Juan Mónaco

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Juan Mónaco

Nickname(s)	Piquito Pico
Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth	March 29, 1984 (1984-03-29) (age 24)
Place of birth	Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$1,826,161
Singles
Career record:	115 - 91
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	No. 14 (February 4, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2008)
French Open	4th (2007)
Wimbledon	1st (2005, 2007)
US Open	4th (2007)
Doubles
Career record:	26 - 42
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	78 (May 12, 2008)
Infobox last updated on: May 26, 2008.

Juan Mónaco (born March 29, 1984 in Tandil), nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. His current and career-high ATP Entry ranking is #14, achieved on February 4, 2008. Mónaco started playing tennis professionally in 2002 and his speciality is on clay courts where he has won 3 ATP Championships to date, all in 2007. He has been dating Argentinian model and actress Luisana Lopilato since December 2006. He is sponsored by adidas and Yonex.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 2006 1.2 2007 2 Singles titles (3) 2.1 Singles finalist (3) 2.2 Doubles wins (2) 3 Singles performance timeline 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] 2006

Monaco managed to finish in the top 75 for second time, highlighted by a career-high 18 match wins. In July he advanced to QF in the Austrian Open in May. He reached the third round of French Open at Roland Garros.

[edit] 2007

On February 25, 2007, he won his first ATP title the Buenos Aires' Telmex Cup by defeating Italy’s Alessio di Mauro (6–1, 6–2).

He then went on to Portschach, Austria, in May and won his second title, beating Gael Monfils 7–6, 6–0 in the final. He made his best finish at a Grand Slam by reaching the fourth round of the French Open, losing to Guillermo Cañas.

He next defeated Potito Starace in Kitzbühel on July 29 (5–7, 6–3, 6–4) to win the Austrian Open, his third ATP title in one year. He made his top 25 debut, at #24, afterwards.

[edit] Singles titles (3)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (3)

Challengers (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
	January 5, 2004	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Adrián García	6–4, 7–6
1.	February 19, 2007	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Alessio di Mauro	6–1, 6–2
2.	May 20, 2007	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Gaël Monfils	7–6, 6–0
3.	July 23, 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Potito Starace	5–7, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Singles finalist (3)

• 2005: Casablanca (lost to Mariano Puerta)
• 2008: Viña del Mar (lost to Fernando González, walkover)
• 2008: Poertschach (lost to Nikolay Davydenko)

[edit] Doubles wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 11, 2008	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Luis Horna	Xavier Malisse Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, [10-7]
2.	April 19, 2008	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Máximo González	Travis Parrott Filip Polasek	7–5, 7–5

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2008 French Open, which ended on June 8, 2008.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career win-loss
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	3–4
French Open	2R	1R	3R	4R	1R	6–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R		0–2
U.S. Open	1R	1R	1R	4R		3–4
Grand Slam Win-Loss1	1-2	0-4	3-3	6-4	2-2	12-15
Indian Wells Masters	A	2R	A	1R	3R	3–3
Miami Masters	3R	1R	1R	2R	3R	4–5
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1–1
Rome Masters	A	2R	1R	A	2R	2–3
Hamburg Masters	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	5–4
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A		0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	3R		2–1
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)	A	LQ	A	3R		2–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A		0–0
Total Titles	0	0	0	3		3
Year End Ranking	73	85	69	23		N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Juan Mónaco
• Monaco Recent Match Results
• Monaco World Ranking History
• (Spanish) Mónaco celebrated the first ATP title of his career (Juan Mónaco, Guillermo Vilas and Gabriela Sabatini together in Buenos Aires) at Clarín