Former ATP no. 67 Ernesto Escobedo has retired from the ATP World Tour at age 29.
The hard hitting American from Los Angeles, turned pro in 2014 and earned over $1.5m in career prize money.
Escobedo did not win an ATP title but amassed a 21-42 match record on the ATP World Tour.
Among Escobedo’s most notable wins were an upset of John Isner in three tiebreakers to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal at 2017 Houston as a wildcard. The following year he beat no. 10 Jack Sock for the biggest win of his career at 2018 Acapulco as qualifier. Also at Australian Open 2017, Escobedo defeated future world no. 1 Daniil Medvedev in the first round.
Escobedo won a total of four ATP Challenger titles, including the final championship in 2022 in Bendigo. He also won two Challenger titles in 2016 (Lexington, Monterrey) and one more in 2019 in Granby.
Here is the Ernesto Escobedo Biofile interview where he mentions losing 13 games in a row after holding a 5-1 40-15 lead…
The final pro match Escobedo played was in February this year at a $15,000 ITF in Florida, where he lost 57 06 to Bruno Kuzuhara. He is currently ranked outside the top 700, a long way from money making range which is top 150.
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Cory · September 24, 2025 at 8:02 am
Sorry to see this. In very brief flashes, he had top 50 stuff. As we always say, the Challenger are a grind. I saw this post online – i had no idea. Heartbreaking that he lived in such debilitating fear. Not sure if you’ll allow a link, if not i understand:
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/ernesto-escobedo-my-point-2023
Scoop Malinowski · September 24, 2025 at 8:40 am
For sure Escobedo still has top 50 shots. But the self belief has been beaten out of him. The match of Escobedo’s career that stands out for me is Houston 1R vs defending champ Steve Johnson, Escobedo was playing great, won the first set and was a point or two away from winning the match at the end of the second set but he faltered and ended up losing 63 67 (5) 26. Escobedo was the better player that day but he just could not get it done. He ended up beating Johnson the next year at Las Vegas Challenger QF in a marathon 64 67 (6) 76 (6). Fine player, big hitter, but something was missing. I did the Biofile interview with him in 2017 at Miami Open and had no idea he even had a minor stutter, I didn’t learn about this until years later. He did a perfect interview, funny and insightful, spoke perfect clear English, no hint of any stutter. I think he’s more of a why guy, more on introvert side but he’s good and friendly one on one. Great guy.