Juan Carlos Ferrero

Nicknamed Juanki, JC, and "El Mosquito", Ferrero began playing tennis at age seven with his father, Eduardo Ferrero Micó (1943–2022), who often traveled with him.

He has two sisters, Ana and Laura and admires the play of former No. 1 Jim Courier.

Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player and current tennis coach.

His fitness trainer was Miguel Maeso, and he was coached by Antonio Martínez Cascales (from 1989) and Salvador Navarro (from May 2008).

Ferrero's inspiration has been his mother, Rosario, who died of cancer in 1996, when he was 16.

Born in Ontinyent, Ferrero came to prominence in 1998, making the final of the French Open Juniors, losing to Fernando González.

He finished the year ranked as the No. 17 junior.

He then made his professional debut in 1998 by reaching the finals of his first Futures tournament in Italy.

He won two Futures events in Spain, and ended the year ranked No. 345.

He made his first ATP main draw debut at the Grand Prix Hassan II as a qualifier, where he reached the semi-finals.

He followed it up by winning a Challenger events in Naples.

He then received a wildcard at the Open Seat Godó and reached the third round losing to Carlos Moyá.

He reached back–to–back finals, marking his top 100 debut at no. 95.

He then reached his fourth challenger final of the year at Graz losing Tomáš Zíb.

He then played at the Generali Open, where he earned his first top 20 win in the second round against No. 15 Tommy Haas, before losing in the quarterfinals.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open in August, losing to ninth seeded Greg Rusedski in the first round.

The following month, in just his fifth professional event, he won his first career title at the Majorca Open, which propelled him from No. 68 to 47.

He ended the year at No. 43 and won the ATP Newcomer of the Year award.

He began the year at the Heineken Open and made the quarterfinals.

He made his Australian Open debut, making it to the third round, where he was defeated by Younes El Aynaoui in a tight five–setter, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6.

Shortly after, he reached the finals at the Dubai Tennis Championships, losing to Nicolas Kiefer, en route earning his first top 10 win over then No. 9 Nicolás Lapentti in the second round.

He backed it up with a semifinal showing at the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic, falling to Australian Lleyton Hewitt.

At the first Masters of the year, he lost his first matches at the Indian Wells Masters to Michael Chang 5–7, 4–6 and at the Ericsson Open to George Bastl.

He was runner-up at the 2002 French Open and 2003 US Open and won 16 ATP Tour titles, including four Masters events.

He was nicknamed "Mosquito" for his speed and slender physical build.

He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he held for eight weeks.

In July 2007, he bought an old cottage in Bocairent, south of Valencia, and refurbished it into "Hotel Ferrero", which features 12 luxury suites.

He used to be a joint owner of the Valencia Open tournament together with fellow tennis player David Ferrer.

In 2010, he signed an endorsement deal with Joma He uses Lacoste (since 2012) for his clothes, Asics for shoes and Prince Sports for his racquets.

He played with a Prince EXO3 Tour 100 Mid+ (16x18) racquet.

Ferrero retired from professional tennis following the 2012 Valencia Open.

He has since been a tennis coach to two-time ATP Finals champion and Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev, and to US Open and Wimbledon champion and world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.

He and his wife had their first child, a daughter, in September 2014.

The couple married in July 2015.

They have had two more children since.

Although Ferrero was known as a good clay court player during his prime, he distinguished himself as an all-court and all-round player through his solid performance on hard- and grass-court tournaments.

He said during an interview that he preferred playing on hard courts.

Tennis experts agreed that Ferrero's clay-court game translated well to the hard court due to his aggressive style of playing.

He also had one of the greatest forehands in the game and immense speed on the court.

He was sponsored by Nike, Sergio Tacchini, and Lotto Sport Italia for his apparel on court.