Juan Sebastián Cabal
Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés is a Colombian professional tennis player specialising in doubles. His current ranking in men's doubles is No. 1, and he has also reached World No. 184 in singles. He has won three grand slam doubles titles in his career, in 2017 he won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, partnering Abigail Spears of the USA, and two years later he won his first men's doubles grand slam title, winning the 2019 Wimbledon title and 2019 US Open title alongside countryman and regular doubles partner Robert Farah.
ATP Tour
The year 2011 is considered as his ATP Tournament and Grand Slam debut, also considered the best year for his performance in the French Open Doubles with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian Tennis, as they defeated the number 1 ranked couple in the semifinals, brothers Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan with partials 7–6, 6–3 and losing the final to Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, he debuted in First Round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi and India's Rohan Bopanna, who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. in Second Round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.
In the 2013 Australian Open, he formed a couple with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013 they also reached the final in an ATP250 event in Nice. He finished the year ranked 43 in the world.
In 2014 Cabal and Farah reached 6 ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500 Rio Open and the ATP250 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP1000 event in Miami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a 7th final partnering Nicolas Barrientos in his home country's ATP250 event in Bogota. He finished the year ranked 22 in the world.
In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the Brasil Open and the Geneva Open and reaching another 3 finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of 18 in the world. In grand slams the pair struggled reaching the 2nd round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked 25 in the world.
2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles they won, as they took 4. At the Australian Open they had their best grand slam result of the year, reaching the 3rd round. In February they won 2 events in South America, the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the Rio Open in Brazil. In May they reached the final in Munich and then won the ATP250 event in Nice for a second time in their careers. They finished the season by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked 30 in the world.
Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the 3rd round at the Australian Open. They then returned to South America, defending their title at the Argentina Open and reaching the final again in Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in Munich. He then reached his first grand slam semi final since 2011 at the French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.
In May 2018, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title against Pablo Carreño Busta and João Sousa. With the win, Cabal reached the Top-10 for the first time in his career.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 38 (17 titles, 21 runners-up)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2011 French Open – Men's Doubles| | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 6–7, 6–3, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | 2012 UNICEF Open – Men's Doubles| | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Dmitry Tursunov | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | 2013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles| | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | 2014 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles| | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor | 7–6, 4–6, |
Loss | 0–5 | 2014 Royal Guard Open – Doubles| | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Oliver Marach Florin Mergea | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–5 | 2014 Rio Open – Men's Doubles| | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | David Marrero Marcelo Melo | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–6 | 2014 Brasil Open – Doubles| | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald | 7–5, 4–6, |
Loss | 1–7 | 2014 Sony Open Tennis – Men's Doubles| | Miami Open, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Robert Farah | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–8 | 2014 Claro Open Colombia – Doubles| | Colombia Open, Colombia | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolás Barrientos | Sam Groth Chris Guccione | 6–7, 7–6, |
Win | 2–8 | 2014 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles| | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray John Peers | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–8 | 2015 Brasil Open – Doubles| | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 4–8 | 2015 Geneva Open – Doubles| | Geneva Open, Switaerland | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun | 7–5, 4–6, |
Loss | 4–9 | 2015 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles| | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot | 7–6, 3–6, |
Loss | 4–10 | 2015 German Open – Doubles| | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray John Peers | 6–2, 3–6, |
Loss | 4–11 | 2015 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles| | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo | 6–7, 6–3, |
Win | 5–11 | 2016 Argentina Open – Doubles| | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Íñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi | 6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 6–11 | 2016 Rio Open – Men's Doubles| | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero | 7–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 6–12 | 2016 BMW Open – Doubles| | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 3–6, 6–3, |
Win | 7–12 | 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles| | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–4, |
Win | 8–12 | 2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles| | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | 7–5, 4–6, |
Win | 9–12 | 2017 Argentina Open – Doubles| | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Santiago González David Marrero | 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–13 | 2017 Rio Open – Doubles| | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 7–5, |
Loss | 9–14 | 2017 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Doubles| | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Brian Baker Nikola Mektić | 6–7, 4–6 |
Win | 10–14 | 2017 BMW Open – Doubles| | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 10–15 | 2017 Geneva Open – Doubles| | Geneva Open, Switaerland | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6–2, 6–7, |
Win | 11–15 | 2017 Los Cabos Open – Doubles| | Los Cabos Open, Mexico | 250 Series | Hard | Treat Huey | Sergio Galdós Roberto Maytín | 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 11–16 | 2018 Australian Open – Men's Doubles| | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Robert Farah | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 11–17 | 2018 Argentina Open – Doubles| | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Andrés Molteni Horacio Zeballos | 3–6, 7–5, |
Win | 12–17 | 2018 Italian Open – Men's Doubles| | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Robert Farah | Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa | 3–6, 6–4, |
Loss | 12–18 | 2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles| | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6–4, 3–6, |
Loss | 12–19 | 2019 Sydney International – Men's Doubles| | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 13–19 | 2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles| | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Robert Farah | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 14–19 | 2019 Italian Open – Men's Doubles| | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Robert Farah | Raven Klaasen Michael Venus | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 15–19 | 2019 Eastbourne International – Men's Doubles| | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | Robert Farah | Maximo González Horacio Zeballos | 3–6, 7–6, |
Win | 16–19 | 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles| | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Robert Farah | Nicolas Mahut | 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |
Loss | 16–20 | 2019 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles| | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Robert Farah | Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek | 6–4, 4–6, |
Win | 17–20 | 2019 US Open – Men's Doubles| | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Robert Farah | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 17–21 | 2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles| | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Hard | Robert Farah | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 6–7, 7–6, |