195 Facts About Juan Carlos Ferrero

Juan Carlos Ferrero was ranked as the world No 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was runner-up at the 2002 French Open and 2003 US Open.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was nicknamed "El Mosquito" for his speed and slender physical build.

Juan Carlos Ferrero has cited his mother, Rosario, who died of cancer when he was sixteen, as his inspiration throughout his tennis career.

In July 2007, Juan Carlos Ferrero bought an old cottage in Bocairent, south of Valencia, and refurbished it into the "Hotel Juan Carlos Ferrero", which features 12 luxury suites.

Juan Carlos Ferrero used to be a joint owner of the Valencia Open tournament along with fellow tennis player David Ferrer.

Juan Carlos Ferrero currently serves as CEO and director of the Ferrero Tennis Academy in Alicante, Villena, where he himself was trained.

Juan Carlos Ferrero finished the year ranked as the No 17 junior.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then made his professional debut in 1998 by reaching the finals of his first Futures tournament in Italy.

Juan Carlos Ferrero won two Futures events in Spain, and ended the year ranked No 345.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made his ATP main draw debut at the Grand Prix Hassan II as a qualifier, where he reached the semi-finals.

Juan Carlos Ferrero followed this up by winning a Challenger event in Naples.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then received a wildcard at the Barcelona Open, where he reached the third round, losing to Carlos Moya.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached his fourth Challenger final of the year at Graz, where he lost to Tomas Zib.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then played at the Austrian Open, where he earned his first top 20 win in the second round against No 15 Tommy Haas, before losing in the quarterfinals.

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended the year at No 43 and won the ATP Newcomer of the Year award.

Juan Carlos Ferrero began the year at the Auckland Open, where he made the quarterfinals.

Juan Carlos Ferrero backed this up with a semifinal at the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic, which he lost to Australian Lleyton Hewitt.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his first matches at Indian Wells to Michael Chang and in Miami to George Bastl.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then represented Spain at the Davis Cup for the first time, where he won of both his matches.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Nicolas Lapentti and Gaston Gaudio respectively.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made it to his second final of the year at the Barcelona Open, which he lost to Marat Safin.

Juan Carlos Ferrero only made the third round of the Italian Open, where he lost to Mariano Puerta, and the second round of the German Open, where he lost to Andrei Pavel.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back by reaching the semifinals of his first French Open after defeating No 10 Alex Corretja, before losing to the eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten in five sets.

At the US Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the fourth round but lost in straight sets to eventual champion Marat Safin.

Juan Carlos Ferrero represented Spain at the Olympics in Sydney, where he reached the quarterfinals, losing to France's Arnaud di Pasquale.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then suffered losses in the first match at his next four events: in Vienna to Richard Krajicek, in Toulouse to Magnus Gustafsson, at the Swiss Indoors to Richard Krajicek, and at the Stuttgart Masters to Younes El Aynaoui.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round of the Stockholm Open to Adrian Voinea.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then played for Spain in the Davis Cup final against Australia.

Juan Carlos Ferrero won both his matches against Patrick Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt, leading Spain to their first Davis Cup title.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back with a title win in Dubai, where he upset World No 5 Magnus Norman in the quarterfinals before defeating Marat Safin in the final.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then suffered an early exit at the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters to Galo Blanco.

Juan Carlos Ferrero recovered by winning two tournaments in a row: the Barcelona Open, where he defeated Carlos Moya, and the Rome Masters, where he defeated Gustavo Kuerten.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made it to a third consecutive final at the Hamburg Masters, which he lost to Albert Portas.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the semifinals at the French Open for the second consecutive year after defeating Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost to No 1 seed, defending champion, and eventual champion Kuerten in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then played his first Wimbledon, where he reached the third round before losing to Britain's Greg Rusedski in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the finals at Gstaad, where he lost to Jiri Novak.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Nicolas Lapentti in the quarterfinals of the Austrian Open, and to Patrick Rafter in the quarterfinals of the Canada Masters.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then helped his Davis Cup team get back to the World Group stage by defeating Uzbekistan's Oleg Ogorodov.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made the quarterfinals of the Salem Open, where he lost to Rainer Schuttler, and of Lyon, where he lost to Younes El Aynaoui.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost in the first round of the Stuttgart Masters, to Thomas Enqvist and the St Petersburg Open, to Rainer Schuttler.

Juan Carlos Ferrero finished the year ranked World No 5.

Juan Carlos Ferrero missed the 2002 Australian Open due to bursitis in his right knee.

Juan Carlos Ferrero instead started his year at the Milan Indoor, where he was upset by eventual champion Davide Sanguinetti in the second round.

Juan Carlos Ferrero represented Spain in its Davis Cup tie against Morocco, where he won against Hicham Arazi but lost to Younes El Aynaoui.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made his first quarterfinal of the year at the Open 13, where he was upset by No 99 Cedric Pioline.

At Rotterdam, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his opening match against eventual champion Nicolas Escude.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's form continued to dip as he suffered more early exits: in the first round of Indian Wells against Greg Rusedski, in the third round of Miami against Adrian Voinea, and in the second round of the Estoril Open against David Nalbandian.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Alberto Martin at the third round at Barcelona, to Ivan Ljubicic in the second round of Rome, and to Alberto Costa in the first round of Hamburg.

At the 2002 French Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero reached his first Grand Slam final, after upsetting No 4 Andre Agassi in four sets and No 2 Marat Safin in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's foot was injured during the tournament, but he played through it with the aid of some cortisone shots.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost early at Wimbledon to 98th-ranked American Jeff Morrison in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the finals at the Generali Open, where he lost to Alex Corretja.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made it to the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to eventual champion Carlos Moya.

At the US Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the third round to Fernando Gonzalez.

Juan Carlos Ferrero won his second title of the year in Hong Kong, avenging his recent loss to Moya by beating him in the final.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters to Andre Agassi, and the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors to Fernando Gonzalez.

Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated compatriot Carlos Moya to advance to the final, which he lost to World No 1 Lleyton Hewitt.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made a strong start to 2003 by reaching the finals of the Sydney International, where he lost to Hyung-Taik Lee.

Juan Carlos Ferrero represented Spain at Davis Cup in a tie against Belgium, where he won both of his matches, defeating Christophe Rochus and Kristof Vliegen.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then entered the Rotterdam Open, but was forced to retire with a sprained ankle in the quarterfinals against Raemon Sluiter.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the round-of-32 at the next two Masters events, Indian Wells and Miami, to Brian Vahaly and Marcelo Rios respectively.

At the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup, where Spain was drawn against Croatia, Juan Carlos Ferrero won his only match against Mario Ancic.

Juan Carlos Ferrero won his first title of the year as defending champion at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he defeated Guillermo Coria.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the semifinals in Barcelona, where he lost to Marat Safin.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the semifinals of the 2003 Rome Masters, but retired against Roger Federer with a shoulder injury.

Juan Carlos Ferrero won the Valencia Open, without losing a set, defeating Christophe Rochus in the final.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then won his first and only slam tournament at the 2003 French Open, defeating surprise finalist Martin Verkerk in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the 4th round of Wimbledon, where he lost to Sebastien Grosjean in four sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost early at both Canada and Cincinnati.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost to Andy Roddick in straight sets in the final.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then represented Spain at the Davis Cup, this time against Argentina.

Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Gaston Gaudio, losing only four games, but lost to Agustin Calleri in straight sets.

In Bangkok, Juan Carlos Ferrero played for the first time in individual competition as World No 1 and reached the final, which he lost to Taylor Dent.

Juan Carlos Ferrero took his next title at the Madrid Masters by defeating Nicolas Massu in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the third round of the Paris Masters to Jiri Novak.

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended the year ranked No 3, behind Andy Roddick and Roger Federer.

Juan Carlos Ferrero returned to competition at the Davis Cup in a Spanish tie against the Netherlands.

Juan Carlos Ferrero won both his matches there, defeating Raemon Sluiter and Martin Verkerk.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then reached the semifinals of the Valencia Open, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco.

At Wimbledon, Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the third round before losing to Robby Ginepri in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round of Gstaad to Stefan Koubek, and in the first round of the Canada Masters, where he retired against Fabrice Santoro.

Juan Carlos Ferrero suffered second round exits to Tommy Robredo in Cincinnati, to Mardy Fish at the Summer Olympics, to Stefan Koubek at the US Open, to Kevin Kim at the China Open, to David Ferrer at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and to Luis Horna in Madrid.

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended the year ranked No 31, his first time finishing outside the top 30 in five years.

In 2005, Juan Carlos Ferrero hoped to return to the top of the game.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's ranking then continued to plummet, eventually hitting No 98.

Juan Carlos Ferrero recorded a first round loss at the Open 13 to eventual champion Joachim Johansson, and second round losses at the Rotterdam Open to Radek Stepanek, at the Dubai Tennis Championships to Roger Federer, and at Indian Wells to Carlos Moya.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made a decent run at the Miami Masters, but lost in the fourth round to David Ferrer.

At the Valencia Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round to Rafael Nadal.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back by reaching the semifinals of Monte Carlo, where he lost to Guillermo Coria.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the second round of the Estoril Open to Carlos Moya.

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended the European clay season by reaching the third round of the Hamburg Masters, which he lost to Nikolay Davydenko, and of the French Open, where he lost to Marat Safin.

Juan Carlos Ferrero did not fare well during the North American swing, losing in the third round of Rogers Cup to Dominik Hrbaty, in the second round of Cincinnati to Andy Roddick, and in the first round of the US Open to Arnaud Clement.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back by reaching the semifinals of the China Open, which he lost to Nadal.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then competed at the Palermo Open, but lost in the quarterfinal to Tomas Behrend.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached his second final of the year at the Vienna Open, defeating David Nalbandian and Radek Stepanek en route before losing to Ivan Ljubicic.

In 2006, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his first match at the Sydney International, to Chris Guccione.

Juan Carlos Ferrero began his French Open preparation at the Valencia Open but lost in the first round to unseeded eventual champion Nicolas Almagro.

At the Monte Carlo Masters, Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the third round, where he lost to friend David Ferrer.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached his second quarterfinal of the year at the Barcelona Open, losing to Almagro.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round of Rome to Paul-Henri Mathieu, and in the third round of Hamburg to Ferrer.

At the Swedish Open Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the quarterfinals, losing to Jarkko Nieminen.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost in the first round of Umag to Albert Portas, and in the second round of Canada to Fernando Gonzalez.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached his lone final of the year at the Cincinnati Masters.

Juan Carlos Ferrero notched his first top 10 win of 2006 with a win over James Blake in the second round, followed by consecutive victories against World No 2 Rafael Nadal and No 7 Tommy Robredo.

Juan Carlos Ferrero moved into a Masters final for the first time since 2003, which he lost to Andy Roddick in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended the year on a five-match losing streak, beginning with a loss in the second round of the US Open to Marc Gicquel in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back by reaching the final of the Brasil Open, which he lost to Guillermo Canas.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was eliminated in the round robin stage of Buenos Aires, and the semifinals of the Mexican Open, where he lost to Carlos Moya.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the fourth round of Indian Wells, where he lost to Rafael Nadal.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the second round of Miami to Canas, and of the Valencia Open to Alberto Martin.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back temporarily by reaching the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost to Roger Federer.

Juan Carlos Ferrero backed this result up by reaching the quarterfinal at the Stuttgart Open, which he lost to Feliciano Lopez.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was then upset in the first round of the Austrian Open by Andreas Seppi.

Juan Carlos Ferrero bounced back by reaching the semifinals of the Vienna, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka, and the third round of Madrid, losing to Novak Djokovic.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's final match of the year was a first round loss to Marcos Baghdatis at the Paris Masters.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made a strong start to 2008, reaching his first and last final of the year at the Auckland Open, where he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then defeated David Nalbandian to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open, where he lost to David Ferrer in four sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then suffered three consecutive losses: to Nicolas Mahut at the second round of the Open 13, in Rotterdam to Teymuraz Gabashvili, and in Dubai to Andy Roddick.

In Miami, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Tomas Berdych in the third round, and in Valencia to Marat Safin in the first round.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost to World No 2 Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

Less than a month later Juan Carlos Ferrero stunned Nadal in straight sets in the second round of the Rome Masters.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then played the French Open, where he won the first set of his first round match against Marcos Daniel before retiring due to a leg injury.

Juan Carlos Ferrero missed the next three months of competitive play with a shoulder injury.

Juan Carlos Ferrero returned with at the China Open where he made quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Andy Roddick.

Juan Carlos Ferrero began the year badly, with early losses in the second round of the Auckland Open to Philipp Kohlschreiber, in the first round of the Brisbane International to Florent Serra, and in the first round of the Australian Open to Fabrice Santoro.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was unable to sustain this success throughout the rest of the clay court season.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round of the Barcelona Open to Igor Kunitsyn and failed to qualify for the Rome Masters.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the semifinals of the Queen's Club Championships, where he lost to Andy Murray, and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, equalling his best result there by defeating tenth seed Fernando Gonzalez and seventh seed Gilles Simon before losing to Andy Murray in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then defeated 13th seed Gael Monfils, before losing to Andy Murray.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters to Marin Cilic.

Juan Carlos Ferrero began his campaign at the US Open by defeating Fabrice Santoro in what would be Santoro's last US Open match.

At the China Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then entered the Shanghai Masters, where he missed out on being seeded by one ranking spot.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was crushed in the first round by 13th seed Radek Stepanek, winning only seven points in the second set.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the first round of the Stockholm Open, to Marcos Baghdatis.

At the Australian Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero suffered a shock defeat to Ivan Dodig, having been two-sets-to-love up and seemingly cruising to victory.

At Buenos Aires, Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated top seed David Ferrer in the final to take his second title in a row and extend his winning streak to ten matches.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost to David Ferrer in three sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Daniel Kollerer in the second round of Indian Wells to claim his first hard-court victory of the season, losing only eight points on serve.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Juan Monaco in the third round in a match that lasted over three hours.

At the Miami Masters, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the round of 16 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

At the Barcelona Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero was upset by Thiemo de Bakker in the third round.

Juan Carlos Ferrero went into the French Open seeded 16th and was tipped by some to make a good run there.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to lucky loser Dominik Meffert in the first round of Halle.

Juan Carlos Ferrero returned to clay at the Stuttgart Open, where he lost to Albert Montanes for the first time in six meetings in the semifinals.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then won his third title of the year at the Umag Open, beating Pablo Cuevas, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Andreas Seppi, and Potito Starace in the final.

Juan Carlos Ferrero missed the Canada and Cincinnati Masters due to a knee injury.

Juan Carlos Ferrero returned to play at the US Open, where he defeated Martin Klizan and Ricardo Mello in straight sets, but lost to Jurgen Melzer in straight sets in the third round.

Juan Carlos Ferrero therefore ended the year ranked No 28.

In 2011, Juan Carlos Ferrero withdrew from the Auckland Open and the Australian Open.

Juan Carlos Ferrero withdrew from Mexico, Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo, as the recovery from his wrist and knee surgery took longer than expected.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made his return at the Barcelona Open, where he defeated Xavier Malisse, Mischa Zverev, and Simone Vagnozzi, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nicolas Almagro.

Juan Carlos Ferrero missed the Rome Masters, French Open, and Wimbledon due to the same injury, and his ranking dropped to No 85.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then went to Hamburg, where he lost in the first round to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in Canada to Ernests Gulbis and in Cincinnati to Feliciano Lopez, both in the first round.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was drawn against Marcel Granollers in the third round, who retired in the second set of the match.

At the China Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the third round at the Shanghai Masters, where he was defeated by David Ferrer after having wasted three match points in the second set.

Juan Carlos Ferrero began his 2012 season with a loss to Benoit Paire in Sydney.

Juan Carlos Ferrero entered the Australian Open, where he lost in the first round to Viktor Troicki in five sets, after failing to convert a match point in the fourth.

Juan Carlos Ferrero represented Spain in the Davis Cup for the last time in a tie against Kazakhstan, where he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in five sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then played a disappointing Golden Swing, losing in the first round at all three tournaments.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then missed three months of competition due to a wrist injury.

Juan Carlos Ferrero returned at the Madrid Masters, where he lost in the first round to qualifier Igor Andreev.

At the Rome Masters, Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Kevin Anderson and Gael Monfils, his second and third wins of the year.

Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Robin Haase after saving a match point, but lost to Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci in the second round in straight sets.

At the last French Open of his career, Juan Carlos Ferrero won his first round match against French wild card Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy, before a second round loss to Marin Cilic in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero did not play a warm-up tournament before Wimbledon, where he lost in the first round in straight sets to defending champion and No 1-ranked Novak Djokovic.

Juan Carlos Ferrero then lost in the first round of Umag.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was a key player in Spain's Davis Cup team throughout his career.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made his Davis Cup debut for Spain in a quarterfinals match-up against Russia in 2000, where he won both his matches, against Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin, in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero would cite this years later as the victory he was most proud of in his career.

In 2001, Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his first match against Raemon Sluiter, losing two tiebreaks and winning one, and Spain lost its tie against the Netherlands.

Juan Carlos Ferrero made up for this loss when Spain competed in the qualifying rounds for the Davis Cup World Group, where he defeated Oleg Ogorodov of Uzbekistan in straight sets.

Juan Carlos Ferrero played the Davis Cup again in 2002, where Spain lost to the United States in the quarterfinals.

In 2003, Juan Carlos Ferrero played for Spain in a tie against Belgium, where he won both of his matches against Christophe Rochus and Kristof Vliegen; in a quarterfinal against Croatia, where he won his only match against Mario Ancic; and in a semifinal against Argentina, where he defeated Gaston Gaudio, losing only four games, but lost to Agustin Calleri in straight sets.

In 2004, Juan Carlos Ferrero won both of his singles matches in Spain's quarterfinal against the Netherlands, defeating Sluiter in straight sets and Martin Verkerk in five.

However, Juan Carlos Ferrero was unceremoniously dropped from Spain's line-up the day before the finals against the United States began, in favour of Rafael Nadal.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was the number one in world tennis and it was hard for him to accept this situation, but he understood it perfectly and everything is going very well between us.

Juan Carlos Ferrero, who did not play the tie, was publicly critical of the team's leadership.

Juan Carlos Ferrero rejoined the team for qualification play-offs that September, where he lost his first match against Andreas Seppi, but won his second match against Daniele Bracciali in straight sets to save Spain's place in the World Group for 2006.

Juan Carlos Ferrero did not represent Spain at the Davis Cup again until 2009, when Nadal's injury sidelined him from playing.

Nadal returned in time to play in the final, meaning that Juan Carlos Ferrero was not selected to do so.

Juan Carlos Ferrero attended all the live rubbers to support his teammates during the first two days of the Davis Cup final as a reserve player.

In July 2017, Juan Carlos Ferrero started working as a tennis coach of then-world No 11 Alexander Zverev.

Under Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alcaraz has won five Masters 1000 titles: Miami and Madrid in 2022, Indian Wells and Madrid in 2023, and Indian Wells in 2024.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was an all-court player who was recognised particularly for his powerful forehand.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was noted for his agility and high peak foot speed on court.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was coached by Antonio Martinez Cascales and Salvador Navarro.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was trained by Cascales at the academy in Alicante, Villena which would eventually be renamed for, and taken over by, Ferrero.

Juan Carlos Ferrero was sponsored by Nike, Sergio Tacchini, Asics, and Lotto Sport Italia.

Juan Carlos Ferrero used Prince Sports for racquets, playing with a Prince EXO3 Tour 100 Mid+ model, before later switching to Head.

In 2024, Juan Carlos Ferrero announced new endorsement deals for himself and his academy with Nike and Babolat.