135 Facts About Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco was ranked world No 7 in men's singles by the ATP, achieved in April 2009, and world No 8 in men's doubles, achieved in November 2013.

Fernando Verdasco won eight doubles titles, including the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals partnering David Marrero.

In singles, Fernando Verdasco was a finalist at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Masters, reached the quarterfinals twice at the US Open in 2009 and 2010, and reached the quarterfinals at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where he led eventual champion Andy Murray by two sets to love before being defeated in five sets.

In men's doubles, Fernando Verdasco won the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals and was a finalist at the 2013 Shanghai Masters.

Fernando Verdasco earned his 500th singles win at the 2018 Madrid Open, becoming the 45th man in ATP Tour history with 500 wins.

Fernando Verdasco aided Spain in winning three Davis Cup titles, winning the deciding match in both 2008 and 2009, and being part of the winning team in 2011.

Fernando Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight.

Fernando Verdasco turned professional in 2001, finishing as world No 464.

Fernando Verdasco played his pond career challenger in Segovia, where he reached the final after beating Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov in the semifinals.

In 2003, Fernando Verdasco played his first Masters Series tournament.

Fernando Verdasco joined the main draw as a qualifier, and after defeating Karol Kucera and Max Mirnyi, he lost to countryman Carlos Moya in the third round.

Fernando Verdasco 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.

Fernando Verdasco defeated defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semifinals and Albert Montanes in the final.

Fernando Verdasco reached the final in Acapulco, losing to Carlos Moya, and the quarterfinals in Halle and in 's-Hertogenbosch on grass.

Fernando Verdasco reached the third round in two Masters Series tournaments: the Hamburg Masters and the Madrid Masters.

Fernando Verdasco reached the quarterfinals in Valencia, Rome, and New Haven; the semifinals of Saint Petersburg; and was finalist in Kitzbuhel, where he lost to Argentine Gaston Gaudio.

Fernando Verdasco reached his first Grand Slam fourth round at the US Open, where he lost to Jarkko Nieminen, after defeating Novak Djokovic.

Fernando Verdasco reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, after beating Vince Spadea and German Benjamin Becker, and upsetting third seed and former runner-up David Nalbandian in straight sets in the third round.

Fernando Verdasco then lost to Czech Radek Stepanek in five sets.

At the US Open, Fernando Verdasco reached the third round but lost to eventual runner-up Andy Roddick in five sets.

In previous rounds, Fernando Verdasco defeated Fabrice Santoro in four sets and Thiago Alves in three.

Fernando Verdasco then lost in the quarterfinals of Palermo to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, and then he lost to Ramirez Hidalgo again the following week in the first round at Metz.

Fernando Verdasco 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 Michael Llodra in the Paris Masters.

In 2007, Fernando Verdasco lost in the first round in the three Masters Series tournaments on clay.

Fernando Verdasco lost to Frenchman Richard Gasquet in both Monte-Carlo Masters and Rome Masters, and to Czech Tomas Berdych in the Hamburg Masters.

Fernando Verdasco lost to Novak Djokovic in the fourth round of the French Open.

At the Madrid Masters, Fernando Verdasco cruised through to the second round with a win over Albert Montanes, beating him in straight sets.

At the St Petersburg Open, Fernando Verdasco played some brilliant tennis to reach the final without losing a single set.

Fernando Verdasco won his opening match with a strong performance against Thierry Ascione.

Fernando Verdasco lost his second-round match in a close battle with Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, who later went on to take Roger Federer to five sets.

Fernando Verdasco 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 Verdasco managed to take Murray to three sets but after a good performance, he lost the match.

At the Monte-Carlo Masters in Monaco, Fernando Verdasco lost to Gael Monfils in straight sets in the first round.

Fernando Verdasco's form improved dramatically for the Rome Masters where he reached the third round, en route he got the better of Carlos Moya and Nicolas Lapentti before losing in a thriller to James Blake.

Fernando Verdasco continued his run of excellent form into the Hamburg Masters where he beat Mikhail Youzhny in the first round.

Fernando Verdasco then went on to record a remarkable win against compatriot David Ferrer in straight sets.

Fernando Verdasco's run ended when he met world number 1, Roger Federer, losing.

At the French Open Fernando Verdasco was seeded No 22 and enjoyed a good run, ending with a loss to Rafael Nadal in the last 16.

Fernando Verdasco reached the final of the Nottingham Open raising his ranking to a career-high of No 18.

Fernando Verdasco was the 13th seed at the US Open in 2008, and lost to the 23rd seed Andreev in the third round.

In December 2024 and during the early part of the season, Fernando Verdasco started working in Las Vegas with Andre Agassi and his team, including Darren Cahill and Gil Reyes.

Fernando Verdasco started his season by reaching the final of the Brisbane International losing to Radek Stepanek in three sets.

At the 2009 Australian Open Fernando Verdasco defeated Andy Murray in the fourth round to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, where he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Fernando 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.

Fernando Verdasco's semifinal run earned him No 9 ranking, lifting the Spaniard into the top 10 for the first time.

At the 2009 Miami Masters, Fernando Verdasco recorded his 200th ATP match win by defeating qualifier Benjamin Becker in the second round.

Fernando Verdasco's run at this tournament earned him a further career-high ranking of No 8.

At the Madrid Masters, Fernando Verdasco reached the quarterfinals, Fernando Verdasco again lost to Nadal for the ninth time.

On his first tournament on grass that season, Fernando Verdasco lost in the first round of the Gerry Weber Open to Philipp Petzschner.

Fernando Verdasco was then upset by compatriot Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters in two tiebreaks.

In New Haven, Fernando Verdasco defeated Igor Andreev in two tiebreak sets in the semifinals.

Fernando Verdasco did not lose a set in the entire tournament.

Fernando Verdasco was seeded 10th at the US Open, the year's final Grand Slam, losing in the quarterfinals to Novak Djokovic.

At the China Open, Fernando Verdasco was seeded fifth, losing to Djokovic in the quarterfinals for the third time in that year.

At the Paris Masters in the third round, Fernando Verdasco lost to Marin Cilic.

At the ATP Tour Finals, Fernando Verdasco lost to Roger Federer in his first Round Robin match and to Juan Martin del Potro in his second match.

Fernando Verdasco then lost his third match against Andy Murray in the round-robin hence ending his run at the tournament.

Fernando Verdasco started his 2010 season at the exhibition tournament AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, in preparation for the upcoming Australian Open.

Fernando Verdasco arrived late at the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, and as a result, he was ousted in the opening round by Jeremy Chardy.

Fernando Verdasco then lost to Richard Gasquet in the final.

Fernando Verdasco apologized after the match and before the French Open to everyone and stated that two fans had agitated him.

Fernando Verdasco was the seventh seed at the 2010 French Open where, in the fourth round, he lost to Nicolas Almagro.

At the Legg Mason Classic in Washington, Fernando Verdasco lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round.

At the 2010 US Open, Fernando Verdasco came back from two sets down in the round of 16 to defeat compatriot David Ferrer in five sets.

Fernando Verdasco next played at the Thailand Open, losing to Benjamin Becker in the second round.

Fernando Verdasco then traveled to China for the China Open in Beijing, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber there, and to Thiemo de Bakker at the Shanghai Masters.

Fernando Verdasco finished the year with the same ranking he ended with in 2009, which was No 9.

Fernando Verdasco started the year losing in the first round of the Brisbane International to Benjamin Becker.

Fernando Verdasco then failed to defend his title at the exhibition tournament, the 2011 Kooyong Classic, losing to Gael Monfils in the first round.

Fernando Verdasco had MRI scans on his foot and is confirmed that he had a fractured foot.

Fernando Verdasco has claimed he has sustained this since late 2009.

Fernando Verdasco held four set points in a first-set tiebreak but lost the next six points and the set.

Fernando Verdasco faced off against Raonic in the first round of Memphis.

Fernando Verdasco then travelled to Mexico, where he was seeded second.

At Indian Wells, Fernando Verdasco snapped his losing streak in ATP Tour events when his second round opponent Ricardas Berankis had to retire after Fernando Verdasco was leading.

Fernando Verdasco lost to Sam Querrey in the third round.

At the Estoril Open Fernando Verdasco reached his fifteenth singles final, defeating Frederico Gil, Kevin Anderson and was aided by the retirement of Milos Raonic in the semifinals.

Fernando Verdasco reached the third round of the French Open as the 16th seed losing to Ivan Ljubicic.

Fernando Verdasco reached his 16th singles final at the Suisse Open in Gstaad where he lost to compatriot Marcel Granollers.

Fernando Verdasco started the year with a first-time participation at the Hopman Cup partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues representing Spain.

Fernando Verdasco reached the quarterfinals in Auckland, where he lost to David Ferrer in straight sets.

Fernando Verdasco lost in the first round of the 2012 Australian Open to Australian Bernard Tomic in five sets.

Fernando Verdasco then traveled to Brazil, where he reached the quarterfinals, only to be defeated by compatriot Albert Ramos.

Fernando Verdasco reached the final in Acapulco, but was defeated again by David Ferrer.

Fernando Verdasco lost to eventual runner-up Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.

Fernando Verdasco 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.

Fernando Verdasco then played in Prostejov and lost in the first round.

Fernando Verdasco was ousted by Marcel Granollers of Spain in the semifinals of the Croatia Open.

Fernando Verdasco reached the quarterfinals in Bangkok, losing to Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets.

Fernando Verdasco was playing with significant pain in 2012, starting before the US Open.

Fernando Verdasco 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.

Also unseeded at Wimbledon, Fernando Verdasco progressed to the quarterfinals where he met tournament favourite Andy Murray.

Fernando 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 Fernando Verdasco eventually lost the match in five sets.

Fernando Verdasco reached his first final of the year at the Swedish Open where he was defeated by Carlos Berlocq.

At the 2014 Indian Wells Masters, Fernando Verdasco defeated eight-seeded Richard Gasquet to reach quarterfinals, where he lost to John Isner.

Fernando Verdasco lost to Almargro in quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open.

Fernando Verdasco again reached the fourth round of the 2014 French Open by defeating Richard Gasquet in straight sets, after which he lost to Andy Murray.

Fernando Verdasco began the year at the 2015 Qatar ExxonMobil Open defeating Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round before losing to eventual champion David Ferrer in straight sets.

Fernando Verdasco then participated in the 2015 AAMI Classic exhibition tournament where he defeated Gilles Simon in straight sets.

Fernando Verdasco then won the title for the second time by defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final after Dolgopolov retired citing a knee injury.

At the Australian Open, Fernando Verdasco defeated James Ward and Go Soeda and then lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets despite serving for the first set during the tiebreaker.

Fernando Verdasco defeated Rafael Nadal in Miami for only his second win against Nadal, but second in succession.

Fernando Verdasco then competed at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club.

Fernando Verdasco beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round, before losing to eventual champion Andy Murray in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Fernando Verdasco won his first two matches in five sets against Dudi Sela and Dominic Thiem but lost in the third round to Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.

Fernando Verdasco then faced Nadal again in the first round of the Hamburg Open but was unable to record a third successive win against him and lost the match in three sets.

At the Australian Open, Fernando Verdasco defeated world No 5,2009 champion and compatriot Rafael Nadal in the first round in five sets, thus marking just his third win against Nadal in his career; additionally, he became just the second player to beat Nadal in the first round of a Grand Slam.

Fernando Verdasco subsequently lost his second round match to Dudi Sela in four sets.

In singles, Fernando Verdasco began the year in 42nd place, played in 25 tournaments, won 29 matches and lost 25.

Fernando Verdasco reached 1 final in Dubai, an ATP 500 event, where he lost to first seeded Andy Murray in straight sets.

At Bastad, Fernando Verdasco avenged his last year loss in the final to Albert Ramos Vinolas, by defeating him in the quarterfinal; this was his 4th semifinals in 5 years, but lost to the eventual champion David Ferrer in the semis.

Fernando Verdasco reached 4 quarterfinals in 2017: Paris Masters ATP 1000 event, and in Houston, Budapest, and Antalya.

In 2018, seeded eighth Fernando Verdasco reached the final of the 2018 Rio Open where he was defeated by sixth seed Diego Schwartzman but he won the doubles final with his fellow Spaniard David Marrero entering the draw as lucky losers.

Fernando Verdasco reached his 500th career win at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open making him the sixth Spaniard to join the elite club, and the ninth active player to achieve the milestone.

Fernando Verdasco reached the fourth round of the 2018 French Open for the seventh time in his career where he lost to Novak Djokovic and the same round at the 2019 Wimbledon for the fifth time in his career where he lost to David Goffin.

Fernando Verdasco competed in his 67th consecutive Grand Slam at the 2020 Australian Open.

Fernando Verdasco made 5th place on the list of Grand Slam appearances overall.

Fernando Verdasco recorded his 550th win and became only the fifth active player on the list.

Fernando Verdasco struggled with form the rest of the season as he was recovering from a nine-month leg injury and due to a difficult time post COVID break as he tested positive before the 2020 French Open.

Fernando Verdasco did not win another ATP-level match and dropped out of the top 150 at year-end finishing 2021 at World No 154.

Fernando Verdasco went one step further with a win over Thiago Monteiro to reach the quarterfinals.

Fernando Verdasco reached his second quarterfinal of 2022 at the Estoril Open as a lucky loser where he replaced second seed Diego Schwartzman who had a first round bye.

Fernando Verdasco reached the main draw of the 2022 US Open as a lucky loser, after losing to Pavel Kotov in the final round of the qualifications, recording his 18th participation at this Major and his 71st participation overall.

Fernando Verdasco dropped out of the top 500 on 2 October 2023.

Fernando Verdasco is an offensive baseliner who is comfortable on all surfaces, with fast hard courts being his best.

Fernando Verdasco is good at backhand but considers his best shot to be his forehand, a shot that commentator Brad Gilbert often refers to as his "Fearhand".

Fernando Verdasco is known for rivaling compatriot Rafael Nadal with the amount of topspin he can put on a ball.

Fernando Verdasco is endorsed by Adidas and is currently using the Head series for racquets, after having played with Tecnifibre for the majority of his career, Dunlop from 2011 to 2013 and the Babolat Aeropro series in 2014.

Fernando Verdasco is currently using the Head Graphene Touch Speed Pro.

Fernando Verdasco began playing tennis when he was four years old, practicing with his father on the two hard courts in the backyard of their family home.

Fernando Verdasco stopped school at the age of 11, and his father took over his son's academic training.

Fernando Verdasco was diagnosed with ADHD when he was a child, but did not receive treatment in order not to have problems with doping.

Fernando Verdasco has often spoken of his love for the English rock band Oasis and once proposed that he would play a tennis match wearing headphones listening to their 1994 album, Definitely Maybe.

Fernando Verdasco is known to use mindfulness techniques during his tennis matches, often visualizing soothing and romantic scenes to help dampen the stress of professional tennis.

Fernando Verdasco tested positive for COVID-19 in August 2020, and again the following month.