Horacio Zeballos aims for the second at the Argentine Open: why being doubles champion with Granollers can magnify his legend

Horace Zeballos He is already the most successful Argentine doubles player in history with 20 titlesbut you know this Machi Gonzalez (18) e André Molteni (17) follow him closely. Therefore, having qualified this Saturday with his teammate Marcel Granollers This Sunday’s final at Lawn Tennis takes on a special value for him.

The 38-year-old from Mar del Plata, four-time champion of Argentine Open, will play a new final in Lawn tennis in Buenos Aires. He won in 2010 with Sebastián Prieto, in 2018 with Molteni, in 2019 with Machi González, in 2020 with the Spaniard, with whom he will now try to repeat. The winner of the Bolleli-Vavassori clash against Matos-Barrientos is expected.

After starting with some doubts on their debut, having to work to beat the French Théo Arribagé and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-7 and 10-3, Zeballos and Granollers showed why they are world numbers 11 and 12 and overcame with authority with a double 6-3 against the Brazilian Marcelo Melo and the Dutch Matwé Middelkoop to access a new final.

Zeballos found the ideal partner in the last stretch of his career. Together with Granollers he won eight of his 20 titles, including five Masters 1000 (Canada 2019; Rome 2020; Madrid and Cincinnati 2021; and Shnghai 2023).

Furthermore, they reached two Wimbledon finals and one US Open final and also placed second in the latest edition of the ATP Finals. His unfinished business is winning a Grand Slam.

The Argentine doubles the players with the most titles

1. Orazio Zeballos (20)
2. Massimo Gonzalez (18)
3. Andrés Molteni (17)
4. Guillermo Vilas (16)
5. Lucas Arnold Ker (15)
6. Mariano Cappuccio (13)
7. Luis Lobo (12)
8. Sebastiano Prieto (10)