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Juan Sebastián Cabal

b. 1986

Colombian tennis player

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Born 1986. Juan Sebastián Cabal is a Colombian tennis player.

Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986)

2020: French Open semifinal, year-end world No. 2 Before the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the season, Cabal competed with Jaume Munar in the Australian Open, where they lost in the second round.

Playing with Farah once more, the pair reached the second round of the US Open. Then, they reached the semifinal of the delayed French Open, losing to Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares. Cabal ended the year as the world No. 2.

2021: Three titles, French Open semifinal, Olympics quarterfinals, Finals qualification

Cabal and Farah started their year by reaching the final at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open where they reached the final, losing to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Despite being top-seeded, they lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev.

They won their first title of the year in Dubai, defeating Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final. After losing in Miami and Monte Carlo, they claimed their second title of the year in Barcelona. This was followed by successive first round exits in two Masters 1000 events, Madrid and Rome.

At the 2021 French Open, Cabal and Farah were seeded second and reached the semifinals, losing to eventual champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.

In the grass season, they suffered a second round loss at Queen's Club, before a semifinal appearance at Eastbourne, where they lost to Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram, who also defeated them in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

Cabal and Farah represented Colombia at the Tokyo Olympics where they reached the quarterfinals, before losing to the New Zealand pairing of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.

They suffered a disappointing American hardcourt season, losing in the first round of the US Open and Indian Wells. However, they captured their third title of the year in Vienna, avenging their earlier defeats to Salisbury and Ram by beating them in the final in straight sets. During their run, they qualified for the 2021 ATP Finals.

2022-23: Two Masters finals, Retirement Cabal made his last ATP Tour-level professional appearance at the 2023 US Open with Farah where they lost in the second round.

Performance timelines

Doubles Current through the 2023 US Open.

Mixed doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2017 Australian Open Hard Abigail Spears Ivan Dodig Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–4

Other significant finals

Masters 1000

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 46 (20 titles, 26 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (2–2)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–5)ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–5)ATP World Tour 250 Series (10–14)Finals by surfaceHard (6–10)Clay (12–15)Grass (2–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (17–25)Indoor (3–1)

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Who is Juan Sebastián Cabal?

Colombian tennis player

When was Juan Sebastián Cabal born?

Juan Sebastián Cabal was born on 25 April 1986 in Cali.

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Juan Sebastián Cabal is a tennis player.

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Juan Sebastián Cabal is Colombian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Juan Sebastián Cabal

· Wikidata: Q921488

· DBpedia: Juan Sebastián Cabal

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