Joan Balcells

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	June 20, 1975
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	190cm (6ft 3in)
Weight	93kg (205lb)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$815,801
Singles
Career record	41–49
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 57 (May 7, 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2002)
US Open	1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	40–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (July 23, 2001)

Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (born June 20, 1975, in Barcelona) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career. Balcells played for the Spain Davis Cup team in 2000, winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja) in the final against Australia. He retired in 2004.

[edit] Career Finals (4)

[edit] Singles titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 11, 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Markus Hantschk	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(1)

[edit] Singles finalist (1)

• 2002: Scottsdale (lost to Andre Agassi, 2–6, 6–7(2))

[edit] Doubles finalist (2)

• 2000: Bogotá (partnering Mauricio Hadad; lost to Pablo Albano/Lucas Arnold Ker, 6–7(4), 6–1, 2–6)
• 2001: Doha (partnering Andrei Olhovskiy; lost to Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor, 3–6, 1–6)

[edit] External links

• Joan Balcells at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Joan Balcells at Davis Cup

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