Career
10 in 2004. However, in 2008, aided by the Salvadoran Tennis Federation (Federación Salvadoreña de Tenis), he was awarded an invitation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics tennis tournament. The Tripartite Commission, which issued the invitation, is composed of representatives from International Olympic Committee (International Olympic Committee), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and the International Tennis Federation (International Tennis Federation), and it is standard practice to award such invitations (of which there were two for the men"s singles tennis event) to countries with small Olympic teams. Arévalo was the first player from El Salvador to represent the country, in a tennis competition, at the Olympics.
Arévalo defeated Lee Hyung-taik in three sets, in the first round, before being beaten by Swiss World Number.
1 Roger Federer in the second.