Miguel Ángel López Jaén

Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Elche, Alicante, Spain
Born (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982
Elche, Alicante, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2000
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $186,036
Singles
Career record 1–2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 173 (11 August 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2008)
French Open 2R (2008)
Wimbledon Q1 (2008)
US Open Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record 0–1
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 175 (16 February 2009)
Last updated on: 15 July 2014.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Jaén.

Miguel Ángel López Jaén[1] (born 29 November 1982 in Elche, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain.

Junior career

López Jaén had a brief career at the top level of Juniors play, reaching a high of No. 76 in April 2000 before turning his sights on pro tournaments.[2]

Professional career

2000 to 2007

López Jaén cracked the top-300 as a 20-year-old in 2003, but was sidelined by injury early in 2004. He regained his form in 2007, when he again cracked the top-300 late in the year.

2008

From January through March, López Jaén met with limited success, failing to qualify in his ATP attempts, and having limited success at the Futures level.

However, in April, López Jaén qualified into his first ATP tournament, beating No. 161 Dušan Vemić in the qualifying round before bowing out to No. 27 Nicolás Almagro in the main draw in Valencia, Spain. After failing to qualify the next week in Barcelona, he beat his first top-100 opponent, No. 97 Peter Luczak, at a Challenger in Spain in May.

Later in May, López Jaén qualified for the 2008 French Open, beating No. 118 Brian Dabul and No. 242 Alex Bogdanovic to gain entry into his first Grand Slam main draw. He then won his first round match against No. 111 Frank Dancevic in four tight sets, losing to World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the second round.

Titles (1)

Singles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0)
ITF Futures (0)

Runner-up (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 9 June 2008 Košice Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol 5–7, 1–6

Doubles (1)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1)
ITF Futures (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 10 March 2008 Tanger Clay Spain Iván Navarro Spain Marc López
Spain Trujillo-Soler
6–3, 65–7, [11–9]

Runners-up (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 5 May 2008 Telde Clay Spain José Antonio Sánchez Spain Daniel Gimeno
Spain Daniel Muñoz
3–6, 1–6
2. 9 June 2008 Košice Clay Spain Carles Poch Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
1–6, 6–4, [11–13]
3. 29 January 2012 Bucaramanga Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi Uruguay Ariel Behar
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
4–6, 6–7(5–7)

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