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Juan Martin Del Potro Bio
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- 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, Diego Junquiera and Maximo Gonzalez
- 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 4-1 Davis Cup singles record in three ties
- After winning his first ATP title in Stuttgart in July 2008, gave his CLK Mercedes-Benz to his sister, Julieta
- .Fitness trainer is Ignacio Menchon and coached by former ATP pro Franco Davin (since March 2008).
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2008.
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