Carlos Moyá

Carlos Moyá Llompart (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos moˈʝa ʎomˈpaɾt]; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's successful Davis Cup team. He has been Rafael Nadal's primary coach since 2016.[1]

Carlos Moyá
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceMadrid, Spain
Born (1976-08-27) 27 August 1976
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired17 November 2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$13,443,970
Singles
Career record575–319 (64.3%)
Career titles20
Highest rankingNo. 1 (15 March 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1997)
French OpenW (1998)
Wimbledon4R (2004)
US OpenSF (1998)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1998)
Olympic GamesQF (2004)
Doubles
Career record24–50 (32.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 108 (29 October 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2001)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2004)
Coaching career (2016–)
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total21
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)

1x Australian Open (Nadal)
5x French Open (Nadal)
2x US Open (Nadal)
8x ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Nadal)

Tennis career

In November 1995, at the age of 19, Moyá won his first tournament at the top-level in Buenos Aires, defeating Félix Mantilla in the final. In May 1996, Moyá defeated the clay-court champion Thomas Muster, in the semifinals of the tournament in Munich, ending Muster's streak of winning 38 matches in a row on clay-courts. It was the fourth time in four weeks that Moyá had played a match against Muster. In the final of Munich, Sláva Doseděl defeated Moyá.

In 1997, Moyá reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, defeating defending champion Boris Becker in the first round of the tournament, Jonas Björkman in the fourth round, and world No. 3 Michael Chang in the semifinals, in straight sets, before losing in straight sets to Pete Sampras. Before the US Open, he won brilliantly in Long Island. His opponent in the final was the future winner of US Open a few days later, the Australian Patrick Rafter. Moyá lost due to an injury in the first round of the US Open.

In 1998, Moyá won the French Open. He defeated Sébastien Grosjean, Pepe Imaz, Andrew Ilie and Jens Knippschild before beating the tournament favourite, Marcelo Ríos in the quarterfinal. He then defeated Félix Mantilla Botella in the semifinal and fellow-Spaniard Álex Corretja in the final with a straight-sets win. He also won his first Tennis Masters Series tournament that year at Monte Carlo. He reached the semifinals of the US Open, losing to Mark Philippoussis. He concluded the year by finishing runner-up at the ATP World Championships (now known as the ATP World Tour Finals), where he lost in a five-set final to Corretja, having won the first two sets.

In March 1999, after finishing runner-up at Indian Wells, Moyá reached the world No. 1 singles ranking, the first Spanish player in history to achieve this feat. He held the top spot for two weeks. Later that year, he entered the French Open as defending champion and lost in the fourth round to eventual winner Andre Agassi. At the US Open, Moyá withdrew in the second round with a back injury and only played in two tournaments for the rest of the year.

Despite being hampered with a stress fracture in his lower back from the 1999 US Open through the early part of 2000, Moyá still finished in the top 50 in the world for the fifth straight year. He reached the fourth round of the US Open, where he held a match point in the fourth set, but eventually lost to Todd Martin in five sets, 7–6, 7–6, 1–6, 6–7, 2–6. Moyá's best result for the rest of 2000 was winning at the Portugal Open final over his countryman Francisco Clavet.

In 2001, Moyá won the title at Umag. He also finished runner-up at Barcelona, where he lost in a four-hour marathon final to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero.

2002 saw Moyá win four titles from six finals. He captured his second career Tennis Masters Series title, and the biggest hard-court title of his career, at Cincinnati, where he defeated world No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt, in the final.

Moyá captured three clay-court titles in 2003. He also helped Spain reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6–0 singles record. In the semifinals, he won the deciding rubber against Gastón Gaudio as Spain beat Argentina, 3–2. He beat Mark Philippoussis on grass in the final. But that proved to be Spain's only point, as they lost the final 1–4 to Australia.

In 2004, Moyá helped Spain go one better and win the Davis Cup. In the final, he won two critical singles rubbers against Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, as Spain beat the United States 3–2. The year also saw Moyà capture his third career Masters Series title at Rome, where he defeated David Nalbandian in the final. He was the only player on the tour to win at least 20 matches on both clay courts and hardcourts that year.

In July 2004, Moyá's kind-hearted gesture to hit with ball boy Sandeep Ponniah at the 2004 Tennis Masters Series Toronto event captured audiences during an injury timeout against opponent Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. To the crowd's surprise, Ponniah shuffled Moyá across the baseline and received an ovation for an overhead smash on a Moyá lob.

Moyá won his 18th career title in January 2005 at Chennai. He donated his prize money for the win to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami victims.

In January 2007, Moyá was the runner-up at the Sydney International, losing to defending champion James Blake.

In May 2007, at the Hamburg Masters, he defeated Mardy Fish, world No. 12 Tomáš Berdych, world No. 9 Blake, and world No. 6 Novak Djokovic, a run which saw him reach his first Masters semifinal since 2004 Indian Wells, where he lost to Roger Federer.

Moyá lost against Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open.

During Wimbledon, Moyá lost in the first round to Tim Henman in a five-set thriller, the fifth set stretching to 24 games (Henman won 13–11). Despite the loss, Moyá had no points to defend (he had not played a grass-court match in a few years), resulting in his moving to world No. 20, his first time inside the top 20 since 13 June 2005.

In July 2007, Moyá won the Croatia Open in Umag, defeating Andrei Pavel. The win brought him to world No. 18 in the rankings, his highest rank since 23 May 2005, when he was world No. 15. In 2007 at Cincinnati, he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt.

In 2008 at the Cincinnati Masters, Moyá defeated Nikolay Davydenko, the match being played over the course of two days because of rain. Hours after his match with Davydenko, Moyá beat Igor Andreev.

Moyá made a slow start in 2009. He failed to progress beyond the second round of his first four tournaments, including a first-round loss at the Australian Open. In March 2009, he announced that he would have an indefinite hiatus from tennis to recover from injured tendons and ischium in his hip.[2] He returned to professional tennis in January 2010, losing against Janko Tipsarević in the first round of the Chennai Open, then losing in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open to Illya Marchenko.

On 17 November 2010, he announced his retirement from tennis owing to a long-standing foot injury from which he failed to recover.[3] He received a special ceremony at the O2 Arena in London during the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals, with all top eight singles and doubles players attending. Other players who attended included Fernando Verdasco, Mikhail Youzhny, Àlex Corretja, Jonas Björkman, and Thomas Johansson.

He has won ATP Tour singles titles in eleven different countries: Argentina, Croatia, France, Italy, India, Mexico, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

Major finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss1997Australian OpenHard Pete Sampras2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win1998French OpenClay Àlex Corretja6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win1998Monte CarloClay Cédric Pioline6–3, 6–0, 7–5
Loss1999Indian WellsHard Mark Philippoussis7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss2002Monte CarloClay Juan Carlos Ferrero5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win2002CincinnatiHard Lleyton Hewitt7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss2003MiamiHard Andre Agassi3–6, 3–6
Win2004RomeClay David Nalbandian6–3, 6–3, 6–1

ATP career finals

Singles: 44 (20 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–1)
ATP Masters Series (3–3)
ATP International Series Gold (3–4)
ATP International Series (13–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–12)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (16–12)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Nov 1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Félix Mantilla 6–0, 6–3
Loss 1. May 1996 Munich, Germany Clay Sláva Doseděl 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 2. Aug 1996 Umag, Croatia Clay Félix Mantilla 6–0, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2. Sep 1996 Bucharest, Romania Clay Alberto Berasategui 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3. Jan 1997 Sydney, Australia Hard Tim Henman 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Jan 1997 Australian Open Hard Pete Sampras 2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 5. Aug 1997 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay Sláva Doseděl 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 2–6
Loss 6. Aug 1997 Indianapolis, United States Hard Jonas Björkman 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 3. Aug 1997 Long Island, United States Hard Patrick Rafter 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 7. Sep 1997 Bournemouth, UK Clay Félix Mantilla 2–6, 2–6
Win 4. Apr 1998 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Cédric Pioline 6–3, 6–0, 7–5
Win 5. Jun 1998 French Open Clay Àlex Corretja 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 8. Oct 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Gustavo Kuerten 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
Loss 9. Nov 1998 ATP Championships, Germany Hard Àlex Corretja 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 10. Mar 1999 Indian Wells, United States Hard Mark Philippoussis 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 6. Apr 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay Francisco Clavet 6–3, 6–2
Loss 11. Apr 2000 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Àlex Corretja 3–6, 2–6
Loss 12. Apr 2001 Barcelona, Spain Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win 7. Jul 2001 Umag, Croatia (2) Clay Jérôme Golmard 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win 8. Mar 2002 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Fernando Meligeni 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 13. Apr 2002 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero 5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win 9. Jul 2002 Båstad, Sweden Clay Younes El Aynaoui 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win 10. Jul 2002 Umag, Croatia (3) Clay David Ferrer 6–2, 6–3
Win 11. Aug 2002 Cincinnati, United States Hard Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 14. Sep 2002 Hong Kong, China SAR Hard Juan Carlos Ferrero 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
Win 12. Feb 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina (2) Clay Guillermo Coria 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 15. Mar 2003 Miami, United States Hard Andre Agassi 3–6, 3–6
Win 13. Apr 2003 Barcelona, Spain Clay Marat Safin 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0 retired
Win 14. Jul 2003 Umag, Croatia (4) Clay Filippo Volandri 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 16. Oct 2003 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Roger Federer 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win 15. Jan 2004 Chennai, India Hard Paradorn Srichaphan 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 17. Jan 2004 Sydney, Australia (2) Hard Lleyton Hewitt 3–4 ret.
Loss 18. Feb 2004 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Guillermo Coria 4–6, 1–6
Win 16. Mar 2004 Acapulco, Mexico (2) Clay Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–0
Win 17. May 2004 Rome, Italy Clay David Nalbandian 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Win 18. Jan 2005 Chennai, India (2) Hard Paradorn Srichaphan 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 19. Aug 2005 Umag, Croatia (5) Clay Guillermo Coria 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 20. Jan 2006 Chennai, India Hard Ivan Ljubičić 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 19. Feb 2006 Buenos Aires, Argentina (3) Clay Filippo Volandri 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 21. Jan 2007 Sydney, Australia (3) Hard James Blake 3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss 22. Mar 2007 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Juan Ignacio Chela 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 20. Jul 2007 Umag, Croatia (6) Clay Andrei Pavel 6–4, 6–2
Loss 23. Feb 2008 Costa do Sauípe, Brazil Clay Nicolás Almagro 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss 24. Sep 2008 Bucharest, Romania (2) Clay Gilles Simon 3–6, 4–6

Team

2004 – Davis Cup winner with Spain

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R F 2R 1R A QF 2R 2R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 13 13–13
French Open A A 2R 2R W 4R 1R 2R 3R QF QF 4R 3R QF 1R A A 1 / 13 32–12
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R A A 4R A A 1R A A A 0 / 8 7–8
US Open A A 2R 1R SF 2R 4R 3R 2R 4R 3R 2R 3R QF 2R A A 0 / 13 26–13
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–4 8–4 14–3 5–4 3–3 8–4 4–3 8–3 9–3 4–3 4–3 8–4 1–3 0–1 0–1 1 / 47 79–46
Year-end championships
Tennis Masters Cup A A A SF F A A A SF RR RR A A A A A A 0 / 5 10–9
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A 2R 3R F 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R QF 2R 4R 3R A 2R 0 / 13 18–12
Miami Masters A A A 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 2R F QF 3R 3R 2R 3R A A 0 / 12 19–12
Monte Carlo Masters A A 3R SF W QF 2R 2R F SF SF 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 1 / 13 26–12
Rome Masters A A 3R 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R QF 3R W 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 1 / 13 20–12
Hamburg Masters A A 3R 1R 1R SF 1R 1R 2R 2R QF A 1R SF QF NM1 0 / 12 17–12
Canada Masters A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R A A 0 / 8 6–8
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R W 1R QF 3R 1R QF QF A A 1 / 11 19–10
Madrid Masters A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 3R 3R A 2R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 0 / 12 3–12
Paris Masters A A 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R SF A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 8 5–8
Career statistics
Titles 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 20
Finals 0 1 3 6 4 1 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 0 44
Hardcourt win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–5 25–11 15–12 15–11 15–9 12–11 22–12 20–12 23–10 15–10 12–10 17–12 15–12 1–2 1–2 211–141
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 13–15
Clay win–loss 0–0 11–7 36–16 27–12 32–10 19–10 16–8 18–8 34–7 37–10 33–8 16–10 18–11 25–10 13–11 1–2 1–3 337–143
Carpet win–loss 0–0 0–0 4–5 3–5 0–4 0–1 0–1 4–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 14–20
Overall win–loss 0–0 11–7 43–28 56–30 49–28 38–24 32–20 35–24 59–21 58–22 59–19 31–20 30–21 42–23 28–23 2–4 2–5 575–319
Win % 61% 61% 65% 64% 61% 62% 59% 74% 73% 76% 61% 59% 65% 55% 33% 29% 64.32%
Year-end ranking 347 61 28 7 5 23 41 19 5 7 5 31 43 17 42 446 516

Top 10 wins

  • He has a 44–60 (42.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins0367141113301310044
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Moyá
Rank
1996
1. Goran Ivanišević 6 Munich, Germany Clay QF 6–3, 6–4 40
2. Thomas Muster 2 Munich, Germany Clay SF 6–3, 6–3 40
3. Boris Becker 3 Paris, France Carpet (i) 2R 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 24
1997
4. Wayne Ferreira 10 Sydney, Australia Hard 1R 2–6, 6–0, 6–3 28
5. Boris Becker 6 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard 1R 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 25
6. Michael Chang 2 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard SF 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 25
7. Richard Krajicek 5 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay QF 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 8
8. Pete Sampras 1 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Hard (i) RR 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–2 7
9. Thomas Muster 9 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Hard (i) RR 6–2, 6–3 7
1998
10. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 3R 6–2, 6–3 18
11. Àlex Corretja 8 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay QF 6–3, 6–2 18
12. Marcelo Ríos 3 French Open, Paris Clay QF 6–1, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 12
13. Àlex Corretja 7 US Open, New York Hard 4R 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–3 10
14. Karol Kučera 7 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Hard (i) RR 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–3 5
15. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 10 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Hard (i) RR 7–5, 7–5 5
16. Tim Henman 9 ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany Hard (i) SF 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 5
1999
17. Tim Henman 7 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–2) 4
2000
18. Magnus Norman 5 Estoril, Portugal Clay 2R 6–1, 6–3 50
19. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 Barcelona, Spain Clay 2R 6–2, 7–6(7–4) 39
20. Àlex Corretja 8 Long Island, United States Hard 2R 7–5, 1–1, ret. 59
21. Àlex Corretja 8 US Open, New York Hard 3R 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 55
2001
22. Lleyton Hewitt 7 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard 3R 4–6, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 42
2002
23. Tommy Haas 6 Scottsdale, United States Hard 1R 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3 25
24. Lleyton Hewitt 1 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 1R 6–4, 6–3 26
25. Marat Safin 6 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay QF 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–4) 26
26. Tim Henman 5 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay SF 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 26
27. Lleyton Hewitt 1 Rome, Italy Clay 2R 6–3, 6–2 25
28. Juan Carlos Ferrero 8 Cincinnati, United States Hard SF 6–3, 6–4 17
29. Lleyton Hewitt 1 Cincinnati, United States Hard F 7–5, 7–6(7–5) 17
30. Sébastien Grosjean 4 Paris, France Carpet (i) 3R 3–6, 7–6(12–10), 6–1 10
31. Andre Agassi 2 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 6–4 10
32. Marat Safin 3 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Hard (i) RR 6–4, 7–5 5
33. Lleyton Hewitt 1 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Hard (i) RR 6–4, 7–5 5
2003
34. Marat Safin 8 Barcelona, Spain Clay F 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0, ret. 4
35. Rainer Schüttler 6 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, United States Hard RR 7–5, 6–4 7
36. Mark Philippoussis 9 Davis Cup, Melbourne, Australia Grass RR 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4) 7
2004
37. David Nalbandian 8 Rome, Italy Clay F 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 9
38. Gastón Gaudio 10 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, United States Hard RR 6–3, 6–4 5
39. Andy Roddick 2 Davis Cup, Seville, Spain Clay (i) RR 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5) 5
2006
40. Rafael Nadal 2 Miami, United States Hard 2R 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 35
2007
41. James Blake 9 Hamburg, Germany Clay 3R 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 36
42. Novak Djokovic 6 Hamburg, Germany Clay QF 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–5 36
43. Novak Djokovic 3 Cincinnati, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 6–1 19
2008
44. Nikolay Davydenko 5 Cincinnati, United States Hard 2R 7–6(10–8), 4–6, 6–2 41

Personal life

In July 2011, Moyá married actress Carolina Cerezuela. They have two daughters and a son.[4]

See also

  • List of Grand Slam men's singles champions

References

  1. Carlos Moya ATP Profile.
  2. Moya Suffers Hip Injury. ATPtennis.com, 13 March 2009
  3. "Carlos Moya retires due to foot injury". The Daily Telegraph. London. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  4. "Una pareja en buena forma" (in Spanish). Última Hora. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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