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Date: 28 April 1985
By Katherine Roberts, Michael Wright and Caroline Rand Herron
Katherine Roberts
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (locally [oˈɾasjo seˈβaʃos]; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion at the 2025 French Open and at the 2025 US Open with Marcel Granollers.
In singles, Zeballos has a career-high singles ranking of No. 39, achieved on 4 March 2013. He won his first and only ATP title at the 2013 Chile Open. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only five players (with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Nuno Borges) to beat Nadal in a clay court final. He also reached the fourth round at the French Open, doing so in 2017, and the final in St. Petersburg in 2009, Russia, losing to Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. Zeballos won the 2009 ATP Newcomer of the Year award.
In doubles, he has won 27 ATP titles and won two majors alongside Granollers. He reached his first doubles final at the 2010 Chile Open in Santiago, with partner Potito Starace. They lost to top seeds Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. He won his first doubles title at the Argentina Open with Sebastián Prieto.
Read more...The April 27, 1985 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 116 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 40 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, April 27, 2025, 192 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, April 27, 2026, in 172 days. You have lived for 14,802 days, or about 355,263 hours, or about 21,315,809 minutes, or about 1,278,948,540 seconds.
Date: 28 April 1985
By Katherine Roberts, Michael Wright and Caroline Rand Herron
Katherine Roberts
Date: 27 April 1985
By BILL KELLER, Special to the New York Times
Bill KELLER
Date: 28 April 1985
By ALEX S. JONES
Alex JONES