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Carlos Moyá
Singles

Country	Spain
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Date of birth	27 August 1976 (1976-08-27) (age 33)
Place of birth	Palma, Majorca
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$13,382,822
Career record	573–314
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 1 (15 March 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1997)
French Open	W (1998)
Wimbledon	4R (2004)
US Open	SF (1998)
Doubles
Career record	23–49
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 108 (29 October 2001)
Australian Open	QF (2001)
Last updated on: June 16, 2009.

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Moyà and the second is Llompart.

Carlos Moya Llompart (Catalan: Carles Moyà, Spanish: Carlos Moyá; born 27 August 1976) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland.^[1] Although he plays with his right hand, he is naturally left-handed - the opposite of fellow Majorcan Rafael Nadal.

He is one of four currently active players to have won over 500 matches at ATP level. Roger Federer is top with 664, while Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick, have 514 and 505 respective wins prior to the 2009 U.S. Open. This ranks Moya second out of all currently active players at 574 wins. A running total can be found here.

1 Personal life
2 Tennis career
- 2.1 Records
3 Grand Slam record
4 Major finals
- 4.1 Grand Slam finals
  - 4.1.1 Singles: 2 (1-1)
- 4.2 Masters Series finals
  - 4.2.1 Singles: 6 (3-3)
5 Career finals
- 5.1 Singles: 44 (20-24)
6 Team titles
- 6.1 Singles Performance timeline
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Personal life

Moyá was born in Palma, Spain. He began playing tennis at six years old with his parents. Carlos turned professional in 1995 and won his first tour title later that year in Buenos Aires. He previously dated Italian Flavia Pennetta. The two split in 2007.^{[citation needed]} He is dating Spanish actress Carolina Cerezuela and the couple are expecting their first child together.^[2]

Tennis career

In 1997, Moyá reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, defeating world number three Michael Chang in the semifinals in straight sets, before losing in straight sets to Pete Sampras.

In 1998, Moyá won the French Open. He defeated fellow-Spaniard Álex Corretja in the final in straight sets. He also won his first Tennis Masters Series tournament that year at Monte Carlo. He reached the semifinals of the US Open, losing to Mark Philippoussis. He concluded the year by finishing runner-up at the ATP World Championships (now known as the Tennis Masters Cup), where he lost in a five-set final to Corretja.

In March 1999, after finishing runner-up at Indian Wells, Moyá reached the World No. 1 singles ranking. He held the top spot for two weeks. Later that year, he entered the French Open as defending champion, and lost in the fourth round to Andre Agassi (who would go on to be that year's champion). At the US Open, Moyá withdrew in the second round with a back injury and only played in two tournaments for the rest of the year.

In 2000, despite being hampered with a stress fracture in his lower back from the 1999 US Open through the early part of 2000, Moyá still managed to finish top 50 in the world for the fifth straight year. He reached the fourth round of the US Open, where he held a match point in the fourth set but eventually lost to Todd Martin in an epic five-set marathon 6–7, 6–7, 6–1, 7–6, 6–2. Moyá's best result for the rest of 2000 was winning at Portugal.

In 2001, Moyá won the title at Umag. He also finished runner-up at Barcelona, where he lost in a four-hour marathon final to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero.

2002 saw Moyá win four titles from six finals. He captured his second career Tennis Masters Series title, and the biggest hardcourt title of his career, at Cincinnati, where he defeated World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the final.

Carlos Moya Australian Open 2006.

Moyá captured three clay court titles in 2003. He also helped Spain reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6–0 singles record. In the semifinals, he won the deciding rubber against Gastón Gaudio as Spain beat Argentina 3–2. He beat Mark Philippoussis on grass court in the final. But that proved to be Spain's only point as they lost the final 3–1 to Australia.

In 2004, Moyá helped Spain go one better and win the Davis Cup. In the final, he won two critical singles rubbers against Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, as Spain beat the United States 3–2. The year also saw Moyà capture his third career Masters Series title at Rome, where he defeated David Nalbandian in the final (6–3, 6–3, 6–1). He was the only player on the tour to win at least 20 matches on both clay courts and hardcourts that year.

In July 2004, Moyá's kind hearted gesture to hit with ball boy Sandeep Ponniah at the 2004 Tennis Masters Series Toronto event captured audiences during an injury timeout against opponent Nicholas Kiefer of Germany. To the crowd's surprise, Ponniah shuffled Moyá across the baseline and received an ovation for an overhead smash on a Moyá lob.

Moyá won his 18th career title in January 2005 at Chennai. He donated his prize money for the win to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake victims.

In January 2007, Moyá was the runner-up at the Medibank International in Sydney, Australia, losing to defending champion James Blake.

In May 2007, at the Hamburg Masters, he defeated Mardy Fish, World No. 12 Tomáš Berdych, World No. 9 Blake, and World No. 6 Novak Djokovic, a run which saw him reach his first Masters semifinal since 2004 Indian Wells. After reaching the semifinals against Roger Federer, Moyà lost 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.

Moyà lost against Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open.

During Wimbledon, Moyá lost in the first round to Tim Henman in a 5-set thriller, the fifth set stretching to 24 games (Henman won 13–11). Despite the loss, Moyá had no points to defend (he had not played a grasscourt match in a few years), resulting in moving to World No. 20, his first time inside the top 20 since 13 June 2005.

In July 2007, Moyá won the Studena Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia, defeating Andrei Pavel (6–4 6–2). The win brought him to World No. 18 in the rankings, his highest rank since 23 May 2005, when he was World No. 15.

In August 2007, Moyá lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the first round of the Montréal Masters. At Cincinnati, one week later and just two weeks shy of his 31st birthday, he beat David Nalbandian 7–6 (4), 7–6 (2), World No. 3 Djokovid 6–4, 6–1, and Juan Martín del Potro 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 (after being down an early break in the third set) to set up a quarterfinal clash with Lleyton Hewitt.

In 2008 at the Cincinnati Masters, Moyá defeated Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-2 which was played over the course of two days because of rain. Hours after his match with Davydenko, Moyá beat Igor Andreev 6–4, 7–6 (2).

Moyá made a slow start in 2009. He failed to progress beyond the second round of his first 4 tournaments, including a first round loss at the Australian Open. In March 2009, he announced that he would have an indefinite hiatus from tennis to recover from injured tendons and ischium in his hip.^[3] He returned to professional tennis in January 2010 losing 6-3, 7-6 against Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of the Chennai Open, then losing in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open to Illya Marchenko, 7-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Records

He has won ATP Tour singles titles in 11 different countries: Argentina, Croatia, France, Italy, India, Mexico, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

Grand Slam record

Australian Open
- Singles runner-up: 1997
- Singles quarterfinalist: 2001
- Doubles quarterfinalist: 2001

French Open
- Singles champion: 1998
- Singles quarterfinalist: 2003, 2004, 2007

US Open
- Singles semifinalist: 1998
- Singles quarterfinalist: 2007

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Pete Sampras	2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	1998	French Open	Clay	Àlex Corretja	6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Masters Series finals

Singles: 6 (3-3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1998	Monte Carlo	Clay	Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	1999	Indian Wells	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2002	Monte Carlo	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2002	Cincinnati	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	7–5, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	2003	Miami	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2004	Rome	Clay	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–3, 6–1

Career finals

Singles: 44 (20-24)

Wins (20)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam Tournaments (1)
Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3)
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (3)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (13)

Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Grass (0)
Clay (16)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	13 November 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–0, 6–3
2.	19 August 1996	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–0, 7–6(4)
3.	25 August 1997	Long Island, USA	Hard	Patrick Rafter	6–4, 7–6(1)
4.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–0, 7–5
5.	8 June 1998	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Àlex Corretja	6–3, 7–5, 6–3
6.	17 April 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Francisco Clavet	6–3, 6–2
7.	23 July 2001	Umag, Croatia (2)	Clay	Jérôme Golmard	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(2)
8.	4 March 2002	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	7–6(4), 7–6(4)
9.	15 July 2002	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
10.	22 July 2002	Umag, Croatia (3)	Clay	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–3
11.	12 August 2002	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	7–5, 7–6(5)
12.	17 February 2003	Buenos Aires, Argentina (2)	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
13.	21 April 2003	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Marat Safin	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0 retired
14.	21 July 2003	Umag, Croatia (4)	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
15.	5 January 2004	Chennai, India	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(5)
16.	1 March 2004	Acapulco, Mexico (2)	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–0
17.	3 May 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
18.	3 January 2005	Chennai, India (2)	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)
19.	13 February 2006	Buenos Aires, Argentina (3)	Clay	Filippo Volandri	7–6(6), 6–4
20.	29 July 2007	Umag, Croatia (5)	Clay	Andrei Pavel	6–4, 6–2

Runner-ups (24)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam Tournaments (1)
Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (1)
ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3)
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (4)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (15)

Titles by Surface
Hard (12)
Grass (0)
Clay (12)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	6 May 1996	Munich, Germany	Clay	Sláva Doseděl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
2.	16 September 1996	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	6–1, 7–6(5)
3.	13 January 1997	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–1
4.	27 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Pete Sampras	6–2, 6–3, 6–3
5.	4 August 1997	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Sláva Doseděl	7–6(4), 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–2
6.	18 August 1997	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 7–6(3)
7.	15 September 1997	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Félix Mantilla	6–2, 6–2
8.	5 October 1998	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–7(5), 6–2, 6–3
9.	30 November 1998	ATP Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard	Àlex Corretja	3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
10.	8 March 1999	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
11.	23 April 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Àlex Corretja	6–3, 6–2
12.	30 April 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
13.	22 April 2002	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
14.	30 September 2002	Hong Kong, China	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(4)
15.	31 March 2003	Miami, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–3
16.	13 October 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
17.	19 January 2004	Sydney, Australia (2)	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	4–3 ret.
18.	30 September 2004	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–4, 6–1
19.	1 August 2005	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
20.	9 January 2006	Chennai, India	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	7–6(6), 6–2
21.	15 January 2007	Sydney, Australia (3)	Hard	James Blake	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
22.	5 March 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	6–3, 7–6(2)
23.	17 February 2008	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	7–6(4), 3–6, 7–5
24.	14 September 2008	Bucharest, Romania (2)	Clay	Gilles Simon	6–3, 6–4

Team titles

2004 - Davis Cup winner with Spain

Singles Performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played	W-L	player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH	tournament not held in that calendar year	A	did not participate in the tournament
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = round robin)
QF	advanced to but not past the quarterfinals	SF	advanced to but not past the semifinals
F	advanced to the final, tournament runner-up	W	won the tournament

NMS				means an event that was not an ATP Masters Series tournament.
NM1				means an event that was not an ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2009 Australian Open.

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career W-L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	F	2R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 12	13–12
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	W	4R	1R	2R	3R	QF	QF	4R	3R	QF	1R	A	1 / 13	32–12
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	4R	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 8	7–8
US Open	A	A	2R	1R	SF	2R	4R	3R	2R	4R	3R	2R	3R	QF	2R	A	0 / 13	26–13
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	2–4	8–4	14–3	5–4	3–3	8–4	4–3	8–3	9–3	4–3	4–3	8–4	1–3	0–1	N/A	79–45
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	SF	F	A	A	A	SF	RR	RR	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	10–9
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	2R	3R	F	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	QF	2R	4R	3R	A	0 / 12	17–12
Miami Masters	A	A	A	2R	2R	4R	2R	4R	2R	F	QF	3R	3R	2R	3R	A	0 / 12	19–12
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	3R	SF	W	QF	2R	2R	F	SF	SF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 13	26–12
Rome Masters	A	A	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	1R	QF	3R	W	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 13	20–12
Madrid Masters	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	3–11
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	6–8
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	W	1R	QF	3R	1R	QF	QF	A	1 / 11	19–10
Shanghai Masters	Not ATP Masters Series									Not Held		Not ATP Masters Series				A	0 / 0	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	SF	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 8	5–8
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	1R	1R	SF	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	A	1R	SF	QF	NM1	0 / 12	17–12
ATP Tournaments Won	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	N/A	20
Year End Ranking	347	61	28	7	5	22	41	19	5	7	5	31	43	17	42	446	N/A	N/A

References

^ [1]
^ Carlos Moya to be a Dad
^ Moya Suggers Hip Injury Layoff ATPtennis.com, March 13, 2009

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pete Sampras	World No. 1 15 March 1999 – 28 March 1999 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by Pete Sampras

French Open men's singles champions

(1968) Ken Rosewall · (1969) Rod Laver · (1970) Jan Kodeš · (1971) Jan Kodeš · (1972) Andrés Gimeno · (1973) Ilie Năstase · (1974) Björn Borg · (1975) Björn Borg · (1976) Adriano Panatta · (1977) Guillermo Vilas · (1978) Björn Borg · (1979) Björn Borg · (1980) Björn Borg · (1981) Björn Borg · (1982) Mats Wilander · (1983) Yannick Noah · (1984) Ivan Lendl · (1985) Mats Wilander · (1986) Ivan Lendl · (1987) Ivan Lendl · (1988) Mats Wilander · (1989) Michael Chang · (1990) Andrés Gómez · (1991) Jim Courier · (1992) Jim Courier · (1993) Sergi Bruguera · (1994) Sergi Bruguera · (1995) Thomas Muster · (1996) Yevgeny Kafelnikov · (1997) Gustavo Kuerten · (1998) Carlos Moyà · (1999) Andre Agassi · (2000) Gustavo Kuerten · (2001) Gustavo Kuerten · (2002) Albert Costa · (2003) Juan Carlos Ferrero · (2004) Gastón Gaudio · (2005) Rafael Nadal · (2006) Rafael Nadal · (2007) Rafael Nadal · (2008) Rafael Nadal · (2009) Roger Federer

ATP Masters Series: Singles winners

Indian Wells Masters winners

1990: Stefan Edberg · 1991: Jim Courier · 1992: Michael Chang · 1993: Jim Courier · 1994: Pete Sampras · 1995: Pete Sampras · 1996: Michael Chang · 1997: Michael Chang · 1998: Marcelo Ríos · 1999: Mark Philippoussis · 2000: Àlex Corretja · 2001: Andre Agassi · 2002: Lleyton Hewitt · 2003: Lleyton Hewitt · 2004: Roger Federer · 2005: Roger Federer · 2006: Roger Federer · 2007: Rafael Nadal · 2008: Novak Djokovic · 2009: Rafael Nadal

Miami Masters winners

1990: Andre Agassi · 1991: Jim Courier · 1992: Michael Chang · 1993: Pete Sampras · 1994: Pete Sampras · 1995: Andre Agassi · 1996: Andre Agassi · 1997: Thomas Muster · 1998: Marcelo Ríos · 1999: Richard Krajicek · 2000: Pete Sampras · 2001: Andre Agassi · 2002: Andre Agassi · 2003: Andre Agassi · 2004: Andy Roddick · 2005: Roger Federer · 2006: Roger Federer · 2007: Novak Djokovic · 2008: Nikolay Davydenko · 2009: Andy Murray

Monte Carlo Masters winners

1990: Andrei Chesnokov · 1991: Sergi Bruguera · 1992: Thomas Muster · 1993: Sergi Bruguera · 1994: Andriy Medvedev · 1995: Thomas Muster · 1996: Thomas Muster · 1997: Marcelo Ríos · 1998: Carlos Moyá · 1999: Gustavo Kuerten · 2000: Cédric Pioline · 2001: Gustavo Kuerten · 2002: Juan Carlos Ferrero · 2003: Juan Carlos Ferrero · 2004: Guillermo Coria · 2005: Rafael Nadal · 2006: Rafael Nadal · 2007: Rafael Nadal · 2008: Rafael Nadal · 2009: Rafael Nadal

Rome Masters winners

1990: Thomas Muster · 1991: Emilio Sánchez · 1992: Jim Courier · 1993: Jim Courier · 1994: Pete Sampras · 1995: Thomas Muster · 1996: Thomas Muster · 1997: Àlex Corretja · 1998: Marcelo Ríos · 1999: Gustavo Kuerten · 2000: Magnus Norman · 2001: Juan Carlos Ferrero · 2002: Andre Agassi · 2003: Félix Mantilla · 2004: Carlos Moyá · 2005: Rafael Nadal · 2006: Rafael Nadal · 2007: Rafael Nadal · 2008: Novak Djokovic · 2009: Rafael Nadal

Hamburg/Madrid Masters winners

1990: Juan Aguilera · 1991: Karel Nováček · 1992: Stefan Edberg · 1993: Michael Stich · 1994: Andriy Medvedev · 1995: Andriy Medvedev · 1996: Roberto Carretero · 1997: Andriy Medvedev · 1998: Albert Costa · 1999: Marcelo Ríos · 2000: Gustavo Kuerten · 2001: Albert Portas · 2002: Roger Federer · 2003: Guillermo Coria · 2004: Roger Federer · 2005: Roger Federer · 2006: Tommy Robredo · 2007: Roger Federer · 2008: Rafael Nadal · 2009: Roger Federer

Canada Masters winners

1990: Michael Chang · 1991: Andrei Chesnokov · 1992: Andre Agassi · 1993: Mikael Pernfors · 1994: Andre Agassi · 1995: Andre Agassi · 1996: Wayne Ferreira · 1997: Chris Woodruff · 1998: Patrick Rafter · 1999: Thomas Johansson · 2000: Marat Safin · 2001: Andrei Pavel · 2002: Guillermo Cañas · 2003: Andy Roddick · 2004: Roger Federer · 2005: Rafael Nadal · 2006: Roger Federer · 2007: Novak Djokovic · 2008: Rafael Nadal · 2009: Andy Murray

Cincinnati Masters winners

1990: Stefan Edberg · 1991: Guy Forget · 1992: Pete Sampras · 1993: Michael Chang · 1994: Michael Chang · 1995: Andre Agassi · 1996: Andre Agassi · 1997: Pete Sampras · 1998: Patrick Rafter · 1999: Pete Sampras · 2000: Thomas Enqvist · 2001: Gustavo Kuerten · 2002: Carlos Moyá · 2003: Andy Roddick · 2004: Andre Agassi · 2005: Roger Federer · 2006: Andy Roddick · 2007: Roger Federer · 2008: Andy Murray · 2009: Roger Federer

Stockholm/Essen/Stuttgart/Madrid/Shanghai Masters winners

1990: Boris Becker · 1991: Boris Becker · 1992: Goran Ivanišević · 1993: Michael Stich · 1994: Boris Becker · 1995: Thomas Muster · 1996: Boris Becker · 1997: Petr Korda · 1998: Richard Krajicek · 1999: Thomas Enqvist · 2000: Wayne Ferreira · 2001: Tommy Haas · 2002: Andre Agassi · 2003: Juan Carlos Ferrero · 2004: Marat Safin · 2005: Rafael Nadal · 2006: Roger Federer · 2007: David Nalbandian · 2008: Andy Murray · 2009: Nikolay Davydenko

Paris Masters winners

1990: Stefan Edberg · 1991: Guy Forget · 1992: Boris Becker · 1993: Goran Ivanišević · 1994: Andre Agassi · 1995: Pete Sampras · 1996: Thomas Enqvist · 1997: Pete Sampras · 1998: Greg Rusedski · 1999: Andre Agassi · 2000: Marat Safin · 2001: Sébastien Grosjean · 2002: Marat Safin · 2003: Tim Henman · 2004: Marat Safin · 2005: Tomáš Berdych · 2006: Nikolay Davydenko · 2007: David Nalbandian · 2008: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga · 2009: Novak Djokovic

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World No. 1 players

Ilie Năstase (1973/1974 - 40 w) · John Newcombe (1974 - 8 w) · Jimmy Connors (1974/1983 - 268 w) · Björn Borg (1977/1981 - 109 w) · John McEnroe (1980/1985 - 170 w) · Ivan Lendl (1983/1990 - 270 w) · Mats Wilander (1988/1989 - 20 w) · Stefan Edberg (1990/1992 - 72 w) · Boris Becker (1991 - 12 w) · Jim Courier (1992/1993 - 58 w) · Pete Sampras (1993/2000 - 286 w) · Andre Agassi (1995/2003 - 101 w) · Thomas Muster (1996 - 6 w) · Marcelo Ríos (1998 - 6 w) · Carlos Moyà (1999 - 2 w) · Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1999 - 6 w) · Patrick Rafter (1999 - 1 w) · Marat Safin (2000/2001 - 9 w) · Gustavo Kuerten (2000/2001 - 43 w) · Lleyton Hewitt (2001/2003 - 80 w) · Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003 - 8 w) · Andy Roddick (2003/2004 - 13 w) · Roger Federer (2004/2010 - 272 w) · Rafael Nadal (2008/2009 - 46 w)

ATP rankings incepted on August 23, 1973 · (year first held/year last held - number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of March 1, 2010

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Template:Infobox Tennis player Template:Spanish name 2 Carlos Moya Llompart (Catalan: Carles Moyà, Spanish: Carlos Moyá; born 27 August 1976) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland.^[1] Although he plays with his right hand, he is naturally left-handed - the opposite of fellow Majorcan Rafael Nadal. He is one of the three currently active players to have won over 500 matches at ATP level (the other two are Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt).

1 Personal life
2 Tennis career
- 2.1 Records
3 Grand Slam record
4 Major finals
- 4.1 Grand Slam finals
  - 4.1.1 Singles: 2 (1-1)
- 4.2 Masters Series finals
  - 4.2.1 Singles: 6 (3-3)
5 Career finals
- 5.1 Singles: 44 (20-22)
6 Team titles
- 6.1 Singles Performance timeline
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Personal life

Moyà was born in Palma, Spain. He began playing tennis at six years old. He turned professional in 1995 and won his first tour title later that year in Buenos Aires. He dated Italian WTA player Flavia Pennetta but they broke up after London 2007. He is currently dating actress Carolina Cerezuela from Spain. He comes from a family with a long line of tennis players, including his older cousin Gregory Moya, who runs the Moya Tennis Academy in Miami Lakes, Florida.

Tennis career

In 1997, Moyà reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to Pete Sampras.

In 1998, Moyà won the French Open. He defeated fellow-Spaniard Álex Corretja in the final in straight sets. He also won his first Tennis Masters Series tournament that year at Monte Carlo. He concluded the year by finishing runner-up at the ATP World Championships (now known as the Tennis Masters Cup), where he lost in a five-set final to Corretja.

In March 1999, after finishing runner-up at Indian Wells, Moyà reached the World No. 1 singles ranking. He held the top spot for two weeks. Later that year, he entered the French Open as defending champion, and lost in the fourth round to Andre Agassi (who would go on to be that year's champion). At the US Open, Moyà withdrew in the second round with a back injury and only played in two tournaments for the rest of the year.

In 2000, despite being hampered with a stress fracture in his lower back from the 1999 US Open through the early part of 2000, Moyà still managed to finish top 50 in the world for the fifth straight year. He reached the fourth round of the US Open, where he held a match point in the fourth set but eventually lost to Todd Martin in an epic five-set marathon 6–7, 6–7, 6–1, 7–6, 6–2. Moyà's best result for the rest of 2000 was winning at Portugal.

In 2001, Moyà won the title at Umag. He also finished runner-up at Barcelona, where he lost in a four-hour marathon final to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero.

2002 saw Moyà win four titles from six finals. He captured his second career Tennis Masters Series title, and the biggest hardcourt title of his career, at Cincinnati, where he defeated World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the final.

File:Carlos Moya Australian Open

Carlos Moya Australian Open 2006.

Moyà captured three clay court titles in 2003. He also helped Spain reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6–0 singles record. In the semifinals, he won the deciding rubber against Gastón Gaudio as Spain beat Argentina 3–2. He beat Mark Philippoussis on grass court in the final. But that proved to be Spain's only point as they lost the final 3–1 to Australia.

In 2004, Moyà helped Spain go one better and win the Davis Cup. In the final, he won two critical singles rubbers against Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, as Spain beat the United States 3–2. The year also saw Moyà capture his third career Masters Series title at Rome. He was the only player on the tour to win at least 20 matches on both clay courts and hardcourts that year.

In July 2004, Moyà's kind hearted gesture to hit with ball boy Sandeep Ponniah at the 2004 Tennis Masters Series Toronto event captured audiences during an injury timeout against opponent Nicholas Kiefer of Germany. To the crowd's surprise, Ponniah shuffled Moyà across the baseline and received an ovation for an overhead smash on a Moyà lob.

Moyà won his 18th career title in January 2005 at Chennai. He donated his prize money for the win to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake victims.

In January 2007, Moyà was the runner-up at the Medibank International in Sydney, Australia, losing to defending champion James Blake.

In May 2007, at the Hamburg Masters, he defeated Mardy Fish, World No. 12 Tomáš Berdych, World No. 9 Blake, and World No. 6 Novak Djokovic, a run which saw him reach his first Masters semifinal since 2004 Indian Wells. After reaching the semifinals against Roger Federer, Moyà lost 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.

Moyà lost against Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open.

During Wimbledon, Moyà lost in the first round to Tim Henman in a 5-set thriller, the fifth set stretching to 24 games (Henman won 13–11). Despite the loss, Moyà had no points to defend (he had not played a grasscourt match in a few years), resulting in moving to World No. 20, his first time inside the top 20 since 13 June 2005.

In July 2007, Moyà won the Studena Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia, defeating Andrei Pavel (6–4 6–2). The win brought him to World No. 18 in the rankings, his highest rank since 23 May 2005, when he was World No. 15.

In August 2007, Moyà lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the first round of the Montréal Masters. At Cincinnati, one week later and just two weeks shy of his 31st birthday, he beat David Nalbandian 7–6 (4), 7–6 (2), World No. 3 Djokovid 6–4, 6–1, and Juan Martín del Potro 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 (after being down an early break in the third set) to set up a quarterfinal clash with Lleyton Hewitt.

In 2008 at the Cincinnati Masters, Moyà defeated Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-2 which was played over the course of two days because of rain. Hours after his match with Davydenko, Moyà beat Igor Andreev 6–4, 7–6 (2).

Moyà made a slow start in 2009. He failed to progress beyond the second round of his first 4 tournaments, including a first round loss at the Australian Open. In March 2009, he announced that he would have an indefinite hiatus from tennis to recover from injured tendons and ischium in his hip.^[2]