Joan Balcells

Joan Balcells
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	20 June 1975 (age 46); Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$815,801
Singles
Career record	41–49
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 57 (7 May 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2002)
US Open	1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	40–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2000, 2002)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	2R (2000)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2000)

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.

Career finals[]

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1–0	Sep 2000	Bucharest, Romania	International Series	Clay	Markus Hantschk	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	1–1	Mar 2002	Scottsdale, USA	International Series	Hard	Andre Agassi	2–6, 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Bogotá, Colombia	International Series	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker	6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2001	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 1–6

Top 10 wins[]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2001
1.	Marat Safin	2	Miami, United States	Hard	2R	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.	Marat Safin	2	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4

External links[]

Joan Balcells at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Joan Balcells at the International Tennis Federation
Joan Balcells at the Davis Cup

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