Joan Balcells

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Balcells and the second or maternal family name is Fornaguera.

Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam məˈnɛl βəlˈseʎs fuɾnəˈɣeɾə, ʒuˈam bəlˈseʎs]; born 20 June 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career and reached the final in Scottsdale in 2002 (losing to Andre Agassi) and the semifinals in 2000 Heineken Open losing to Michael Chang.

Joan Balcells

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1975-06-20) 20 June 1975 (age 50) Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$815,801
Singles
Career record	41–49
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 57 (7 May 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2002)
US Open	1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	40–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2000, 2002)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	2R (2000)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2000)
Last updated on: 22 April 2022.

Balcells was born in Barcelona, and played for the Spanish Davis Cup team in 2000, winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja) in the final against Australia. He retired in 2004. Ballcells was considered unusual for a Spanish player, as he possessed a serve and volley game that involved regularly rushing the net. This was not very common in Spanish tennis by the 1990s and early 2000s.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2000	Bucharest, Romania	International Series	Clay	Markus Hantschk	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	1–1	Mar 2002	Scottsdale, United States	International Series	Hard	Andre Agassi	2–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–2) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2000	Bogotá, Colombia	International Series	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2001	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 1–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	May 2000	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Gross	6–4, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0-2	May 2002	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Arnaud Di Pasquale	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (5–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	May 1997	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Devin Bowen	Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	1-1	Apr 1998	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Juan Ignacio Carrasco	Thomas Strengberger Dušan Vemić	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	2-1	Apr 1998	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2-2	Jun 1998	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Emanuel Couto	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	2–6, 6–7
Win	3-2	May 1999	Espinho, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Gastón Etlis	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	6–3, 6–2
Win	4-2	Sep 1999	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Strengberger	Michal Tabara Robin Vik	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	5-2	Mar 2000	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Mauricio Hadad	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex Calatrava	walkover
Loss	5-3	Nov 2000	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Germán Puentes Alcañiz	Irakli Labadze Dušan Vemić	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5-4	Nov 2000	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Germán Puentes Alcañiz	Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5-5	Sep 2002	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Yuri Schukin	Diego del Río Leonardo Olguín	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	5-6	Apr 2003	San Remo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	Daniele Bracciali Amir Hadad	2–6, 4–6
Win	6-6	Jun 2003	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter	6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	Q2	Q2	A	2R	2R	1R	Q3	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–1	0 / 9	2–9	18%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	Q1	3R	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	0 / 4	2–4	33%

Doubles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	2R	1R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	A	A	QF	1R	0 / 2	3–2	60%
US Open	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–1	2–3	4–4	1–3	0 / 11	7–11	39%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0 / 3	0–3	0%

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2001
1.	Marat Safin	2	Miami, United States	Hard	2R	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.	Marat Safin	2	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4

External links

• Joan Balcells at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Joan Balcells at the International Tennis Federation
• Joan Balcells at the Davis Cup