Joan Balcells
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Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (born June 20, 1975, in Barcelona
) is a retired professional tennis
player from Spain
. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career. Balcells 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.
Barcelona
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) is a retired professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Spain
Spain
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. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career. Balcells played for the Spain Davis Cup team
Spain Davis Cup team
The Spain Davis Cup team represents Spain in the Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis, presided over by José Luis Escañuela....
in 2000
2000 Davis Cup
The 2000 Davis Cup was the 89th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 135 nations participated in the tournament...
, winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja i Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in 1999...
) in the final against Australia
Australia Davis Cup team
The Australian Davis Cup team is the second most successful team ever to compete in the Davis Cup, winning the coveted title on 23 separate occasions, second behind the United States with 32....
. He retired in 2004.
Singles titles (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | September 11, 2000 | Bucharest, Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
Clay |  Markus HantschkMarkus Hantschk Markus Hantschk is a male former tennis player from Germany. He played between 1996 and 2006. He reached two singles finals in ATP tournaments.-Singles runner-up :- External links :*... |
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(1) |
Singles finalist (1)
- 2002: ScottsdaleTennis Channel OpenThe Tennis Channel Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 2–6, 6–3...
(lost to Andre AgassiAndre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
, 2–6, 6–7(2))
Doubles finalist (2)
- 2000: Bogotá (partnering Mauricio HadadMauricio HadadMauricio Hadad is a former tennis player from Colombia.Hadad is of Lebanese background. The right-hander turned pro in 1988 and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on September 11, 1995, when he became World number 78. His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1996...
; lost to Pablo AlbanoPablo AlbanoPablo Albano , is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.Albano enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 25 in 1997.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
/Lucas Arnold KerLucas Arnold KerLucas Arnold Ker is a professional tennis player from Argentina.Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell....
, 6–7(4), 6–1, 2–6) - 2001: DohaQatar ExxonMobil OpenThe Qatar Open, currently known as the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...
(partnering Andrei OlhovskiyAndrei OlhovskiyAndrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....
; lost to Mark KnowlesMark KnowlesMark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...
/Daniel NestorDaniel NestorDaniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
, 3–6, 1–6)