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 .
Balcells was born in Barcelona , and played for the Spain Davis Cup team in 2000 , winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja ) in the final against Australia . He retired in 2004. Ballcells was considered a strange player for being a Spanish player because Ballcells always go up to the net, his game was based on serve and volley. This was not very common on 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)
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)
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)
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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0-1 May 1997 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Clay Devin Bowen Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 Win 1-1 Apr 1998 Barletta , ItalyChallenger Clay Juan Ignacio Carrasco Thomas Strengberger Dušan Vemić 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 Win 2-1 Apr 1998 Prague , Czech RepublicChallenger Clay Nenad Zimonjić Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek 7–6, 7–6 Loss 2-2 Jun 1998 Braunschweig , GermanyChallenger Clay Emanuel Couto Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 2–6, 6–7 Win 3-2 May 1999 Espinho , PortugalChallenger Clay Gastón Etlis Noam Behr Eyal Ran 6–3, 6–2 Win 4-2 Sep 1999 Freudenstadt , GermanyChallenger Clay Thomas Strengberger Michal Tabara Robin Vik 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 Win 5-2 Mar 2000 Salinas , EcuadorChallenger Hard Mauricio Hadad Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex Calatrava walkover Loss 5-3 Nov 2000 Santiago , ChileChallenger Clay Germán Puentes Alcañiz Irakli Labadze Dušan Vemić 3–6, 4–6 Loss 5-4 Nov 2000 Montevideo , UruguayChallenger Clay Germán Puentes Alcañiz Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis 4–6, 4–6 Loss 5-5 Sep 2002 Freudenstadt , GermanyChallenger Clay Yuri Schukin Diego del Río Leonardo Olguín 6–7(2–7) , 4–6 Loss 5-6 Apr 2003 San Remo , ItalyChallenger Clay Juan Albert Viloca Daniele Bracciali Amir Hadad 2–6, 4–6 Win 6-6 Jun 2003 Lugano , SwitzerlandChallenger Clay Juan Albert Viloca Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter 6–4, 6–4
(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
Doubles
Top 10 wins # Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score 2001 1. Marat Safin 2 Miami , United StatesHard 2R 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 2. Marat Safin2 Gstaad , SwitzerlandClay 1R 6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 6–4
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