Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (; born 25 January 1983) is a former Ecuadorian tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 110 in May 2005.

Personal life His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, was also active at the lower levels of professional tennis.

Lapentti married Andrea Gómez Miss Venezuela 2004 in 2011 and became a father in 2012.

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Tennis career 2002-2004 Lapentti announced his ATP debut in 2002, but he actually had his first tour match in 2003, at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Lapentti obtained his first professional victory at that tournament's first round, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, 7–6 (7–2), 6–2. He lost in the tournament's second round to David Sánchez.

He participated in 2003's Italian and French Open, losing in the first round both times. During the French Open, he was leading 2 sets to 1 against Tommy Robredo but had to retire due to an injury while trailing the fourth set; the injury did not allow him to return to the professional men's tennis tour until 2004.

Lapentti did not obtain a single victory during his second year as a professional, but he participated in tournaments held in Argentina, Mexico, Spain and Indian Wells, California.

2005-2013 Lapentti had better results in 2005, losing in the Davis Cup playoffs to Jürgen Melzer (he only played one Davis Cup game that year), advancing to the second round of the Legg Mason Classic, where he was defeated by Andy Roddick, getting to an ATP's tournament's third round for the first time in his career when he participated at the RCA Championships (losing to Paul Goldstein in the third round), making the second round of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championship and the third round of the Tennis Channel Open. The only tournament that he participated in and failed to reach the second round during 2005 was the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, where he lost to Kevin Kim.

Lapentti was eliminated in the first round of 2006's Pacific Life Open, that time by Mardy Fish. In June 2008 Lapentii won the Manta Open and had accomplished his goal also winning Costa Rica Seguros Bolivar Open in March 2011.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 23 (15–8) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (10–6)ITF Futures Tour (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (10–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Peru F1, LimaFuturesClay Juan Pablo Di Cesare6–2, 6–3Win2–0Venezuela F2, CaracasFuturesClay Marko Neunteibl6–1, 6–1Loss2–1Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Dick Norman4–6, 3–6Win3–1Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Iván Miranda6–3, 6–4Win4–1Campos do Jordao, BrazilChallengerHard Gouichi Motomura6–4, 6–0Win5–1Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Ricardo Mello6–3, 6–7(8–10), 6–3Win6–1Waco, USAChallengerClay Paul Goldstein6–4, 6–3Loss6–2Campos do Jordao, BrazilChallengerHard Takao Suzuki4–6, 3–6Win7–2Manta, EcuadorChallengerHard Carlos Berlocq6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4Win8–2Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Răzvan Sabău6–4, 6–3Loss8–3São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Ricardo Mello6–4, 2–6, 6–7(0–7)Loss8–4Brazil F4, PiracicabaFuturesClay Rogerio Dutra Silva0–6, 6–2, 6–7(2–7)Loss8–5Cuenca, EcuadorChallengerClay Carlos Salamanca6–4, 6–7(8–10), 5–7Win9–5Ecuador F3, QuitoFuturesClay Carlos Avellan7–5, 6–4Win10–5Bolivia F2, CochabambaFuturesClay Damian Patriarca6–3, 6–3Loss10–6Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Santiago Giraldo6–7(4–7), 4–6Win11–6Manta, EcuadorChallengerHard Ricardo Mello6–2, 6–4Win12–6Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Riccardo Ghedin6–4, 6–4Win13–6Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay João Souza2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win14–6San Jose, Costa RicaChallengerHard Igor Kunitsyn7–5, 6–3Win15–6Ecuador F6, IbarraFuturesClay Marco Trungelliti6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss15–7Mexico F14, MeridaFuturesHard Dennis Novikov3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7)Loss15–8Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Fernando Romboli6–4, 3–6, 2–6 Grand Slam and Masters performance Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A Q2 Q1 A A A A Q2 A Q1 A A A A A 0–0 French Open A A 1R Q2 Q1 A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A Q1 A A 0–1 Wimbledon A Q1 Q3 Q3 A A A A Q1 A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 A 0–0 US Open A A Q2 A Q3 A A Q3 1R Q1 A A Q1 A Q1 A 0–1Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments Indian Wells A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A Q2 A A A A A Q2 0–3 Miami Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0 Canada A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0 Cincinnati A A A A Q2 A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3

Doubles: 10 (9–1) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (6–1)ITF Futures Tour (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (6–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Colombia F1, BogotáFuturesClay Ruben Tolles Gustavo Marcaccio Patricio Rudi7–5, 2–0 ret.Win2–0Venezuela F1, CaracasFuturesClay Jose De Armas Ivan Cinkus Gergely KisgyorgywalkoverWin3–0Venezuela F2, CaracasFuturesClay Jose De Armas Antonio Baldellou-Esteva David Cors-Pares6–4, 6–3Win4–0Campos do Jordao, BrazilChallengerHard Rik De Voest Carlos Berlocq Miguel Gallardo-Valles6–1, 7–5Win5–0Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Rik De Voest Robert Lindstedt Michael Russell6–3, 6–4Win6–0Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Damian Patriarca Enzo Artoni Ignacio Gonzalez King6–2, 4–6, 6–4Win7–0Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Rik De Voest Ramón Delgado André Sá6–4, 6–4Loss7–1Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Koellerer Oliver Marach4–6, 3–6Win8–1Recife, BrazilChallengerHard Fernando Romboli André Ghem Rodrigo Guidolin6–2, 6–1Win9–1Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicChallengerClay Ariel Behar Jonathan Eysseric Franko Skugor7–5, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2001Australian OpenHard Frank Dancevic Ytai Abougzir Luciano Vitullo4–6, 6–7(5–7)Win2001WimbledonGrass Frank Dancevic Bruno Echagaray Santiago González6–1, 6–4

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