Juan Mónaco
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| Nickname(s) | Piquito Pico |
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| Country |  Argentina |
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| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Date of birth | March 29, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Tandil, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 76 kg (170 lb) | |
| Turned pro | 2002 | |
| Plays | Right-handed; two-handed backhand | |
| Career prize money | $1,826,161 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 115 - 91 | |
| Career titles: | 3 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 14 (February 4, 2008) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 3rd (2008) | |
| French Open | 4th (2007) | |
| Wimbledon | 1st (2005, 2007) | |
| US Open | 4th (2007) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 26 - 42 | |
| Career titles: | 2 | |
| Highest ranking: | 78 (May 12, 2008) | |
Juan Mónaco (born March 29, 1984 in Tandil), nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. His current and career-high ATP Entry ranking is #14, achieved on February 4, 2008. Mónaco started playing tennis professionally in 2002 and his speciality is on clay courts where he has won 3 ATP Championships to date, all in 2007. He has been dating Argentinian model and actress Luisana Lopilato since December 2006. He is sponsored by adidas and Yonex.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 2006
Monaco managed to finish in the top 75 for second time, highlighted by a career-high 18 match wins. In July he advanced to QF in the Austrian Open in May. He reached the third round of French Open at Roland Garros.
[edit] 2007
On February 25, 2007, he won his first ATP title the Buenos Aires' Telmex Cup by defeating Italy’s Alessio di Mauro (6–1, 6–2).
He then went on to Portschach, Austria, in May and won his second title, beating Gael Monfils 7–6, 6–0 in the final. He made his best finish at a Grand Slam by reaching the fourth round of the French Open, losing to Guillermo Cañas.
He next defeated Potito Starace in Kitzbühel on July 29 (5–7, 6–3, 6–4) to win the Austrian Open, his third ATP title in one year. He made his top 25 debut, at #24, afterwards.
[edit] Singles titles (3)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (3) |
| Challengers (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| January 5, 2004 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard |  Adrián García |
6–4, 7–6 | |
| 1. | February 19, 2007 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Alessio di Mauro |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 2. | May 20, 2007 | Pörtschach, Austria | Clay |  Gaël Monfils |
7–6, 6–0 |
| 3. | July 23, 2007 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Potito Starace |
5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
[edit] Singles finalist (3)
- 2005: Casablanca (lost to Mariano Puerta)
- 2008: Viña del Mar (lost to Fernando González, walkover)
- 2008: Poertschach (lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
[edit] Doubles wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | January 11, 2008 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard |  Luis Horna |
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6–4, 3–6, [10-7] |
| 2. | April 19, 2008 | Valencia, Spain | Clay | Máximo González |
 Travis Parrott Filip Polasek |
7–5, 7–5 |
[edit] Singles 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. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2008 French Open, which ended on June 8, 2008.
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Career win-loss |
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3–4 |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 6–5 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0–2 | |
| U.S. Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 3–4 | |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss1 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 3-3 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 12-15 |
| Indian Wells Masters | A | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 3–3 |
| Miami Masters | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4–5 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1–1 |
| Rome Masters | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–3 |
| Hamburg Masters | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 5–4 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 3R | 2–1 | |
| Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) | A | LQ | A | 3R | 2–1 | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | |
| Tennis Masters Cup | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | |
| Total Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Year End Ranking | 73 | 85 | 69 | 23 | N/A |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.
[edit] External links
- ATP Tour profile for Juan Mónaco
- Monaco Recent Match Results
- Monaco World Ranking History
- (Spanish) Mónaco celebrated the first ATP title of his career (Juan Mónaco, Guillermo Vilas and Gabriela Sabatini together in Buenos Aires) at Clarín
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