David de Miguel

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David de Miguel
Country (sports) Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Residence Barcelona
Born (1965-02-07) 7 February 1965 (age 58)
Tortosa, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$162,135
Singles
Career record17–33
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 81 (31 August 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1986)
Wimbledon 1R (1986, 1987)
Doubles
Career record30–42
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 68 (11 August 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1986, 1987)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 3R (1986)

David de Miguel-Lapiedra (born 7 February 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. [1]

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Career

De Miguel had a good year as a junior in 1983, when he was an Orange Bowl semifinalist and won the Spanish Championships. [2]

The Spaniard made his first Grand Prix quarterfinal in 1984, at Florence. [2] He also reached the quarterfinals in Madrid the following year. [2]

In 1986 he took part in both the French Open and Wimbledon Championships but lost in the first round at each, to Henri Leconte and then John Sadri. [2] He made his only Grand Slam mixed doubles appearance in that French Open tournament, with Manuela Maleeva. [2] They reached the round of 16. [2] Also that year, he made quarter-finals in Stuttgart, where he had a win over world no. 24 Slobodan Živojinović, and in Barcelona. [2] His best results however came in the doubles. [2] He and Jordi Arrese were doubles champions in the 1986 Bordeaux Open, having months earlier finished runner-up with Jesus Colas in Madrid. [2]

At the 1987 French Open, de Miguel progressed past the opening round of the men's doubles for the only time, partnering Arrese. [2] He lost in the first round of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships to Scott Davis. [2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1986 Madrid, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Jesus Colas Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Nyström
2–6, 2–6
Win1–1Jul 1986 Bordeaux, FranceClay Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese Flag of Haiti.svg Ronald Agénor
Flag of Iran.svg Mansour Bahrami
7–5, 6–4

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1986 Marrakech, Morocco Clay Flag of France.svg Thierry Champion 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1985 Messina, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Jesus Colas Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Derlin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Felgate
6–1, 7–6

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