Juan Monaco

Started playing at age six...Father, Hector, is a businessman...Mother, Cristina, is an architect...Has one sister, Mara, and brother, Andres...Enjoys spending time at home in Tandil with family and friends...Fellow ATP players Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Martin del Potro and Diego Junqueira also originate from Tandil...Enjoys playing soccer...Favorite sports to follow are soccer and basketball...Favorite teams are Estudiantes de la Plata and the San Antonio Spurs...Favorite soccer players are Chelo Carrusca and Jose “el Principe” Sosa...In the NBA, he’s a fan of Emanuel Ginobili...Favorite surface is clay...Grew up idolizing Andre Agassi and countryman Mariano Zabaleta...Also enjoys going to the cinema...Favorite movies are “Gladiator” and “Lord of the Rings” series... Favorite actors are Robert De Niro and Al Pacino...Favorite book is “El Eternauta”...Favorite magazine is “El Grafico”...Favorite TV show is “Los Roldan”...Coached by former ATP pro Luis Lobo of Argentina...

2001 -- Reached three Futures QF...Reached doubles final at Spain Futures #7 (w/ Yamamoto)...

2002 -- Won first Futures title in first final appearance at Jamaica #20 (d F Rodriguez)...

2003 -- Won three Futures titles...Was 32-11 in Futures events and 1-4 in Challengers...

2004 -- Finished in Top 100 for first time and improved his ranking by 247 spots...Opened season by winning Sao Paulo Challenger (d. Garcia)...Made ATP debut as a wild card in Buenos Aires and reached QF....Qualified into first AMS event in Miami and reached 3rd RD....Made Roland Garros debut as a qualifier (d. Bogomolov, l. to Coria)...Received wild card into Bsstad and reached QF...Followed with first SF in Sopot and later in Palermo...

2005 -- Reached first ATP final in Casablanca (l. to Puerta)...Also reached QF in Munich and Ho Chi Minh...

2006 -- Finished in Top 75 for second time in three years with his best results on clay, reaching SF in Costa do Sauipe and Stuttgart...Also advanced to QF in P÷rtschach...At Roland Garros, turned in a 3rd RD showing (l. to Ljubicic in five sets)...

2007 -- One of most improved players of year, climbing from No. 70 to a year-end best No. 23 with three ATP clay court titles -- Buenos Aires (d. Di Mauro), Portschach (d. Monfils) and Kitzbuhel (d. Starace)...Advanced to QF or better in eight tournaments and reached 4th RD in two Grand Slam tournaments -- Roland Garros (l. to Canas) and US Open (l. to Djokovic)...On hard courts at AMS Cincinnati, posted wins over Spaniards Lopez and No. 2 Nadal (retired) before falling to Querrey in 3rd RD....Went 4-5 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 28-8 on clay (second-most wins behind Nadal's 31) and 12-9 on hard courts...Earned a career-high $695,945.

2009 IN REVIEW

The Argentine advanced to his seventh career ATP World Tour final in Buenos Aires, defeating countryman and defending champion David Nalbandian in SF before falling in a third set tie-break to Spaniard Tommy Robredo.

2008 IN REVIEW

The Argentine finished in Top 50 for second straight year, reaching two ATP finals...Began first month with a 9-2 record, reaching SF in Auckland (l. to Kohlschreiber), 3rd RD at Australian Open (l. to Berdych) and final in Vina del Mar (W/O vs. Gonzalez)...Sprained his left ankle in doubles final (day before) and then had to withdraw from singles final...Went from No. 21 to a career-high No. 14 afterwards...In April, reached QF in Valencia (l. to Almagro)...Following month advanced to final in Poertschach (l. to No. 4 Davydenko)...In June, reached SF in Warsaw (l. to Robredo)...Went 19-9 on clay and 9-10 on on hard...In doubles, captured first ATP title in Auckland (w/Horna), won title in Valencia, reached final in Vina del Mar and SF at US Open (all w/M. Gonzalez).