Nicolas Almagro

Full name is Nicolas Almagro Sanchez...Nickname is “Nico”...Parents are Nicolas and Mercedes...His siblings Juan and Balta are both teachers...Started playing tennis at age eight...Favorite surface is clay...Considers forehand his best shot...Enjoys Spanish music, computers and comedies...Also enjoys soccer...Speaks Italian and a little English...Has a 2-0 Davis Cup record (winning both matches in 2008 vs. Peru)...Fitness trainer is Martin Gonzalez (since 1999) and coached by Jose Perlas (since September 2009).

2009 -- The Spaniard finished in Top 30 for third consecutive season after posting a 30-24 mark with a title defense at Acapulco, defeating No. 10 Monfils in final…Only dropped one set during tournament en route to his fifth career ATP World Tour title…Opened season with QF appearances in Auckland (l. to Querrey) and Costa do Sauipe (l. to Gil)…In July reached another QF in Båstad (l. to eventual champion Soderling) and Hamburg (l. to Cuevas)…In Grand Slam play reached 3rd RD at all four events, losing to Top 15 opponents…In latter part of season advanced to his sixth QF of year in Vienna (l. to Kohlschreiber) before losing in Paris* to Nadal in 2nd RD after squandering five match points…Finished season No. 9 in aces (551)…Went 1-4 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 18-12 on clay, 10-11 on hard and 2-1 on grass.

2008 -- The Spaniard compiled his best season by finishing in Top 20 for first time and winning a career-high 35 matches...Won two ATP titles and reached another final, all on clay... In first two months, went 15-3, winning in Costa do Sauipe (d. Moya) and Acapulco (d. Nalbandian)...Made Davis Cup debut vs. Peru and won both 1st RD matches...In April, advanced to final in Valencia (l. to Ferrer)...Continued consistent play with consecutive QF showings in Barcelona, AMS Rome and Roland Garros (l. to Nadal), his best Grand Slam result...Struggled rest of season with on-and-off right hand injury and went 4-7... Underwent surgery July 21 to repair tendon on his right hand...Best finish was 3rd RD at US Open (l. to Muller in five sets)...Went 2-3 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 30-8 on clay (most wins) and 4-8 on hard...Earned a career-high $851,017.

2007 -- Finished in Top 30 for first time (No. 28) and repeated his ATP title in Valencia (d. Starace)...Also advanced to QF or better in six other tournaments, including final in Bastad (l. to Ferrer) and QF at AMS Hamburg (d. No. 7 Robredo, l. to Hewitt).

2006 -- Finished in Top 50 for first time, highlighted by winning first ATP title... Jumped off to a 19-8 start through Roland Garros, with title in Valencia (d. Safin) followed by SF in Barcelona (l. to Nadal) in April...In May, reached first ATP Masters Series QF in Rome (l. to Federer)...Advanced to SF in Palermo in final clay outing...In October, reached QF in Lyon...Early on, advanced to QF in Costa do Sauipe and SF in Acapulco...

2005 -- Reached his first ATP QF in Buenos Aires with wins over Ventura and Zabaleta (l. to Acasuso)... In May, qualified at AMS Rome, reaching 3rd RD with wins over Andreev and No. 4 Safin for first Top 10 win (l. to Stepanek)... Advanced to 2nd RD at Roland Garros, losing to No. 1 Federer...In August, made US Open debut and reached 2nd RD (l. to Dent)...

2004 -- Finished in Top 100 for first time and won one Futures and three Challenger titles (Barletta, Manerbio, Kiev); Reached Barcelona 2nd RD (d. Corretja, l. to Montanes); Made Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at Roland Garros (l. to Kuerten); Reached final at Cordoba Challenger (l. to Muller)...

2003 -- Improved his ATP Ranking by over 700 positions; Made ATP debut in Palermo and advanced to 2nd RD; Claimed six Futures titles in seven finals appearances; Also won first Challenger title in Olbia; Reached doubles finals in Olbia and Manerbio (w/Menedez)...

2002 -- Reached two SFs while going 11-7 in Futures events... 

2001 -- Was 7-5 in Futures events, reaching one SF and two QFs...

2000 -- At 14 years, 9 months, earned first ATP points at Spanish Futures where he reached 2nd RD...  

2010

Began season at Auckland, receiving a first round bye before making a 2nd RD exit (l. to Gicquel)…At the Australian Open, he was named No. 26 seed…Reached the 4th RD (l. to Tsonga 9-7 in fifth set) for the first time in his career…In 22 Grand Slams he had only reached that stage once before at 2008 Roland Garros (en route to QFs)…Beat Malisse, Becker and Falla in first three rounds.

In February, went 2-2 during Latin American swing highlighted by Acapulco QF exit (l. to Ferrero)...Represented Spain versus Switzerland in Davis Cup 1st RD, losing to Wawrinka in five sets.

At Indian Wells beat Zverev, No. 23 seed Karlovic and Blake before retiring with an ankle injury in second set versus No. 4 seed Murray in 4th RD.