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Àlex Corretja

Àlex Corretja
Alex Corretja ATC2010.jpg
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1974-04-11) 11 April 1974 (age 42)
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1991
Retired 2005
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 10,411,354
Singles
Career record 438–281
Career titles 17
Highest ranking No. 2 (1 February 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (1998)
French Open F (1998, 2001)
Wimbledon 2R (1994, 1996)
US Open QF (1996)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals W (1998)
Olympic Games 3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record 103–115
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 50 (9 June 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1998)
Wimbledon 3R (1996)
US Open 3R (1996)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2000)


Àlex Corretja i Verdegay (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaɫəks kuˈrɛdʒə j βərðəˈɣaj]; born 11 April 1974, in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open (in 1998 and 2001). He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in 1999. He also played a key role in helping Spain win its first-ever Davis Cup title in 2000. He became a temporary coach of British tennis player Andy Murray in April 2008 for the duration of the clay-court season and resumed the role in 2009. On 29 March 2011, Corretja and Murray parted company by mutual agreement.

From 2012 until 2013, Corretja coached the Spanish Davis Cup team. He was replaced by Carlos Moyá.

Corretja first came to the tennis world's attention as a promising junior player who won the Orange Bowl 16s title in 1990. He turned professional in 1991 and won his first top-level singles title in 1994 at Buenos Aires. His first doubles title came in 1995 at Palermo.

In 1996, Corretja faced Pete Sampras in an epic five-set quarterfinal match at the US Open. Pete Sampras threw up in the fifth set tiebreak, where Corretja held a match point later on, but he eventually lost to Sampras on a double fault in 4 hours and 9 minutes 6–7, 7–5, 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(7–9).

In 1997, Corretja captured three titles, including his first Tennis Masters Series title in Rome, where he defeated Marcelo Ríos 7–5, 7–5, 6–3. (He won a second Masters Series title in 2000 at Indian Wells.)


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