Iván Miranda
Iván Miranda Chang ( born March 8, 1980 in Lima) is a Peruvian tennis player.
Biography
His highest placing in the ATP ranking position was 104 on 14 July 2003. He has been national champion in the men's. The Juegos Bolivarianos ( games in honor of Simón Bolívar ) 1997 in Arequipa Miranda won a silver medal in singles and a gold medal in doubles.
In 2000, he won his first Futures tournament. It was held in Lima ( Peru F3). The following year he won the tournament USA F12 ( Boca Raton ) against the Venezuelan José de Armas. In January 2002, he won the tournament USA F3 ( Hallandale Beach). Two months later, he secured his first Challengertitel ( Salinas, Ecuador). In the final he defeated Ricardo Mello. The Challengers Birmingham (off against Alex Kim), San Antonio (off against Mardy Fish ) and São Paulo -3 ( against Luis Horna from ) he came to the semifinals. In the Brazilian Challengerturnier Gramado he had merely beaten in the final Júlio Silva. In the same year he was able to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. At the French Open but he failed already in the Sjeng Schalken first lap.
2003 could reach the final of Salinas Miranda for the second time, but lost to Giovanni Lapentti. In Andorra, he could reach the semi-finals ( From against Yeu - Tzuoo Wang ). Even the semi-finals he managed to double in St. Jean de Luz ( with Paul Baccanello ) and Bermuda ( with Dušan Vemic ). In 2004 he reached the semi-finals only Challengerturnier of Manta in singles. Together with Ricardo Mello, he won the tournament in a double Campos do Jordão -1. A week later he reached with Mello's compatriot Marcos Daniel, the finale of Belo Horizonte. There they lost to the Twins Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana.
In 2005 he was defeated ( in Woodland ) José de Armas and in the semifinals of Colombia F6 ( in Bogotá ) Santiago Giraldo in the final tournament of the Future USA F12. In 2006 he received the Future Tournaments F1 Ecuador, Chile won F1 and F2. In USA F3, F3 Bolivia and Chile F3 he was in the final. In 2007 he was F13 ( in Sacramento ) defeated Kevin Anderson in the tournament USA in the final, in the following week, John Isner, at the time No. 839 in the world, with U.S. F14 ( in Chico ) in the final. In that year, Miranda also won for the second time after 2001, the Peruvian tennis championship with a victory in the final against Mauricio Echazu.
He plays for the Peruvian Davis Cup team.