Vicente, Fernando

Fernando has a twin brother named Jose Maria and a younger brother Ignacio, who also played tennis professionally, but did not achieve outstanding results.

He started playing tennis at the age of eight. Favorite coating is soil. He is friends in the world of tennis with Carlos Moya .

On the ATP tour, Vicente made his debut in April 1996, when through qualification he got into the main draw of the tournament in Barcelona . In his first match at such a level, he beat compatriot Emilio Sanchez , and in the second round he lost to No. 17 in the world at that time, Todd Martin . In October, Fernando first goes to the quarter finals in Tours - at a tournament in Marbella . In March 1997, he reached the same stage in a tournament in Casablanca . In September of that year, a 20-year-old Spaniard first climbed the top hundred in the world ranking.

In February 1998, Vicente won the first Challenger Tournament of his career in Singapore . In March, he played in the quarter finals of the ATP tournament in Casablanca, and in April in Prague. In May, Fernando reached the quarter finals at the Masters series tournament in Rome . He then made his debut in Grand Slam tournaments , playing in the French Open . In the first round, Vicente defeated Mark Woodford , and in the second round he lost to the finalist of the draw Alex Corretha . In July, he reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Stuttgart . At the debut US Open, he also went to the second round. In October, Vicente reached the semifinal of the tournament in Mallorca , the quarterfinals of Palermo and won the Challenger in Barcelona .

In March 1999, Vicente played his ATP debut finals. At the tournament in Casablanca, he reached the decisive match, not losing a single set. In the title match, he lost to Alberto Martin with a score of 3-6, 4-6. At Roland, Garros played a five-set duel of the second round against the sixth in the world, Alex Corretha, but lost in the decisive set. In June, Vicente took the first title in the ATP tour. He became the champion of the tournament in Merano . In the final, Fernando was able to beat Hisham Arazi - 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (1). In July, in the third round of the tournament in Kitzbuhel, he defeated Top 10 player Alex Corretha. In general, at that tournament, Vicente reached the finals, where he lost to Albert Costa - 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4). In October, he once again won the Challenger in Barcelona.

At the Australian Open 2000, Vicente in the second round was able to beat Todd Martin in five sets 9 in the world and for the first time to break into the third. In February, he reached the quarter-finals of the tournament in Santiago , and in early March, he reached the semifinals in Bogota . In April, Fernando won his second ATP trophy. He won the tournament in Casablanca, beating Sebastian Grosjean in the title match with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3). In May, Vicente played well at Roland Garros, having managed for the first time to reach the fourth round. He had a great chance to reach the first quarterfinal of the Grand Slam, but in the hardest match he lost to No. 4 in the world to Evgeny Kafelnikov - 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-7 (4) 6-8. In June, he reached the highest in his career - the 29th line in the men's singles ranking. In August, at the Cincinnati Masters in a second round match, he fought with the first racket of the world, Andre Agassi . Vicente managed to get the world classification leader on the opponent’s refusal of the third set with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 1-0. Then the Spaniard beat Mark Philippuspis and reached the quarterfinals. where he could not beat No. 8 in the world of Thomas Enquist . In September, Vicente played at the Sydney Olympics . In the second round of the Olympic tournament, he lost to the Frenchman Fabrice Santoro . In the fall, Fernando once played in the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament - in Vienna .

At the start of the 2001 season, Vicente reached the quarter finals in Doha . In early February, he won the title at a tournament in Bogota, where he defeated the Argentinean Juan Ignacio Celu in a decisive match - 6-4, 7-6 (6). At the tournament in Buenos Aires, he reached the semifinals. In September, the Spaniard reached the semifinals in Bucharest . In January 2002, he again played in the quarter finals in Doha. At the end of February of the same year, at a tournament in Acapulco, Vicente defeated Tommy Haas at the sixth racket of the world and reached the quarter finals. In May, he played in the tournament finals in St. Pölten , where he could not beat Nicholas Lapentti - 5-7, 4-6. At the French Open, Fernando entered the third round. In July, he played in the quarter-finals of the tournament in Umag . At the US Open, he also entered the third round.

In January 2003, Vicente played in the quarter finals in Doha. At the Australian Open, he goes into the third round. In May, at a tournament in Valencia, he reaches the semi-finals. On the courts, Roland Garros Vicente goes into the third round. In June, he was able to reach the quarter finals of the grass tournament in Hertogenbosch . In May 2004, Fernando in a duet with the Italian Enzo Artoni won the first ATP doubles title, having won it in a tournament in Casablanca. At the 2005 Roland Garros, he gets to the third round. In April 2006, for the first time in a long time, he reached the quarter-finals of the ATP at a tournament in Houston . In partnership with Alberto Martin Vicente in July 2006, won the doubles tournament prize in Amersfoort . In 2011, he finally completed a tennis tennis career.

Coaching career

At the end of his career, Vicente did not leave tennis and began his coaching career. Now he is the coach of the Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev .

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