usopenresult frenchopenresult birth_date doublesrecord residence australianopenresult team singlestitles plays daviscupresult name doublestitles highestsinglesranking birth_place singlesrecord wimbledonresult height retired highestdoublesranking article_title turnedpro
1r -lrb- 2001 -rrb- 2r -lrb- 2000 , 2001 -rrb- 20 june 1975 40 -- 54 barcelona , spain 1r -lrb- 2001 , 2002 , 2003 -rrb- yes 1 right-handed -lrb- one-handed backhand -rrb- '' ` w '' ' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- joan balcells 0 no. 57 -lrb- 7 may 2001 -rrb- barcelona , spain 41 -- 49 1r -lrb- 2001 , 2002 -rrb- 1.90 2004 no. 65 -lrb- 23 july 2001 -rrb- joan balcells
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joan balcells

joan manel balcells fornaguera -lrb- born 20 june 1975 , in barcelona -rrb- is a retired professional tennis player from spain .
he won one atp tour singles title in his career .
balcells played for the spain davis cup team in 2000 , winning the doubles rubber -lrb- with Àlex corretja -rrb- in the final against australia .
he retired in 2004 .
ballcells was considered a strange player for being a spanish player because ballcells always go up to the net , his game was based on serve and volley .
this was not very common on spanish tennis by the 90 ´ s and early 2000 ´ s.
