Fernando Verdasco
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| Country (sports) |
 Spain |
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| Residence | Madrid, Spain |
| Born |
15 November 1983 Madrid, Spain |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 12,319,188 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 431–312 (58.01% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 7 |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (20 April 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 40 (January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2009) |
| French Open | 4R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2013) |
| US Open | QF (2009, 2010) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2009) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 169–156 |
| Career titles | 7 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (11 November 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 110 (1 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2009, 2013) |
| French Open | QF (2013) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2008) |
| US Open | QF (2004, 2008, 2014) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (2013) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2008, 2009, 2011) |
| Hopman Cup | W (2013) |
| Last updated on: 1 February 2016. | |
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight. As of 2009, Verdasco has been working in Las Vegas with Andre Agassi and his team, including Darren Cahill (Agassi's former coach) and Gil Reyes (Agassi's fitness coach).
Verdasco has aided Spain in winning three Davis Cup titles, winning the deciding match in both 2008 and 2009, he was part of the winning team in 2011 as well. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open, where he lost to compatriot and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in five sets. The match itself has been considered one of the greatest Grand Slam semifinals of all time. Verdasco has also reached the quarterfinals twice at the US Open, in 2009 and 2010, losing to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal respectively, the latter of whom went on to win the title, and once at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where he led eventual champion Andy Murray by two sets to love before being defeated in five sets.
He turned professional in 2002, finishing as world No. 464. 2002 was a good year for him, as he won his first Futures category title in Spain F1 and was runner-up in Spain F3. He played his pond career challenger in Segovia, where he reached the final after beating Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov in the semifinals. He then reached two additional Challenger semifinals in Kiev and in Eckental, finishing the year in the top 200 at no. 173. 2002 also finished strongly off the court, as Fernando finished runner-up in a closely contested Best Abs in Castilla La Mancha contest.
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