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Spanish tennis player
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 Residence Barcelona , Spain Born (1975-06-20 ) 20 June 1975 (age 48) Barcelona , Spain Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Turned pro 1996 Retired 2004 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Prize money $815,801 Career record 41–49 Career titles 1 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 57 (7 May 2001) Australian Open 1R (2001 , 2002 , 2003 ) French Open 2R (2000 , 2001 ) Wimbledon 1R (2001 , 2002 ) US Open 1R (2001 ) Career record 40–54 Career titles 0 6 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 65 (23 July 2001) Australian Open 2R (2001 ) French Open 2R (2000 , 2002 ) Wimbledon QF (2001 ) US Open 2R (2000 ) Davis Cup W (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
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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)
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 12 (6–6)
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
Devin Bowen
Jared Palmer Christo Van Rensburg
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win
1-1
Apr 1998
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Juan-Ignacio Carrasco
Thomas Strengberger Dusan Vemic
7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Win
2-1
Apr 1998
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Nenad Zimonjic
Jiri Novak Radek Stepanek
7–6, 7–6
Loss
2-2
Jun 1998
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Emanuel Couto
Tomas Carbonell Francisco Roig
2–6, 6–7
Win
3-2
May 1999
Espinho , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Gaston Etlis
Noam Behr Eyal Ran
6–3, 6–2
Win
4-2
Sep 1999
Freudenstadt , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Thomas Strengberger
Michal Tabara Robin Vik
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win
5-2
Mar 2000
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Mauricio Hadad
Emilio Benfele-Alvarez Alex Calatrava
walkover
Loss
5-3
Nov 2000
Santiago , Chile
Challenger
Clay
German Puentes-Alcaniz
Irakli Labadze Dusan Vemic
3–6, 4–6
Loss
5-4
Nov 2000
Montevideo , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
German Puentes-Alcaniz
Lucas Arnold Ker Gaston Etlis
4–6, 4–6
Loss
5-5
Sep 2002
Freudenstadt , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Yuri Schukin
Diego del Río Leonardo Olguín
6–7(2–7) , 4–6
Loss
5-6
Apr 2003
San Remo , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Juan Albert Viloca
Daniele Bracciali Amir Hadad
2–6, 4–6
Win
6-6
Jun 2003
Lugano , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Juan Albert Viloca
Alex Lopez-Moron Andres Schneiter
6–4, 6–4
Performance timelines
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
Doubles
Top 10 wins
#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd
Score
2001
1.
Marat Safin
2
Miami , United States
Hard
2R
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.
Marat Safin
2
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
1R
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 6–4
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