Juan Carlos Ferrero

Juan Carlos Ferrero
Nickname(s)	JCF, Mosquito
Country	Spain
Residence	Villena, Spain
Date of birth	12 February 1980 (1980-02-12) (age 29)
Place of birth	Onteniente, Spain
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb/11.3 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$11,898,934
Singles
Career record:	386–205
Career titles:	11
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2004)
French Open	W (2003)
Wimbledon	QF (2007)
US Open	F (2003)
Doubles
Career record:	4–23
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 198 (3 February 2003)
Mixed Doubles
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Infobox last updated on: 27 October 2008.

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Ferrero and the second is Donat.

Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born 12 February 1980) or JCF is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September that year, he became the 21st player to hold the World No. 1 ranking. He has also been a runner-up at two other Grand Slam tournaments during his career. His nickname is "Mosquito" due to his speed and wiry, strong physique. His ranking as of 7 July 2008 is World No. 33.

Tennis career

Born in Onteniente, Ferrero came to prominence in 1998 making final of the French Open juniors, losing to Fernando González finishing the year ranked the number 17 junior.

He made his professional debut in 1999, making an immediate splash by reaching the semi-finals of his first tour event in Casablanca. He made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open in August and then in the following month, in only his fifth professional event, he won his first career title in Majorca, Spain.

Ferrero continued his rise throughout 2000 and although he did not win a title, he reached finals in Dubai and Barcelona and helped Spain win the Davis Cup by defeating Lleyton Hewitt and Patrick Rafter in the final against Australia. His best performance however was arguably at his first French Open, where he stormed to the semifinals, losing only to eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten in five sets.

In 2001, Ferrero confirmed his status as one of the game's best clay court players, winning titles in Estoril, Barcelona, and Rome, and then reaching the semifinals at the French Open for the second consecutive year, losing again to Gustavo Kuerten. Ferrero also won the tour event in Dubai, and finished the year ranked World No. 5.

2002 saw Ferrero reach his first Grand Slam final at the French Open. However, despite being the strong favourite, he lost to compatriot Albert Costa. His foot was injured during the tournament and he played through taking a lot of cortisone shots. Still, he won titles in Monte Carlo and Hong Kong and reached the final of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, losing a five set final to Lleyton Hewitt. This result saw the Spaniard finish the year ranked World No. 4.

2003 saw Ferrero have his best year to date, winning the titles in Monte Carlo and Valencia before fulfilling his clay court promise by taking the French Open, easily defeating Dutchman Martin Verkerk in the final. He also went on to reach the final on the hard courts at the US Open, eliminating Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi before losing to Andy Roddick. This result saw Ferrero become the World No. 1 player. He rounded off the year by taking his first indoor title in Madrid and was presented with a "National Sportsman of the Year" award from King Juan Carlos. He ended the year ranked World No. 3.

Injuries however began to plague Ferrero throughout 2004 and his ranking and form dipped. Despite making the Australian Open semifinals early in the year (losing to Roger Federer), chicken pox kept him out for the entire month of March and after a first round loss in Monte Carlo in April, he required another month out for rest and recuperation. On 8 May, Ferrero fell during a practice session, injuring his ribs and his right wrist and went into the defence of his French Open crown underprepared. He lost in the second round to Igor Andreev and continued to struggle for the rest of the year, finishing outside the world's top 30 for the first time in five years.

Ferrero looked fresher and healthier in 2005 and began to climb back up towards the top echelons of the game. He reached the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Masters and the finals of the Open Seat Godo in Barcelona in April, as well as the finals of Vienna later in the year. He ended 2005 ranked World No. 17.

During the 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters event in Cincinnati, Ferrero notched his first Top 10 win of 2006 with a 6–2, 6–4 win over US #1 and World No. 5 player James Blake. A few days later, Ferrero defeated World No. 2 Rafael Nadal 7–6(2), 7–6(3) and then World No. 7 Tommy Robredo 6–3, 6–4 to move into the final of an ATP Masters Series event for the first time since 2003. In the final, Ferrero lost to Andy Roddick 6–3, 6–4, to whom he also lost in the 2003 US Open.

In 2007, Ferrero reached the final of the Brasil Open, where he lost to Guillermo Cañas, and the semifinals of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, where he lost to Carlos Moyà. At the Australian Open, Ferrero lost in the second round to Danai Udomchoke of Thailand. He was eliminated during the round robin portion of the Copa Telemex tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the first round of the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand. He managed to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon losing 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 to Roger Federer. Ferrero never reproduced his 2003 form at this year's French Open, losing in the third round to Mikhail Youzhny 6–7, 7–6, 6–2, 6–2. He lost at the 2007 US Open to Feliciano López in the first round.

Ferrero started 2008 by reaching the final of the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand and defeating David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open. After the Australian Open, Ferrero suffered early losses to Nicolas Mahut at the Open 13 in Marseille and at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam to Teimuraz Gabashvili. Following these two losses, Ferrero then lost to Andy Roddick in Dubai, 6-2, 6-4. He made a fourth round appearance at the Pacific Life Open, but Nalbandian defeated him 6-2, 6-2. At the Sony Ericsson Open, Ferrero lost to Tomáš Berdych in the third round. He lost to Marat Safin in three sets at the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana in the first round. At the Monte Carlo Masters, showings still were mediocre for the Spaniard, as he lost to Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1.

However, Ferrero displayed excellent form at the 2008 Rome Masters, beating Nicolas Kiefer 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, and then stunning World No. 2 Nadal. Ferrero had lost at Monte Carlo to Nadal two weeks earlier, and Nadal had won seventeen successive matches on the Roman tennis courts, triumphing over him 7-5, 6-1. ^[1][2]

Although Ferrero was known as one of the best clay court player during his prime, he has distinguished himself as an all court player through his solid performance on hard court tournaments. He actually said during an interview that he prefers to play on hard courts. Tennis experts agreed that Ferrero's clay court game translated well into hard court due to his aggressive style of playing.

Ferrero's inspiration has been his mother who died from cancer when he was 17. He is also one of only a handful of players in the tennis open era to have reached the quarterfinal stage of all four Grand Slam events.

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2003	French Open	Martin Verkerk	6–1, 6–3, 6–2

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2002	French Open	Albert Costa	6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
2003	US Open	Andy Roddick	6–3, 7–6, 6–3

Masters Series singles finals

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	Rome	Gustavo Kuerten	3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2002	Monte Carlo	Carlos Moyá	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
2003	Monte Carlo (2nd)	Guillermo Coria	6–2, 6–2
2003	Madrid	Nicolás Massú	6–3, 6–4, 6–3

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	Hamburg	Albert Portas	4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(5), 7–5
2006	Cincinnati	Andy Roddick	6–3, 6–4

Career finals (27)

Singles (27)

Wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	13 September 1999	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Àlex Corretja	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
2.	4 February 2001	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Marat Safin	6–2, 3–1 retired
3.	9 April 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Felix Mantilla	7-6(3), 4–6, 6–3
4.	23 April 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos Moyà	4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
5.	7 May 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
6.	15 April 2002	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Carlos Moyà	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
7.	23 September 2002	Hong Kong, China	Hard	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(4)
8.	14 April 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–2, 6–2
9.	28 April 2003	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Christophe Rochus	6–2, 6–4
10.	26 May 2003	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Martin Verkerk	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
11.	13 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Nicolás Massú	6–3, 6–4, 6–3

Runner-ups (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	14 February 2000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2.	24 April 2000	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Marat Safin	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
3.	21 May 2001	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Albert Portas	4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 7–5
4.	16 July 2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jiří Novák	6–1, 6–7, 7–5
5.	10 June 2002	French Open, Paris	Clay	Albert Costa	6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
6.	29 July 2002	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Àlex Corretja	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
7.	18 November 2002	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Lleyton Hewitt	7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
8.	13 January 2003	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Hyung-Taik Lee	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
9.	8 September 2003	US Open, New York City	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–3, 7–6, 6–3
10.	29 September 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Taylor Dent	6–3, 7–6
11.	23 February 2004	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Lleyton Hewitt	6–7, 7–5, 6–4
12.	25 April 2005	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–1, 7–6, 6–3
13.	17 October 2005	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	6–2, 6–4, 7–6
14.	21 August 2006	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–3, 6–4
15.	19 February 2007	Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	7–6, 6–2
16.	12 January 2008	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7–6(4), 7–5

Performance timeline

Singles

• A = did not attend tournament
• LQ = lost in qualifying draw
• NH = tournament not held

ATP Tour career earnings

* As of 28 May 2008.

References

External links

• Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ferrero Recent Match Results
• Ferrero World Ranking History
• Davis Cup record
• Juan Carlos Ferrero fansite (English)
• Official Website (Spanish)