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Key facts
- Country sports
- Spain
- Born
- ( 1974-04-11 ) 11 April 1974 (age 52) , Barcelona, Spain
- Height
- 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $10,411,354
- Career record
- 438–281 (60.9%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 2 (1 February 1999)
- Australian open
- 3R ( 1998 )
- French open
- F ( 1998 , 2001 )
- Wimbledon
- 2R ( 1994 , 1996 )
- Us open
- QF ( 1996 )
- Tour finals
- W ( 1998 )
- Grand slam cup
- 1R ( 1996 )
- Olympic games
- 3R ( 2000 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 2000 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alex
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Alex Corretja ATC2010.jpg
- Height
- 180
- Residence
- Barcelona
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- Commons category
- Àlex Corretja
- date of birth
- 1974-04-11
- singles record
- 438–281
- doubles record
- 103–115
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- birth name
- Àlex Corretja i Verdegay
- prize money
- 10411354
- unmarried partner
- Martina Klein
- end of work period
- 2005-00-00
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- ranking
- 50
- social media followers
- 89048
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Encyclopedic overview
Àlex Corretja Verdegay ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaləks kuˈrɛdʒə βəɾðəˈɣaj]; born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1999. Corretja won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, including the 1998 ATP World Tour Championships, and Masters titles at the 1997 Italian Open and 2000 Indian Wells Masters. He was twice a major runner-up at the French Open, in 1998 and 2001. Corretja played a key role in helping Spain win its first Davis Cup title in 2000. Corretja is one of only two players who are undefeated against Rafael Nadal after playing more than one match against him (the other being Dustin Brown), holding a 2–0 head-to-head record.
Post-retirement, Corretja became Andy Murray's temporary coach for the duration of the 2008 clay-court season, resuming the role on a permanent basis between 2009 and 2011. In 2012 and 2013, he coached the Spanish Davis Cup team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Àlex Corretja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.