Juan Sebastián Cabal

Juan Sebastián Cabal (born 25 April 1986)^[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player. His highest doubles ranking is World No. 18 and World No. 184 in singles. The latter he attained in February 2011 after reaching the final at the challenger of Medellin and Manizales and Futures semifinals in Cali and Bogotá challenger. In 2017 he won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles partnering Abigail Spears of the USA.

ATP Tour

The year 2011 is considered as his ATP Tournament and Grand Slam debut, also considered the best year for his performance in the French Open Doubles with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian Tennis, as they defeated the number 1 ranked couple in the semifinals, brothers Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan with partials 7–6 (4), 6–3 and losing the final to Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.

In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, he debuted in First Round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and India's Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. in Second Round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.

In the 2013 Australian Open, he formed a couple with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013 they also reached the final in an ATP250 event in Nice. He finished the year ranked 43 in the world.

In 2014 Cabal and Farah reached 6 ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500 Rio Open and the ATP250 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP1000 event in Miami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a 7th final partnering Nicolas Barrientos in his home country's ATP250 event in Bogota. He finished the year ranked 22 in the world.

In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the Brasil Open and the Geneva Open and reaching another 3 finals. In February he reached a career high ranking of 18 in the world. In grand slams the pair struggled reaching the 2nd round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked 25 in the world.

2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles they won, as they took 4. At the Australian Open they had their best grand slam result of the year, reaching the 3rd round. In February they won 2 events in South America, the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the Rio Open in Brazil. In May they reached the final in Munich and then won the ATP250 event in Nice for a second time in their careers. They finished the season by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked 30 in the world.

Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the 3rd round at the Australian Open. They then returned to South America, defending their title at the Argentina Open and reaching the final again in Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in Munich. He then reached his first grand slam semi final since 2011 at the French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2011	French Open	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 4–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2017	Australian Open	Hard	Abigail Spears	Ivan Dodig Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–4

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2014	Miami	Hard	Robert Farah	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 25 (11 titles, 14 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–9)

Finals by Surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (8–9)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 June 2011	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7 ^(3–7), 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	23 June 2012	UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Dmitry Tursunov	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Runner-up	3.	25 May 2013	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Robert Farah	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	5 January 2014	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Robert Farah	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	5.	9 February 2014	Royal Guard Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Robert Farah	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	23 February 2014	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Robert Farah	David Marrero Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	2 March 2014	Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (i)	Robert Farah	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	7–5, 4–6, [13–15]
Runner-up	7.	29 March 2014	Sony Open Tennis, Miami, United States	Hard	Robert Farah	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-6^(10–8), 6-4
Runner-up	8.	20 July 2014	Claro Open Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–3), [9–11]
Winner	2.	23 August 2014	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	Robert Farah	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	15 February 2015	Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Robert Farah	Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	23 May 2015	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Robert Farah	Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	9.	25 July 2015	Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Robert Farah	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	10.	2 August 2015	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Robert Farah	John Peers Jamie Murray	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	11.	11 October 2015	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Robert Farah	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	5.	14 February 2016	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Robert Farah	Iñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	21 February 2016	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Robert Farah	Pablo Carreño David Marrero	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Runner-up	12.	1 May 2016	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Robert Farah	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	7.	21 May 2016	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Robert Farah	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	8.	23 October 2016	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Robert Farah	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	9.	19 February 2017	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Robert Farah	Santiago González David Marrero	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	25 February 2017	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Robert Farah	Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	14.	30 April 2017	Hungarian Open, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Robert Farah	Brian Baker Nikola Mektić	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Winner	10.	7 May 2017	BMW Open, Munich, Germnay	Clay	Robert Farah	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	27 May 2017	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Robert Farah	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–2, 6–7 ^(9–11), [6–10]
Winner	11.	5 August 2017	Los Cabos Open, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico	Hard	Treat Huey	Sergio Galdós Roberto Maytín	6–2, 6–3

Doubles Performance Timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held.

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 2017 French Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 6	9–6
French Open	A	A	A	F	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	SF	0 / 7	13–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	3R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 7	9–7
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R		0 / 6	3–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	8–3	3–4	7–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–3	0 / 26	34–26
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	2–4
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	F	2R	A	1R	0 / 5	7–5
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	SF	A	0 / 4	5–4
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	QF	1R	2R	0 / 5	7–5
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	QF	1R	A	0 / 4	3–4
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	2R	2R	A		0 / 4	6–4
Shanghai Masters	NH	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R		0 / 3	5–3
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R		0 / 3	2–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	6–6	1–2	11–7	10–8	4–6	1–2	0 / 33	37–33
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 2	1–2
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	PO	PO	PO	Z1	PO	0 / 0	9–6
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0 / 2	10–8
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	2 / 7	2 / 5	4 / 5	2 / 5	10 / 25
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	12–5	24–22	21–21	42–26	39–25	32–21	27–10	198–132
Year-end ranking	194	221	142	25	46	43	22	25	30		60%

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	QF	1R	W	1 / 4	7–4
French Open	A	1R	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 6	4–6
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	3R	0 / 7	8–7
US Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R		0 / 3	2–3
Win–Loss	0–1	0–3	2–3	2-3	6-4	3-4	8-2	1–20	21–20

* Statistics correct as of 26 June 2013.

References

1 2 ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Profile

External links

Juan Sebastián Cabal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Juan Sebastián Cabal at the International Tennis Federation
Juan Sebastián Cabal at the Davis Cup

Australian Open mixed doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen & Ann Haydon-Jones / Fred Stolle
(1987) Zina Garrison / Sherwood Stewart
(1988) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh
(1989) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh
(1990) Natalia Zvereva / Jim Pugh
(1991) Jo Durie / Jeremy Bates
(1992) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde
(1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Todd Woodbridge
(1994) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Andrei Olhovskiy
(1995) Natalia Zvereva / Rick Leach
(1996) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Mark Woodforde
(1997) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach
(1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob
(1999) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams
(2000) Rennae Stubbs / Jared Palmer
(2001) Corina Morariu / Ellis Ferreira
(2002) Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett
(2003) Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes
(2004) Elena Bovina / Nenad Zimonjić
(2005) Samantha Stosur / Scott Draper
(2006) Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi
(2007) Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor
(2008) Tiantian Sun / Nenad Zimonjić
(2009) Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi
(2010) Cara Black / Leander Paes
(2011) Katarina Srebotnik / Daniel Nestor
(2012) Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău
(2013) Jarmila Gajdošová / Matthew Ebden
(2014) Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor
(2015) Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
(2016) Elena Vesnina / Bruno Soares
(2017) Abigail Spears / Juan Sebastián Cabal

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top male doubles tennis players from the Americas as of 14 August 2017
1. Marcelo Melo (1 ) 2. Bruno Soares (7 1) 3. Bob Bryan (8 1) 3. Mike Bryan (8 1) 5. Rajeev Ram (12 )
6. Juan Sebastián Cabal (20 3) 7. Jack Sock (21 1) 8. Pablo Cuevas (23 1) 9. Ryan Harrison (26 1) 10. Robert Farah (29 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Colombian male doubles tennis players as of 17 July 2017
1. Juan Sebastián Cabal (26 1) 1. Robert Farah (26 1) 3. Eduardo Struvay (231 8) 4. Alejandro Falla (261 11) 5. Cristian Rodríguez (386 19)
6. Alejandro González (419 4) 7. Alejandro Gómez (434 42) 8. Nicolás Barrientos (440 82) 9. Felipe Mantilla (686 69) 10. Carlos Salamanca (729 21)

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