Posts Tagged ‘2002’

Taken from the Official ATP Tour website
7 May 2002
Juan Carlos Ferrero, the Tennis Masters Monte-Carlo winner, takes home honors as April’s ATP Player of the Month.
Juan Carlos Ferrero has been named ATP Player of the Month for April after winning the Tennis Masters Monte Carlo. Jarkko Nieminen has been named ATP Rising Star of the Month, while Jonas Bjorkman and Todd Woodbridge captured top honors as Doubles Team of the Month.
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By Chris Bowers-Tennis Radio Network
Taken from the Official TMS Monte Carlo website
21 April 2002
Carlos Moya had warned on Saturday night that when Juan Carlos Ferrero gets hot on clay he’s hard to beat, and Ferrero really turned on the heat to win the first all-Spanish final at the Tennis Masters Monte-Carlo and pick up his second Masters shield.
In a superb display of precision hitting, Ferrero beat Moya 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to add Monte Carlo to the title he won in Rome last year. It’s his sixth ATP title in total, but more than that it denotes a powerful statement that the man from Valencia province is back in business.

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Taken from the Official TMS Monte Carlo website
21 April 2002
Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero claimed his first Tennis Masters Monte-Carlo title with a straight sets victory against fellow countryman Carlos Moya to win the first all-Spanish final at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.
Ferrero, the No. 2 seed, came through 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in just under two hours to claim his second career Tennis Masters Series shield following his victory in Rome last year.
“It’s a very important victory for me,” said Ferrero, who moves up to 13th position in the ATP Champions Race 2002. “It gives me a lot of confidence in myself. The best players in the world were here.”
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Three shining stars from Spain light up Madrid, Barcelona & the ATP circuit
April 2002

Extract taken from Deuce – by David Massey (Inaugural Issue 2002)
the Official Magazine of the ATP

They represent the three battalions of the all-conquering Spanish Armada. Tommy Robredo, the emerging teenage talent; Juan Carlos Ferrero, the youthful twentysomething who has already staked a claim in the top 10; and Alex Corretja, the enduring veteran who still packs a punch.
Spain’s depth of talent far exceeds all other nations and was a key factor in its first Davis Cup win in 2000. Sixteen Spanish players finished 2001 ranked in the top 100 – double that of the United States, and far more than France and Argentina (tied for second with nine).
But world tennis can no longer be measured by player rankings and the number of tournaments won. The Spaniards have injected their own brand of style, charm and personality into the ATP circuit. Here, Ferrero, Robredo and Corretja showcase some of that style.
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taken from Yahoo Sports – AP Sports Article
26 March 2002

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Alberto Martin will replace the injured Juan Carlos Ferrero on the Spanish Davis Cup team that plays the United States next month.

Ferrero hurt his right foot in his third-round loss to Romania’s Adrian Voinea on Monday at the Nasdaq-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., and will be out for at least three weeks.

The rest of the Spanish team for the April 5-7 match in Houston against the United States is made up of Juan Balcells, Alex Corretja and Tommy Robredo.

Taken from Yahoo Sports – AP Sports Article
28 February 2002
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero was forced to retire Thursday from his second-round match at the $1 million Dubai Open because of a thigh injury.
Younes El Aynaoui was leading 7-5, 4-6, 2-1 when a left thigh strain forced Ferrero to quit.
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