano Ianni	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Oct 2007	Venezuela F5, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Julio César Campozano	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Oct 2007	Nicaragua F1, Managua	Futures	Hard	Alexander Satschko	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	5–4	Nov 2007	Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Ádám Kellner	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–4	Dec 2007	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Todero	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–4	Dec 2007	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Óscar Burrieza-López	7–6, 6–3
Win	8–4	Jun 2008	USA F12, Loomis	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Hocevar	6–4, 0–6, 7–6
Loss	8–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Philipp Oswald	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	9–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F4, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Andrey Kumantsov	7–6, 6–4
Win	10–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F5, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Jhonson García	7–6, 6–4
Win	11–5	Nov 2009	Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	7–5, 6–1
Win	12–5	Dec 2009	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	7–6, 6–3
Loss	12–6	Dec 2009	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	4–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss	12–7	Feb 2010	USA F4, Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	1–6, 3–6
Win	13–7	Feb 2010	USA F5, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	6–4, 6–3
Win	14–7	Sep 2010	Colombia F3, Manizales	Futures	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–7	Nov 2010	Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win	16–7	Dec 2010	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6–1, 6–3
Win	17–7	Dec 2010	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	6–4, 6–2
Win	18–7	Feb 2011	Panama F1, Panama City	Futures	Clay	Martín Alund	6–3, 6–0
Win	19–7	Nov 2011	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Falla	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	20–7	Feb 2012	Mexico F2, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Marcel Felder	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Win	21–7	Aug 2012	Colombia F1, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	7–5, 6–4
Win	22–7	Aug 2013	Colombia F3, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	6–4, 0–6, 6–3
Win	23–7	Sep 2013	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	24–7	Nov 2013	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	6–2, 3–0, ret.
Loss	24–8	Feb 2014	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Gerald Melzer	1–6, 4–6
Win	25–8	Mar 2014	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Collarini	6–3, 6–4
Win	26–8	Sep 2014	Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	26–9	Oct 2014	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	27–9	Feb 2015	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Damir Džumhur	7–5, 6–4
Loss	27–10	Nov 2015	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Thiemo de Bakker	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss	27–11	Jul 2016	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Darian King	7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Win	28–11	Aug 2017	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Damir Džumhur	7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles: 24 (9–15)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2003	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Jhonson García	Bruno Soares Márcio Torres	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(15-13)
Loss	1–1	Jun 2007	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alberto Francis	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6–7(8–10), 2–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2007	Venezuela F6, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Román Recarte	Piero Luisi Roberto Maytín	5–7, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	2–2	Oct 2007	Nicaragua F1, Managua	Futures	Hard	Jose-Roberto Velasco	Alejandro González Nicolás Todero	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2008	USA F12, Loomis	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Hocevar	G.D. Jones Daniel King-Turner	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2008	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Alejandro Fabbri	Alejandro González Eduardo Struvay	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	2–5	Nov 2008	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Pablo Amado	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	4–3 ret.
Win	3–5	Dec 2008	Dominican Republic F5, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Jhonson García	Andrey Kuznetsov Ryan Young	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–6	Feb 2009	Colombia F1, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Juan-Pablo Amado	Alejandro González Eduardo Struvay	2–6, 7–6(8–6), [5–10]
Loss	3–7	Apr 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	João Souza	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–7	May 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–7	May 2009	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Harsh Mankad Kaes Van't Hof	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–8	Jan 2010	USA F2, Hollywood	Futures	Clay	Arnau Brugués Davi	Stefano Ianni Matteo Viola	7–6(7–1), 1–6, [7–10]
Win	6–8	Feb 2010	USA F5, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Arnau Brugués Davi	Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann	7–6, 6–3
Loss	6–9	Jul 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro González	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win	7–9	Nov 2010	Cancún, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Rainer Eitzinger César Ramírez	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	7–10	Oct 2011	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Julio César Campozano	Santiago González Daniel Garza	4–6, 7–5, [7–3]
Loss	7–11	Feb 2012	Mexico F2, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Piero Luisi	Austin Krajicek Devin Britton	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–11	Jul 2012	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Thomas Fabbiano Riccardo Ghedin	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8–12	Aug 2012	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	João Souza	Duilio Beretta Renzo Olivo	3–6, 0–6
Loss	8–13	Aug 2012	Colombia F1, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero	Mauricio Echazú César Ramírez	4–6, 5–7
Win	9–13	Apr 2013	Mexico F5, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Alex Llompart	Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–14	Sep 2013	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	João Souza	Guillermo Durán Máximo González	6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss	9–15	Jan 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Alexander Satschko Gero Kretschmer	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]

Estrella Burgos's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10,with those who are active in boldface.
Only ATP Tour and Challenger main draw matches are considered.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Rafael Nadal	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 1–6, 1–6) at 2018 Australia Open 1R
Marin Čilić	3	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2015 Barcelona 2R
Dominic Thiem	3	2	1	1	50%	Lost (2–6, 6–7(5–7)) at 2015 Nice 1R
David Ferrer	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 0–2r) at 2015 Monte-Carlo 2R
Stan Wawrinka	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 5–7) at 2015 Wimbledon 2R
Milos Raonic	3	2	0	2	0%	Lost (6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)) at 2014 US Open 3R
Tomáš Berdych	4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2015 Halle 1R
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2015 Shanghai 2R
Richard Gasquet	7	3	1	2	33%	Lost (0–6, 2–6) at 2018 Doha 1R
David Goffin	7	2	0	2	0%	Lost (7–5, 3–6, 2–6) at 2016 Munich 2R
Fernando Verdasco	7	2	0	2	0%	Lost (1–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2016 Nottingham 2R
Janko Tipsarević	8	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–4, 6–7(1–7), 7–5) at 2015 Munich 2R
Marcos Baghdatis	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 0–3r) at 2015 Nottingham 1R
Taylor Fritz	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2016 Acapulco 2R
Jürgen Melzer	8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 4–6, 2–6) at 2016 Australian Open 1R
John Isner	8	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 6–7(5–7)) at 2015 Washington 2R
Jack Sock	8	4	0	4	0%	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2016 Auckland 2R
Roberto Bautista Agut	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 0–6, 0–6) at 2015 Munich QF
Fabio Fognini	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–2, 6–7(4–7), 0–6) at 2016 Olympics 1R
Ernests Gulbis	10	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 1–6, 2–6) at 2017 Wimbledon 1R
Pablo Carreño Busta	10	3	0	3	0%	Loss (2–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2017 Rio 2R
Total		33	4	29	12%	* Statistics correct as of 21 November 2022

• Víctor Estrella Burgos at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Víctor Estrella Burgos at the International Tennis Federation
• Víctor Estrella Burgos at the Davis Cup