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Born: 2 April 1982 Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Birthplace: Xàbia, Alicante, Spain Residence: Valencia, Spain Turned pro: 2000 Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money: $12,931,192 Career titles: 12 Grand Slam results Website: www.davidferrer.com |
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain . He turned professional in 2000. Ferrer is known as a clay-court specialist, although he has had success on hard courts as well, as evidenced by his semifinal appearances at the 2007 US Openand 2011 Australian Open. He was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2008, 2009 and 2011. He was also runner-up at the Tennis Masters Cup in 2007. He first achieved a top–10 ranking in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of No. 4.
Early and personal life
Ferrer was born in Xàbia in the province of Alicante, but he moved to Gandia at age 13, followed two years later by a move to Barcelona to attend the Catalan Tennis Federation. He spent nine months at Equelite, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s Academy in Villena, before moving back to Xàbia while practicing in Denia.
As a teenager, if Ferrer did not practice hard enough, his coach, Javier Piles, would often lock him in a completely dark 2m x 2m ball closet for several hours, sometimes giving him only a piece of bread and a bit of water. At the age of 17, he felt he was fed up with tennis and sitting in the closet and went to work at a construction site, but after a week, he returned to Piles and asked if he could remain at the club and play tennis. As of 2011, he is still coached by Piles and has said he considers him a second father.
Ferrer turned professional in 2000, finishing as world no. 419, winning in Poland F1 and Spain F3, finishing runner-up in Spain F1. 2001 was not a particularly good year for him. He won his first career Challenger title in Sopot and reached the semifinals at Manerbio the following week. He also reached the semifinals in Spain F15 and Spain F16.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ferrer)
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Playing style
While he does not particularly have any major weapons when compared to other top players, Ferrer is noted for being one of the more dogged, agile and fit players on the tour. Known as ‘The Wall’, ‘le Grinder’ or ‘The Rabbit‘, Ferrer has won many matches through consistent baseline play along with great fitness, footspeed and determination. Although he does not possess powerful groundstrokes like many of his contemporaries, his ability to keep the ball deep and in play has allowed him to be successful on all surfaces especially on clay and hardcourts.
Ferrer’s signature shot, however, is his inside-out forehand which he often uses to finish off points. While not comfortable at the net, Ferrer’s footspeed allows him to quickly cut off his opponents’ shots at the net when they are off balance. Darren Cahill has said that Ferrer, along with Novak Djokovic, are the two best returners in the men’s game. Roger Federer regards Ferrer as the best returner in the men’s game.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ferrer)
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