Manuel Jorquera

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Manuel Jorquera
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Full nameManuel Jorquera
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1978-06-12) 12 June 1978 (age 46)
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$92,176
Official website https://manolojorquera.com/
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 305 (26 November 2007)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 136 (21 June 2004)

Manuel Jorquera (born 12 June 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

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Biography

Jorquera comes from Argentina originally, born and raised in Bahía Blanca until the age of 11, when he moved to Italy. [1]

Throughout his career he battled many injuries as he competed on the Satellite and Challenger circuits. [1]

He is the highest ranked player to ever beat Novak Djokovic in a professional match, which he did at a Satellite tournament in Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, the Serbian's first month on tour. [2]

In doubles he won two Challenger titles and was runner-up in a further 14 tournaments. It was in doubles that he had only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour, at the 2004 Croatia Open Umag, where he partnered with Victor Hănescu. [3]

Since retiring he spent a year as the director of Tennis Club Este, then in 2013 moved to China to coach the country's junior talent. [1]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.2003 Recanati, ItalyHard Flag of Germany.svg Frank Moser Flag of France.svg Rodolphe Cadart
Flag of Israel.svg Dudi Sela
6–4, 7–5
2.2005 Rome, ItalyClay Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov Flag of Romania.svg Victor Ioniță
Flag of Romania.svg Răzvan Sabău
1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Manuel Jorquera: "Sin lesiones, seguramente hubiese llegado más lejos"" (in Spanish). Tenisay. March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "Manolo Jorquera e la bicicletta maledetta". www.tennisitaliano.it (in Italian). 25 May 2017.
  3. "Victor Hanescu, eliminat in primul tur la Umag". Curierul Național (in Romanian). 21 July 2004. Retrieved 17 April 2017.