Former professional tennis player

- Quarter-finalist in singles at the 2002 Wimbledon
- Semi-finalist in singles at the 1999 Australian Open
- Four-time semi-finalist in singles at ATP Masters Series events (IW, Rome, Hamburg, Paris)
- Recorded top 10 wins over Kafelnikov, Corretja, Moya, Kuerten, Norman, Henman, Ferrero, Hewitt, Davydenko, Ferrer, Novák

- Won five ATP singles titles
- Won three ATP doubles titles

- Career High ATP ranking in singles #6 / in doubles #32

- Member of the Ecuador Davis Cup team
- Turned professional in 1995
- Outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, and captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open (partnering with Gustavo Kuerten) and the US Open
- Began playing tennis at the age of six