Juan Sebastián Cabal

Juan Sebastián Cabal
	Cabal at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Cali, Colombia
Born	25 April 1986; Cali, Colombia[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,465,489
Singles
Career record	7–4 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 184 (28 February 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2011, 2012)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	Q1 (2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	249–160 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 8 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 8 (8 October 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2018)
French Open	F (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2011, 2013, 2014, 2018)
US Open	SF (2018)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2017)
French Open	QF (2013, 2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2016)
US Open	QF (2015, 2017)
Pan American Games
	Last updated on: 8 October 2018.

Juan Sebastián Cabal (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan seβasˈtjaŋ kaˈβal];^{[lower-alpha 1]} born 25 April 1986)^[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player. His highest doubles ranking is World No. 8 and World No. 184 in singles. The latter he attained in February 2011 after reaching the final at the challenger of Medellin and Manizales and Futures semifinals in Cali and Bogotá challenger. In 2017 he won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles partnering Abigail Spears of the USA.

ATP Tour

The year 2011 is considered as his ATP Tournament and Grand Slam debut, also considered the best year for his performance in the French Open Doubles with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian Tennis, as they defeated the number 1 ranked couple in the semifinals, brothers Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan with partials 7–6 (4), 6–3 and losing the final to Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.

In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, he debuted in First Round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and India's Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. in Second Round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.

In the 2013 Australian Open, he formed a couple with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013 they also reached the final in an ATP250 event in Nice. He finished the year ranked 43 in the world.

In 2014 Cabal and Farah reached 6 ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500 Rio Open and the ATP250 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP1000 event in Miami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a 7th final partnering Nicolas Barrientos in his home country's ATP250 event in Bogota. He finished the year ranked 22 in the world.

In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the Brasil Open and the Geneva Open and reaching another 3 finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of 18 in the world. In grand slams the pair struggled reaching the 2nd round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked 25 in the world.

2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles they won, as they took 4. At the Australian Open they had their best grand slam result of the year, reaching the 3rd round. In February they won 2 events in South America, the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the Rio Open in Brazil. In May they reached the final in Munich and then won the ATP250 event in Nice for a second time in their careers. They finished the season by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked 30 in the world.

Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the 3rd round at the Australian Open. They then returned to South America, defending their title at the Argentina Open and reaching the final again in Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in Munich. He then reached his first grand slam semi final since 2011 at the French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.

In May 2018, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title against Pablo Carreño Busta and João Sousa. With the win, Cabal reached the Top-10 for the first time in his career.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2011	French Open	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2018	Australian Open	Hard	Robert Farah	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Australian Open	Hard	Abigail Spears	Ivan Dodig Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–4

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Miami Open	Hard	Robert Farah	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Win	2018	Italian Open	Clay	Robert Farah	Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	2018	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Robert Farah	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 30 (12 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–2)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–11)

Titles by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (9–11)
Grass (0–1)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (10–17)
Indoor (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2011	French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2012	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Dmitry Tursunov	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	0–3	May 2013	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jan 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Robert Farah	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–5	Feb 2014	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	3–6 4–6
Win	1–5	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	David Marrero Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–6	Mar 2014	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Robert Farah	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	7–5, 4–6, [13–15]
Loss	1–7	Mar 2014	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Robert Farah	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Loss	1–8	Jul 2014	Colombia Open, Colombia	250 Series	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–3), [9–11]
Win	2–8	Aug 2014	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Robert Farah	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–8	Feb 2015	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Robert Farah	Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–8	May 2015	Geneva Open, Switaerland	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	4–9	Jul 2015	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–10	Aug 2015	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–11	Oct 2015	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Robert Farah	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win	5–11	Feb 2016	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Íñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–11	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil (2)	500 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Loss	6–12	May 2016	Bavarian International, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	7–12	May 2016	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	8–12	Oct 2016	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Robert Farah	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	9–12	Feb 2017	Argentina Open, Argentina (2)	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Santiago González David Marrero	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–13	Feb 2017	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	9–14	Apr 2017	Hungarian Open, Hungary	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Brian Baker Nikola Mektić	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Win	10–14	May 2017	Bavarian International, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–15	May 2017	Geneva Open, Switaerland	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–2, 6–7^(9–11), [6–10]
Win	11–15	Aug 2017	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Treat Huey	Sergio Galdós Roberto Maytín	6–2, 6–3
Loss	11–16	Jan 2018	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Robert Farah	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	11–17	Feb 2018	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Robert Farah	Andrés Molteni Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Win	12–17	May 2018	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Robert Farah	Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	12–18	Aug 2018	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Robert Farah	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Current through 2018 US Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	3R	F	0 / 7	14–7
French Open	A	A	A	F	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF	0 / 8	16–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	0 / 8	11–8
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	SF	0 / 8	9–8
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	8–3	3–4	7–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	9–4	14–4	0 / 31	50–31
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 5	2–5
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	F	2R	A	1R	1R	0 / 6	7–6
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	SF	A	QF	0 / 5	7–5
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	QF	1R	2R	SF	0 / 6	10–6
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	QF	1R	A	W	1 / 5	7–4
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 3	1–3
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	2R	2R	A	2R	F	0 / 6	9–6
Shanghai Masters	NH	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R	2R		0 / 4	6–4
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R		0 / 4	3–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	6–6	1–2	11–7	10–8	4–6	5–6	15–7	1 / 44	52–43
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	NH		0 / 2	1–2
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	PO	PO	PO	Z1	PO	PO	0 / 0	10–8
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0 / 2	11–10
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	2	12
Finals	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	5	5	6	4	30
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	12–5	24–22	21–21	42–26	39–25	32–21	43–20	33–17	247–159
Year-end ranking	194	221	142	25	46	43	22	25	30	23		60.84%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	QF	1R	W	QF	1 / 6	9–5
French Open	A	1R	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	QF	0 / 7	6–7
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	3R	QF	0 / 8	11–8
US Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	QF	2R	0 / 5	5–5
Win–Loss	0–1	0–3	2–3	2–3	6–4	3–4	10–3	8–4	1 / 26	31–25

* Statistics correct as of 26 June 2013.

Notes

↑ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].

References

1 2 ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Profile

External links

Juan Sebastián Cabal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Juan Sebastián Cabal at the International Tennis Federation
Juan Sebastián Cabal at the Davis Cup

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[2] In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].

[atp_profile-1] 1 2 ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Profile

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top male doubles tennis players from the Americas as of 8 October 2018
1. Mike Bryan (1 ) 2. Jack Sock (4 2) 3. Marcelo Melo (5 ) 4. Robert Farah (7 2) 5. Juan Sebastián Cabal (8 2)
6. Bruno Soares (10 2) 7. Bob Bryan (13 ) 8. Horacio Zeballos (31 ) 9. Pablo Cuevas (35 3) 10. Rajeev Ram (39 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Colombian male doubles tennis players as of 28 May 2018
1. Juan Sebastián Cabal (9 1) 2. Robert Farah (15 1) 3. Daniel Elahi Galán (347 1) 4. Cristian Rodríguez (415 1) 5. Alejandro González (418 1)
6. Alejandro Gómez (539 3) 7. Santiago Giraldo (560 1) 8. Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga (623 5) 9. Jose Daniel Bendeck (820 2) 10. Nicolas Mejia (821 2)