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Juan Martin Del Potro Bio


  • Full name is Juan Martin del Potro
  • Nicknames are Enano, Palito and Delpo
  • Began playing at age seven with coach Marcelo Gomez
  • Comes from same hometown (Tandil) as ATP pros Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Monaco and Diego Junquiera
  • Father, Daniel, played semi-pro rugby in Argentina, and works as a veterinarian, and mother, Patricia, is a teacher
  • Has one younger sister, Julieta
  • Childhood idol was Pete Sampras and admires Marat Safin
  • Speaks Spanish and some Italian and English
  • Big supporter of Boca Juniors soccer team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy
  • Favorite surface is hard courts
  • Captured Orange Bowl 14s title in 2002 and played his last junior tournament at Roland Garros in 2005, losing to Murray in QF
  • Also runner-up at back-to-back junior tournaments in Mexico and Costa Rica
  • Says if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would look to pursue a career in architecture
  • Has a 2-1 Davis Cup singles record in two ties
  • Fitness trainer is Ignacio Menchon and coached by Eduardo Infantino (since July 2006).
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2007.


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