Background
His father, Jairo Velasco Senior, was a Colombian tennis player, who immigrated to Spain.
His father, Jairo Velasco Senior, was a Colombian tennis player, who immigrated to Spain.
Velasco was a doubles specialist, usually teaming up with countryman Juan Ignacio Carrasco. The pair appeared together in the main draw of six Grand Slams, but only once made it past the opening round. That was at the 2000 French Open, where they upset ninth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and David Prinosil to make the third round.
They had their best Association of Tennis Professionals Tour performance at Marseille, in 2000, when they finished runners-up.
The Spaniards also reached semi-finals in the 1999 Majorca Open and 2000 Colombia Open. Before teaming up with Carrasco in 1998, Velasco made the semi-finals of the Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, with Joan Balcells, in 1996.
He also played Grand Slam tennis with Virginia Ruano Pascual at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships and Mariano Hood in the 2001 Australian Open. He played World Team Cup tennis for Spain in 1999 and 2000.
Doubles: (8).