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{{Infobox Tennis player
{{Short description|Spanish tennis player}}
{{family name hatnote|Balcells|Fornaguera|lang=Spanish}}
|playername= Joan Balcells
{{Infobox tennis biography
|country= {{ESP}}
|name = Joan Balcells
|residence= [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
|country = {{flagu|Spain}}
|datebirth= [[June 20]], [[1975]]
|placebirth= [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
|residence = [[Barcelona]], Spain
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|6|20}}
|height= 190cm (6ft 3in)
|birth_place = [[Barcelona]], Spain
|weight= 93kg (205lb)
|height = {{height|m=1.90}}
|turnedpro= 1996
|turnedpro = 1996
|retired= 2004
|retired = 2004
|plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney= $815,801
|careerprizemoney = $815,801
|singlesrecord= 41–49
|singlesrecord = 41–49
|singlestitles= 1
|singlestitles = 1
|highestsinglesranking= No. 57 ([[May 7]], [[2001]])
|highestsinglesranking = No. 57 (7 May 2001)
|AustralianOpenresult= 1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
|AustralianOpenresult = 1R ([[2001 Australian Open – Men's singles|2001]], [[2002 Australian Open – Men's singles|2002]], [[2003 Australian Open – Men's singles|2003]])
|FrenchOpenresult= 2R (2000, 2001)
|FrenchOpenresult = 2R ([[2000 French Open – Men's singles|2000]], [[2001 French Open – Men's singles|2001]])
|Wimbledonresult= 1R (2001, 2002)
|Wimbledonresult = 1R ([[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2001]], [[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2002]])
|USOpenresult= 1R (2001)
|USOpenresult = 1R ([[2001 US Open – Men's singles|2001]])
|doublesrecord= 40–54
|doublesrecord = 40–54
|doublestitles= 0
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking= No. 65 ([[July 23]], [[2001]])
|highestdoublesranking = No. 65 (23 July 2001)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[2001 Australian Open – Men's singles|2001]])
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[2000 French Open – Men's doubles|2000]], [[2002 French Open – Men's singles|2002]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult = QF ([[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2001]])
|USOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[2000 US Open – Men's singles|2000]])
|Team = Yes
|DavisCupresult = '''W''' ([[2000 Davis Cup|2000]])
|updated = 22 April 2022
}}
}}


'''Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera''' (born [[June 20]], [[1975]], in [[Barcelona]]) is a retired professional [[tennis]] player from [[Spain]]. He won one [[ATP Tour]] singles title in his career. Balcells played for the [[Spain Davis Cup team]] in [[2000 Davis Cup|2000]], winning the doubles rubber (with [[Àlex Corretja]]) in the final against [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]]. He retired in 2004.
'''Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera''' (born 20 June 1975) is a retired professional [[tennis]] player from Spain. He won one [[ATP Tour]] singles title in his career and reached the final in [[2002 Franklin Templeton Classic – Singles|Scottsdale]] in 2002 (losing to [[Andre Agassi]]) and the semifinals in [[2000 Heineken Open – Singles|2000 Heineken Open]] losing to [[Michael Chang]].


Balcells was born in [[Barcelona]], and played for the [[Spain Davis Cup team]] in [[2000 Davis Cup|2000]], winning the doubles rubber (with [[Àlex Corretja]]) in the final against [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]]. He retired in 2004. Ballcells was considered a strange player for being a Spanish player because Ballcells always go up to the net, his game was based on serve and volley. This was not very common on Spanish tennis by the 1990s and early 2000s.
==Career Finals (4)==

===Singles titles (1)===
==ATP career finals==
{| class="wikitable"

|-
===Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)===
|'''No.'''
{|
|'''Date'''
|-valign=top
|'''Tournament'''
|
|'''Surface'''
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
|'''Opponent in the final'''
!Legend
|'''Score'''
|-style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
|-style="background:#ffc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
|-style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP 500 Series (0–0)
|-
|-
|ATP 250 Series (1–1)
| 1.
|}
| [[September 11]], [[2000]]
|
| [[Open Romania|Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
| Clay
!Finals by surface
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Hantschk]]
|-
| 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(1)
|Hard (0–1)
|-
|Clay (1–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by setting
|-
|Outdoors (1–1)
|-
|Indoors (0–0)
|}
|}
|}


{|class="sortable wikitable"
===Singles finalist (1)===
!Result
*2002: [[Tennis Channel Open|Scottsdale]] (lost to [[Andre Agassi]], 2–6, 6–7(2))
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|[[2000 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles|{{dts|Sep 2000}}]]
|[[BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy|Bucharest]], Romania
|International Series
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Hantschk]]
|6–4, 3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
|[[2002 Franklin Templeton Classic – Singles|{{dts|Mar 2002}}]]
|[[Tennis Channel Open|Scottsdale]], United States
|International Series
|Hard
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]]
|2–6, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>
|}


===Doubles finalist (2)===
===Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)===
{|
*2000: Bogotá (partnering [[Mauricio Hadad]]; lost to [[Pablo Albano]]/[[Lucas Arnold Ker]], 6–7(4), 6–1, 2–6)
|-valign=top
*2001: [[Qatar ExxonMobil Open|Doha]] (partnering [[Andrei Olhovskiy]]; lost to [[Mark Knowles]]/[[Daniel Nestor]], 3–6, 1–6)
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
|-style="background:#ffc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
|-style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP 500 Series (0–0)
|-
|ATP 250 Series (0–2)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (0–1)
|-
|Clay (0–1)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by setting
|-
|Outdoors (0–2)
|-
|Indoors (0–0)
|}
|}


{|class="sortable wikitable"
==External links==
!Result
*{{ATP|id=B487}}
!class="unsortable"|W–L
*{{DavisCupplayerlink|id=10005777}}
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|[[Bancolombia Open|{{dts|Mar 2000}}]]
|[[Bancolombia Open|Bogotá]], Colombia
|International Series
|Clay
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Mauricio Hadad]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Albano]] <br> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucas Arnold Ker]]
|6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–1, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–2</small>
|[[2001 Qatar Open – Doubles|{{dts|Jan 2001}}]]
|[[ATP Qatar Open|Doha]], Qatar
|International Series
|Hard
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrei Olhovskiy]]
|{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] <br> {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]]
|3–6, 1–6
|}


==ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals==
__NOTOC__

===Singles: 2 (0–2)===
{|
|-valign=top
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (0–2)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (0–0)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (0–0)
|-
|Clay (0–2)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-1</small>
|{{dts|May 2000}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[BMW Ljubljana Open|Ljubljana]], Slovenia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Gross]]
|6–4, 1–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-2</small>
|{{dts|May 2002}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[BMW Ljubljana Open|Ljubljana]], Slovenia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arnaud Di Pasquale]]
|4–6, 3–6
|}

===Doubles: 12 (6–6)===
{|
|-valign=top
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (6–6)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (0–0)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (1–0)
|-
|Clay (5–6)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0-1</small>
|{{dts|May 1997}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bratislava]], Slovakia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Devin Bowen]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jared Palmer]] <br> {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Christo van Rensburg]]
|6–4, 3–6, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1-1</small>
|{{dts|Apr 1998}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Open Città della Disfida|Barletta]], Italy
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Ignacio Carrasco]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Thomas Strengberger]] <br> {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dušan Vemić]]
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2-1</small>
|{{dts|Apr 1998}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[ATP Prague Open|Prague]], Czech Republic
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Nenad Zimonjić]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Novák]] <br> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]]
|7–6, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2-2</small>
|{{dts|Jun 1998}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Sparkassen Open|Braunschweig]], Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Emanuel Couto]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tomás Carbonell]] <br> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Roig]]
|2–6, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3-2</small>
|{{dts|May 1999}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Espinho, Portugal|Espinho]], Portugal
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gastón Etlis]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Noam Behr]] <br> {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Eyal Ran]]
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4-2</small>
|{{dts|Sep 1999}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Black Forest Open|Freudenstadt]], Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Thomas Strengberger]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Tabara]] <br> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Robin Vik]]
|4–6, 6–2, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5-2</small>
|{{dts|Mar 2000}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso|Salinas]], Ecuador
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Mauricio Hadad]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Emilio Benfele Álvarez]] <br> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Álex Calatrava]]
|walkover
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5-3</small>
|{{dts|Nov 2000}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Santiago]], Chile
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Germán Puentes Alcañiz]]
|{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Irakli Labadze]] <br> {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dušan Vemić]]
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5-4</small>
|{{dts|Nov 2000}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Uruguay Open|Montevideo]], Uruguay
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Germán Puentes Alcañiz]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucas Arnold Ker]] <br> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gastón Etlis]]
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5-5</small>
|{{dts|Sep 2002}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Black Forest Open|Freudenstadt]], Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Schukin]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego del Río]] <br> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Leonardo Olguín]]
|6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5-6</small>
|{{dts|Apr 2003}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Sanremo Tennis Cup|San Remo]], Italy
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Albert Viloca]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Bracciali]] <br> {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Amir Hadad]]
|2–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6-6</small>
|{{dts|Jun 2003}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[BSI Challenger Lugano|Lugano]], Switzerland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Albert Viloca]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Álex López Morón]] <br> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Schneiter]]
|6–4, 6–4
|}

==Performance timelines==
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=== Singles ===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![[1997 ATP Tour|1997]]!![[1998 ATP Tour|1998]]!![[1999 ATP Tour|1999]]!![[2000 ATP Tour|2000]]!![[2001 ATP Tour|2001]]!![[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]!![[2003 ATP Tour|2003]]!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|[[Grand Slam (tennis)|'''Grand Slam tournaments''']]
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#ecf2ff|[[1999 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|A
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2002 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2003 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
!0 / 3
!0–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|style=background:#ecf2ff|[[1997 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|style=background:#ecf2ff|[[1998 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
|A
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2000 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2002 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|style=background:#ecf2ff|[[2003 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
!0 / 3
!2–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|style=background:#ecf2ff|[[1997 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|A
|A
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
!0 / 2
!0–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|style=background:#ecf2ff|[[2000 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!1–1
!1–4
!0–3
!0–1
!0 / 9
!2–9
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=9|integer=yes}}
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|'''[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]]'''
|-
|bgcolor=efefef align=left|[[Miami Open (tennis)|Miami]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2000 Ericsson Open – Men's singles|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Ericsson Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2002 NASDAQ-100 Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
!0 / 2
!2–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
|bgcolor=efefef align=left|[[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte Carlo]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2002 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles|Q1]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2003 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles|Q2]]
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|bgcolor=efefef align=left|[[Hamburg European Open|Hamburg]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles|1R]]
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!2–3
!0–1
!0–0
!0 / 4
!2–4
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}
|}

=== Doubles===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![[1999 ATP Tour|1999]]!![[2000 ATP Tour|2000]]!![[2001 ATP Tour|2001]]!![[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|[[Grand Slam (tennis)|'''Grand Slam tournaments''']]
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1999 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2000 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 Australian Open – Men's doubles|2R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2002 Australian Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
!0 / 4
!1–4
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=4|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2000 French Open – Men's doubles|2R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 French Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2002 French Open – Men's doubles|2R]]
!0 / 3
!2–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|QF]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1R]]
!0 / 2
!3–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2000 US Open – Men's doubles|2R]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[2001 US Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
!0 / 2
!1–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–1
!2–3
!4–4
!1–3
!0 / 11
!7–11
!{{tennis win percentage|won=7|lost=11|integer=yes}}
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|'''[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]]'''
|-
|bgcolor=efefef align=left|[[Miami Open (tennis)|Miami]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 Ericsson Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Ericsson Open – Men's doubles|1R]]
|A
!0 / 2
!0–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
|bgcolor=efefef align=left|[[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte Carlo]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles|1R]]
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|bgcolor=efefef align=left|[[Hamburg European Open|Hamburg]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[2001 Hamburg Masters – Doubles|Q2]]
|A
!0 / 0
!0–0
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–1
!0–2
!0–0
!0 / 3
!0–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|}

== Top 10 wins ==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!width=170|Player
!Rank
!width=250|Event
!Surface
!Rd
!width=160|Score
|-
! colspan=7|[[2001 ATP Tour|2001]]
|-
|1.
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marat Safin]]
|bgcolor=thistle|2
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|[[Miami Open (tennis)|Miami]], United States
|style="background:#ccf;"|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|4–6, 6–4, 6–3
|-
|2.
|{{flagicon|RUS}} Marat Safin
|bgcolor=thistle|2
|[[Swiss Open (tennis)|Gstaad]], Switzerland
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–4
|}

==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Balcells, Joan}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balcells, Joan}}
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[[Category:Catalan tennis players]]
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:People from Barcelona]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tennis players from Catalonia]]
[[Category:Spanish male tennis players]]
[[Category:Tennis players from Barcelona]]


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[[es:Joan Balcells]]
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Balcells and the second or maternal family name is Fornaguera.
Joan Balcells
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1975-06-20) 20 June 1975 (age 48)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$815,801
Singles
Career record41–49
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 57 (7 May 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
French Open2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon1R (2001, 2002)
US Open1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record40–54
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2001)
French Open2R (2000, 2002)
WimbledonQF (2001)
US Open2R (2000)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2000)
Last updated on: 22 April 2022.

Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (born 20 June 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career and reached the final in Scottsdale in 2002 (losing to Andre Agassi) and the semifinals in 2000 Heineken Open losing to Michael Chang.

Balcells was born in Barcelona, and played for the Spain Davis Cup team in 2000, winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja) in the final against Australia. He retired in 2004. Ballcells was considered a strange player for being a Spanish player because Ballcells always go up to the net, his game was based on serve and volley. This was not very common on Spanish tennis by the 1990s and early 2000s.

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2000 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay Germany Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 1–1 Mar 2002 Scottsdale, United States International Series Hard United States Andre Agassi 2–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2000 Bogotá, Colombia International Series Clay Colombia Mauricio Hadad Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker 		6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2001 Doha, Qatar International Series Hard Russia Andrei Olhovskiy The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor 		3–6, 1–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (0–2)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 May 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Germany Oliver Gross 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0-2 May 2002 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay France Arnaud Di Pasquale 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (6–6)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 May 1997 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay United States Devin Bowen United States Jared Palmer
South Africa Christo van Rensburg 		6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win 1-1 Apr 1998 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco Austria Thomas Strengberger
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 2-1 Apr 1998 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 2-2 Jun 1998 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Portugal Emanuel Couto Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig 		2–6, 6–7
Win 3-2 May 1999 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran 		6–3, 6–2
Win 4-2 Sep 1999 Freudenstadt, Germany Challenger Clay Austria Thomas Strengberger Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Robin Vik 		4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 5-2 Mar 2000 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Colombia Mauricio Hadad Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Spain Álex Calatrava 		walkover
Loss 5-3 Nov 2000 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Spain Germán Puentes Alcañiz Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 5-4 Nov 2000 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Spain Germán Puentes Alcañiz Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Gastón Etlis 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 5-5 Sep 2002 Freudenstadt, Germany Challenger Clay Russia Yuri Schukin Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Leonardo Olguín 		6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 5-6 Apr 2003 San Remo, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca Italy Daniele Bracciali
Israel Amir Hadad 		2–6, 4–6
Win 6-6 Jun 2003 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca Spain Álex López Morón
Argentina Andrés Schneiter 		6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q3 A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open Q2 Q2 A 2R 2R 1R Q3 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon Q1 A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A Q1 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 0 / 9 2–9 18%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A Q1 3R 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 33%

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A 2R 1R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A A QF 1R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
US Open A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–1 2–3 4–4 1–3 0 / 11 7–11 39%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%

Top 10 wins[edit]

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2001
1. Russia Marat Safin 2 Miami, United States Hard 2R 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2. Russia Marat Safin 2 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay 1R 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4

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