Ferrero in June 2011. |
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| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Residence | Villena, Spain |
| Born | 12 February 1980 Ontinyent, Spain |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | US$13,320,292 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 472–248 |
| Career titles | 16 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (8 September 2003) |
| Current ranking | No. 50 (14 November 2011) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2004) |
| French Open | W (2003) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2007, 2009) |
| US Open | F (2003) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–23 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 198 (3 February 2003) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2004, 2005) |
| French Open | – |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2002, 2003) |
| US Open | 1R (2006) |
| Last updated on: 3 August 2009. | |
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born 12 February 1980) is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002 French Open and the 2003 US Open. His nickname is "Mosquito" due to his speed and his slight physical stature.
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Ferrero began playing tennis at age seven with his father, Eduardo, who often travels with son. He has two sisters, Ana and Laura and admires the play of former no. 1 and two-time Roland Garros champion Jim Courier. Ferrero's inspiration has been his mother, Rosario, who died from cancer when he was 17. He is one of only a handful of players in the tennis open era to have reached the quarterfinal stage at all four Grand Slam events. In July 2007, he bought an old cottage in Bocairente, 50 minutes south from Valencia and refurbished it into "Hotel Ferrero", which features 12 luxury suites. He is also a part owner of the Valencia Open 500 tournament. His fitness trainer is Miguel Maeso, and he is coached by Antonio Martinez (since 1989) and Salvador Navarro (since May 2008), who travels most of the time with him.
Although Ferrero was known as one of the best clay-court players during his prime, he has distinguished himself as an all-court and all-round player through his solid performance on hard- and grass-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 to the hard court due to his aggressive style of playing. He also has one of the greatest forehands in the game and immense speed on the court. He is sponsored by Joma for his attire and Prince Sports for his racquets.
Born in Onteniente, Ferrero came to prominence in 1998, making the final of the French Open Juniors, losing to Fernando González. He finished the year ranked the no. 17 junior. He then made his professional debut in 1998 by reaching the finals of his first Futures tournament in Italy, losing to Miguel Pastura, 4–6, 5–7. He then won two Futures events in Spain, defeating Gorka Fraile and Emilio Viuda-Hernandez in the respective finals. He ended the year ranked world no. 345.
In 1999, he made his first ATP main draw debut in Casablanca in 1999 and reached the semifinals, where he lost to Alberto Martín, 5–7, 4–6. He then won two more Challenger events in Naples and Maia, as well as making another final in Naples. As a result, Ferrero made his top 100 debut at no. 95. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 1999 US Open in August, losing to ninth seeded Greg Rusedski in the first round. The following month, in just his fifth professional event, he won his first career title in Majorca, Spain at the 1999 Majorca Open, defeating second seed Àlex Corretja, 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, which propelled him from world no. 68 to 47. He ended the year at world no. 43 and won the ATP Newcomer of the year award.
In 2000, he made his Australian Open debut, making it to the third round, where he was defeated by Younes El Aynaoui in a tight five-setter, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6. Shortly after, he reached the finals in the 2000 Dubai Tennis Championships and the 2000 Barcelona Open, where he lost to Nicolas Kiefer and Marat Safin, respectively. By doing so, Ferrero entered the top 20 for the first time at no. 18. His best performance of the year, however, was reaching the semifinals of his first French Open, where he lost to the eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten in five sets, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6. He reached the semifinals of 2000 Paris Masters, losing to eventual champion Marat Safin, 2–6, 2–6. He also helped Spain win the Davis Cup, winning all five of his matches. Although he did not win any titles in 2000, his significant performances in major tournaments helped him end the year ranked world no. 12.
In 2001, Ferrero started the year at the Australian Open, losing in the second round to Australian Andrew Ilie. In the span of three months, Ferrero won four titles. His first was in Dubai defeating Marat Safin, 6–2, 3–1 RET, in the finals. Then he won the 2001 Estoril Open in an all-Spanish final, defeating Félix Mantilla, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3. This placed him at no. 9 in the world, his top 10 debut. He then won Barcelona, defeating Carlos Moyá, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5. He also won his first Masters title at the 2001 Rome Masters, where he defeated Gustavo Kuerten, 3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2, his first win over a world no. 1. He then he reached the finals of 2001 Hamburg Masters, losing to Albert Portas, 6–4, 2–6, 6–0, 6–7, 5–7, and then he reached the semifinals at the French Open for the second consecutive year, losing again to the no. 1 seed, defending champion, and eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten. Ferrero also reached the finals in Gstaad, losing to Jiří Novák, 6–1, 6–7, 7–5, and the semifinals of the 2001 Tennis Masters Cup, losing to eventual champion Lleyton Hewitt, 4–6, 3–6, and finished the year ranked world no. 5.
In 2002, Ferrero missed the Australian Open due to bursitis in his right knee. He also made a bad start, having a record of 7–8 up until the 2002 Monte Carlo Masters, where he defeated Carlos Moyá in straight sets, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4, in the finals to win the title. He was, however, unsuccessful in defending his Rome title, losing to Ivan Ljubičić in the second round. However, at the 2002 French Open, Ferrero reached his first Grand Slam final. However, despite being the strong favourite, he lost to compatriot Albert Costa, 1–6, 0–6, 6–4, 3–6. His foot was injured during the tournament, and he played through, taking a lot of cortisone shots. He then reached the finals at Kitzbühel, losing to Àlex Corretja, 4–6, 1–6, 3–6. He then lost in the semifinals in the 2002 Cincinnati Masters, losing to eventual champion Carlos Moyá, 3–6, 4–6. He the won his second title of the year in Hong Kong, avenging his lost to Carlos Moyá by beating him in th finals, 6–3, 1–6, 7–6. He reached the finals of the 2002 Tennis Masters Cup, losing once again to Lleyton Hewitt, 5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6. This result saw the Spaniard finish the year ranked world no. 4.
In 2003, Ferrero started the year by reaching the finals in Sydney, losing to Hyung-Taik Lee, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7. He then reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Australian Open, losing to Wayne Ferreira, 6–7, 6–7, 1–6. He won his first title of the year at the 2003 Monte Carlo Masters, which he defended by defeating Guillermo Coria, 6–2, 6–2. In his next four tournaments, he reached the semifinals in Barcelona, losing to Marat Safin, 4–6, 3–6, and the semifinals at the 2003 Rome Masters, losing to Roger Federer, 4–6, 2–4 RET. He also won the 2003 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, defeating Christophe Rochus, 6–2, 6–4, without losing a set. He then won his first Grand Slam at the 2003 French Open, defeating Martin Verkerk, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2, in the finals.[1] He then reached the 4th Round of Wimbledon losing to Sébastien Grosjean 2–6, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7. He also went on to reach the final of the 2003 US Open, eliminating former world no. 1s and former US Open champions Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi, before losing to Andy Roddick, 3–6, 6–7, 3–6, in the final. This result saw Ferrero take the no. 1 spot from Agassi. He then competed in Bangkok for the first time as world no. 1, losing to Taylor Dent in the finals, 3–6, 6–7. He took his next title in the Madrid, his first hard-court Masters title, by defeating Nicolás Massú, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3, in the finals. He was presented with a "National Sportsman of the Year" award from King Juan Carlos. He ended the year ranked world no. 3, behind only Andy Roddick and Roger Federer.
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), 4–6, 1–6, 4–6, and the finals of 2004 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, losing to Lleyton Hewitt, 7–6, 5–7, 4–6, chicken pox kept him out for the entire month of March. 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 under-prepared. 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, losing to Guillermo Coria, 2–6, 5–7, and Beijing, losing to Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 4–6. He reached the finals of the Open Seat Godo in Barcelona to Rafael Nadal, 1–6, 6–7, 3–6, in April, as well as the finals of Vienna, where he lost to Ivan Ljubičić. 2–6, 4–6, 6–7. He ended 2005 ranked world no. 17.
In 2006, Ferrero's performance was mediocre, reaching just one semifinal in Buenos Aires, where he lost to Carlos Moyá, 6–3, 6–7, 4–6, and one final in Cincinnati. 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 no. 1 and world no. 5 player James Blake. A few days later, Ferrero defeated world no. 2 Rafael Nadal, 7–6, 7–6, 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, 3-6, 4-6.[2] He ended the year ranked no. 23.
In 2007, Ferrero reached the final of the Brasil Open, where he lost to Guillermo Cañas, 6–7, 2–6. He reached the semifinals of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, where he lost to Carlos Moyà, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, the semifinals of the 2007 Monte Carlo Masters, losing to Roger Federer, 3–6, 4–6, and the semifinals in Vienna, where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka, 5–7, 1–6. 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 at Wimbledon, losing 7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 to Roger Federer. Ferrero could not reproduced his 2003 form at the 2007 year 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. He ended the year ranked no. 24.
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 Teymuraz Gabashvili. Following these two losses, Ferrero 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, 2-6, 2-6. 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, 4-6, 1-6.
However, Ferrero displayed excellent form at the 2008 Rome Masters, beating Nicolas Kiefer, 6–7, 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 17 successive matches on the Roman tennis courts. However, Ferrero triumphed over him, 7–5, 6–1.[3][4] However, he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka in the following round, 4–6, 3–6. He then competed in the 2008 French Open, retiring in the first round due to a leg injury against Marcos Daniel after winning the first set 7–6, 2–2 RET. He then competed at Wimbledon, retiring in the second round against Mischa Zverev, 4–6, 4–6, 1–2 RET, due to a hamstring injury. He then missed the next three months with a shoulder injury. He returned with a quarterfinal appearance at the 2008 China Open, losing to eventual champion Andy Roddick. His next tournaments were in Vienna, a second-round loss to Jürgen Melzer and a quarterfinals appearance at Lyon, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He ended the year ranked no. 55, his lowest year-end ranking since 1998.
Ferrero started the year with early losses in the 2009 Brisbane International, the 2009 Heineken Open, and the 2009 Australian Open which made him drop out of the top 100 at 101 for the first time in almost 10 years. He, however, reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Brasil Open, losing to Thomaz Bellucci, 6–7, 6–1, 3–6, and of the 2009 Copa Telmex, losing to David Nalbandian, 3–6, 0–3 RET.
In March 2009, Ferrero captured his first singles title since 2003 by defeating fifth-seeded Florent Serra, 6–4, 7–5, in the final of the 2009 Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco.[5] He, however, had early losses in rest of the clay-court season. He lost in first round of the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, failed to qualify in Rome, and suffered second-round losses in 2009 Estoril Open, 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, and the 2009 French Open.
However, Ferrero's resurgence came on the grass courts, as he reached the semifinals of the 2009 AEGON Championships, losing to Andy Murray, 2–6, 4–6, and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating tenth seed Fernando González in the third round, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, in a match that lasted about 3 hours, and seventh seed Gilles Simon in the fourth round, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2, before losing to Andy Murray, 5–7, 3–6, 2–6. These performances saw him climb from 90 to 37 in a month. He then reached the finals of the 2009 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, losing to Nikolay Davydenko, 3–6, 0–6. At the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Ferrero advanced to the third round, before losing to Tommy Haas, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1,[6] after beating Tommy Robredo, 6–3, 6–2.
He then competed at the 2009 Rogers Cup, where he needed to qualify to compete in the main draw despite his high ranking. He defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the first round, 6–1, 6–4, ending Hewitt's three-match win streak against him. He then defeated 13th seed Gaël Monfils, 6–3, 7–6[7] in the pair's first meeting, before losing to Andy Murray once again, 1-6, 3-6. He then lost in the first round of the 2009 Cincinnati Masters to Marin Čilić, 3-6, 4-6. At the US Open, he defeated Fabrice Santoro in Santoro's last US Open match in the first round. In the second round against Philipp Petzschner, Ferrero mounted a remarkable comeback from two sets down for the third time in his career to win 1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. He then went on to defeat no. 9 seed Gilles Simon, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6, 1–0 ret, but was defeated in the fourth round by Juan Martín del Potro. Ferrero climbed impressively into the top 20, having been ranked 115 just 5 months before. In his first tournament after the US Open at the 2009 China Open, he lost to Fernando Verdasco, 7–5 6–4, in the second round, after defeating Nicolás Almagro, 7–5, 7–6. He then competed in the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, where he missed being seeded by one rank. He was crushed in the first round by 13th seed Radek Štěpánek, 6–3 6–0, winning only 7 points in the second set. He then lost in the first round of the 2009 If Stockholm Open to Marcos Baghdatis, 4-6, 2-6. He then competed in the 2009 Valencia Open 500. However, he lost to Pablo Cuevas in a 3three-set battle, 2–6, 7–6, 6–3, after serving for the set at 5–3 on the second set. He ended the year at no. 23, which was 32 spots higher than the previous year and won his first title in 6 years.
Ferrero had a bad start to the 2010 season. Ferrero started the year at the 2010 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, where he retired with and injury trailing 1–3 in the second round, after receiving a first round bye. At the Australian Open, he lost to Ivan Dodig, after being two sets to love up and cruising to victory. His mind slipped mid-match and he got crushed during the last three sets in the match, 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 1–6, 1–6.
Ferrero then competed in the 2010 Brasil Open as the no. 1 seed. He earned his first win of the season against Eduardo Schwank, 7–6, 6–3. He then defeated Nicolás Massú, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 (despite failing to serve out the match 5–4 in the second set), Carlos Berlocq, 6–3, 6–2, in the quarterfinals, and Ricardo Mello, 6–4, 6–2, in the semifinals. In the final, he crushed Łukasz Kubot, 6–1, 6–0, in 61 minutes, conceding one of his services games but in turn, breaking all of his opponent's service games.[8]
In the 2010 Copa Telmex as the no. 2 seed, he defeated top seed David Ferrer in the finals, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, after defeating Juan Mónaco in the semifinals, 6–2, 7–6, Santiago Ventura, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, in the quarterfinals, Marcos Daniel, 6–2, 6–4, in the second round, and Ricardo Mello, 6–1, 6–2, in the first round. This was his second title in a row and extended his winning streak to 10. The victory also raised his ranking to world no. 16.
At the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, he had comfortable victories over qualifier Diego Junqueira, 6–2, 6–3, and Igor Andreev, 6–4, 6–3. Carrying on his fiery form, he defeated defending champion Nicolás Almagro, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, in the quarterfinals, not facing any break points in the first and third sets and being broken only once. He then defeated Juan Mónaco in the semifinals, when the Argentinian retired with an abdominal strain after losing the first set 7–5. Ferrero faced David Ferrer in his third straight final and lost, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6. Both players admitted that Ferrero's fatigue played a major role in the final set. This ended his 14-match winning streak. Despite this loss, he rose to no. 14 in the world, the first time he was ranked that high since 11 October 2004, when he was ranked 13th.
He defeated Daniel Köllerer, 6–3, 6–0, in the second round of the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, earning his first hard-court victory of the season, losing only eight points on serve. He then faced Juan Mónaco in the third round, their third meeting in a row, with Ferrero prevailing in the other two. He was upset, 7–6, 3–6, 6–3, in a match than lasted over three hours. At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, he made the round of 16, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,2-6, 2-6, after defeating John Isner, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, and Daniel Köllerer, 4–0 ret.
At the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he defeated Marcel Granollers, 6–0, 6–3, and Benjamin Becker, 6–3, 6–4. After defeating the German, Ferrero upset Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5, earning his first victory over the Frenchman. He, however, lost to Rafael Nadal, 4-6, 2-6, in the quarterfinals. In the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Ferrero was upset by Thiemo de Bakker in the third round, due to not playing well in the tie-breaks, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7.
At the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, his form worsened as he surprisingly slumped to a 0–6, 3–6 loss to qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the first round.
Ferrero went into the 2010 French Open seeded 16th and tipped by some to make a good run in the tournament. He defeated Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay in the first round, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1. He then met fellow Spaniard Pere Riba in the second round, where he won in four sets, 7–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–2. However, he was upset in the third round by unseeded American Robby Ginepri. After coming back from a two-set deficit and being a break of serve up in the decider, Ferrero lost in the fifth set with a final score of 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4. He may have been seen to have underachieved in the tournament but did improve on his previous year's performance and did therefore improve his ranking points. At the 2010 Gerry Weber Open, his form continued to go down as he lost to a Lucky Loser Dominik Meffert in the first round, 6–3, 7–5. His bad form continued, as he loses Xavier Malisse in the first round of Wimbledon 2010 in five sets. He was now 9–8 since his good run at the South American clay season.
He then played in the 2010 MercedesCup, losing to Albert Montañés for the first time in six meetings in the semifinals, 6–3, 7–6, despite having two set points in the second set tiebreak. At the 2010 International German Open, Ferrero defeated Jan Hájek and Jarkko Nieminen, before being upset by Florian Mayer, 7-6, 2-6, 3-6, for the first time in five meetings. At the 2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, Ferrero won his third title of the year, where he struggled against Pablo Cuevas, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, but cruised through against Alexandr Dolgopolov, Andreas Seppi, and Potito Starace in the finals. He then missed the 2010 Rogers Cup and 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters due to a knee injury. He then returned in the 2010 US Open, where he defeated Martin Kližan and Ricardo Mello in straight sets, but lost to Jürgen Melzer in the third round. He is missed the rest of the season due to knee and wrist injuries.
Ferrero withdrew from the 2011 Heineken Open and 2011 Australian Open. As the defending champion, he withdrew from the 2011 Brasil Open and 2011 Copa Claro. He also withdrew from the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, 2011 BNP Paribas Open, 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, and 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to recover from his wrist and knee surgery.
He made his return at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, where he defeated Xavier Malisse, 6–4, 6–1, Mischa Zverev, 6–4, 7–5, and Simone Vagnozzi, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nicolás Almagro, 3-6, 3-6 His next tournament was the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, where he lost in the first round to Thiemo de Bakker, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6. He then missed the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, 2011 French Open, and 2011 Wimbledon due to same injury.
He came back again to competition at the 2011 MercedesCup in Stuttgart. There, he defeated Bastian Knittel, 6–4, 6–4, Mikhail Youzhny, 6–7, 6–2, 6–2, Marcel Granollers, 6–4, 6–3, Federico Delbonis, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, and countryman Pablo Andujar, 6–4, 6–0, to become 2011 MercedesCup champion. Right after the win in Stuttgart, he went to the German Open Hamburg, where he lost in the first round to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, 3-6, 2-6. As the defending champion, he reached the semifinals of the 2011 Studena Croatia Open to eventual champion Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4, 6-4. At the 2011 Rogers Cup, he lost to Ernests Gulbis, 6-3, 1-6, 5-7 and the 2011 Western & Southern Open to Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 both in the first round.
Ferrero's next tournament was the 2011 US Open, where he defeated Pablo Andujar in the first round, 1–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3. In the second round, he defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils in an electrifying five-set match, 7–6, 5–7, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4. His next opponent was Spain's Marcel Granollers, who retired in the second set; at the time of Granollers' retirement, Ferrero led the match 6–1, 4–3. In the fourth round, Ferrero lost to Janko Tipsarevic, 5-7, 7-6, 5-7, 2-6. His next tournament was the 2011 China Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He then played at the Shanghai Rolex Masters reaching the third round falling to good friend David Ferrer 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 after having three match points in the second set, he defeated Mikhail Youzhny and Fernando Verdasco beforehand. His next tournament was the Valencia Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Argentine player Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-3. He then played in the Paris Masters, where he lost in the first round to French Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-3. With this lose, Ferrero ended his 2011 season.
Ferrero made his Davis Cup debut for Spain in the quarterfinals match-up against Russia in 2000, where he won both his matches against Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin. He defeated both in straight sets. He also played in the semifinals, this time against the American Vince Spadea, where he won in three, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. His impressive Davis Cup form continued when he defeated Australians Patrick Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt in Barcelona, enabling Spain to capture the Davis Cup for the first time. In 2001, Spain fell to the Netherlands, and Ferrero lost his first match against Raemon Sluiter, losing two tie-breakers and winning one. He, however, made up for this lost when Spain competed in the qualifying rounds for the Davis Cup World Group, where he defeated Oleg Ogorodov of Uzbekistan in straight sets. Ferrero continued to be a key Davis Cup player in subsequent years. In both 2003 and 2004, Ferrero contributed to Spain's successive progress to the Davis Cup final.[9] In 2004, Spain won the Davis Cup for the second time. In 2009, Ferrero won the fifth and decisive rubber against Andreas Beck of Germany, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4, in the Davis Cup quarterfinals,[10] putting Spain through to the semifinal. Again in the quarterfinals, Ferrero won the second live rubber against Israel, 6–4, 6–2, 6–0,[11] putting Spain on track to win the Davis Cup for two consecutive years, the first nation to do so in 11 years[9] (since Sweden in 1998). As Nadal returned from injury to play the final for Spain, Ferrero was not selected to Spain's final team. He attended all the live rubbers to support his teammates during the first two days of the Davis Cup final, but as a reserve only. He was not included in the 2009 Davis Cup presentation ceremony and celebrations on the final day.[12]
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