Juan Sebastián Cabal
![]() Cabal at the 2021 French Open | |
Full name | Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Panama City, Panama |
Born | Cali, Colombia[1] | 25 April 1986
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jeff Coetzee |
Prize money | US$4,172,994 |
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 | 317–194 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 19 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (15 July 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 7 (9 August 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2018) |
French Open | F (2011) |
Wimbledon | W (2019) |
US Open | W (2019) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2018, 2019) |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2017) |
French Open | SF (2021) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
US Open | QF (2015, 2017) |
Last updated on: 3 November 2020. |
Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan seβasˈtjaŋ kaˈβal];[a] born 25 April 1986)[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011, but has achieved most of his success in doubles. Cabal is a three-time Grand Slam Champion, having won both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in 2019 in men's doubles, alongside compatriot Robert Farah, as well as the 2017 Australian Open in mixed doubles with Abigail Spears. He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2011 French Open, partnering Eduardo Schwank, and the 2018 Australian Open with Farah.
Cabal has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at Masters 1000 level, and became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. He has spent a total of 29 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and he and Farah were the 2019 ATP Doubles Team of the year. Cabal has represented Colombia in the Davis Cup since 2008, as well as at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
Professional doubles career[]
2011 is considered as Cabal ATP and Grand Slam debut, and also considered the best year for his doubles performance in the French Open with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian tennis, as they defeated the number-one 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 No. 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 six 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 seventh final partnering Nicolás 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 three finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of 18 in the world. In Grand Slam events the pair struggled reaching the second 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 four. At the Australian Open, they had their best Grand Slam result of the year, reaching the third round. In February they won two 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 career. They finished the season by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked 30 in the world.
In 2017, Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the third round at the Australian Open. They 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 semifinal since 2011 at the French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.
In May 2018, at the 2018 Italian Open, 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.
In 2019, the most successful year for Cabal and Farah, they won their first ever grand slam men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019, defeating Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling 5 set match that required 4 tie-break sets; this victory helped Farah and Cabal to both ascend to world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.[2]
Performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Doubles[]
Current through the 2021 Western & Southern Open.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W-L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | F | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 10 | 16–10 |
French Open | A | A | A | F | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | SF | SF | SF | 0 / 11 | 28–11 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | W | NH | QF | 1 / 10 | 20–9 |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | W | 2R | 1 / 10 | 16–9 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 14–4 | 16–2 | 6–3 | 8–3 | 2 / 41 | 79–39 |
Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did not qualify | SF | SF | DNQ | 0 / 2 | 3–5 | ||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | NH | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | F | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | NH | 2R | 0 / 8 | 10–8 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | QF | 2R | NH | SF | 0 / 7 | 10–7 |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | SF | QF | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | W | W | 2R | 1R | 2 / 8 | 13–6 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | NH | QF | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | F | F | 1R | SF | 0 / 9 | 15–9 |
Shanghai Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | NH | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | |
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–6 | 1–2 | 12–8 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 5–6 | 13–8 | 16–8 | 1–2 | 6–6 | 2 / 63 | 77–61 |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | QF | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | RR | QR | 0 / 1 | 13–9 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 14–11 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 42 | |
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 12–5 | 24–22 | 21–21 | 42–26 | 39–25 | 32–21 | 43–20 | 39–23 | 51–20 | 13–9 | 31–15 | 348–209 | |
Year-end ranking | 194 | 221 | 142 | 25 | 46 | 43 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 62.48% |
Mixed doubles[]
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 1R | W | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1 / 9 | 11–8 | |
French Open | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | NH | SF | 0 / 9 | 8–8 | |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | QF | A | NH | A | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | |
US Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 2R | A | NH | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1 / 31 | 32–29 |
Major finals[]
Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)[]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2011 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Masters 1000 finals[]
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)[]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Miami Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(8–10), 4–6 |
Win | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Loss | 2018 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Win | 2019 | Italian Open (2) | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 2019 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
ATP career finals[]
Doubles: 42 (19 titles, 23 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 | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2012 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Loss | 0–3 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Jan 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 0–5 | Feb 2014 | Chile Open, Chile |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–5 | Feb 2014 | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2014 | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [13–15] |
Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2014 | Miami Open, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(8–10), 4–6 |
Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2014 | Colombia Open, Colombia |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [9–11] |
Win | 2–8 | Aug 2014 | Winston-Salem Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–8 | Feb 2015 | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 4–8 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switzerland |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2015 | Swedish Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 4–10 | Aug 2015 | German Open, Germany |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 4–11 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] |
Win | 5–11 | Feb 2016 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 6–11 | Feb 2016 | Rio Open, Brazil (2) |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
Loss | 6–12 | May 2016 | Bavarian International, Germany |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Win | 7–12 | May 2016 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 8–12 | Oct 2016 | Kremlin Cup, Russia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [10–5] |
Win | 9–12 | Feb 2017 | Argentina Open, Argentina (2) |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–13 | Feb 2017 | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 9–14 | Apr 2017 | Hungarian Open, Hungary |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Win | 10–14 | May 2017 | Bavarian International, Germany |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 10–15 | May 2017 | Geneva Open, Switaerland |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] |
Win | 11–15 | Aug 2017 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 11–16 | Jan 2018 | Australian Open, Australia |
Grand Slam | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 11–17 | Feb 2018 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [3–10] |
Win | 12–17 | May 2018 | Italian Open, Italy |
Masters 1000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Loss | 12–18 | Aug 2018 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 12–19 | Jan 2019 | Sydney International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 13–19 | Apr 2019 | Barcelona Open, Spain |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 14–19 | May 2019 | Italian Open, Italy (2) |
Masters 1000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 15–19 | Jun 2019 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom |
250 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] |
Win | 16–19 | Jul 2019 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom |
Grand Slam | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
Loss | 16–20 | Aug 2019 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
Win | 17–20 | Sep 2019 | US Open, United States |
Grand Slam | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 17–21 | Feb 2020 | Mexican Open, Mexico |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [9–11] |
Loss | 17–22 | Oct 2020 | Sardegna Open, Italy |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 17–23 | Feb 2021 | Great Ocean Road Open, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(7–9) |
Win | 18–23 | Mar 2021 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 19–23 | Apr 2021 | Barcelona Open, Spain |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Notes[]
- ^ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Player profile – Juan Sebastian Cabal". Association of Tennis Professionals.
- ^ "Colombian History: Cabal/Farah Triumph In Wimbledon Final Thriller". ATP Tour. 13 July 2019.
External links[]
- Juan Sebastian Cabal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Juan-Sebastian Cabal at the International Tennis Federation
- Juan-Sebastian Cabal at the Davis Cup
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cali
- Colombian male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Colombia
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Australian Open (tennis) champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- Wimbledon champions
- US Open (tennis) champions
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics