Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian professional

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player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011, but has achieved most of his success in doubles. Cabal is a three-time

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Champion, having won both the

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and the US Open in 2019 in men's doubles, alongside compatriot Robert Farah, as well as the

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in mixed doubles with

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. He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the

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, partnering

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, and the

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with Farah. Cabal has won 20 doubles titles on the

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, including two at

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level, and became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. He has spent a total of 29 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and he and Farah were the 2019 ATP Doubles Team of the year. Cabal has represented Colombia in the

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since 2008, as well as at the

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and

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Olympic Games.

Professional career

2011: ATP, Grand Slam debut and final, New partnership with Farah, Top 25 year-end ranking

2011 is considered as Cabal ATP and Grand Slam debut, and also considered the best year for his doubles performance at the

with Argentine

making history for Colombian tennis, as they defeated the No. 1 ranked pair in the semifinals, brothers

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and

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, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–3 and then lost the final to

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and

Max Mirnyi Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...

. In his second Gram Slam tournament, the

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, he debuted in the first round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the 4th seeded pair at the tournament, consisting of Pakistani

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(8 in the world) and India's

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(9 in the world), 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. In the second round, they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and

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Kazakhstan, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked No. 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.

2013: First ATP final with Farah

In the

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, he partnered again with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013, they also reached the final at the ATP250 2013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He finished the year ranked No. 43 in the world.

2014: First two ATP titles, seventh final

In 2014, Cabal and Farah reached six ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500

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and the ATP250

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. They also reached the final of the ATP1000 event in

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where they lost to

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and

. He also reached a seventh final in his home country's ATP250 event, the 2014 Claro Open Colombia in Bogota with compatriot

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. He finished the year ranked No. 22 in the world.

2015: Two more ATP 250 titles, Top 20 debut

In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the 2015 Brasil Open and the 2015 Geneva Open and reaching another three finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in the world. In Grand Slam events the pair struggled reaching the second round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked No. 25 in the world.

2016: Four ATP titles

2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles, winning four. At the

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, they had their best Grand Slam result of the year, reaching the third round. In February they won two events in South America, the

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in Buenos Aires and the 2016 Rio Open. In May they reached the final in

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in Munich, and then won the ATP250 event in

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for a second time in their career. They finished the season by winning the

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in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked No. 30 in the world.

2017: Two more ATP 250 titles

In 2017, Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the third round at the

. They returned to South America, defending their title at the

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and reaching the final again in

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. They then won the ATP250 event in

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. He then reached his first Grand Slam semifinal since 2011 at the

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with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and

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2018: Australian Open final, First Masters 1000 title, Top 10 debut

In May 2018, at the

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, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title against

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and

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. With the win, Cabal reached the top 10 for the first time in his career.

2019: Two Grand Slam and Second Masters titles, World No. 1

In 2019, the most successful year for Cabal and Farah, they won their first ever grand slam men's doubles title at

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in 2019, defeating Frenchmen

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and

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in a thrilling 5 set match that required 4 tie-break sets; this victory helped Farah and Cabal to both ascend to world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.

2020: French Open semifinal, World No. 2

Before the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the season, Cabal competed with

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in the

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, where they lost in the second round. Playing with Farah once more, the pair reached the second round of the 2020 US Open. Then, they reached the semifinal of the delayed

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, losing to

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and

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. Cabal ended the year as the world number 2.

2021: Three titles, French Open semifinal, Olympics quarterfinals, Finals qualification

Cabal and Farah started their year by reaching the final at the

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where they reached the final, losing to

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and

. Despite being seeded first, they lost in the second round of the

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and

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. They won their first title of the year in

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, defeating

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and

in the final. After losing in

and

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, they claimed their second title of the year in

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. This was followed by successive first round exits in two Masters 1000 events,

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and

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. At the

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, Cabal and Farah were seeded second and reached the semifinals, losing to eventual champions Pierre-Hughes Herbert and

. In the grass season, they suffered a second round loss at

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, before a semifinal appearance at

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, where they lost to

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and

Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...

, who also defeated them in the quarterfinals at

. Cabal and Farah represented Colombia at the Tokyo Olympics, where they reached the quarterfinals before losing to the New Zealand pairing of

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and Michael Venus. They suffered a disappointing American hard court season, losing in the first round of the US Open and Indian Wells. However, they captured their third title of the year in

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, avenging their earlier defeats to Salisbury and Ram by beating them in the final in straight sets. During their run, they qualified for the

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2022: Two Masters finals

Performance timelines

Doubles

''Current through the

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Mixed doubles

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 45 (20 titles, 25 runner-ups)

Notes

References

External links

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