Birthdate: 1/1/1982
Height: 5'11'' (180 cm)
Weight: 175 lbs (79 kg)
Birthplace: Cordoba, Argentina
Residence: Cordoba, Argentina
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 2000
Current ATP Race Position: 9
Career Review
Singles Record: 115 - 62
Singles Titles: 2
Double Titles: 0
Prize Money: $3,093,053
Singles Career Titles (2)
2002--Basel, Estoril
Finalist (5)
2001--Palermo
2002--Wimbledon
2003--Basel, Canada TMS
2004--Rome TMS
Doubles Finalist (1)
2003--Buenos Aires
2004 Highlights
Singles Finalist: Rome TMS
Semifinalist: Roland Garros
Quarterfinalist: Australian Open, Monte Carlo TMS, Barcelona
Personal
Began playing tennis at age five...Comes from Cordoba, second-largest city in Argentina...Father, Norberto, is a salesman; mother, Alda, is a housewife; brothers, Javier used to coach, and Dar'o, is a tennis coach...Hobbies are fishing and watching rally races, a tradition in C-rdoba (spent one week in 2001 in San Remo)...Enjoys fishing, playing soccer and big fan of River Plate team...Compiled outstanding junior results, winning US Open title (d. Federer) and Eddie Herr International in 1998, runner-up at Roland Garros (l. to countryman Coria) and SF at Wimbledon in 1999...Also SF at Orange Bowl in '98...Won Wimbledon junior doubles title in '99 (w/Coria)...Finished No. 3 in singles and No. 6 in doubles in 1998 junior world rankings...Has a 5-1 career Davis Cup record (3-0 in doubles) in three ties...Coached by brother Javier and Eduardo Infantino.
(chinaopen.cn September 10, 2004)