Juan Martin del Potro; born 23 September 1988 is an Argentina professional tennis player who is the highest-ranked Argentine and the fifth-ranked player in the world. He is the reigning US Open champion after defeating Roger Federer in the 2009 final.
He is first one after "RAFA " to defeat "ROGER FEDERER" in grand slam finals..
He is first one after "RAFA " to defeat "ROGER FEDERER" in grand slam finals..
Del Potro was born in Tandil, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, Daniel del Potro, played semi-professional rugby union in Argentina and is a veterinarian. His mother, Patricia, is a teacher and he has a younger sister named Julieta. Del Potro speaks Spanish and knows some Italian and English.Aside from tennis, he enjoys playing football and supports the Boca Juniors team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy. He would often dedicate time to both sports during his childhood, and Argentinian-Italian international footballer Mauro Camoranesi remains a close friend of Del Potro..
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Full name is Juan Martin del Potro
Nicknames are Enano, Palito and Delpo
Began playing at age seven with coach Marcelo Gomez
Comes from same hometown (Tandil) as ATP pros Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Monaco, Diego Junquiera and Maximo Gonzalez
Father, Daniel, played semi-pro rugby in Argentina, and works as a veterinarian, and mother, Patricia, is a teacher
Has one younger sister, Julieta
Childhood idol was Pete Sampras and admires Marat Safin
Speaks Spanish and some Italian and English
Big supporter of Boca Juniors soccer team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy
Favorite surface is hard courts
Captured Orange Bowl 14s title in 2002 and played his last junior tournament at Roland Garros in 2005, losing to Murray in QF
Also runner-up at back-to-back junior tournaments in Mexico and Costa Rica
Says if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would look to pursue a career in architecture
Has a 4-1 Davis Cup singles record in three ties
After winning his first ATP title in Stuttgart in July 2008, gave his CLK Mercedes-Benz to his sister, Julieta
.Fitness trainer is Ignacio Menchon and coached by former ATP pro Franco Davin (since March 2008)
Nicknames are Enano, Palito and Delpo
Began playing at age seven with coach Marcelo Gomez
Comes from same hometown (Tandil) as ATP pros Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Monaco, Diego Junquiera and Maximo Gonzalez
Father, Daniel, played semi-pro rugby in Argentina, and works as a veterinarian, and mother, Patricia, is a teacher
Has one younger sister, Julieta
Childhood idol was Pete Sampras and admires Marat Safin
Speaks Spanish and some Italian and English
Big supporter of Boca Juniors soccer team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy
Favorite surface is hard courts
Captured Orange Bowl 14s title in 2002 and played his last junior tournament at Roland Garros in 2005, losing to Murray in QF
Also runner-up at back-to-back junior tournaments in Mexico and Costa Rica
Says if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would look to pursue a career in architecture
Has a 4-1 Davis Cup singles record in three ties
After winning his first ATP title in Stuttgart in July 2008, gave his CLK Mercedes-Benz to his sister, Julieta
.Fitness trainer is Ignacio Menchon and coached by former ATP pro Franco Davin (since March 2008)
