Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan seβasˈtjaŋ kaˈβal];[a] born 25 April 1986)[1] is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011.
Cabal at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters | |
Full name | Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés |
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Country (sports) | |
Residence | Panama City, Panama |
Born | Cali, Colombia[1] | 25 April 1986
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2005 |
Retired | 2023 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jeff Coetzee |
Prize money | US$5,264,879 |
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 | 394–255 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 20 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (15 July 2019) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2018) |
French Open | F (2011) |
Wimbledon | W (2019) |
US Open | W (2019) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2018, 2019) |
Olympic Games | QF (2021) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2017) |
French Open | SF (2021) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
US Open | QF (2015, 2017) |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 29 January 2024. |
Cabal is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in 2019 in men's doubles, alongside compatriot Robert Farah, as well as the 2017 Australian Open in mixed doubles with Abigail Spears. He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2011 French Open, partnering Eduardo Schwank, and the 2018 Australian Open with Farah.
Cabal won 20 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at Masters 1000 level, and became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. He spent a total of 29 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and he and Farah were the 2019 ATP Doubles Team of the year. Cabal represented Colombia in the Davis Cup from 2008 to his retirement, as well as at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Professional career
edit2011: ATP, Grand Slam debut and final, New partnership with Farah, Top 25 year-end ranking
edit2011 is considered as Cabal ATP and Grand Slam debut, and also considered the best year for his doubles performance at the 2011 French Open with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian tennis, as they defeated the No. 1 ranked pair in the semifinals, brothers Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan, 7–6(4), 6–3 and then lost the final to Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.
In his second Gram Slam tournament, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, he debuted in the first round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the 4th seeded pair at the tournament, consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in the world) and India's Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. In the second round, they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked No. 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.
2013: First ATP final with Farah
editIn the 2013 Australian Open, he partnered again with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013, they also reached the final at the ATP250 2013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He finished the year ranked No. 43 in the world.
2014: First two ATP titles, seventh final
editIn 2014, Cabal and Farah reached six ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500 2014 Rio Open and the ATP250 2014 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 seventh final in his home country's ATP250 event, the 2014 Claro Open Colombia in Bogota with compatriot Nicolás Barrientos. He finished the year ranked No. 22 in the world.
2015: Two more ATP 250 titles, Top 20 debut
editIn 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the 2015 Brasil Open and the 2015 Geneva Open and reaching another three finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in the world. In Grand Slam events the pair struggled reaching the second round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked No. 25 in the world.
2016: Four ATP titles
edit2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles, winning four. At the 2016 Australian Open, they had their best Grand Slam result of the year, reaching the third round. In February they won two events in South America, the 2016 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the 2016 Rio Open. In May they reached the final in 2016 BMW Open in Munich, and then won the ATP250 event in Nice for a second time in their career. They finished the season by winning the 2016 Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked No. 30 in the world.
2017: Two more ATP 250 titles
editIn 2017, Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the third round at the 2017 Australian Open. They returned to South America, defending their title at the 2017 Argentina Open and reaching the final again in Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in Munich. He then reached his first Grand Slam semifinal since 2011 at the 2017 French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.
2018: Australian Open final, First Masters 1000 title, Top 10 debut
editIn May 2018, at the 2018 Italian Open, 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.
2019: Two Grand Slam and Second Masters titles, World No. 1
editIn 2019, the most successful year for Cabal and Farah, they won their first ever grand slam men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019, defeating Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling 5 set match that required 4 tie-break sets; this victory helped Farah and Cabal to both ascend to world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.[2]
2020: French Open semifinal, Year-End World No. 2
editBefore the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the season, Cabal competed with Jaume Munar in the 2020 Australian Open, where they lost in the second round.
Playing with Farah once more, the pair reached the second round of the 2020 US Open. Then, they reached the semifinal of the delayed 2020 French Open, losing to Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares. Cabal ended the year as the world number 2.[3]
2021: Three titles, French Open semifinal, Olympics quarterfinals, Finals qualification
editCabal and Farah started their year by reaching the final at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open where they reached the final, losing to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.[4] Despite being seeded first, they lost in the second round of the 2021 Australian Open to Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev.[citation needed]
They won their first title of the year in Dubai, defeating Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final.[5] After losing in Miami and Monte Carlo, they claimed their second title of the year in Barcelona. This was followed by successive first round exits in two Masters 1000 events, Madrid and Rome.
At the 2021 French Open, Cabal and Farah were seeded second and reached the semifinals, losing to eventual champions Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.[6]
In the grass season, they suffered a second round loss at Queen's Club, before a semifinal appearance at Eastbourne, where they lost to Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram, who also defeated them in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.[7]
Cabal and Farah represented Colombia at the Tokyo Olympics, where they reached the quarterfinals before losing to the New Zealand pairing of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.
They suffered a disappointing American hard court season, losing in the first round of the US Open and Indian Wells.[8] However, they captured their third title of the year in Vienna, avenging their earlier defeats to Salisbury and Ram by beating them in the final in straight sets.[9] During their run, they qualified for the 2021 ATP finals.[10]
2022: Two Masters finals
edit2023: Retirement
editCabal made his last ATP tour-level professional appearance at the 2023 US Open (tennis) with Farah where they lost in the second round.[11]
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Doubles
editCurrent through the 2023 US Open.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W-L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | F | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 12 | 19–12 |
French Open | A | A | A | F | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | SF | SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 13 | 29–13 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | W | NH | QF | SF | 1R | 1 / 12 | 24–11 |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | W | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1 / 13 | 21–12 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 14–4 | 16–2 | 6–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 2 / 50 | 93–48 |
Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | did not qualify | SF | SF | DNQ | RR | DNQ | 0 / 3 | 4–7 | ||||||||||
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | A | not held | 1R | not held | 2R | not held | QF | NH | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | RR | RR | PO | QR | 0 / 2 | 16–11 | |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | NH | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | F | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | NH | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 10 | 11–10 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | QF | 2R | NH | SF | F | 2R | 0 / 9 | 15–9 |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | SF | QF | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | NH | 2R | F | 1R | 0 / 10 | 13–10 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | W | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2 / 10 | 14–8 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | NH | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | F | F | 1R | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 15–10 |
Shanghai Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | not held | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | |||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | QF | A | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–6 | 1–2 | 12–8 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 5–6 | 13–8 | 16–8 | 1–2 | 6–8 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 2 / 77 | 89–75 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 46 | |
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 12–5 | 24–22 | 21–21 | 42–26 | 39–25 | 32–21 | 43–20 | 39–23 | 51–20 | 13–9 | 39–20 | 24–21 | 13–20 | 393–255 | |
Year-end ranking | 194 | 221 | 142 | 25 | 46 | 43 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 61% |
Mixed doubles
editTournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 1R | W | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1 / 11 | 12–11 |
French Open | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | NH | SF | A | A | 0 / 9 | 8–9 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | QF | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 8–8 |
US Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 2R | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 / 31 | 33–31 |
Major finals
editGrand Slam finals
editDoubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
editOutcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2011 | French Open | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
editOutcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 |
Masters 1000 finals
editDoubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)
editOutcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Miami Open | Hard | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
Win | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||
Loss | 2018 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
Win | 2019 | Italian Open (2) | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 2019 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
Loss | 2022 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 2022 | Madrid Open | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10] |
ATP career finals
editDoubles: 46 (20 titles, 26 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2011 | French Open, France |
Grand Slam | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2012 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands |
250 Series | Grass | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) | ||
Loss | 0–3 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France |
250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 0–4 | Jan 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 0–5 | Feb 2014 | Chile Open, Chile |
250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 1–5 | Feb 2014 | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2014 | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [13–15] | ||
Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2014 | Miami Open, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2014 | Colombia Open, Colombia |
250 Series | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [9–11] | ||
Win | 2–8 | Aug 2014 | Winston-Salem Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 3–8 | Feb 2015 | Brasil Open, Brazil |
250 Series | Clay (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Win | 4–8 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switzerland |
250 Series | Clay | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2015 | Swedish Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Clay | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 4–10 | Aug 2015 | German Open, Germany |
500 Series | Clay | 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 4–11 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan |
500 Series | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Win | 5–11 | Feb 2016 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Win | 6–11 | Feb 2016 | Rio Open, Brazil (2) |
500 Series | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | ||
Loss | 6–12 | May 2016 | Bavarian International, Germany |
250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Win | 7–12 | May 2016 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France |
250 Series | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
Win | 8–12 | Oct 2016 | Kremlin Cup, Russia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] | ||
Win | 9–12 | Feb 2017 | Argentina Open, Argentina (2) |
250 Series | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 9–13 | Feb 2017 | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 9–14 | Apr 2017 | Hungarian Open, Hungary |
250 Series | Clay | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | ||
Win | 10–14 | May 2017 | Bavarian International, Germany |
250 Series | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 10–15 | May 2017 | Geneva Open, Switaerland |
250 Series | Clay | 6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] | ||
Win | 11–15 | Aug 2017 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico |
250 Series | Hard | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 11–16 | Jan 2018 | Australian Open, Australia |
Grand Slam | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 11–17 | Feb 2018 | Argentina Open, Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 7–5, [3–10] | ||
Win | 12–17 | May 2018 | Italian Open, Italy |
Masters 1000 | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||
Loss | 12–18 | Aug 2018 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
Loss | 12–19 | Jan 2019 | Sydney International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 13–19 | Apr 2019 | Barcelona Open, Spain |
500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Win | 14–19 | May 2019 | Italian Open, Italy (2) |
Masters 1000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Win | 15–19 | Jun 2019 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom |
250 Series | Grass | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] | ||
Win | 16–19 | Jul 2019 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom |
Grand Slam | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
Loss | 16–20 | Aug 2019 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
Win | 17–20 | Sep 2019 | US Open, United States |
Grand Slam | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 17–21 | Feb 2020 | Mexican Open, Mexico |
500 Series | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [9–11] | ||
Loss | 17–22 | Oct 2020 | Sardegna Open, Italy |
250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 17–23 | Feb 2021 | Great Ocean Road Open, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | 3–6, 6–7(7–9) | ||
Win | 18–23 | Mar 2021 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates |
500 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4) | ||
Win | 19–23 | Apr 2021 | Barcelona Open, Spain |
500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Win | 20–23 | Oct 2021 | Vienna Open, Austria |
500 Series | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 20–24 | Apr 2022 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco |
Masters 1000 | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 20–25 | May 2022 | Madrid Open, Spain |
Masters 1000 | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10] | ||
Loss | 20–26 | Feb 2023 | Rio Open, Brazil |
500 Series | Clay | 1–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Notes
edit- ^ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].
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