Miguel Ángel López Jaén (; born 29 November 1982 in
Elche
Elche (, ; , , , ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2024's data, Elche has a population of 234,800 inhabitants, , Spain) is a professional
tennis
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player from Spain.
Junior career
López Jaén had a brief career at the top level of Juniors play, reaching a high of No. 76 in April 2000 before turning his sights on pro tournaments.
Professional career
2000 to 2007
López Jaén cracked the top-300 as a 20-year-old in 2003, but was sidelined by injury early in 2004. He regained his form in 2007, when he again cracked the top-300 late in the year.
2008
From January through March, López Jaén met with limited success, failing to qualify in his ATP attempts, and having limited success at the Futures level.
However, in April, López Jaén qualified into his first ATP tournament, beating No. 161
Dušan Vemić in the qualifying round before bowing out to No. 27
Nicolás Almagro
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in the main draw in
Valencia, Spain. After failing to qualify the next week in
Barcelona
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, he beat his first top-100 opponent, No. 97
Peter Luczak, at a Challenger in Spain in May.
Later in May, López Jaén qualified for the
2008 French Open, beating No. 118
Brian Dabul and No. 242
Alex Bogdanovic to gain entry into his first Grand Slam main draw. He then won his first round match against No. 111
Frank Dancevic in four tight sets, losing to World No. 3
Novak Djokovic in the second round.
López Jaén last played in the 2015 Kazakhstan F4 Futures tournament, losing to George Tsivadze in the Round of 32.
López Jaén has earned a total of $208,271 in his ATP career.
[https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/miguel-angel-lopez-jaen/l513/player-activity?year=all ]
Career finals
Singles
Runner-up (1)
Doubles (1)
Runners-up (3)
References
External links
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Lopez Jaen World Ranking History
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Elche
Tennis players from the Province of Alicante
Spanish male tennis players
21st-century Spanish sportsmen