Full name is Pablo Andujar Alba...Speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian...Began playing at age six...Father, Jose; mother, Inma...Has one brother, Jose, and sister, Ana...Enjoys football and a fan of Levante U.D....Admires play of countrymen Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal...Reached QF in singles and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title in 2004 (w/Marcel Granollers)...Finished No. 7 in world junior rankings in '04...In 2003, went 4-2 in junior finals and 2-1 following year...Trains at Dectra Academy and plays for Club de Tenis Valencia.
Andujar Q&A Feature (Apr. 2012)
2012 -- The Spaniard finished in Top 50 for 2nd straight year, highlighted by repeat title in Casablanca (d. countryman Ramos), SF in Belgrade (l. to Paire) and QF in Acapulco (l. to Ferrer), all on clay...Ranked in Top 50 in all but 1 week during season (No. 58 on April 9)...In Grand Slam play, reached 2R at Australian Open
(l. to Chela), Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka) and US Open (l. to F. Lopez in 5 sets)...Best ATP Masters 1000 result was 4R at Indian Wells (d. No. 18 F. Mayer, l. to Djokovic in 3 sets)...Posted lone Top 10 win (1-2) over No. 8 Tipsarevic in Cincinnati and went 11-11 on clay and 8-16 on hard courts...Earned a career-high $658,528...
2011 -- The Spaniard finished in Top 50 for 1st time, highlighted by maiden ATP World Tour title in Casablanca (d. Starace) in April and runner-up in Stuttgart (l. to Ferrero) in July and Bucharest (l. to F. Mayer) in September, all on his favourite clay surface…Won a personal-best 22 matches on clay (22-14)...Also a QF in 3 other clay tournaments - Costa do Sauipe, Nice and Kitzbühel...His 1st career Top 10 win came over countryman No. 9 Verdasco in Miami 2R and went 3-11 on hard, 0-3 on grass…Earned a career-high $614,566...
2010 -- The Spaniard finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 71, highlighted by reaching his first ATP World Tour final and a successful Challenger season…In September, qualified in Bucharest ranked World No. 105 and reached final (l. to Chela)…Won Challenger title in Orbetello…Also runner-up in two others while putting together a 28-17 match record…In only Grand Slam appearance at Roland Garros, reached 2nd RD for third straight year…Qualified five times during season…Went 8-8 in ATP matches and earned a career- high $184,910.
2009 -- Reached 2R at Roland Garros (d. Ginepri, l. to Mathieu) for 2nd straight year...
2008 -- The Spaniard broke into Top 100 for a short time with a strong season on Challenger circuit...Compiled a 40-21 record (all but one match on clay) with QF or better in 11 tournaments, including back-to-back home soil titles in August at Vigo (d. Crugnola) and San Sebastian (d. Ramirez Hidalgo)...Afterwards, cracked Top 100 at a career-high No. 88 on Aug. 25...Earlier in season, reached finals at Telde (l. to Gabashvili) and Reggio Emilia (l. to Montcourt)...Also a SF at Napoli, San Remo, Milan and Braunschweig...Won three ATP level matches, all as a qualifier, in Valencia (d. Vliegen, l. to No. 5 Ferrer), in Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros (d. Volandri, l. to Gonzalez) and Bucharest (d. Dabul, to Moya)...Also made rare hard court appearance at US Open (l. to Devilder)...Earned a career-high $176,812.
2007 -- Qualified into his first ATP tournament in Costa do Sauipe (l. to Montanes)...Played well in April-May, with SF at Monza and Mas Palomas Challengers and QF at Tunis Challenger...In ATP level play, won first match in Valencia (d. Greul, l. to Starace) and followed with 3rd RD in Barcelona (d. Salva-Vidal, Ferrero-ret., l. to Canas)...Lost in final round of qualifying at Roland Garros (l. to countryman Navarro)...In August, reached final at Trani Challenger (l. to Cipolla) and followed with back-to-back QF at San Marino and Cordenons Challengers...Following month, reached final at Seville Challenger (l. to Gil)...In doubles, reached final at Turin (w/Saretta) and Tarragona (w/Munoz-De La Nava) Challengers...
2006 -- Reached back-to-back Futures finals at Italy #6 in Catania and Italy #7 in Roma Monterotondo before capturing Challenger titles in Rimini, Italy (d. Eschauer) in July and Vigo, Spain (d. Vicente) in August...In doubles, won titles at Mantova, Vigo and Seville Challengers (w/Granollers) and reached finals at Sassuolo (w/Azzaro) and Barcelona (w/Granollers) Challengers...
2005 -- Enjoyed most success on home soil, competing in 17 Futures tournaments in his native country...Won titles in Spain #15 stop in Elche and Spain #31 event in Vilafranca while reaching final at Spain #29 in Barcelona...Also runner-up at Italy #4 in Caltanissetta and SF in four other tournaments...In doubles, went 2-4 in Futures finals...
2004 -- Played five Futures events and advanced to QF in Spain #14 and Belgium #2, his best results...
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