Juan Sebastián Cabal
Country (sports) | Colombia |
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Residence | Cali, Colombia |
Born | Cali, Colombia[1] | 25 April 1986
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$2,465,489 |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–4 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 184 (28 February 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2011, 2012) |
French Open | Q2 (2011) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2011) |
US Open | Q1 (2010, 2011) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 249–160 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (8 October 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 8 (8 October 2018) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2018) |
French Open | F (2011) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2011, 2013, 2014, 2018) |
US Open | SF (2018) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2017) |
French Open | QF (2013, 2018) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
US Open | QF (2015, 2017) |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 8 October 2018. |
Juan Sebastián Cabal (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan seβasˈtjaŋ kaˈβal];[a] born 25 April 1986)[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player. His highest doubles ranking is World No. 8 and World No. 184 in singles. The latter he attained in February 2011 after reaching the final at the challenger of Medellin and Manizales and Futures semifinals in Cali and Bogotá challenger. In 2017 he won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles partnering Abigail Spears of the USA.
ATP Tour
The year 2011 is considered as his ATP Tournament and Grand Slam debut, also considered the best year for his performance in the French Open Doubles with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian Tennis, as they defeated the number 1 ranked couple in the semifinals, brothers Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan with partials 7–6 (4), 6–3 and losing the final to Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.
In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, he debuted in First Round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and India's Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. in Second Round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.
In the 2013 Australian Open, he formed a couple with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013 they also reached the final in an ATP250 event in Nice. He finished the year ranked 43 in the world.
In 2014 Cabal and Farah reached 6 ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500 Rio Open and the ATP250 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP1000 event in Miami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a 7th final partnering Nicolas Barrientos in his home country's ATP250 event in Bogota. He finished the year ranked 22 in the world.
In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the Brasil Open and the Geneva Open and reaching another 3 finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of 18 in the world. In grand slams the pair struggled reaching the 2nd round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked 25 in the world.
2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles they won, as they took 4. At the Australian Open they had their best grand slam result of the year, reaching the 3rd round. In February they won 2 events in South America, the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the Rio Open in Brazil. In May they reached the final in Munich and then won the ATP250 event in Nice for a second time in their careers. They finished the season by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked 30 in the world.
Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the 3rd round at the Australian Open. They then returned to South America, defending their title at the Argentina Open and reaching the final again in Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in Munich. He then reached his first grand slam semi final since 2011 at the French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.
In May 2018, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title against Pablo Carreño Busta and João Sousa. With the win, Cabal reached the Top-10 for the first time in his career.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2011 | French Open | Clay | Eduardo Schwank | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Robert Farah | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić |
4–6, 4–6 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | Abigail Spears | Ivan Dodig Sania Mirza |
6–2, 6–4 |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Miami Open | Hard | Robert Farah | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–7(8–10), 4–6 |
Win | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa |
3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Loss | 2018 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 30 (12 titles, 18 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2011 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Eduardo Schwank | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2012 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Dmitry Tursunov | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău |
3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Loss | 0–3 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Jan 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 0–5 | Feb 2014 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Oliver Marach Florin Mergea |
3–6 4–6 |
Win | 1–5 | Feb 2014 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | David Marrero Marcelo Melo |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2014 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | Robert Farah | Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald |
7–5, 4–6, [13–15] |
Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2014 | Miami Open, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Robert Farah | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–7(8–10), 4–6 |
Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2014 | Colombia Open, Colombia | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolás Barrientos | Sam Groth Chris Guccione |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [9–11] |
Win | 2–8 | Aug 2014 | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray John Peers |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–8 | Feb 2015 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | Robert Farah | Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 4–8 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switaerland | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun |
7–5, 4–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2015 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot |
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 4–10 | Aug 2015 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray John Peers |
6–2, 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 4–11 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo |
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] |
Win | 5–11 | Feb 2016 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Íñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi |
6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 6–11 | Feb 2016 | Rio Open, Brazil (2) | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero |
7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
Loss | 6–12 | May 2016 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Henri Kontinen John Peers |
3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Win | 7–12 | May 2016 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Mate Pavić Michael Venus |
4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 8–12 | Oct 2016 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Robert Farah | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer |
7–5, 4–6, [10–5] |
Win | 9–12 | Feb 2017 | Argentina Open, Argentina (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Santiago González David Marrero |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–13 | Feb 2017 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas |
4–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 9–14 | Apr 2017 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Brian Baker Nikola Mektić |
6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Win | 10–14 | May 2017 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 10–15 | May 2017 | Geneva Open, Switaerland | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău |
6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] |
Win | 11–15 | Aug 2017 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico | 250 Series | Hard | Treat Huey | Sergio Galdós Roberto Maytín |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 11–16 | Jan 2018 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Robert Farah | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 11–17 | Feb 2018 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Andrés Molteni Horacio Zeballos |
3–6, 7–5, [3–10] |
Win | 12–17 | May 2018 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa |
3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Loss | 12–18 | Aug 2018 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Doubles
Current through 2018 US Open.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W-L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | F | 0 / 7 | 14–7 | |
French Open | A | A | A | F | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | 0 / 8 | 16–8 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 8 | 11–8 | |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 14–4 | 0 / 31 | 50–31 | |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | |
Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | F | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | QF | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | |
Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | SF | QF | 1R | 2R | SF | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | |
Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | W | 1 / 5 | 7–4 | |
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | F | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | |
Shanghai Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | ||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–6 | 1–2 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 5–6 | 15–7 | 1 / 44 | 52–43 | |
National representation | ||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 2R | NH | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | 0 / 0 | 10–8 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 11–10 | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 12–5 | 24–22 | 21–21 | 42–26 | 39–25 | 32–21 | 43–20 | 33–17 | 247–159 | ||
Year-end ranking | 194 | 221 | 142 | 25 | 46 | 43 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 60.84% |
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 1R | W | QF | 1 / 6 | 9–5 |
French Open | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 0 / 7 | 6–7 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | QF | 0 / 8 | 11–8 |
US Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 2R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 1 / 26 | 31–25 |
- * Statistics correct as of 26 June 2013.
Notes
- ^ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].
References
External links
- Juan Sebastián Cabal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Juan Sebastián Cabal at the Davis Cup
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- Olympic tennis players of Colombia
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