Joan Balcells

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Joan Balcells
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1975-06-20) 20 June 1975 (age 49)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$815,801
Singles
Career record41–49
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 57 (7 May 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
French Open 2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon 1R (2001, 2002)
US Open 1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record40–54
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2001)
French Open 2R (2000, 2002)
Wimbledon QF (2001)
US Open 2R (2000)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2000)
Last updated on: 22 April 2022.

Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (born 20 June 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career and reached the final in Scottsdale in 2002 (losing to Andre Agassi) and the semifinals in 2000 Heineken Open losing to Michael Chang.

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Balcells was born in Barcelona, and played for the Spanish David Cup team in 2000, winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja) in the final against Australia. He retired in 2004. Ballcells was considered unusual for a Spanish player, as he possessed a serve and volley game that involved regularly rushing the net. This was not very common in Spanish tennis by the 1990s and early 2000s.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Sep 2000 Bucharest, RomaniaInternational SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
Loss1–1 Mar 2002 Scottsdale, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 2–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Mar 2000 Bogotá, ColombiaInternational SeriesClay Flag of Colombia.svg Mauricio Hadad Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano
Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Arnold Ker
6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6
Loss0–2 Jan 2001 Doha, QatarInternational SeriesHard Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
3–6, 1–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1May 2000 Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Gross 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss0-2May 2002 Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Arnaud Di Pasquale 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1May 1997 Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Devin Bowen Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer
Flag of South Africa.svg Christo van Rensburg
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win1-1Apr 1998 Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Ignacio Carrasco Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Strengberger
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dušan Vemić
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win2-1Apr 1998 Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nenad Zimonjić Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
7–6, 7–6
Loss2-2Jun 1998 Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Portugal.svg Emanuel Couto Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Carbonell
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig
2–6, 6–7
Win3-2May 1999 Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Etlis Flag of Israel.svg Noam Behr
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
6–3, 6–2
Win4-2Sep 1999 Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Strengberger Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Tabara
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Vik
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win5-2Mar 2000 Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Flag of Colombia.svg Mauricio Hadad Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Flag of Spain.svg Álex Calatrava
walkover
Loss5-3Nov 2000 Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes Alcañiz Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Labadze
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dušan Vemić
3–6, 4–6
Loss5-4Nov 2000 Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes Alcañiz Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Arnold Ker
Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Etlis
4–6, 4–6
Loss5-5Sep 2002 Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Yuri Schukin Flag of Argentina.svg Diego del Río
Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Olguín
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss5-6Apr 2003 San Remo, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Albert Viloca Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Israel.svg Amir Hadad
2–6, 4–6
Win6-6Jun 2003 Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Albert Viloca Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Schneiter
6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA Q3 A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 30–30%
French Open Q2 Q2 A 2R 2R 1R Q3 0 / 32–340%
Wimbledon Q1 AAA 1R 1R A0 / 20–20%
US Open AAA Q1 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–01–11–40–30–10 / 92–918%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami AAA Q1 3R 1R A0 / 22–250%
Monte Carlo AAAA 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–02–30–10–00 / 42–433%

Doubles

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 41–420%
French Open A 2R 1R 2R 0 / 32–340%
Wimbledon AA QF 1R 0 / 23–260%
US Open A 2R 1R A0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–12–34–41–30 / 117–1139%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A 1R 1R A0 / 20–20%
Monte Carlo AA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AA Q2 A0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–10–20–00 / 30–30%

Top 10 wins

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore
2001
1. Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin 2 Miami, United StatesHard2R4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2. Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin2 Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay1R6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4


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