Hans Podlipnik Castillo

Hans Podlipnik Castillo (Latin American Spanish: [ˈxans poðliβˈnik kasˈtiʝo]; born 9 January 1988) is a Chilean retired tennis player of Slovenian descent. His best results are in doubles, winning one ATP Tour and reaching another final in this category. He also won 19 Challengers and 29 Futures in doubles and 23 Futures in singles, reaching in 2015 the final of the Poprad-Tatry Challenger.

Since 2015, Podlipnik focused his career on doubles, ranking world No. 43 in February 2018. He finished the 2014 season as the Chilean top singles player, ranked No. 196. and again in 2015 as No. 167. He reached his best singles ranking in August 2015, at No. 157. In November 2019, after his participation with the Chile Davis Cup Team at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, he announced his retirement.

Post retirement, Podlipnik has become a successful tennis coach in Seattle, Washington.

Some of his notable students include

His father, Johann, is an Austrian former football goalkeeper who played for clubs such as SK Vorwärts Steyr and SAK 1914. As an anecdote, he retired from football due to the fact that he suffered serious facial fractures after an accidental blow by Alfred Schweinsteiger, former player of FC Kufstein and the father of Bastian.