Juan Giner

Juan Giner
Full nameJuan Giner
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1978-07-28) 28 July 1978 (age 46)
Cullera, Spain
Prize money$71,812
Singles
Career record2–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 169 (21 October 2002)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 186 (5 November 2001)

Juan Giner (born 28 July 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography

Giner, son of Juan and Maria-Dolores, was born in Cullera, a town 40 km from Valencia. He began playing tennis aged 10 and trained with other juniors including Marat Safin in Valencia.[1] His best performance as a junior came at the 1996 Orange Bowl where he made the quarter-finals.[2]

In the late 1990s he started competing professionally and in his early satellite career had wins over Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gastón Gaudio and a young Rafael Nadal, who he beat twice in a week at a Spanish tournament in 2001. At Challenger level he won one title, the doubles at Antwerp in 2001, partnering Canada's Jerry Turek.[3] In 2002 he made the quarter-finals at the Romanian Open, an ATP Tour tournament, which he played as a qualifier. He beat Željko Krajan and Irakli Labadze, before being eliminated by top seed Andrei Pavel.[4] He played the qualifying rounds at three Grand Slam tournaments in 2003 and retired from professional tennis in 2005.

Now a coach, Giner runs a tennis club in his native Cullera. Formerly part of the coaching team of Sara Errani, he has also coached David Sánchez and Andrea Arnaboldi.[5]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 2001 Antwerp, Belgium Clay Canada Jerry Turek Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen 		6–7(4), 7–6(2), 6–3

References

  1. ^ "Bio". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ Lefler, John (21 December 1996). "Russian Girls Keep Their Cool". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 13 May 2017.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Antwerp Challenger - 14 May - 20 May 2001". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Augusta's Johnson Has Surgery". Los Angeles Times. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Coaches - Tennis Academy Spain". Lozano-Altur Tennis Academy. Retrieved 13 May 2017.