{"id":281,"date":"2022-07-28T05:06:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T05:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/busy-tennis-players.com\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2022-08-01T05:33:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T05:33:06","slug":"juan-martin-del-potro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busy-tennis-players.com\/juan-martin-del-potro\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Martin Del Potro"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"281\" class=\"elementor elementor-281\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de3715b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de3715b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d23c3\" data-id=\"62d23c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc5edc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc5edc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Home<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c689283 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c689283\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Tennis Instructions<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6815fa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6815fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Famous Players<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80ddfe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80ddfe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Tennis Equipment<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b40c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b40c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Contact Us <\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a469f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a469f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Tell your story<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af09a32\" data-id=\"af09a32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a5d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7a5d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Juan Martin Del Potro<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2ca493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2ca493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a9C Brunskill \/ Getty Images<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575ca41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"575ca41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc0f1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dc0f1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Juan Mart\u00edn Del Potro was born 23 September 1988 \u2026 In April 2009 reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 \u2026 In 2008 became the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments \u2026 Captured his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2009 US Open defeating Roger Federer in the final \u2026 Runner-up at the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c3617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4c3617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Personal<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb635c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eb635c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nicknames are Enano, Palito and Delpo&#8230; Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro began playing at age seven \u2026 Father, Daniel, played semi-pro rugby in Argentina, and works as a veterinarian, and mother, Patricia, is a teacher&#8230;Has one younger sister, Julieta&#8230;Childhood idol was Pete Sampras and admires Marat Safin&#8230;Speaks Spanish and some Italian and English.<\/p><p>Favorite surface is hard court&#8230; Says if he wasn&#8217;t a tennis player, he would look to pursue a career in architecture&#8230; After winning his first ATP title in Stuttgart in July 2008, gave his CLK Mercedes-Benz to his sister, Julieta&#8230;. Coached by former ATP pro Franco Davin (since March 2008).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5385c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5385c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Career Highlights<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bbf0b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bbf0b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2005 Finished as youngest player in year-end Top 200&#8230;Raised his ranking by over 900 positions&#8230;<\/p><p>2006 Youngest player to finish in Top 100 during the year at 18 years, 2 months&#8230; Made ATP debut in Vina del Mar and reached 2nd RD \u2026 Qualified in his Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros, falling in 1st RD to former champion Ferrero in four sets&#8230;<\/p><p>2007 Finished as youngest player in Top 50 at 19 years, 2 months \u2026 In October at ATP Masters Series in Madrid, defeated No. 9 Robredo for first Top 10 win en route to 3rd RD (l. to eventual champ Nalbandian)<\/p><p>2008 The youngest player in the year-end Top 10 \u2026 Won four titles in five finals&#8230;Finished as top Argentine and South American for first time&#8230; Won first ATP title in Stuttgart (d. Gasquet) \u2026 Helped his country to its third Davis Cup final (1981, 2006) by defeating Russia&#8217;s No. 5 Davydenko and then Andreev in decisive fifth rubber&#8230; In debut at Tennis Masters Cup went 1-2 in round robin play&#8230;<\/p><p>2009 Was the youngest player in year-end Top 10, finishing a personal-best No. 5\u2026 The top South American on ATP World Tour. Captured three titles and reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in Canada.<\/p><p>At US Open he captured the title with back-to-back wins over No. 3 Nadal in SF and No. 1 Federer in final in five sets (rallying from 1-2 set deficit)\u2026Became first player to beat Nadal and Federer in a Grand Slam tournament and first Argentinean to capture US Open since Vilas in 1977\u2026 Reached final at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London by posting round-robin wins over Verdasco and Federer, Soderling in SF before falling to Davydenko in final\u2026 Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro earned a career-high $4,753,087.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381f359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"381f359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/fsHEMsr-gaU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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