Juan Mónaco

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Juan Mónaco


nickname= Piquito
Pico
country= ARG
residence= Buenos Aires, Argentina
datebirth= birth date and age|1984|3|29
placebirth= Tandil, Argentina
height= height|m=1.85
weight= convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 2002
plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $1,880,574
singlesrecord= 118 - 93
singlestitles= 3
highestsinglesranking= No. 14 (February 4, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= 3R (2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 4R (2007)
Wimbledonresult= 1R (2005, 2007)
USOpenresult= 4R (2007)
doublesrecord= 26 - 42
doublestitles= 2
highestdoublesranking= No. 78 (May 12, 2008)
updated = June 16, 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.

Career

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.

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.

ingles titles (3)

ingles 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 U.S. Open, which ended on September 7, 2008."A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost in qualifying draw.
1. The win total does not include walkovers.

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Monaco&weeks=12 Monaco Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Monaco Monaco World Ranking History]
* [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/02/25/um/m-01370091.htm Mónaco celebrated the first ATP title of his career] (Juan Mónaco, Guillermo Vilas and Gabriela Sabatini together in Buenos Aires) at Clarín