Feliciano Lopez - promising Spanish tennis player

Feliciano Lopez - one of the most famous tennis players lefties. Four-time winner of the Davis Cup. Three-time quarterfinalist Wimbledon. Winner of five ATP tournaments. This article will describe a brief biography of the athlete.

Childhood

Feliciano Lopez (photo below) was born in Spain (Toledo) in 1981. In tennis, the boy was brought by his father, who worked as a coach in this sport. As soon as Feliciano learned to confidently hold the racket, Dad seriously engaged in his training. Ten years later, the guy started playing at a very solid level (even by junior standards).

The first match and the trophy

From tournament to tournament Feliciano Lopez, whose personal life has not been arranged yet, gained experience and already in 1998 got on ATP. The first tennis tournament in Barcelona lost. But a year later Feliciano entered the final of the Junior European Championship. Three years later, the athlete also performed on the Major.

Especially memorable for spectators was the spectacular semifinal in 2002 in Buenos Aires. A month later, Lopez reached the quarter-finals in Delray Beach. And then there was the first victory in the Grand Slam competitions, thanks to which Feliciano went to the second round. In June 2002, he reached the fourth stage of the Wimbledon tournament. To do this, he had to win two permanent opponents - Schutler and Cañas. This allowed Lopez to enter the top 100 of the planet's strongest tennis players.

The first serious trophy athlete won in 2004 in Vienna, at the ATP tournament. Then in the final Feliciano managed to beat Guillermo Cañas. Previously, Lopez made a good speech at the Open Championship in Dubai. But, unfortunately, lost in the finals to his peer Federer. But at the end of the season, the athlete, along with Fernando Verdasco, got a pair trophy in Stockholm.

Ups and downs

After 2004, Feliciano Lopez fell into a five-year bad luck zone. During this time, he could not get a single award. And both in single and in doubles. Although in the finals athlete got repeatedly.

Particularly offensive was the 2008 defeat in Dubai from Roddick. After all, to reach the final, Lopez had to beat Tipsarevic and three tennis players in the top 10: Davydenko, Ferrer and Berdyha.

Everything changed two years later in Johannensburg. Feliciano Lopez was able to win the long-awaited second trophy in singles. Then there was the title defense in Eastbourne. In doubles, Feliciano did not achieve much success, although twice he was in the finals. In the first case, Lopez and Mirny lost to Ebden and Anderson in Acapulco. And then the hero of this article and Jose lost in the decisive match of Roman Masters Zimonich and Nestor.

Tournaments of the Grand Slam

Feliciano Lopez always had good performances on the Major. At various competitions of the Grand Slam series at different times, the athlete reached the quarter-finals three times and four times to the fourth stages. And all the quarterfinals he recorded on so unloved by all the Spaniards Wimbledon.

For the first time the tennis player reached this result in 2005. I must say that he was the first Spaniard who could do it in the previous 23 years. The last quarter-finalist of Major on the grass was Manuel Orantes. And after 2005, the road Lopez repeatedly passed Rafael Nadal, who won all the tournaments indiscriminately, including two Wimbledon.

In doubles, Feliciano also has a number of achievements. Athlete thrice reached the quarterfinals in the Grand Slam competitions (in the US - 2004 and 2008, Australia - 2009).

Olympiad and other competitions

In 2012, at the Australian championship, Lopez reached the fourth stage. And in April in Houston, the athlete reached the semifinals. Then there was the quarterfinals in Barcelona and the semifinals in Munich. Feliciano later took part in the Wimbledon tournament and spoke at the French Championships. Unfortunately, in both cases the athlete's performances were unsuccessful.

And in July 2012, Lopez went to London for the Olympic Games. It is worth noting that the tennis player was no longer a novice in such competitions (he traveled to Athens in 2004). In the singles, the athlete was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsong (6: 7, 4: 6). More successfully Feliciano managed to perform in doubles competitions. Together with Ferrer, he almost reached the prize places, finishing fourth in the final table.

Current rating

12th place - this is the best position (single rank) that Feliciano Lopez has occupied in his entire career. The rating of the tennis player has now dropped to a few lines. The athlete takes the 19th position in singles.