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Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former professional
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player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 10 in July 2012. He announced his retirement from professional tennis on 15 May 2017.


Biography

Mónaco was born in
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,
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, to Héctor, a businessman, and Cristina, an architect. He has two siblings. He enjoys spending time at home in
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with family and friends. His favorite sports to follow are football and basketball. His favorite teams are
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and the
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. His favorite surface is clay. He counts
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and countryman
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as his heroes. He also enjoys going to the cinema. His favorite movies are
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and
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. He is also a fan of The Lord of the Rings books. Mónaco started playing tennis at the age of six. He used to be mentored by Luis Lobo of Argentina. Since the latter part of the 2010 season, Mónaco was coached by
Mariano Zabaleta Mariano Zabaleta (born 28 February 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. He had an unusual but effective service motion. His best shot was his forehand and his favourite surface was clay. Zabaleta's career highlights ...
. He added Gastón Etlis to his coaching team in February 2011.


Career


2002–2003

In 2002, Mónaco made his pro circuit debut. On 12 February, he won his first tournament in Jamaica F20, Montego Bay by defeating Francisco Rodríguez of Paraguay. He ended the year ranked no. 470 in singles. In 2003, Mónaco reached six finals, finishing as runner-up in two events in Jamaica F3, Montego Bay, losing to American Wayne Odesnik, and in Argentina F6, Buenos Aires losing to compatriot Diego Moyano. He however won four, all on clay, of his six finals. He won in Jamaica F4, Montego Bay, in Bolivia F1, La Paz, in Argentina F1, Buenos Aires, and Uruguay F2, Uruguay defeating Dmitri Sitak of Russia, and his compatriots Matias O'Neille, Carlos Berlocq, and Ignacio González King respectively. He ended the year ranked at no. 324 in singles.


2004–2006

Mónaco started 2004 by winning in São Paulo–1, Brazil defeating Adrián García of Chile. He also made his ATP Debut in his home of Buenos Aires, Argentina in the 2004 Argentina Open, where he reached the quarterfinals (l.
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). He followed this up with a third-round result in his first Master Series event in the 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open, losing to
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. He made his Grand Slam debut in the
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as a qualifier, losing in the second round to eventual finalist and compatriot
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. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 Swedish Open, losing to Chilean
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. He got his best result of the year reaching his first semifinal in 2004 Idea Prokom Open in Sopot (l. to
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) and 2004 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in Paloma (l. to
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). He also made his 2004 US Open debut, but lost to compatriot
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in the first round. He ended the year in the top 100 for the first time, ranked at no. 73 in singles. In 2005, Mónaco made his
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debut, losing in the first round to American
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. He reached the second round of the
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and the quarterfinals in 2005 BMW Open, both times losing to compatriot
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. He reached the second round of 2005 Internazionali BNL d'Italia and the 2005 Hamburg Masters, losing to
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and
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, respectively. He lost in the first round of the 2005 French Open to
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. He made his
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debut, losing to
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. However, he got his first top-20 win, defeating Spaniard
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, but lost the next round to Tomáš Zíb in the 2005 Mercedes Cup Open. He reached the quarterfinals in the Vietnam Open, losing to
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. He ended the year 12 places lower than the previous year, at no. 85. In 2006, Mónaco recorded three first-round exits in the first two months in Buenos Aires, Santiago, Chile, and Adelaide and second-round exits at the
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and the 2006 Medibank International. However, he rebounded by reaching the semifinals in the Brasil Open, losing to
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of Chile. Following the semifinal appearance, he lost four straight matches in Acapulco, the
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, the 2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and Morocco. He also lost in the first round of the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, losing to veteran French player
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, and lost in the second round of the 2006 Hamburg Masters to
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. Following these losses, Mónaco achieved great results in the next four weeks, reaching the quarterfinals in Poertschach (l. to
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), the third round of Roland Garros (l. to
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), and the semifinals of the 2006 Mercedes Cup (l. to
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). Following this semifinal appearance, he lost four matches in a row again a second-round loss in the Orange Warsaw Open (l. to
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) and a first-round loss at the US Open, BCR Open Romania, and the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open. He reached the third round of the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to
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. He ended the year ranked number no. 69 in singles. In doubles, he made two semifinal appearance in the 2007 Brasil Open partnering compatriot
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, and in the 2007 Mercedes Cup partnering
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.


2007

2007 was Mónaco's most successful year. Mónaco started the year with a quarterfinal appearance at the
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, losing to compatriot
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. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Brasil Open losing to another compatriot
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. Mónaco entered his home tournament of 2007 Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires ranked at no. 66, and exited with his first ATP title dominating Alessio di Mauro in the final in straight sets. However, he exited in the first round of his next three tournaments in the Acapulco, Indian Wells, and a Challenger event. He reached the second round of the 2007 Miami Masters, losing to
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. He also reached the quarterfinals of the
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, losing to American James Blake and at the 2007 Estoril Open (l. to
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). He qualified for the Hamburg Masters, but lost to top seed and eventual champion
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in the second round in three tight sets. Following his good performance against Federer, he went on to compete in the
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in Pörtschach and won the title against
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. In the 2007 Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart he lost to
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in straight sets in the quarterfinals. He won his third title of the year in the 2007 Austrian Open in Kitzbühel after defeating the top seed
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in the quarterfinals and Potito Starace in the final. In the 2007 Cincinnati Masters, he defeated a player in the top 5 for the first time and the highest-ranked player he has defeated the world no. 2 at the time
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, when Nadal retired. Mónaco lost to
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in the third round. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Stockholm Open, where he lost to
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, and the third round of the 2007 Madrid Masters, after avenging his lost against
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in the second round. In the Grand Slams, Mónaco lost in the first round of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, losing to
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and Kristof Vliegen, respectively. However, he reached the fourth round of the French Open and the US Open, losing to former French Open Champion
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and
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. These results are the farthest he has gone at Grand Slams. He ended the year ranked no. 23, his highest year-end rank.


2008

In 2008, Mónaco started the year with a semifinal appearance at the 2008 Heineken Open, losing to German
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. He also reached the third round of the
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, the furthest he has reached so far, losing to
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. In his first tournament after the Australian Open, he reached the final of the 2008 Movistar Open. He was scheduled to play
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in the final, but Gonzalez was granted a walkover due to a left ankle injury sustained by Mónaco during the doubles final. Despite this, his performance during the week elevated Mónaco to a career-high ranking of world no. 14. At the 2008 Copa Telmex as the defending champion, Mónaco lost in the first round. Shortly afterwards, he lost in the second round of the 2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco. He also reached the third round of both the
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in Indian Wells, losing to
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, and the
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in Miami, losing to
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. He represented
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in the Davis Cup quarterfinal clash against Sweden and won his only match against
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. He reached the quarterfinals in Valencia and the second round of the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters and 2008 Rome Masters losing to
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and
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, respectively. He also reached the third round of the 2008 Hamburg Masters, losing to
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and the final, of 2008 Hypo Group Tennis International losing to top seed
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. He reached the semifinals of the 2008 Orange Warsaw Open, losing to
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. At the Beijing Olympics, Mónaco lost to
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in three tight sets 4–6, 7–6(7-5), 3–6, followed by successive defeats at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis and the 2008 US Open. He fell in the first round of the 2008 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, losing to
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, and the 2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon to
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. He reached the second round of both the 2008 Stockholm Open and the 2008 BNP Paribas Masters after qualifying for both tournaments. Mónaco ended the year ranked no. 46 in the world, 23 places lower than his year-end ranking in 2007. In doubles, Mónaco started the year with a win in the 2008 Heineken Open partnering
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. He reached the semifinals of 2008 US Open, losing to
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and
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. He also reached the final of the 2008 Movistar Open and won the 2008 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, all partnering fellow Argentine
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.


2009

In 2009, Mónaco started the year in 2009 Heineken Open losing to Serbian Viktor Troicki in the second round and a quarterfinal appearance in the 2009 Movistar Open. He lost in the first round of 2009 Brasil Open, the 2009 Australian Open, and Acapulco. He reached his first final of the year in Buenos Aires at the 2009 Copa Telmex, losing to
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in a tight three-setter. In doubles, he reached the third round of the 2009 Australian Open and the final of 2009 Brasil Open, both partnering
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He represented Argentina in the Davis Cup, defeating
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of the Netherlands. He also reached the second round of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, losing to
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after winning the first set. He also reached the third round of the 2009 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, losing to German Andreas Beck, after defeating
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in the second round, and the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell losing to
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after defeating
Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
in the first round. He reached his first Masters quarterfinal at the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, entering as a qualifier and beating
Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
in the second round,
Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...
in the third round, but losing to
Fernando González Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He contested hi ...
. He also reached the round of 16 at the 2009 Estoril Open and the 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he faced three Spaniards losing to
Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved in April 2009, and w ...
after defeating
Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016. ...
and
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
. He also represented Argentina along with
Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level sing ...
and
Máximo González Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023 ...
at the 2009 ARAG World Team Cup, where he won his only singles match against Serbian
Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional player. He is also a politician, serving as a member of the City Assembly of Belgrade since 21 June 2024. He is ...
. He reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
. He lost in the first round of Wimbledon, still failing to capture his first win there, losing to
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
in a match that lasted almost four hours. He represented Argentina once again in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Davis Cup against the Czech Republic, losing both his matches. He then competed in the 2009 Swedish Open, defeating eighth seed
Máximo González Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023 ...
and dominating in his next three matches against Victor Crivoi, top seed
Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved in April 2009, and w ...
, and third seed and defending champion
Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés (, ; born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the 2006 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Hamburg M ...
, before losing to
Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on th ...
in the final. In the 2009 International German Open, he defeated
Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
and
José Acasuso José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso (; born 20 October 1982) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off bot ...
. He then lost to
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
in the third round. Mónaco competed directly in the 2009 US Open without competing in any events in 2009 US Open Series. He lost to eventual champion
Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level sing ...
in the first round. At the 2009 BCR Open Romania, Mónaco reached his third final of the year, but once again ended as runner-up to
Albert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca (, ; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubl ...
, after defeating qualifiers Júlio Silva and Pere Riba, eighth seed
Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
, and German Simon Greul. Because of this final appearance he ended the year with 29 wins on clay, the most wins on clay by any player. In the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, he retired against
Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis (, born 30 August 1988) is a Latvian former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 10, making him the only male Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10, a feat achieved in June 20 ...
in the second round after defeating Guillermo García López. He then lost to Victor Troicki in the first round of the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000. He lost to
Joachim Johansson Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005. Backg ...
, after defeating Jan Hernych in the first round of the 2009 If Stockholm Open. He competed in the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon as the fourth seed, but was upset by
Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 3 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), winning 26 career doubles titles, including three majors and ...
in the second round after defeating Frenchman Josselin Ouanna in the first round. He lost in the second round of the 2009 Valencia Open 500 to
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
. He then lost to
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
, despite leading 5–3 in the second set, after defeating
Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...
in the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters. This was his last tournament of the year, reaching three finals; the most since winning three titles in 2007. He ended the year at no. 30.


2010

Mónaco started 2010 with the Heineken Open, where he defeated
Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion ...
in the first round, but lost to eventual champion
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
in three sets. He lost to sixth seed
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open, having defeated
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and
Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 3 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), winning 26 career doubles titles, including three majors and ...
in five sets. He lost to
Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...
in the final of the 2010 Movistar Open, after defeating
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,
Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as "El Flaco" or "Liliano," is a tennis coach and former professional player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post ...
,
Peter Luczak Peter Luczak (, ; born 31 August 1979) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. His career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 64, achieved in October 2009. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the Gold i ...
, and
João Souza João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
. He lost to
Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
in the semifinals of the 2010 Copa Telmex just hours after defeating
Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion ...
in the quarterfinals, where he did not face a single break point. He also defeated
Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as "El Flaco" or "Liliano," is a tennis coach and former professional player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post ...
in the second round and
Łukasz Kubot Łukasz Kubot (; born 16 May 1982) is a former Polish professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt, as well as the ...
. He lost to
Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
in the semifinals of the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, retiring with an abdominal strain. He defeated top seed
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in the quarterfinals,
Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as "El Flaco" or "Liliano," is a tennis coach and former professional player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post ...
for the second time in as many weeks, and
Alberto Martín Alberto Martín Magret (; born 20 August 1978) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He won three singles titles and reached five Masters Series quarterfinals on clay. Tennis career Martín turned professional in 1995. He won three singles ti ...
. He defeated
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in the second round of the 2010 BNP Paribas Open. He then faced
Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
in the third round; this was their third straight meeting, with Ferrero prevailing in the other two. He upset Ferrero for the first time in a match than lasted over 3 hours. He then defeated Guillermo García López to reach his first hardcourt Master Series quarterfinal. He lost to eventual champion
Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career high ...
in a three-set match. In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, he lost in the third round to
Fernando González Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He contested hi ...
, after defeating Marsel İlhan in the second round. In the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he defeated qualifier
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for the first time in three meetings and was upset by
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in the second round. His bad run continued as he was upset by Daniel Gimeno Traver in the first round as the tenth seed of the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. He defeated
Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian coach and a former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open a ...
, but lost to Victor Hănescu in the second round of the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. In the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, he defeated Simon Greul and
Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...
. He then lost to
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
. He then led Argentina to their second ARAG World Team Cup. In the final he defeated American
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. At the 2010 French Open, he was upset by qualifier
Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja (born 29 September 1986) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. He has won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2012, he reached the third round of the US Open, the first Slovenian male player eve ...
in four sets in the first round. He then withdrew from the 2010 Wimbledon Championships due to a wrist injury and missed two months of action. He made his return in the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in a losing effort to
Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (; born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He has an ATP career-high ranking in singles of World No. 40 achieved on 19 July 2010. Career Considered a top prospect of hi ...
. He then lost in the first round of 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis, the US Open, and the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. In October, he reached an
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semifinal for the first time in the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 by defeating
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6–4, 7–6
Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (; born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He has an ATP career-high ranking in singles of World No. 40 achieved on 19 July 2010. Career Considered a top prospect of hi ...
2–6, 6–3, 6–4,
Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017. At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 An ...
6–2, 6–0 and
Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...
6–7, 7–5, 6–2, but then lost to World No. 4
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6–4, 6–1. At the 2010 Valencia Open 500 he upset defending champion Andy Murray 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the second round but was then upset by
Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the second Spanish man to achieve the feat (after Emilio Sánchez Vicari ...
1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the following round. Mónaco, played his last tournament of the year at the BNP Paribas Masters where he defeated
Sam Querrey Samuel Austin Querrey ( ; born October 7, 1987) is an American professional pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known ...
6–2, 7–6 but fell to no. 2 seed
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
6–4, 6–3 in the second round after failing to convert 7 of 8 break points.


2011

Mónaco began his 2011 season at the 2011 Heineken Open as the fifth seed, but was upset by
Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino (born 29 June 1988) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, attained on 29 January 2024. He has won five ATP Tour singles titles, three on hardcourt and two on grass. Te ...
. At the first Grand Slam of the year the
Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...
, he was upset by
Robin Haase Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023 ...
in the second round. In the South American clay season, he fell in the first round of 2011 Movistar Open to
Máximo González Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023 ...
and the quarterfinals of the 2011 Copa Claro and 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, losing to
Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP T ...
and
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
, respectively. At the
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, he was upset by American qualifier Ryan Sweeting in the second round after receiving a bye in the first round. At the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, he fell to third seed
Roger Federer Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
in the third round. In the European clay season, Mónaco didn't have a lot of success. At the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he lost to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
. He then fell in the second round of the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell to Simone Vagnozzi. He then lost to
Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016. ...
in the first round of the 2011 Serbia Open. At the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open and 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, he lost to
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
on both occasions, in the third round and second round, respectively. He then represented Argentina at the 2011 Power Horse World Team Cup, where they fell in the final to Germany. At Roland Garros, Mónaco suffered a first-round exit at the hands of
Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved in April 2009, and w ...
. At
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, he lost in five sets to
Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
in the first round. He then represented Argentina at the 2011 Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan and won both his matches. He then had to withdraw from the second round 2011 Swedish Open due to a foot injury. At the 2011 International German Open, he reached the third round, losing to
Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP Tour title after four previous defeats in AT ...
. He then fell early at the 2011 Rogers Cup and 2011 Western & Southern Open. He then played at the 2011 Winston-Salem Open, losing to
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
in the quarterfinals. Mónaco reached the fourth round of the US Open, before losing to Federer. He then lost three matches in a row, starting with the 2011 Davis Cup semifinal, in a dead rubber he retired to
Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional player. He is also a politician, serving as a member of the City Assembly of Belgrade since 21 June 2024. He is ...
after losing the first set 6–2, and the first round of the 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters. He then reached his first final in over a year and a half at the 2011 Valencia Open 500, but lost to
Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the second Spanish man to achieve the feat (after Emilio Sánchez Vicari ...
after upsetting
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
in the first round and
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
in the semifinals. He then continued his success at the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters, with wins over
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and
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, before losing to
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in the quarterfinals. He finished the year no. 26 in the world.


2012

Mónaco began his 2012 campaign at the 2012 Australian Open as the 25th seed, but was upset by
Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...
in the first round. He then competed in the 2012 VTR Open as the top seed. He received a first-round bye, then defeated
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,
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,
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, and finally Carlos Berlocq in the final. This was his fourth title and first since 2007, It also ended his seven consecutive runner-up finishes. He then represented Argentina against Germany in the first round of the Davis Cup and won his only match against
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. He then played at the 2012 Copa Claro, losing to compatriot
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. He then retired in his first-round match at the 2012 Abierto Mexicano Telcel due to dehydration against
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. At the first Masters of the year, the 2012 BNP Paribas Open, he fell in the third round to eventual finalist
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. At the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open, he fell to world no. 1 and defending champion
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in his second Masters semifinals, after wins over
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, 14th seed
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, 31st seed
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, and 8th seed
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. This performance pushed him to no. 16 in the world, his highest ranking since May 2008. He then played in the 2012 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as the 4th seed and wild card. He beat Tatsuma Ito, Kevin Anderson, and Michael Russell to advance to the final. In the final, he faced second seed
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and won, to claim his second title of the year and fifth overall. He also matched his career-high ranking of no. 14 in the world after the win. He then played at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he retired due to a right ankle injury in his first-round match against
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while leading by a break in the third. The injury also forced him to withdraw from the Barcelona Open and the Mutua Madrid Open. He was seeded 14th in Rome and won his first two matches against Adrian Ungur, and
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, before losing to defending champion and world no. 1
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. At the
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, he first faced Frenchman
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. He then cruised passed
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. In the third round he had a tough match against the big-serving Canadian
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and converted 3/16 break points and saved all break points he faced, the Argentinian won the match. He made it to the fourth round, where he lost to
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. He was broken twice in the first set and pulled a double bagel in the second and third, although he had a couple of break opportunities of his own in the second. At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, he finally notched his first career win on grass by beating compatriot Leonardo Mayer in the first round. He then followed it up with a win over
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. In the third round, he lost to Viktor Troicki despite leading the 1st set by a break and coming back from a break in the second. Juan Mónaco then played the 2012 MercedesCup, he cruised past
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and
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in straight sets after receiving a bye in the first round. He then faced
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and was leading 5–0 in the third set; he then lost 5 games in a row but eventually won 7–5. In the final he lost to top seed
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, even after coming back from 1–4 in the second and had momentum in the third. He then played at the 2012 International German Open, he first met Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round and won in three tight sets, being down 5–4 in the final set with Stebe serving for the match. He then won in straight sets against Daniel Muñoz de la Nava and
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. In the semifinals he faced top seed
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losing the first set, he came back and won the second. He was down 4–2 in the third but won the last 4 games to advance to the final. In the final he faced local man and wild card
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and won being 4–1 down in the first. With the win he entered the top ten for the first time in his career. He then played the
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defeating
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before losing to
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in the following round. He then suffered 4 loses in a row, losing in the second round of 2012 Rogers Cup to Mardy Fish, first round of the 2012 Western & Southern Open to
Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
, first round of the 2012 US Open to Guillermo García López despite bring with two sets and a break up. He lost his fourth match in a row in the 2012 Davis Cup to
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
, Mónaco led 4–2 in the fourth set and came back on serve after being down 4–0 in the fifth. At the 2012 Proton Malaysian Open he defeated Jimmy Wang, and
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. In the semifinals, he defeated
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after coming back 5–2 in the final set. In the final he faced
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and claimed his first hard-court title. He lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round of the 2012 Shanghai Masters. 2012 proved to be Mónaco's best year so far, with four singles titles.


2013

He lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Andrey Kuznetsov, suffering with a back injury. He then continued to play singles in the Davis Cup against Germany, where he won both matches defeating
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and
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, and his team won 5–0. In doubles, he played with
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in his comeback and reached the final of the VTR Open, losing to Italians
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and Potito Starace. Mónaco made five first-round exits in the main draw of ATP events. In the Davis Cup quarterfinals against France, he hit back with a solid win over
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in the second rubber, but lost his second match to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
. He was the defending champion at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but in a rematch of the previous year's final, he lost to
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. He then followed it up with a third-round showing at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, losing to eventual champion
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. At the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, he was able to reach the quarterfinals, losing to
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. However, he fell early at the Mutua Madrid Open and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. However, Mónaco bounced back, beating
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to win the inaugural Power Horse Cup, which was his first title of the year. However, in his next match at the
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he lost in the first round to Daniel Gimeno Traver having led by two sets to love. He had thus failed to win a single Grand Slam match since first entering the top 10 in the world rankings. Mónaco ended this run at Wimbledon in 2013 by reaching the third round for the second year in succession, where he was defeated by
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. He then made three consecutive quarterfinal appearances: at the
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, losing to
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, International German Open, losing to
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, and at the Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, losing to
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. He reached his second final of the year at the Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, but lost to
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. He then withdrew from the Rogers Cup and lost in the second round of the Western & Southern Open to
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. At the
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, he lost in the third round to
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. At the US Open, he retired in the first round with a stomachache and headache against
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. In the Davis Cup semifinal against the Czech Republic, he lost his only match against
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. In his final tournament of the year at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, he lost to
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. Mónaco withdrew from events for the rest of the year due to a wrist injury. As a result, he ended the year as no.42.


2014–2016

In 2014, Mónaco failed to win consecutively until May in Düsseldorf, where he was the defending champion. He reach the quarterfinals after beating
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and
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. After the tournament, his ranking was down to no. 76 due to the loss of points he had been defending. At Gstaad, he defeated Guillermo García López and
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on the way to the final, where he was beaten by Pablo Andújar. He reached the semifinals in Kitzbühel, where he was beaten by
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. He made a first-round exit at the US Open, falling to
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. He made it to the semifinals of the Shenzhen Open, beating
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in the quarterfinals, but unable to overcome
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. At the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters, he defeated
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and eighth-seeded
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to reach the third round, where he lost to
Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
. He ended the year at the Kremlin Cup, again losing to Youzhny in the second round. January 2015 was not a good month for Mónaco, as he failed to make it past the first round of any tournament. In February, he made it to the quarterfinals of the Rio Open, falling to
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. He had continued success on the South American clay courts at the Argentina Open, making it to the final against
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, but unable to overcome him. Mónaco made it to the third round at Indian Wells and the quarterfinals in Miami, falling to Thanasi Kokkinakis and
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, respectively. He made a series of second-round exits on the European clay courts, until Nice, where he made the quarterfinals. Then, he made another series of second-round exits, including at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He did not make past the second round for the rest of the year, and finished the year with a first round loss to
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. Mónaco started 2016 with a second-round loss to
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in
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and a first-round loss to Daniel Gimeno Traver in
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. After two disappointing Masters 1000, Mónaco won his first tournament since 2013 in
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, beating
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in the final in three sets. In May, after losing at the Masters in Madrid, Mónaco defeated
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at the
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, but pulled out in the quarterfinals. The rest of the season was not successful, failing to make it past the second round in any tournament, save at the Japan Open, where he made it to the quarterfinals. He played one tie Argentina's successful Davis Cup campaign of 2016, losing his match in the Quarter Finals, but being a part of the team overall to win the 2016 Davis Cup.


2017: Retirement

Mónaco began his season at Indian Wells, losing in the first round to
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. He was no more successful at the Miami Open, also losing in the first round, this time to Federico Delbonis. In April, Mónaco lost to Dustin Brown in the first round in
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, and announced his retirement the following month on 15 May.


Endorsements

Mónaco wore
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sportswear, and played with a Yonex VCore Xi 98 racquet.


ATP career finals


Singles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner-ups)


Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)


Team competition finals: 1 (1 runner-up)


Performance timelines


Singles

1Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.
2Held as Madrid Masters (hardcourt) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.


Doubles

''Current through the
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.


Head-to-head against other players

Mónaco's win–loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or better is as follows: ''Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.'' *
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5–6 *
Mario Ančić Mario Ančić (; born 30 March 1984) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as a private equity vice president in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Ančić's career- ...
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Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis (Greek language, Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, Arabic language, Arabic: ماركوس بغداتيس); born 17 June 1985 is a Greek Cypriot former professional tennis player and coach. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Aus ...
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Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
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Jonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 ...
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Guillermo Cañas Guillermo "Willy" Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in June 2005. Cañas wo ...
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Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...
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Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément (; born 17 December 1977) is a French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup captain. Clément reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 in April 2001. He ...
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Guillermo Coria Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born 13 January 1982), nicknamed ''El Mago'' (''The Magician'' in Spanish), is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP world No. 3 Singles (ten ...
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Albert Costa Albert Costa Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Tennis career Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He ...
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Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
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Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level sing ...
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Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
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Roger Federer Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
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David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
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Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
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Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. He was a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several American tennis players who rose to prominence in the early 2000s. Fish won six tournaments on the ...
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Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant championship c ...
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Fernando González Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He contested hi ...
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Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German–American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017, and was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May ...
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Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...
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John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
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Joachim Johansson Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005. Backg ...
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Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking in May 2002. His career highlights in si ...
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Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the list of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals f ...
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Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career high ...
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Nicolás Massú Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried (; born 10 October 1979), nicknamed ''El Vampiro'' (Spanish, 'the vampire'), is a Chilean tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ...
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Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...
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Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in November 2016. Mon ...
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Carlos Moyá Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Moyá won 20 ATP Tour-level singles tit ...
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Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
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David Nalbandian David Pablo Nalbandian (; born 1 January 1982) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He reached his highest ranking in singles of world No. 3 in March 2006, during a career that spanned from 2000 to 2013. Nalbandian was runner-up in ...
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Milos Raonic Milos Raonic ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP ...
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Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés (, ; born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the 2006 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Hamburg M ...
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Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
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Marc Rosset Marc Rosset (; born 7 November 1970) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering c ...
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Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
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Gilles Simon Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and won fourteen singles titles on the ATP Tour, and attained a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 6, on 5 January 2009. Personal li ...
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Jack Sock Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American former professional tennis doubles and a current pickleball player. He won four career singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and had career-high tennis rankings of world No. 8 ...
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Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on th ...
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Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan (; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Srichaphan was the first player from Asia to be ranked in the world's top 10 of men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), reaching ...
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Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
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Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional player. He is also a politician, serving as a member of the City Assembly of Belgrade since 21 June 2024. He is ...
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
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Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved in April 2009, and w ...
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Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP T ...
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Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
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Mónaco world ranking history


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Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was the world No. 1 of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977. He won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during ...
and Gabriela Sabatini together in Buenos Aires) at '' Clarín'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Monaco, Juan 1984 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Argentina Sportspeople from Tandil Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Argentine sportsmen