- Miguel Ángel López Jaén
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Miguel Ángel López Jaén Country Spain
Residence Elche, Alicante, Spain Born 29 November 1982
Elche, Alicante, SpainHeight 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2000 Plays Right-handed Career prize money US$ 186,036 Singles Career record 1–2 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 173 (August 11, 2008) Grand Slam results Australian Open – French Open 2R (2008) Wimbledon – US Open – Doubles Career record 0–1 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 175 (February 16, 2009) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open – French Open – Wimbledon – US Open – Last updated on: April 6, 2009. This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Jaén.Miguel Ángel López Jaén[1] (born November 29, 1982 in Elche, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain.
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Junior career
López Jaén had a brief career at the top level of Juniors play, reaching a high of #76 in April, 2000 before turning his sights on pro tournaments.[2]
Professional career
2000 to 2007
López Jaén cracked the top-300 as a 20 year old in 2003, but was sidelined by injury early in 2004. He regained his form in 2007, when he again cracked the top-300 late in the year.
2008
From January through March, López Jaén met with limited success, failing to qualify in his ATP attempts, and having limited success at the Futures level.
However, in April, López Jaén qualified into his first ATP tournament, beating #161 Dušan Vemić in the qualifying round before bowing out to #27 Nicolás Almagro in the main draw in Valencia, Spain. After failing to qualify the next week in Barcelona, he beat his first top-100 opponent, #97 Peter Luczak at a Challenger in Spain in May.
Later in May, López Jaén qualified for the 2008 French Open, beating #118 Brian Dabul and #242 Alex Bogdanovic to gain entry into his first Grand Slam main draw. He then won his first round match against #111 Frank Dancevic, 7-6(6), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(2).
Titles (1)
Singles
Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) ATP World Tour 500 (0) ATP World Tour 250 (0) ATP Challenger Tour (0) ITF Futures (0) Runner-up (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 9 June 2008 Košice
Clay Lukáš Rosol
5–7, 1–6 Doubles (1)
Legend (Doubles) Grand Slam (0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) ATP World Tour 500 (0) ATP World Tour 250 (0) ATP Challenger Tour (1) ITF Futures (0) No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score 1. 10 Mach 2008 Tanger
Clay Iván Navarro
Marc López
Trujillo-Soler
6–3, 65–7, [11–9] Runner-ups (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score 1. 5 May 2008 Telde
Clay José Antonio Sánchez
Daniel Gimeno
Daniel Muñoz
3–6, 1–6 2. 9 June 2008 Košice
Clay Carles Poch
Tomasz Bednarek
Igor Zelenay
1–6, 6–4, [11–13] References
- ^ "El ilicitano López Jaén dice adiós a París", Las Provincias, 29 May 2009 .
- ^ ITF Junior Profile for Lopez-Jaen
External links
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Elche
- Spanish male tennis players
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