Francisco "Paco" Fogués Domenech (born 6 August 1977) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Biography

A left-handed player from

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, Fogués turned professional at the age of 21. His coaches included Salvador Roselló and former ATP Tour player José Altur. He was runner-up at

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tournaments at Trandi and Brindisi in 2003. Both of his main draw appearances on the ATP Tour came in 2005. At the

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in Barcelona he made it through qualifying, then had a first round win over

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, before his run by ended by

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. He also featured as a qualifier at

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and was beaten in the first round by Félix Mantilla. Fogués, who has previously coached

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, has been the coach of

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since 2014.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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