Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco

Country	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Born	(1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 Madrid, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$10,284,220
Singles
Career record	379–264
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (20 April 2009)
Current ranking	No. 30 (4 November 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (2009)
French Open	4R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2013)
US Open	QF (2009, 2010)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2009)
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	135–129
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 8 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 8 (11 November 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009, 2013)
French Open	QF (2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	QF (2004, 2008)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2013)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2008, 2009, 2011)
Hopman Cup	W (2013)
Last updated on: 11 November 2013.

Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born 15 November 1983 in Madrid, Spain) is a professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 7, achieved in April 2009. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight. As of 2009, Verdasco has been working in Las Vegas with Andre Agassi and his team, including Darren Cahill (Agassi's former coach) and Gil Reyes (Agassi's fitness coach).^[1]

Verdasco has aided Spain in winning three Davis Cup titles, winning the deciding match in both 2008 and 2009, he was part of the winning team in 2011 as well. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open, where he lost to compatriot and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in five sets.^[2] Verdasco has also reached the quarterfinals twice at the US Open, in 2009 and 2010, losing to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal respectively, the latter of whom went on to win the title, and once at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where he led eventual champion Andy Murray two sets to love before being defeated in five sets.

Career

Early years

He turned professional in 2002, finishing as World No. 464. 2002 was a good year for him, as he won his first Futures category title in Spain F1 and was runner-up in Spain F3. He played his pond career challenger in Segovia, where he reached the final after beating Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov in the semifinals. He then reached two additional Challenger semifinals in Kiev and in Eckental, finishing the year in the top 200 at no. 173. 2002 also finished strongly off the court, as Fernando finished runner-up in a closely contested Best Abs in Castilla La Mancha contest.

2003

In 2003, Verdasco played his first Masters Series tournament (Miami Masters). He joined the main draw as a qualifier, and after defeating Karol Kučera and Max Mirnyi, he lost to countryman Carlos Moyà in the third round. After this good performance, he had a poor season on clay, and then he lost in the first round at Wimbledon against Finn Jarkko Nieminen in five sets in which he changed tennis racquets to the new Wilson Prestige and took new natural products for increased speed on the court. Then Verdasco played in Cincinnati, where he lost to Andy Roddick in straight sets. He reached the third round at the US Open, where he lost to Thai Paradorn Srichaphan, after defeating countryman Tommy Robredo in the first round and Italian Davide Sanguinetti in the second round.

2004

After finishing 2003 as No. 109 in the world (with a 15–8 record in Challengers), he had a breakthrough in 2004 when he won his first ATP title in Valencia. He defeated defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semifinals and Albert Montañés in the final. He also reached the final in Acapulco, losing to Carlos Moyà, and the quarterfinals in Halle and in 's-Hertogenbosch on grass. He reached the third round in two Masters Series tournaments: the Hamburg Masters and the Madrid Masters. He reached the quarterfinals in Stockholm and the semifinals in Kitzbühel, and won a doubles title in Stockholm (with countryman Feliciano López), ending the year ranked no. 36 in the world.

2005

In 2005, he defeated Andy Roddick twice, in Miami and in Rome. In Rome, the match was famous for Roddick being matchpoint up on Verdasco's serve and having the match end with a double fault from Verdasco, but Roddick claimed that the serve was not out and the match went on, with Verdasco winning. He also reached the quarterfinals in Valencia (where he was defending the title), Rome, and New Haven; the semifinals of Saint Petersburg; and was finalist in Kitzbühel, where he lost to Argentine Gastón Gaudio. Verdasco reached his first Grand Slam fourth round at the U.S. Open, where he lost to Jarkko Nieminen, after defeating Novak Djokovic. His year-end ranking improved slightly to no. 32 in the world.

2006

Fernando reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, after beating Vince Spadea and German Benjamin Becker, and also upsetting third seed and former runner-up David Nalbandian in straight sets in the third round. Verdasco then lost to Czech Radek Štěpánek in five sets. At the US Open, Fernando reached the third round, but lost to eventual runner-up Andy Roddick in five sets. In previous rounds, Fernando defeated Fabrice Santoro in four sets and Thiago Alves in three. Fernando then lost in the quarterfinals of Palermo to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, and then he lost to Ramírez Hidalgo again the following week in the first round at Metz. Verdasco did not win a match the rest of year. He lost to Italian Daniele Bracciali in Moscow, and then in the last two Masters Series tournaments of the year, he lost to Tim Henman in the Madrid Masters and to Michaël Llodra in the Paris Masters. Verdasco finished the year ranked no. 35.

2007

In 2007, Verdasco lost in the first round in the three Masters Series tournaments on clay. He lost to Frenchman Richard Gasquet in both Monte Carlo Masters and Rome Masters, and to Czech Tomáš Berdych in the Hamburg Masters. He lost to Novak Djokovic in the fourth round of the French Open. In the previous rounds, he beat Jérôme Haehnel in the first round, Dmitry Tursunov in the second round, and David Ferrer in the third round. In the grass season, he lost in the first round in Queen's, and he reached the third round at Wimbledon, where he lost to third seed Andy Roddick after beating Bobby Reynolds in the first round and Italian Andreas Seppi in the second round.

At the Madrid Masters, Verdasco cruised through to the second round with a win over Albert Montañés, beating him in straight sets. However, in the second round he faced third seed Novak Đoković and after winning the first set, the Serb player won the next two. At the St. Petersburg Open, Verdasco played some brilliant tennis to reach the final without losing a single set. En route to this final, he defeated Marin Čilić, who defeated Nikolay Davydenko early on, in the semifinal. However, his quest to win the title ended with a defeat by Scot Andy Murray. Still, this solid performance raised Verdasco's position in the ATP rankings to 27 the next week.^{[citation needed]}

2008

Fernando entered the Australian Open as the 25th seed. He won his opening match with a strong performance against Thierry Ascione. He lost his second round match in a close battle with Serbian Janko Tipsarević, who later went on to take Roger Federer to 5 sets. Fernando entered the Dubai Tennis Championships with a possible second round opponent of either Roger Federer or Andy Murray, his opponent would be Murray after he beat Federer in three sets. Fernando managed to take Murray to three sets but after a good performance he lost the match. In Berlin, Fernando and doubles partner Feliciano López clinched Spain's spot in the Davis Cup semifinals after defeating Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber and Philipp Petzschner in a four hour and 45 minute marathon match.

At the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco, Fernando lost to Gaël Monfils in straight sets in the first round. In Barcelona the following week he also lost his first round match in straight sets to Nicolás Lapentti. His form improved dramatically for the Rome Masters where he reached the third round, en route he got the better of Carlos Moyà and Nicolás Lapentti (who had beaten him the week earlier) before losing in a thriller to James Blake. Fernando continued his run of excellent form into the Hamburg Masters where he beat Mikhail Youzhny in the first round. In the second round he beat Michaël Llodra. Verdasco then went on to record a remarkable win against compatriot David Ferrer in straight sets. His run ended when he met the world number 1 Roger Federer, losing. At the French Open Verdasco was seeded No. 22 and enjoyed a good run, ending with a loss to Rafael Nadal in the last 16.^{[citation needed]}

On 9 June, Fernando achieved his career high ranking of No. 20, as a result of his run at the French Open. He reached the final of the Nottingham Open raising his ranking to a career high of No. 18. At Wimbledon, he lost to Mario Ančić in a five set thriller in which the last set lasted over 90 minutes and ended 13–11, in the fourth round. His performance at The Wimbledon Championships brought his world ranking up to No. 13. His most recent ATP victory was in Umag (Studena Croatian Open Umag), Croatia where he defeated Igor Andreev. Afterwards, he again improved in the rankings to 11th place. Verdasco was the 13th seed at the US Open in 2008, and lost to the 23rd seed Andreev in the third round.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 November, Verdasco won the fourth rubber of Spain's Davis Cup final match against Argentina, defeating José Acasuso. This was enough to ensure the team of victory; Verdasco had also played in the doubles match of the previous day and won, partnering Feliciano López.^{[citation needed]}

2009

Verdasco started his season by reaching the final of the Brisbane International losing to Radek Štěpánek in three sets. Partnering Mischa Zverev, he was also the runner-up in the doubles final. At the 2009 Australian Open, in his first appearance in a Grand Slam quarterfinal, Verdasco defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Verdasco then lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in what was at the time the longest match in Australian Open history, lasting 5 hours, 14 minutes.^[3] Verdasco's semi-final run earned him No. 9 ranking, lifting the Spaniard into the top 10 for the first time.

After being sidelined by injury since the Australian Open, he reached the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, where he lost to Roger Federer. At the 2009 Miami Masters, Verdasco recorded his 200th ATP match win by defeating qualifier Benjamin Becker in the second round. He would go on to reach the quarterfinals, losing to Andy Murray.^[4] His run at this tournament earned him a further career-high ranking of No. 8.

During the clay court season, Verdasco again reached quarterfinal stage, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. Following this tournament, his ranking rose further to No. 7. In Barcelona, he lost in the quarter-finals to Fernando González. At the 2009 Rome Masters, he advanced to the quarterfinals, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. At the 2009 Madrid Masters, Verdasco reached the quarterfinals, Verdasco again lost to Nadal for the ninth time. Competing as the 8th seed at the 2009 French Open, Verdasco lost in the fourth round to 10th seed Nikolay Davydenko.

On his first tournament on grass that season, Verdasco lost in the first round of the 2009 Gerry Weber Open to Philipp Petzschner. At the 2009 Ordina Open, he lost in the second round to eventual title winner Benjamin Becker. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, he matched his best result at that tournament by reaching the fourth round, where he was ousted by the big-serving Croat, Ivo Karlović.

Verdasco competed in the Swedish Open as the top seed, advancing to the quarterfinals where he retired against Juan Mónaco. After a small break he played in the Rogers Cup and was defeated by Andy Roddick in the third round. He was then upset by compatriot Guillermo García-López in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters in two tiebreaks. In New Haven, Verdasco defeated Igor Andreev in two tiebreak sets in the semi-finals. Due to rain delays in the previous days, Verdasco returned later the same day for the final against Sam Querrey, winning in straight sets. He did not lose a set in the entire tournament. He was seeded 10th at the US Open, the year's final Grand Slam, losing in the quarterfinals to Novak Djokovic.

Verdasco's first indoor tournament of the season was the 2009 Malaysian Open, where he lost to Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets in the final. At the China Open, Verdasco was seeded fifth, losing to Djokovic in the quarterfinals for the third time in that year. In Shanghai, a Masters 1000 tournament, he lost his opening match to Ivan Ljubičić.

He next competed at the Valencia Open 500. He advanced to the semifinals where he lost to top seed Andy Murray.

He next competed at the Paris Masters as the seventh seed. In the third round, Verdasco lost to Marin Čilić. His bid in qualifying for the ATP World Tour finals depended on the results of other players because of this loss. However, Robin Söderling and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga failed to pass the quarterfinals, allowing Verdasco to qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup for the first time in his career.

At the ATP Tour Finals, Verdasco lost to Roger Federer in his first Round Robin match and to Juan Martín del Potro in his second match. He then lost his third match against Andy Murray in the round robin hence ending his run at the tournament. Verdasco finished 2009 with a 52–25 record in singles, his best record to date, and finished the year at No. 9, the first time he has finished the year in the top 10.

To close 2009, Verdasco partnered Feliciano López in the 2009 Davis Cup Final doubles match against the Czech Republic. Playing against Radek Štěpánek and Tomáš Berdych, Verdasco and Lopez saved a set point to win the first set, and eventually the match. This victory retained the Davis Cup for Spain, and was a fitting end to Verdasco's most successful season on the tour so far.

2010

Verdasco started his 2010 season at the exhibition tournament AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, in preparation for the upcoming Australian Open. He beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final. His first official tournament for the year was in the Australian Open. As the 9th seed, he lost in the fourth round against Nikolay Davydenko in a five set match.

His next tournament was the SAP Open in San Jose, California. Before his first round match, he won an exhibition match against Pete Sampras in straight sets. In the tournament final, he defeated Andy Roddick to capture his fourth ATP singles title. This was his first win over a Top 10 ranked player since the 2009 Australian Open. He arrived late at the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, and as a result, he was ousted in the opening round by Jérémy Chardy.

Verdasco's next tournament was the Acapulco where he lost to Juan Mónaco in the quarter-finals.

Seeded 10th (and as a result, receiving a bye into the second round) at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells where, in the third round, he lost to Tomáš Berdych. At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, after receiving an opening round bye, he lost to Berdych in the quarterfinals.

At the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, as the sixth seed, he defeated the number 1 seed Novak Djokovic to reach his first ever Masters 1000 final, to meet five-time defending champion Rafael Nadal. It was the first all-Spanish final of a Masters 1000 event since Monte Carlo in 2002. However, he was defeated by Rafael Nadal. Despite the lopsided final, Verdasco had done enough to ensure a return to the Top 10, at number nine.^{[citation needed]}

The following week, Verdasco played at the 2010 Barcelona Open as the fifth seed, where he defeated Robin Söderling to win his fifth career singles title.

In the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he played in his second semi-final appearance at the Masters 1000 level, he faced David Ferrer and lost. Verdasco's next tournament was the Madrid Open, where he was seeded sixth. After receiving a bye in the first round, he defeated Ivo Karlović before falling to Jürgen Melzer.

Then, a week before the French Open, he reached his fourth final of the year at Nice by beating Leonardo Mayer in the semifinals. He then lost to Richard Gasquet in the final. During the third set, he was captured by a microphone yelling profanities about the crowd and was seen to sarcastically wave at them, after which the crowd booed him. He apologised after the match and before the French Open to everyone and stated that two fans had agitated him.^[5]

Verdasco was the seventh seed at the 2010 French Open where, in the fourth round, he lost to Nicolás Almagro. In an upset, Verdasco then lost in the opening round of Wimbledon to Fabio Fognini.^[6]

After losing in the quarterfinals in Båstad, Verdasco then travelled to the U.S.A to begin his preparations for the US Open. At the Legg Mason Classic in Washington, Verdasco lost to Marcos Bagdatis in the second round.

At the 2010 US Open, Verdasco came back from two sets down in the round of 16 to defeat compatriot David Ferrer in five sets. However he lost to top seed and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the next round, increasing Nadal's lead over the career head-to-head 11–0.

He next played at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open, losing to Benjamin Becker in the second round after receiving a first-round bye. He then traveled to China for the 2010 China Open in Beijing, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany there, and to Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands at the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters. In the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, he lost to Gaël Monfils in three sets despite holding two match points at 5–4 in the decider. Verdasco finished the year with the same ranking he ended with in 2009, which was No. 9.

2011

Verdasco started the year losing in the first round of the Brisbane International to Benjamin Becker. He then failed to defend his title at the exhibition tournament, the 2011 Kooyong Classic, losing to Gaël Monfils in the first round.

Seeded 9th at the 2011 Australian Open, Verdasco lost in the fourth round to sixth seed Tomáš Berdych, saying after the match he had a long-time injury in his foot. He had MRI scans on his foot and is confirmed that he had a fractured foot (where a broken bone was detected). He has claimed he has sustained this since late 2009.

His next tournament was the SAP Open in San Jose, California where was defending champion and top seed. He advanced to the final without losing a set against Rajeev Ram, Ivo Karlović, Denis Istomin and Juan Martín del Potro. His opponent in the final was young Canadian first-time finalist Milos Raonic. Verdasco held four set points in a first-set tiebreak but lost the next six points and the set. He eventually lost the match.

Verdasco faced off against Raonic in the first round of Memphis. For the second time in two weeks, he lost to Raonic, this time in a third set tiebreak. He then travelled to Mexico, where he was seeded second. Again, he lost in the first round, this time to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.

Verdasco and his Spanish teammates next played Davis Cup against Belgium. Verdasco won both of his rubbers in singles and doubles and helped Spain to a 4–1 victory.

At Indian Wells, Verdasco snapped his losing streak in ATP tour events when his second round opponent Ričardas Berankis had to retire after Verdasco was leading. But he then lost to Sam Querrey in the third round. At Miami, he again received a first-round bye but lost to Pablo Andújar, committing three double faults in his service game at 4–4 in the third.

At the Monte Carlo Masters, he lost to Tommy Robredo in the second round, after a first-round bye.

At the Estoril Open Verdasco reached the finals, defeating Frederico Gil, Kevin Anderson and was aided by the retirement of Milos Raonic in the semifinals. In the final, he lost to Juan Martín del Potro. Then at the Madrid Masters, his home-town, Verdasco lost in the second round after a first round bye to Lu Yen-hsun, which was only Lu's second victory on clay courts in his decade-long career. Verdasco reached the third round of the French Open as the 16 seed where he lost to Ivan Ljubičić.

Beginning his grass season at the 2011 Aegon Championships as the 7th seed, he defeated Nicolas Mahut and David Nalbandian in straight sets before losing to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals. At Wimbledon, as the 21st seed, he defeated Radek Štěpánek in the first round in a long five set match, before succumbing to Dutchman Robin Haase in the second round.

2012

Verdasco started the year with a first-time participation at the Hopman Cup partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues representing Spain. He reached the quarterfinals in Auckland, where he lost to David Ferrer in straight sets. Verdasco lost in the first round of the 2012 Australian Open to Australian Bernard Tomic in five sets.^[7]

Verdasco then traveled to Brazil, where he reached the quarterfinals, only to be defeated by compatriot Albert Ramos. He reached the final in Acapulco, but was defeated again by David Ferrer. In Barcelona, he was defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Rafael Nadal. At the Masters 1000 event in Madrid, Verdasco defeated Nadal in three sets after Nadal served for the match at 5-3 in the decider. This was Nadal's only defeat on clay that season. Verdasco lost to eventual runner-up Tomáš Berdych in the quarter-finals. He then reached the third round of the 2012 French Open, but was defeated in five sets by Andreas Seppi, who had earlier defeated Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and went on to take Novak Djokovic to five sets in the very next round.

Verdasco then played in Prostějov and lost in the first round. He was defeated by no. 1166 Marek Semjan from Slovakia in three sets.^[8]

At Wimbledon, he reached the third round, losing to Xavier Malisse in five sets.

Verdasco was ousted by Marcel Granollers of Spain in the semifinals of the Croatia Open.^[9]

At the 2012 US Open, he lost in the third round to Roger Federer. Verdasco reached the quarterfinals in Bangkok, losing to Janko Tipsarević in straight sets.

2013

Verdasco was playing with significant pain in 2012, starting before the US Open. In 2013, he was healthy again and achieved significantly better results.

He reached the third round of the 2013 Australian Open, falling to Kevin Anderson, and of the Masters 1000 in Madrid, succumbing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Unseeded at the French Open, he lost in the second round to Janko Tipsarević in five sets.

Also unseeded at Wimbledon, Verdasco progressed to the quarter-finals where he met tournament favourite Andy Murray. Verdasco exceeded expectations by winning the first two sets, and had multiple break points against Murray's serve in the third and fourth sets, but Verdasco eventually lost the match in five sets. Murray eventually went on to capture the championship.

Verdasco reached his first final of the year at the Swedish Open where he was defeated by Carlos Berlocq. The following week Verdasco reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 International German Open, where he was ousted in three tight sets by Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis.

Vedasco was beaten in the first round of the US Open by Ivan Dodig of Croatia, in 5 sets.

In November 2013, Verdasco along with doubles partner David Marrero, beat the Bryan brothers to win the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Playing style and equipment

Verdasco is an offensive baseliner who is comfortable on all surfaces, with fast hard courts being his best.^[10] Verdasco considers his best shot to be his forehand,^[11] a shot that commentator Brad Gilbert often refers to as his "Fearhand". His serve is characteristic of a left-handed player predominantly using slice to create a lot of spin, and is capable of speeds exceeding 230 km/h.^[12]

Verdasco is known for rivaling compatriot Rafael Nadal with the amount of topspin he can put on a ball.^[13][14] which partly explains his improved results since 2009, but still struggles with his nerves when facing the best players in the world. He is endorsed by Adidas (he wears the Adizero group and the Adizero Feather II) and recently switched to babolat ^[15] for racquets, after having played with Tecnifibre for the majority of his career (with Yonex for a very short time in 2010) and Dunlop from 2011 to 2013. He is currently using the Babolat Aeropro Drive 2013

Personal life

Verdasco began playing tennis when he was four years old, practising with his father on the two hard courts in the backyard of their family home. He stopped school at the age of 11, and his father took over his son's academic training. His parents, José and Olga, who are of Latin American descent, own a restaurant in Madrid. He has two younger sisters, Sara and Ana.^[16]

Verdasco was diagnosed with ADHD when he was a child, but did not receive treatment in order not to have problems with doping.^[17] Verdasco supports Real Madrid.^[16] Verdasco has often spoken of his love for the indie rock band Oasis and once proposed that he would play a tennis match wearing headphones listening to their seminal 1994 album, 'Definitely Maybe'. He is known to use mindfulness techniques during his tennis matches, often visualising soothing and romantic scenes to help dampen the stress of professional tennis. He owns a dog named 'Bono Bono'. He has dated lingerie model Jarah Mariano.^[18]

Significant finals

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	London	Hard (i)	David Marrero	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-5, 6-7(3-7), [10-7]

Masters 1000 finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2010	Monte Carlo	Clay	Rafael Nadal	0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Shanghai	Hard	David Marrero	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6-7(2-7), 7-6(8-6), [2-10]

ATP career finals

Singles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–3) ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–9)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–4) Clay (3–8) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	02004-03-077 March 2004	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Carlos Moyá	3–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	02004-04-1212 April 2004	Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain	Clay	Albert Montañés	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	02005-07-3030 July 2005	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	6–2, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	02007-10-2727 October 2007	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	02008-06-2222 June 2008	Nottingham Open, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Ivo Karlović	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(8–10)
Winner	2.	02008-07-2020 July 2008	ATP Studena Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Igor Andreev	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	5.	02009-01-055 January 2009	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	02009-08-2929 August 2009	New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States	Hard	Sam Querrey	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	6.	02009-10-044 October 2009	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	4–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	02010-02-1414 February 2010	SAP Open, San José, United States	Hard (i)	Andy Roddick	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	02010-04-1818 April 2010	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Rafael Nadal	0–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	02010-04-2525 April 2010	Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Robin Söderling	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	02010-05-2222 May 2010	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Richard Gasquet	3–6, 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	9.	02011-02-1313 February 2011	SAP Open, San José, United States	Hard (i)	Milos Raonic	6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	10.	02011-05-011 May 2011	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Juan Martín del Potro	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	02011-07-3131 July 2011	Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marcel Granollers	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	02012-03-044 March 2012	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	David Ferrer	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	02013-07-1414 July 2013	SkiStar Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2) ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (3–3) Clay (4–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1 November 2004	Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Feliciano López	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	22 July 2007	Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Guillermo García-López	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	10 January 2009	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Mischa Zverev	Marc Gicquel Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	25 February 2012	Copa Claro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	David Marrero	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	3 March 2012	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	David Marrero	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	14 July 2012	ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	David Marrero	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	5.	22 July 2012	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	David Marrero	Rogério Dutra da Silva Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	28 October 2012	Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	David Marrero	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	3–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	22 September 2013	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	David Marrero	Dominic Inglot Denis Istomin	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	13 October 2013	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	David Marrero	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6-7(2-7), 7-6(8-6), [2-10]
Winner	7.	11 November 2013	ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	David Marrero	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-5, 6-7(3-7), [10-7]

Team events

Davis Cup

Verdasco played with La Armada for seven straight years from 2005 to 2011, winning the trophy in 2008 and 2009, as well as in 2011.

Wins (3)

Edition	Spanish Team	Rounds/Opponents/Score
2008 Davis Cup	Fernando Verdasco Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Feliciano López Tommy Robredo Nicolás Almagro	1R: Peru 0–5 Spain QF: Germany 1–4 Spain SF: Spain 4–1 USA FN: Argentina 1–3 Spain
2009 Davis Cup	Fernando Verdasco Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Feliciano López Tommy Robredo Juan Carlos Ferrero	1R: Spain 4–1 Serbia QF: Spain 3–2 Germany SF: Spain 4–1 Israel FN: Spain 5–0 Czech Republic
2011 Davis Cup	Fernando Verdasco Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Feliciano López Marcel Granollers	1R: Belgium 1–4 Spain QF: USA 1–3 Spain SF: Spain 4–1 France FN: Spain 3–1 Argentina

Hopman Cup

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 January 2013	Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic	2–1

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	SF	4R	4R	1R	3R	2R	17–10
French Open	A	Q1	2R	1R	2R	4R	4R	4R	4R	3R	3R	2R		19–10
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	2R	4R	3R	4R	4R	1R	2R	3R	QF		20–11
US Open	A	3R	2R	4R	3R	3R	3R	QF	QF	3R	3R	1R		24–11
Win–Loss	0–0	2–2	3–4	5–4	7–4	8–4	9–4	15–4	10–4	8–4	6–4	7–4	1–1	81–43
Year-Ending Championships
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	A	A	A		0–3
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R	QF	3R	3R	3R	2R		10–10
Miami Masters	A	3R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	QF	QF	2R	3R	2R		12–11
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	F	2R	3R	1R		8–9
Madrid Masters	Q1	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	3R	1R	QF	3R		12–11
Rome Masters	A	Q1	A	QF	2R	1R	3R	QF	SF	2R	2R	2R		14–9
Canada Masters	A	1R	A	A	3R	3R	2R	3R	2R	2R	A	A		9–7
Cincinnati Masters	A	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	3R	A	A		5–8
Shanghai Masters	Not ATP Masters Series							2R	1R	2R	3R	2R		4–5
Paris Masters	A	Q2	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R		6–10
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	1R	QF	1R	QF	NM1						8–5
Win–Loss	0–0	2–4	4–6	8–7	8–9	5–9	10–9	15–9	14–9	7–9	10–7	5-7		88-85
Career statistics
Tournaments Played	2	12	26	28	26	28	30	24	23	24	22	25		267
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–4	0–3	0–1	0–1		5–18
Overall Win–Loss	1–2	7–12	31–25	35–28	32–26	34–28	47–27	52–25	43–22	36–24	32–22	29-23	2–2	381–266
Win (%)	33%	37%	55%	55%	55%	55%	63%	68%	66%	60%	59%	56%	50%	59.08%
Year-End Ranking	173	109	36	33	31	26	16	9	9	24	24	30

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till ATP World Tour Finals.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open		1R	2R	1R	1R	QF				QF	2R	8–7
French Open	1R	1R	1R	2R		1R				QF		4–6
Wimbledon	2R	1R		1R	3R							3–4
US Open	QF	3R	1R	1R	QF				1R	1R		8–7
Win–Loss	4–3	2–4	1–3	1–4	5–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	6–3		22–23
Year-Ending Championships
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W		4-1

ATP Tour career earnings

Year	Grand Slam singles titles	ATP singles titles	Total singles titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2002	0	0	0	33,195	303
2003	0	0	0	142,162	134
2004	0	1	1	505,535	42
2005	0	0	0	568,607	36
2006	0	0	0	535,937	34
2007	0	0	0	631,695	33
2008	0	1	1	977,961	15
2009	0	1	1	1,916,630	9
2010	0	2	2	1,971,365	9
2011	0	0	0	821,021	32
2012	0	0	0	1,005,846	22
2013	0	0	0	1,174,266	53
Career	0	5	5	$10,284,220	50

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fernando Verdasco.

• Fernando Verdasco's Official Site
• Fernando Verdasco at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Fernando Verdasco at the Davis Cup
• Fernando Verdasco's unofficial site
• Spanish-language fansite
• Verdasco Recent Match Results
• Verdasco World Ranking History
• Fernando Verdasco statistics
• Tennis Gear used by Fernando Verdasco

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v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten male doubles tennis players from countries belonging to Tennis Europe, as of 6 January 2014 1. Alexander Peya (4 ) 2. David Marrero (5 ) 3. Ivan Dodig (6 1) 4. Fernando Verdasco (8 ) 5. Radek Štěpánek (9 ) 6. Marc López (11 ) 7. Marcel Granollers (12 ) 8. Nenad Zimonjić (14 ) 9. Jean-Julien Rojer (15 ) 10. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (17 )

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Persondata
Name	Verdasco, Fernando
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	15 November 1983
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death
Place of death