Ignacio Truyol
Ignacio Truyol 
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| Nation: |
 Spain
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| Birthday: | August 14, 1973 |
| Size: | 170 cm |
| Weight: | 64 kg |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Trainer: | Mario Naturalli |
| Prize money: | $ 109,540 |
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| Career record: | 4: 6 |
| Highest ranking: | 104 (August 19 1996) |
| Double | |
| Highest ranking: | 387 (October 3, 1994) |
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |
Ignacio Truyol (born August 17, 1973 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish tennis player .
Truyol had its most successful year in 1996. In April he played his first ATP tournament in Barcelona and reached the third round, in which he was defeated 6: 1, 1: 6, 4: 6 against the eventual finalist Marcelo Ríos . In April he was eliminated in the second round in Porto . In August, Truyol won the Challenger Istanbul after beating Thierry Champion and Jean-Philippe Fleurian . Shortly afterwards, he defeated last year's finalist Bernd Karbacher in the first round of the Indianapolis ATP tournament before losing to Àlex Corretja 1: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6 in the second round . Due to the successes to date, Truyol had climbed from 238 to 108 in the world rankings since the beginning of 1996 . He took part in three other ATP tournaments, but was eliminated in the first round.
In January 1997 it became known that Truyol had tested positive for nandrolone and pemoline during the doping control at the Challenger tournament in Ostend the previous year . He justified himself by saying that this was the result of treatment after an injury by a Spanish doctor. Nevertheless, he was banned for a year and was the first doping case with anabolic steroids in tennis history.
After his suspension, Truyol reached the semi-finals in 1999 at the Challenger tournaments in Segovia and Budapest. In 2001 he ended his career.
Web links
- ATP profile of Ignacio Truyol (English)
- ITF profile of Ignacio Truyol (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tennis player suspended for drugs. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 15, 1997
- ↑ Truyol becomes first player suspended for drugs. Boca Raton. News January 15, 1997
- ↑ A Hidden Threat in Tennis, Teen-Ager's Case Points Out Over-the-Counter Access to Steroids. New York Times. August 19, 1998
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Truyol, Ignacio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |