David Ferrer

David Ferrer

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	$5,853,951
Singles
Career record	248–162
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 4 (25 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2008)
French Open	QF (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	4th (2006)
US Open	SF (2007)
Doubles
Career record	43–74
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	42 (24 October 2005)
Last updated on: 6 October 2008.

Template:Spanish name 2 David Ferrer Ern (born 2 April 1982 in Jávea/Xàbia, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain. He turned professional in 2000. Ferrer was ranked World No. 5 on 13 October 2008.

Ferrer is especially known for his fighting spirit and unwillingness to concede defeat. He is known as a particularly dangerous clay court player, though he has had several respectable results on hard courts as well, especially his back-to-back semifinal appearances at the NASDAQ-100 Open in 2005–2006 and his semifinal appearance at the 2007 US Open. His first two titles came at the expense of the same player in the final, José Acasuso. The other three titles came in 2007 against Tommy Robredo and Nicolás Almagro of Spain, and Richard Gasquet of France. He broke into the top 10 in the ATP Tour singles rankings for the first time in 2006. His highest ranking to date is World No. 4, which he reached on 25 February 2008.

He wears Lotto Sport Italia shoes and clothes and uses a Prince racquet. His height is 5-9 and nicknamed Ferru (normatively should be written ferro, but the word is pronounced with a final "u" sound), meaning iron in Valencian/Catalan. In fact ferrer means literally smith (or blacksmith) in this romance language.

Career

Early years

Ferrer moved to Gandia at age 13, followed two years later by a move to Barcelona to attend the Catalan Tennis Federation. He spent nine months at Equelite, Juan Carlos Ferrero's Academy in Villena before moving back to Jávea while practicing in Denia. He turned professional in 2000, finishing as World No. 419, winning in Poland F1 and Spain F3 finishing runner-up in Spain F1. 2001 was not a particularly good year for him. He captured his first career Challenger title in Sopot and reached the SF at Manerbio the following week. He also reached the semifinals in Spain F15 and Spain F16.

2002

He played consistently in ATP (10-6) and Challenger (35-13) tournaments, winning his first ATP title in Bucharest (defeated Acasuso) and reaching his first ATP final in just his second ATP event in Umag (defeated Nalbandian, Coria, lost to Moyà). He won Challenger titles in Napoli, Valencia and Sassuolo. All 10 ATP match wins and 34 of 35 Challenger wins came on clay.

2003

The highlight of 2003 was Ferrer's defeat of Andre Agassi in R64 at the Rome Masters. He made his debut at all four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as six ATP Masters Series events. At AMS Roma, he upset the defending champion Agassi in the first round (lost to Ljubičić in second round). Ferrer advanced to the second round at the French Open and Wimbledon. He reached his third career final in Sopot (lost to Coria). In doubles, he reached his first career final in Acapulco (with his partner Fernando Vicente). He compiled a 13-16 record on clay courts, 6-10 on hard, 1–1 on grass and had a year-ending ranking of World No. 71.

2004

Ferrer reached the quarterfinals in Buenos Aires, Valencia and at the ATP Masters Series Hamburg (defeated No. 6 David Nalbandian, lost to Coria). He advanced to the semifinals in Stuttgart (l. to Gaudio). Late in the year he advanced to the quarterfinals in Bucharest and the semis in Palermo (l. to Berdych) and Lyon (defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero, lost to Xavier Malisse). He ended the year with a ranking of World No. 49.

2005

Ferrer advanced to the semifinals of AMS Miami by defeating Nalbandian, Ferrero, and Hrbatý (lost to Rafael Nadal). In his hometown of Valencia, he reached his lone final of the year (lost to Andreev in three sets). He advanced to the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo Masters (lost to Guillermo Coria) and semifinals at AMS Roma (defeated Gaston Gaudio, lost to Nadal). He made his third appearance at the French Open and turned in a Grand Slam-best quarterfinal, rallying from a 0–4 fifth set deficit against defending champ Gaudio in the fourth round before losing to eventual champ Nadal. He reached the semifinals at New Haven (lost to López). He followed up with his best result at the US Open, losing in the third round to Hrbatý. He closed the year with quarterfinal showings at AMS Madrid (defeated Puerta, lost to Robby Ginepri) and AMS Paris (lost to Andy Roddick). He lost only once in the first round of nine Masters Series events, while compiling a 20-9 record. In doubles, Ferrer won first two ATP titles in Viña del Mar and Acapulco (with partner Ventura) and earned a career-high of US$951,772. He finished the year with a ranking of World No. 14.

2006

Ferrer opened the year with a quarterfinal showing in Auckland (lost to Olivier Rochus). He broke into the top 10 ATP rankings for the first time following a personal-best fourth round effort at the Australian Open (defeated Ančić, lost to Santoro) on January 30. He was in the top 10 for five weeks during the year. Then, playing in the first round Davis Cup tie versus Belarus, he went 2–3 indoors, losing to Voltchkov in the second rubber (won reverse dead rubber). In March, he reached the semifinals in Miami for a second straight year (defeated No. 4 Roddick, lost to Roger Federer). In his second clay court tournament of the year at ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo, he lost to Federer. He also advanced to the quarterfinals at the Masters Series Hamburg, falling to eventual champion Tommy Robredo. In Düsseldorf, he posted wins over two top 10 players, World No. 4 Ljubicic and World No. 9 Fernando González. He reached the third round at the French Open and a career-best fourth round at Wimbledon (defeated González in the third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt). In July, he won a second career ATP title in a five-hour final in Stuttgart He came back from two sets to one and a 1–5 deficit against Acasuso, saving one match point down 4–5 in the fourth set. In August, he reached the quarterfinals in Cincinnati, Ohio (defeated No. 10 Marcos Baghdatis, lost to González), followed by a third round showing at New Haven (lost to Calleri). At the US Open he reached the third round for the second consecutive year (lost to Youzhny). Ferrer closed the year with reaching the quarterfinals in Basel (lost to Federer). For the year, he went 3–5 versus top 10 opponents and compiled records of 18-8 on clay and 17-13 on hard court. He finished the year ranked World No. 14 and in the top 15 for the second consecutive year.

2007

Dadid Ferrer serving during the 2007 Spanish National Masters Cup.

Ferrer began the year winning Auckland, defeating Tommy Robredo in the final. At the Australian Open he defeated Kristian Pless, Thomas Johansson, and Radek Štěpánek) and lost in the fourth round to Mardy Fish in five sets. One month later, he reached the quarterfinals at Rotterdam. He had quarterfinal finishes at Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo and reached the fourth round in Miami, the semifinals in Barcelona, and the quarterfinals in Hamburg.

At the French Open, he was stopped by Fernando Verdasco in the third round. During Wimbledon, he was eliminated by Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in the second round.

In July, he captured his second title of the year and fourth of his career, beating Nicolás Almagro in the final of the Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden. He then advanced to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, defeating Andy Roddick in the third round. At the US Open, he was seeded fifteenth and knocked out 24th-seeded David Nalbandian in the third round and then upset second-seeded and compatriot Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2. He beat 20th-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela in the quarterfinals and reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, where he was defeated by third-seeded Novak Djokovic. His performance at the US Open brought his ranking up to World No. 8. After, Ferrer captured his third title of the year in Tokyo, defeating Richard Gasquet in the final. At the Paris Masters, he made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost to David Nalbandian 6–7, 7–6, 2–6.

Ferrer qualified as the sixth seed for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. To begin, Ferrer upset third-seeded Djokovic 6–4, 6–4 in his first round-robin match, and then defeated second-seeded Nadal 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. He sealed his qualification to the knock-out stage by defeating eighth-seeded Richard Gasquet 6–1, 6–1. He was the only man to have a perfect record in the round-robin stage and had the best win/loss set record (6–1). Ferrer next defeated fifth-seeded Roddick in the semifinals 6–1, 6–3. In the finals, Ferrer lost to top-seeded Roger Federer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2. He then ended the year with a career high ranking of World No. 5.

Ferrer hits a backhand at the 2008 Pacific Life Open.

2008

Ferrer opened 2008 with a quarterfinal loss to unseeded Julian Benneteau of France in Auckland where Ferrer was seeded first. He reached the second week of the Australian Open, however, as the fifth seed, without dropping a set in the first three rounds. He then went on to defeat 22nd-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in four sets in the fourth round, before falling to third-seeded and eventual champion Novak Djokovic 6–0, 6–3, 7–5 in the quarterfinals. On February 25, Ferrer became World No. 4 despite losing in the second round at Rotterdam.

On April 20, he captured his first ATP title of the year, and the sixth in his career, when he defeated Nicolás Almagro 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(2) in the final of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana. He saved three match points against Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals, and in the final, won the definitive set when he lost 5–2 in the third set, with two break points for Almagro.

Ferrer arrived at the quarterfinals in the Monte Carlo Masters, losing against the future tournament champion Rafael Nadal 6-1, 7-5 despite Ferrer having five set points in the second set. At the Torneo Godó held in Barcelona the following week, Ferrer reached the final after defeating Nicolás Lapentti, sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo, and fourteenth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka. He lost to Nadal in the final.

Ferrer made it to the quarterfinals of the French Open, matching his previous best appearance in 2005. In his first two rounds, he defeated Steve Darcis 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 and Fabrice Santoro 6–0, 6–1, 6–0. He then prevailed in two five-set matches over Lleyton Hewitt and Radek Štěpánek in the third and fourth rounds, respectively. He eventually fell to local favorite Gaël Monfils, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1.

Ferrer then began his grass court season with another title at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. He defeated Mario Ančić and Argentine Juan Martín del Potro en route to the final, where he won 6–4, 6–2 over Frenchman Marc Gicquel. This was his seventh career title and the first on grass. With this win, he became the second Spaniard (after Nadal) to win a grass court tournament after a 36-year drought.

At Wimbledon, Ferrer was seeded fifth. In the first round, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky, who forfeited the match while down in sets 2–0 and up 3–1 in the third set. In the second round, Ferrer defeated Russian Igor Andreev 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. He was then eliminated by Croatian Mario Ančić in the third round 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 7–6(3).

At the US Open, Ferrer reached the third round as the fourth seed. His run ended when he was defeated by World No. 126 Kei Nishikori 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, which was lauded as one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. Ferrer saved five match points before losing the match.

Seeded first at the China Open in Beijing, Ferrer was defeated by Israeli Dudi Sela in the second round 6–3, 6–3.

Following a first-round bye, sixth-seeded Ferrer lost in the second round of the Madrid Masters to fellow Spaniard Feliciano López 6–4, 7–6(4).

Career statistics

Tennis Masters Cup singles finals (1)

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2007	Shanghai	Roger Federer	2–6, 3–6, 2–6

All finals

Singles

Wins (7)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	9 September 2002	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	José Acasuso	6–3, 6–2
2.	17 July 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	José Acasuso	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3), 7–5, 6–4
3.	13 January 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–2
4.	15 July 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	6–1, 6–2
5.	7 October 2007	Tokyo	Hard	Richard Gasquet	6–1, 6–2
6.	20 April 2008	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(2)
7.	21 June 2008	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Marc Gicquel	6–4, 6–2

Runner-ups (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	21 July 2002	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–2, 6–3
2.	4 August 2003	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Guillermo Coria	7–5, 6–1
3.	10 April 2005	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Igor Andreev	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
4.	18 November 2007	Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
5.	4 May 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–1, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles

Wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	31 January 2005	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 6–4
2.	21 February 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Jiří Vaněk / Tomáš Zíb	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	31 January 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Fernando Vicente	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–3

Performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 Paris Masters which ended on 2 November, 2008.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career win-loss
Australian Open		1R	2R	1R	4R	4R	QF	11-6
French Open		2R	2R	QF	3R	3R	QF	14-6
Wimbledon		2R	2R	1R	4R	2R	3R	8–6
US Open		1R	1R	3R	3R	SF	3R	11–6
Grand Slam Win-Loss		2-4	3-4	6-4	10-4	11-4	12-4	44-24
Tennis Masters Cup		A	A	A	A	F		4–1
Indian Wells Masters		1R	1R	3R	2R	QF	3R	7–6
Miami Masters		1R	1R	SF	SF	4R	2R	13-6
Monte Carlo Masters		1R	A	QF	QF	QF	QF	11–5
Rome Masters		2R	3R	SF	1R	1R	2R	6–6
Hamburg Masters		1R	QF	1R	QF	QF	3R	16-6
Canada Masters		A	2R	2R	1R	2R	3R	4–5
Cincinnati Masters		A	1R	2R	QF	QF	2R	7–5
Madrid Masters		2R	1R	QF	2R	2R	2R	5–6
Paris Masters		A	1R	QF	2R	QF	2R	6–5
Total Titles	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	7
Year-End Ranking	59	71	49	14	14	5	12	N/A

Record against other top 20 players

As of October 3, 2008, Ferrer's win-loss record against other current top-20 ranked players is as follows:

• David Nalbandian 6–3
• Nicolas Almagro 4–0
• Richard Gasquet 3–0
• Stanislas Wawrinka 3–2
• Tommy Robredo 3–2
• Andy Roddick 3–2
• Radek Štěpánek 3–2
• Ivo Karlović 1–0
• Novak Djokovic 3–3
• Andy Murray 1–1
• Mikhail Youzhny 2–2
• Nikolay Davydenko 1–1
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–0
• Juan Mónaco 1–2
• Fernando Verdasco 3–4
• Fernando González 2–4
• Rafael Nadal 3–6
• Roger Federer 0–8
• Juan Martín del Potro 2–1

Trivia

• David Ferrer supports Futbol Club Barcelona after training in Barcelona as a teenager, but has been a life-long Valencia CF fan.
• His older brother, Javier, is a tennis coach and former Spanish junior champion (under 13).
• In 2006 Ferrer placed five weeks in the Top 10, being the second Spaniard in the Top 10, only overcome by Rafael Nadal. He would return to the Top 10 in late 2007, finishing at number 5.

External links

• David Ferrer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Ferrer at the Davis Cup
• Official Site
• Ferrer Recent Match Results
• Ferrer World Ranking History
• David Ferrer Statistics