Carlos Moyá Explained

Carlos Moyá
Residence:Madrid, Spain
Birth Date:1976 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Height:1.91m (06.27feet)
Turnedpro:1995
Retired:17 November 2010
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$13,443,970
Singlestitles:20
Highestsinglesranking:No. 1 (15 March 1999)
Australianopenresult:F (1997)
Frenchopenresult:W (1998)
Wimbledonresult:4R (2004)
Usopenresult:SF (1998)
Othertournaments:yes
Masterscupresult:F (1998)
Olympicsresult:QF (2004)
Doublestitles:0
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (2001)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 108 (29 October 2001)
Mixed:yes
Mixedrecord:0–1
Mixedtitles:0
Australianopenmixedresult:1R (2006)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:W (2004)
Coachyears:2016–
Coachsinglestitles:21
Coachtournamentrecord:1x Australian Open (Nadal)
5x French Open (Nadal)
2x US Open (Nadal)
8x ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Nadal)

Carlos Moyá Llompart (pronounced as /es/; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the 1998 French Open singles champion and the runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's winning Davis Cup team. He has been Rafael Nadal's primary coach since 2016.[1]

Tennis career

In November 1995, at the age of 19, Moyá won his first tournament at the top-level in Buenos Aires, defeating Félix Mantilla in the final. In May 1996, Moyá defeated the clay-court champion Thomas Muster, in the semifinals of the tournament in Munich, ending Muster's streak of winning 38 matches in a row on clay-courts. It was the fourth time in four weeks that Moyá had played a match against Muster. In the final of Munich, Sláva Doseděl defeated Moyá.

In 1997, Moyá reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, defeating defending champion Boris Becker in the first round of the tournament, Jonas Björkman in the fourth round, and world No. 3 Michael Chang in the semifinals, in straight sets, before losing in straight sets to Pete Sampras. Before the US Open, he won brilliantly in Long Island. His opponent in the final was the future winner of US Open a few days later, the Australian Patrick Rafter. Moyá lost due to an injury in the first round of the US Open.

In 1998, Moyá won the French Open. He defeated Sébastien Grosjean, Pepe Imaz, Andrew Ilie and Jens Knippschild before beating the tournament favourite, Marcelo Ríos in the quarterfinal. He then defeated Félix Mantilla Botella in the semifinal and fellow-Spaniard Álex Corretja in the final with a straight-sets win. He also won his first Tennis Masters Series tournament that year at Monte Carlo. He reached the semifinals of the US Open, losing to Mark Philippoussis. He concluded the year by finishing runner-up at the ATP World Championships (now known as the ATP World Tour Finals), where he lost in a five-set final to Corretja, having won the first two sets.

In March 1999, after finishing runner-up at Indian Wells, Moyá reached the world No. 1 singles ranking, the first Spanish player in history to achieve this feat. He held the top spot for two weeks. Later that year, he entered the French Open as defending champion and lost in the fourth round to eventual winner Andre Agassi. At the US Open, Moyá withdrew in the second round with a back injury and only played in two tournaments for the rest of the year.

Despite being hampered with a stress fracture in his lower back from the 1999 US Open through the early part of 2000, Moyá still finished in the top 50 in the world for the fifth straight year. He reached the fourth round of the US Open, where he held a match point in the fourth set, but eventually lost to Todd Martin in five sets, 7–6, 7–6, 1–6, 6–7, 2–6. Moyá's best result for the rest of 2000 was winning at the Portugal Open final over his countryman Francisco Clavet.

In 2001, Moyá won the title at Umag. He also finished runner-up at Barcelona, where he lost in a four-hour marathon final to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero.

2002 saw Moyá win four titles from six finals. He captured his second career Tennis Masters Series title, and the biggest hard-court title of his career, at Cincinnati, where he defeated world No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt, in the final.

Moyá captured three clay-court titles in 2003. He also helped Spain reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6–0 singles record. In the semifinals, he won the deciding rubber against Gastón Gaudio as Spain beat Argentina, 3–2. He beat Mark Philippoussis on grass in the final. But that proved to be Spain's only point, as they lost the final 1–4 to Australia.

In 2004, Moyá helped Spain go one better and win the Davis Cup. In the final, he won two critical singles rubbers against Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, as Spain beat the United States 3–2. The year also saw Moyà capture his third career Masters Series title at Rome, where he defeated David Nalbandian in the final. He was the only player on the tour to win at least 20 matches on both clay courts and hardcourts that year.

In July 2004, Moyá's kind-hearted gesture to hit with ball boy Sandeep Ponniah at the 2004 Tennis Masters Series Toronto event captured audiences during an injury timeout against opponent Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. To the crowd's surprise, Ponniah shuffled Moyá across the baseline and received an ovation for an overhead smash on a Moyá lob.

Moyá won his 18th career title in January 2005 at Chennai. He donated his prize money for the win to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami victims.

In January 2007, Moyá was the runner-up at the Sydney International, losing to defending champion James Blake.

In May 2007, at the Hamburg Masters, he defeated Mardy Fish, world No. 12 Tomáš Berdych, world No. 9 Blake, and world No. 6 Novak Djokovic, a run which saw him reach his first Masters semifinal since 2004 Indian Wells, where he lost to Roger Federer.

Moyá lost against Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open.

During Wimbledon, Moyá lost in the first round to Tim Henman in a five-set thriller, the fifth set stretching to 24 games (Henman won 13–11). Despite the loss, Moyá had no points to defend (he had not played a grass-court match in a few years), resulting in his moving to world No. 20, his first time inside the top 20 since 13 June 2005.

In July 2007, Moyá won the Croatia Open in Umag, defeating Andrei Pavel. The win brought him to world No. 18 in the rankings, his highest rank since 23 May 2005, when he was world No. 15. In 2007 at Cincinnati, he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt.

In 2008 at the Cincinnati Masters, Moyá defeated Nikolay Davydenko, the match being played over the course of two days because of rain. Hours after his match with Davydenko, Moyá beat Igor Andreev.

Moyá made a slow start in 2009. He failed to progress beyond the second round of his first four tournaments, including a first-round loss at the Australian Open. In March 2009, he announced that he would have an indefinite hiatus from tennis to recover from injured tendons and ischium in his hip.[2] He returned to professional tennis in January 2010, losing against Janko Tipsarević in the first round of the Chennai Open, then losing in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open to Illya Marchenko.

On 17 November 2010, he announced his retirement from tennis owing to a long-standing foot injury from which he failed to recover.[3] He received a special ceremony at the O2 Arena in London during the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals, with all top eight singles and doubles players attending. Other players who attended included Fernando Verdasco, Mikhail Youzhny, Àlex Corretja, Jonas Björkman, and Thomas Johansson.

He has won ATP Tour singles titles in eleven countries: Argentina, Croatia, France, Italy, India, Mexico, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1997Australian OpenHard Pete Sampras2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win 1998French OpenClay Àlex Corretja6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1998Monte CarloClay Cédric Pioline6–3, 6–0, 7–5
Loss 1999Indian WellsHard Mark Philippoussis7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 2002Monte CarloClay Juan Carlos Ferrero5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win2002CincinnatiHard Lleyton Hewitt7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2003MiamiHard Andre Agassi3–6, 3–6
Win 2004RomeClay David Nalbandian6–3, 6–3, 6–1

ATP career finals

Singles: 44 (20 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–1)
ATP Masters Series (3–3)
ATP International Series Gold (3–4)
ATP International Series (13–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–12)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (16–12)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Nov 1995Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Félix Mantilla6–0, 6–3
Loss1.May 1996Munich, GermanyClay Sláva Doseděl4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win2.Aug 1996Umag, CroatiaClay Félix Mantilla6–0, 7–6(7–4)
Loss2.Sep 1996Bucharest, RomaniaClay Alberto Berasategui1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss3.Jan 1997Sydney, AustraliaHard Tim Henman3–6, 1–6
Loss4.Jan 1997Australian OpenHard Pete Sampras2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss5.Aug 1997Amsterdam, NetherlandsClay Sláva Doseděl6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 2–6
Loss6.Aug 1997Indianapolis, United StatesHard Jonas Björkman3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win3.Aug 1997Long Island, United StatesHard Patrick Rafter6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss7.Sep 1997Bournemouth, UKClay Félix Mantilla2–6, 2–6
Win4.Apr 1998Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Cédric Pioline6–3, 6–0, 7–5
Win5.Jun 1998French OpenClay Àlex Corretja6–3, 7–5, 6–3
Loss8.Oct 1998Mallorca, SpainClay Gustavo Kuerten7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
Loss9.Nov 1998ATP Championships, GermanyHard Àlex Corretja6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 5–7
Loss10.Mar 1999Indian Wells, United StatesHard Mark Philippoussis7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win6.Apr 2000Estoril, PortugalClay Francisco Clavet6–3, 6–2
Loss11.Apr 2000Toulouse, FranceHard (i) Àlex Corretja3–6, 2–6
Loss12.Apr 2001Barcelona, SpainClay Juan Carlos Ferrero6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win7.Jul 2001Umag, Croatia (2)Clay Jérôme Golmard6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win8.Mar 2002Acapulco, MexicoClay Fernando Meligeni7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Loss13.Apr 2002Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Juan Carlos Ferrero5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win9.Jul 2002Båstad, SwedenClay Younes El Aynaoui6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win10.Jul 2002Umag, Croatia (3)Clay David Ferrer6–2, 6–3
Win11.Aug 2002Cincinnati, United StatesHard Lleyton Hewitt7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss14.Sep 2002Hong Kong, China SARHard Juan Carlos Ferrero3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
Win12.Feb 2003Buenos Aires, Argentina (2)Clay Guillermo Coria6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss15.Mar 2003Miami, United StatesHard Andre Agassi3–6, 3–6
Win13.Apr 2003Barcelona, SpainClay Marat Safin5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0 retired
Win14.Jul 2003Umag, Croatia (4)Clay Filippo Volandri6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss16.Oct 2003Vienna, AustriaHard (i) Roger Federer3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win15.Jan 2004Chennai, IndiaHard Paradorn Srichaphan6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss17.Jan 2004Sydney, Australia (2)Hard Lleyton Hewitt3–4 ret.
Loss18.Feb 2004Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Guillermo Coria4–6, 1–6
Win16.Mar 2004Acapulco, Mexico (2)Clay Fernando Verdasco6–3, 6–0
Win17.May 2004Rome, ItalyClay David Nalbandian6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Win18.Jan 2005Chennai, India (2)Hard Paradorn Srichaphan3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss19.Aug 2005Umag, Croatia (5)Clay Guillermo Coria2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss20.Jan 2006Chennai, IndiaHard Ivan Ljubičić6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win19.Feb 2006Buenos Aires, Argentina (3)Clay Filippo Volandri7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss21.Jan 2007Sydney, Australia (3)Hard James Blake3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss22.Mar 2007Acapulco, MexicoClay Juan Ignacio Chela3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win20.Jul 2007Umag, Croatia (6)Clay Andrei Pavel6–4, 6–2
Loss23.Feb 2008Costa do Sauípe, BrazilClay Nicolás Almagro6–7(4–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss24.Sep 2008Bucharest, Romania (2)Clay Gilles Simon3–6, 4–6

Team

2004 – Davis Cup winner with Spain

Singles performance timeline

Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1RF2R1RAQF2R2RA1R1R1R1R1R1R0 / 1313–13
French OpenAA2R2Rbgcolor=limeW4R1R2R3RQFQF4R3RQF1RAA1 / 1332–12
WimbledonAA1R2R2R2R1R2RAA4RAA1RAAA0 / 87–8
US OpenAA2R1Rbgcolor=yellowSF2R4R3R2R4R3R2R3RQF2RAA0 / 1326–13
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–02–48–414–35–43–38–44–38–39–34–34–38–41–30–10–11 / 4778–46
Year-end championships
Tennis Masters CupAAAbgcolor=yellowSFFAAAbgcolor=yellowSFRRRRAAAAAA0 / 510–9
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells MastersAAA2R3RF1R2R1R3R2RQF2R4R3RA2R0 / 1318–12
Miami OpenAAA2R2R4R2R4R2RFQF3R3R2R3RAA0 / 1219–12
Monte-Carlo MastersAA3Rbgcolor=yellowSFbgcolor=limeWQF2R2RFbgcolor=yellowSFbgcolor=yellowSF1R1R1R1RAA1 / 1326–12
Italian OpenAA3R3R3R3R2R1RQF3Rbgcolor=limeW1R1R1R1RAA1 / 1320–12
German OpenAA3R1R1Rbgcolor=yellowSF1R1R2R2RQFA1Rbgcolor=yellowSFQFNM10 / 1217–12
Canadian OpenAAAAAAA2R2R1R3R1R3R1R1RAA0 / 86–8
Cincinnati MastersAAAA1R1R2R2Rbgcolor=limeW1RQF3R1RQFQFAA1 / 1119–10
Stuttgart / Madrid OpenAA1R1R1RA1R1R3R3RA2R1R2R1RA1R0 / 123–12
Paris MastersAA3R1R1R2R1R1Rbgcolor=yellowSFAAAA2RAAA0 / 85–8
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles0111201143311100020
style=text-align:leftFinals0136412265522320044
Hardcourt win–loss0–00–03–525–1115–1215–1115–912–1122–1220–1223–1015–1012–1017–1215–121–21–2211–141
Grass win–loss0–00–00–21–22–24–21–21–20–11–03–10–00–00–10–00–00–013–15
Clay win–loss0–011–736–1627–1232–1019–1016–818–834–737–1033–816–1018–1125–1013–111–21–3337–143
Carpet win–loss0–00–04–53–50–40–10–14–33–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–014–20
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–011–743–2856–3049–2838–2432–2035–2459–2158–2259–1931–2030–2142–2328–232–42–5575–319
style=text-align:leftWin %–61%61%65%64%61%62%59%74%73%76%61%59%65%55%33%29%64.32%
Year-end ranking34761287523411957531431742446516

Top 10 wins

Season1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins0367141113301310044
width=200PlayerRankwidth=250EventSurfaceRdwidth=200ScoreMoyá
Rank
1996
1. Goran Ivanišević6Munich, GermanyClayQF6–3, 6–440
2. Thomas Musterbgcolor=thistle2Munich, GermanyClaybgcolor=yellowSF6–3, 6–340
3. Boris Becker3Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)2R6–3, 5–7, 6–424
1997
4. Wayne Ferreira10Sydney, AustraliaHard1R2–6, 6–0, 6–328
5. Boris Becker6Australian Open, MelbourneHard1R5–7, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–1, 6–425
6. Michael Changbgcolor=thistle2Australian Open, MelbourneHardbgcolor=yellowSF7–5, 6–2, 6–425
7. Richard Krajicek5Monte Carlo, MonacoClayQF1–6, 6–2, 6–48
8. Pete Samprasbgcolor=lime1Hard (i)RR6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–27
9. Thomas Muster9Hard (i)RR6–2, 6–37
1998
10. Yevgeny Kafelnikov6Monte Carlo, MonacoClay3R6–2, 6–318
11. Àlex Corretja8Monte Carlo, MonacoClayQF6–3, 6–218
12. Marcelo Ríos3French Open, ParisClayQF6–1, 2–6, 6–2, 6–412
13. Àlex Corretja7US Open, New YorkHard4R7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–310
14. Karol Kučera7Hard (i)RR6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–35
15. Yevgeny Kafelnikov10Hard (i)RR7–5, 7–55
16. Tim Henman9Hard (i)bgcolor=yellowSF6–4, 3–6, 7–55
1999
17. Tim Henman7World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayRR7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)4
2000
18. Magnus Norman5Estoril, PortugalClay2R6–1, 6–350
19. Yevgeny Kafelnikov3Barcelona, SpainClay2R6–2, 7–6(7–4)39
20. Àlex Corretja8Long Island, United StatesHard2R7–5, 1–1, ret.59
21. Àlex Corretja8US Open, New YorkHard3R7–6(7–4), 6–3, 4–6, 6–455
2001
22. Lleyton Hewitt7Australian Open, MelbourneHard3R4–6, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–542
2002
23. Tommy Haas6Scottsdale, United StatesHard1R6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–325
24. Lleyton Hewittbgcolor=lime1Monte Carlo, MonacoClay1R6–4, 6–326
25. Marat Safin6Monte Carlo, MonacoClayQF6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)26
26. Tim Henman5Monte Carlo, MonacoClaybgcolor=yellowSF6–4, 5–7, 6–326
27. Lleyton Hewittbgcolor=lime1Rome, ItalyClay2R6–3, 6–225
28. Juan Carlos Ferrero8Cincinnati, United StatesHardbgcolor=yellowSF6–3, 6–417
29. Lleyton Hewittbgcolor=lime1Cincinnati, United StatesHardbgcolor=limeF7–5, 7–6(7–5)17
30. Sébastien Grosjean4Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)3R3–6, 7–6(12–10), 6–110
31. Andre Agassibgcolor=thistle2Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)QF6–4, 6–410
32. Marat Safin3Hard (i)RR6–4, 7–55
33. Lleyton Hewittbgcolor=lime1Hard (i)RR6–4, 7–55
2003
34. Marat Safin8Barcelona, SpainClaybgcolor=limeF5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0, ret.4
35. Rainer Schüttler6HardRR7–5, 6–47
36. Mark Philippoussis9Davis Cup, Melbourne, Australiabgcolor=#cfcGrassRR6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)7
2004
37. David Nalbandian8Rome, ItalyClaybgcolor=limeF6–3, 6–3, 6–19
38. Gastón Gaudio10HardRR6–3, 6–45
39. Andy Roddickbgcolor=thistle2Davis Cup, Seville, SpainClay (i)RR6–2, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)5
2006
40. Rafael Nadalbgcolor=thistle2Miami, United StatesHard2R2–6, 6–1, 6–135
2007
41. James Blake9Hamburg, GermanyClay3R1–6, 6–3, 6–336
42. Novak Djokovic6Hamburg, GermanyClayQF7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–536
43. Novak Djokovic3Cincinnati, United StatesHard2R6–4, 6–119
2008
44. Nikolay Davydenko5Cincinnati, United StatesHard2R7–6(10–8), 4–6, 6–241

Personal life

In July 2011, Moyá married actress Carolina Cerezuela. They have two daughters and a son.[4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Mo/C/Carlos-Moya.aspx Carlos Moya ATP Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/03/moyainjury.aspx Moya Suffers Hip Injury
  3. News: Carlos Moya retires due to foot injury. 17 November 2010 . London. The Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2010.
  4. Web site: Una pareja en buena forma. Última Hora. 3 July 2020. 29 January 2021. es.

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