Juan Carlos Báguena

Juan Carlos Báguena (Spanish pronunciation: [xwaŋ ˈkaɾloz ˈβaɣena];[lower-alpha 1] born 7 January 1967) is a tennis coach[1] and former professional tennis player from Spain.[2]

Juan Carlos Báguena
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1967-01-07) 7 January 1967
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$168,464
Singles
Career record3–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 206 (15 Jan 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open1R (1991)
Doubles
Career record27–53
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 107 (9 Sep 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (1989)

Career

Báguena was primarily a doubles player and reached the semi-finals at Bari in 1988.[3]

He made the second round of the men's doubles in the 1989 French Open, partnering Borja Uribe.[3] The pair beat Australians Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann in what was a close opening round encounter, won 9–7 in the third and final set.[3] In the mixed doubles he played with Jo-Anne Faull and also reached the second round.[3]

In 1990, Baguena teamed up with Omar Camporese to win the Madrid Trophy.[3] At the same event he also reached the singles quarter-finalist. He also reached the doubles semi-finals in Genova that year.[3]

The Spaniard made his only Grand Slam singles appearance at the 1991 French Open and lost a five set opening match to Christian Miniussi.[3] His best performance of the year came in Florence, where he and Carlos Costa were doubles runners-up.[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 1990 Madrid, Spain Clay Omar Camporese Andrés Gómez
Javier Sánchez		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 1991 Florence, Italy Clay Carlos Costa Ola Jonsson
Magnus Larsson		 6–3, 1–6, 1–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1988 Strasbourg, France Clay Borja Uribe Pavel Vojtisek
Ivo Werner		 6–4, 6–3
2. 1990 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Francisco Roig Slava Doseděl
Richard Krajicek		 7–5, 5–7, 6–4

Notes
  1. In isolation, they are pronounced [xwan], [ˈkaɾlos] and [ˈbaɣena] respectively.

References
  1. www.jcbaguena.com Juan Carlos Báguena - Tenis en los colegios
  2. ITF Tennis Profile
  3. ATP World Tour Profile


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