DAVID FERRER

'David Ferrer Ern' (born April 2 1982 in Javea, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He was born in Javea, Spain and lives in Valencia, Spain. He turned professional in 2000.
Ferrer is known as a particularly dangerous clay court player, though he has had several respectable results on hard courts as well, especially his back-to-back semifinal appearances at the NASDAQ-100 Open in 2005-2006. Interestingly, his first two titles he has won have come at the expense of the same player in the final: José Acasuso. The other two were in 2007 against Tommy Robredo and Nicolás Almagro of Spain
Ferrer, a right-handed player, broke into the top 10 in the ATP Tour singles rankings for the first time in 2006. His highest singles ranking to date is No. 8, which he first reached on 10 September 2007 because he arrived at US Open semi finals, defeating David Nalbandian, Rafa Nadal and Juan Ignacio Chela.
He wears Lotto Sport Italia shoes and clothes, and uses a Prince racquet. He is 5'9" tall.
Ferrer is known for his fighting spirit and unwillingness to concede defeat, as he has demonstrated several times in his career.

Contents

Career

Early Years

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Career Titles

Singles Titles

Singles finalist (3)

Doubles

Doubles Titles (2)

Doubles Finalist(1)

Performance timeline

Trivia

External links

Career

Early Years

He was born in Javea but he moved to Gandia at age 13, followed two years later by a move to Barcelona to attend the Catalan Tennis Federation. He spent nine months at Equelite, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s Academy in Villena before moving back to Javea while practicing in Denia. He turned professional in 2000, finishing as world number 419, winning in Poland F1 and Spain F3 finishing runner-up in Spain F1. 2001 wasn't a particularly good year for him. He captured his first career Challenger title in Sopot and reached SF at Manerbio the following week. He also reached the semifinals in Spain F15 and Spain F16.

2002

He played consistently in ATP (10-6) and Challenger (35-13) tournaments, winning his first ATP title in Bucharest (defeated Acasuso) and reaching his first ATP final in just his second ATP event in Umag (defeated Nalbandian, Coria, lost to Moyà). He won Challenger titles in Napoli, Valencia and Sassuolo. All 10 ATP match wins and 34 of 35 Challenger wins came on clay.

2003

The highlight of this year was his defeat of Andre Agassi in R64 in AMS Rome. He made his debut at all four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as six ATP Masters Series events. At AMS Roma, he upset the defending champion Agassi in the first round (lost to Ljubicic in second round). After, David advanced to the 2nd round at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Reached his third career final in Sopot (lost to Coria). In doubles, he reached his first career final in Acapulco (with his partner Fernando Vicente). He compiled a 13-16 record on clay courts, 6-10 on hard, 1-1 on grass.

2004

He reached the quarterfinals in Buenos Aires, Valencia and at the ATP Masters Series Hamburg (defeated No. 6 David Nalbandian, lost to Coria). After, He advanced to the semifinals in Stuttgart (l. to Gaudio). Late in the year, he advanced to the quarterfinals in Bucharest and the semis in Palermo (l. to Berdych) and Lyon (defeated J. C. Ferrero, lost to Xavier Malisse).

2005

He advanced to AMS Miami SF d. Nalbandian, Ferrero, Hrbaty, l. to Nadal. In his hometown of Valencia, he reached his lone final of the year (l. to Andreev in three sets). He advanced to the quarterfinals at AMS Monte Carlo (l. to Coria) and semifinals at AMS Roma (d. Gaudio, l. to Nadal). Made his third appearance at Roland Garros and turned in a Grand Slam-best 'QF', rallying from a 0-4 fifth set deficit against defending champ Gaudio in the 4th RD before losing to eventual champ Nadal. Reached New Haven semifinals (l. to Lopez). He followed with the US Open-his best result 3rd RD (l. to Hrbaty). Closed season with QF showings at AMS Madrid (d. Puerta, l. to Ginepri) and AMS Paris (l. to Roddick). Only lost once in 1st RD in nine Masters Series events while compiling a 20-9 mark. In doubles, David won first two ATP titles in Vina del Mar and Acapulco (w/Ventura). Earned a career-high $951,772.

2006

David finished in Top 15 for second year in a row (On January, he was in Top-10 ranking) while capturing his second career ATP title in Stuttgart. Broke into Top 10 ATP Rankings for first time following a personal-best 4th round effort at Australian Open (d. Ancic, l. to Santoro) on January 30. Was in Top 10 for five weeks during year.Opened season with a quarter finals showing in Auckland (lost to Olivier Rochus). Then went 2-3 indoors, playing in 1st RD Davis Cup tie vs. Belarus, losing to Voltchkov in second rubber (won reverse dead rubber).In March, reached semi finals in Miami for second straight year (defeated No. 4 Roddick, lost to Federer). In his second clay court tournament of season at ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo (lost to Federer). Also advanced to quarter finals at Masters Series Hamburg, falling to eventual champion Robredo. In Dusseldorf, posted wins over two Top 10 players, No. 4 Ljubicic and No. 9 Gonzalez. Reached 3rd round at Roland Garros and a career-best 4th RD at Wimbledon (d. Fernando Gonzalez in 3rd round, l. to Hewitt). In July, won second career ATP title in a five-hour Stuttgart final (In 2001, it's a Masters Series Tournament). Came back from two sets to one and a 1-5 deficit against Acasuso, saving one match point down 4-5 in the fourth set. In August, reached quarter finals at AMS Cincinnati (defeated No. 10 Baghdatis, lost to Gonzalez) and followed with 3rd round at New Haven (lost to Calleri) and US Open (lost to Youzhny). Closed season with quarter finals in Basel (l. to Federer). Went 3-5 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled records of 18-8 on clay and 17-13 on hard.

2007

David began the year winning at Auckland, defeating Tommy Robredo in the final (6-4 6-2). At the Australian Open, he made it to the fourth round to lose to Mardy Fish in 5 sets (d. Kristian Pless, Thomas Johansson, Radek Stepanek). One month later he reached the quarter finals at Rotterdam. March and April have been his better months of the year so far, accomplishing quarterfinal finishes at Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo, reaching the fourth round in Miami, semifinals in Barcelona, and the quarterfinals in Hamburg. At Roland Garros he had a great tournament, but Fernando Verdasco stopped him in the third round, playing a very good match. He lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in the 2nd round of Wimbledon. In July, he captured his second title of the year, beating Nicolás Almagro in the final of Bastad (Sweden). He advanced to quarter finals at Masters Series Cincinatti, defeating Andy Roddick in 3rd Round.
At the U.S. Open he famously knocked out second seed and compatriot Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, in a match dominated by powerful rallies (6-7 6-4 7-6 6-2). He was defeated in his first Grand Slam semifinal by the No. 3 seed Novak Đoković.

Career Titles

Singles Titles

'Legend (Singles)'

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

International Series 'Gold' (1)

International Series (3)

'No.'	'Date'	'Tournament'	'Surface'	'Opponent in the final'	'Score'
1.	9 september 2002	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	José Acasuso	6-3 6-2
2.	17 july 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	José Acasuso	6-4 3-6 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4
3.	13 January 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Tommy Robredo	6-4 6-2
4.	15 July 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	6-1 6-2

Singles finalist (3)

★ 2002: Umag (lost to Carlos Moyà)

★ 2003: Sopot (lost to Guillermo Coria)

★ 2005: Valencia (lost to Igor Andreev)

Doubles

Doubles Titles (2)

No.	Date	Torneo	Superface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	31 January 2005	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez	6-3 6-4
2.	21 February 2005	Acapulco, México	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Jiri Vanek / Tomas Zib	4-6 6-1 6-4

Doubles Finalist(1)

★ 2003: Acapulco (with Fernando Vicente lost to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor)

Performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current up to the end of the 2007 U.S. Open.''

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career win-loss
Australian Open		1R	2R	1R	4R	4R	7-5
French Open		2R	2R	QF	3R	3R	10-5
Wimbledon		2R	2R	1R	4R	2R	6-5
U.S. Open		1R	1R	3R	3R	SF	9-5
'Grand Slam Win-Loss'		'2-4'	'3-4'	'6-4'	'10-4'	'11-4'	'32-20'
Tennis Masters Cup		A	A	A	A	A	A
Indian Wells Masters		1R	1R	3R	2R	QF	6-5
Miami Masters		1R	1R	SF	SF	4R	13-5
Monte Carlo Masters		1R	A	QF	QF	QF	9-4
Rome Masters		2R	3R	SF	1R	1R	6-5
Hamburg Masters		1R	QF	1R	QF	QF	15-5
Canada Masters		A	2R	2R	1R	2R	3-4
Cincinnati Masters		A	1R	2R	QF	QF	7-4
Madrid Masters		2R	1R	QF	2R		5-4
Paris Masters		A	1R	QF	2R		4-3
'Total Titles'	'1'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'2'	'4'
'Year-End Ranking'	59	71	49	14	14		'N/A'

Trivia

★ David Ferrer supports Futbol Club Barcelona

★ Older brother, Javier, who is a tennis coach and former Spanish junior champion (under 13).

★ He enjoys reading and he keeps every book.

★ In 2006, Ferrer placed five weeks in the Top 10, being the second Spanish in the ranking, only overcome by Rafa Nadal.

★ He is the last Spanish player to beat Rafa Nadal (Stuttgart 2004, in quarter finals) (US Open 2007, in Round of 16).

★ He has beaten tennis star David Nalbandian in 6 of 8 occasions in which they have faced. (6-2)

External links

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★ Official Site

★ Ferrer Recent Match Results

★ Ferrer World Ranking History

★ David Ferrer Statistics