Is J. Balcells left-handed or right-handed?

J. Balcells plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has J. Balcells won?

J. Balcells has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has J. Balcells won?

J. Balcells has not won a Masters 1000 title.

How many ATP titles has J. Balcells won?

J. Balcells has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent other title was Bucharest in 2000.

What is J. Balcells' highest ATP ranking?

J. Balcells' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 57, first achieved on May 7, 2001.

What is J. Balcells' career win-loss record?

J. Balcells has a career ATP singles record of 38 wins and 46 losses (45.2%).

How much career prize money has J. Balcells earned?

J. Balcells has earned at least $815,801 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did J. Balcells play professional tennis?

J. Balcells turned professional in 1998 and was active through 2003.

What is J. Balcells' best surface?

J. Balcells' best surface is clay court with a 51.1% win rate (23W-22L).

Who is J. Balcells' biggest rival?

J. Balcells' most frequent opponent is Noam Okun, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.

J. Balcells

ESP 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1998–2003

Peak ranking

57 (May 7, 2001)

Elo peak

1733 (59.9%ile)

Career record

38–46 (45.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$815,801

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
May 27, 2003*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Q3 Q	Clay	H. Gamonal #195	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Q2 Q	Clay	Florent Serra #223	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2003	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Q1 Q	Clay	Kristof Vliegen #106	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2003*	San Jose	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Paul Goldstein #194	2-6 6-2 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003*	Australian Open	Grand Slam	R128	Hard	Lars Burgsmuller #76	4-6 5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Noam Okun	1	1	2	Jan 2, 2003	H2H
Juan Ignacio Chela	1	1	2	Jul 20, 2002	H2H
Nicolas Kiefer	1	1	2	Jun 26, 2002	H2H
Agustin Calleri	1	1	2	May 3, 2002	H2H
Guillermo Coria	0	2	2	Mar 19, 2002	H2H

Titles (1)

Season	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
2000	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bucharest
Total	1	—	—	—	1	—

Career Results

Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	ATP	2	1	3	66.7%	397	228
1999	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	231	216
2000	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
2000	ATP	11	7	18	61.1%	216	71
2001	ATP	17	21	38	44.7%	71	95
2002	ATP	7	12	19	36.8%	95	109
2003	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
2003	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	110	337
Career	—	38	46	84	45.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	ATP	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1999	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2000	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
2000	ATP	3	2	5	60.0%	8	5	13	61.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	7	18	61.1%
2001	ATP	8	8	16	50.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	17	21	38	44.7%
2002	ATP	4	7	11	36.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	12	19	36.8%
2003	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2003	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	15	20	35	42.9%	23	22	45	51.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	38	46	84	45.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1999	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2000	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	11	7	18	61.1%
2001	2	0	2	100.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	10	18	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	16	21	37	43.2%
2002	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	12	19	36.8%
2003	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	2	2	4	50.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	20	22	42	47.6%	10	12	22	45.5%	37	46	83	44.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 83/84 (98.8%) of J. Balcells's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Season	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1998	3	7.0	4.3	63.8%	73.3%	61.5%	78.6%	16.2%	69.4%	30.4%
1999	2	6.5	3.5	72.9%	65.7%	48.5%	53.6%	45.0%	61.2%	39.9%
2000	17	5.9	1.8	74.6%	68.5%	58.3%	75.8%	50.6%	65.8%	36.8%
2001	36	5.5	2.0	70.5%	68.8%	52.8%	59.1%	39.1%	64.1%	35.9%
2002	18	5.1	2.4	71.5%	68.7%	52.8%	67.0%	35.9%	64.1%	34.7%
2003	3	2.7	2.7	73.8%	65.2%	59.9%	51.9%	23.3%	63.3%	30.9%
Career	79	5.5	2.2	71.6%	68.7%	54.5%	64.8%	39.5%	64.6%	35.5%

Advanced Stats

Season	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1998	1534	53	—	53	—	57.1%	+0.39	37	100	—	2	1	67
1999	1540	52	—	55	—	37.5%	-0.50	80	0	—	0	2	—
2000	1664	85	63	85	—	56.5%	+0.60	60	38	67	2	6	25
2001	1604	76	73	82	—	45.7%	-0.33	78	19	31	5	14	26
2002	1606	75	72	80	—	44.7%	-0.15	84	17	17	3	5	38
2003	1556	68	60	—	—	12.5%	-1.67	23	0	—	0	0	—
Career	1607	75	70	79	14	46.7%	-0.20	72	21	38	12	28	30

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	AO	RG	W	USO
2000	—	R64	—	Q1
2001	R128	R64	R128	R128
2002	R128	R128	R128	—
2003	R128	Q3	—	—

Masters 1000

Season	HAM	MC	MIA
2001	R64	R64	R32
2002	—	—	R128

ATP 250

Season	ADE	AUC	BAR	BAS	BUC	CHN	DLB	EST	GST	KIT	MAL	MRS	STU	AME	BOG	COP	MEM	NOT	PAL	SAN	SCO
1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	R32	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—
2001	—	SF	R32	R32	QF	—	R32	R16	R16	—	SF	R32	R64	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	QF	—
2002	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	F
2003	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 7, 2001

First top 100

Sep 18, 2000

First top 50

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First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1041	1056	924	913	915
1993	918	925	935	969	970	974	1011	1121	1092	642	643	640
1994	634	627	632	595	560	559	409	400	372	432	420	420
1995	422	416	419	423	447	452	648	699	949	689	632	625
1996	621	615	531	466	349	268	256	235	221	220	231	230
1997	233	217	244	227	266	337	369	439	488	490	380	397
1998	399	333	345	333	291	283	241	248	243	252	234	228
1999	228	258	258	291	292	291	291	288	218	175	216	216
2000	164	155	149	147	122	110	113	109	89	75	72	71
2001	72	72	68	62	61	62	61	61	83	94	95	95
2002	114	113	91	105	117	125	114	113	123	108	109	109
2003	108	105	153	149	160	177	221	231	266	363	338	337
2004	344	367	383	472	506	592	743	842	838	867	869	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Emilio Benfele Alvarez	ESP	81	1,670	0	112	45	67	40.2%	1993-2001	Match log
J. Diaz	ESP	68	1,628	0	90	28	62	31.1%	1994-2003	Match log
Roberto Carretero	ESP	58	1,709	1	68	23	45	33.8%	1993-2001	Match log
Justin Gimelstob	USA	63	1,721	0	278	107	171	38.5%	1995-2007	Match log
Lars Burgsmuller	GER	65	1,747	1	236	87	149	36.9%	1994-2007	Match log
Antony Dupuis	FRA	57	1,686	1	214	86	128	40.2%	1996-2007	Match log
Paul Goldstein	USA	58	1,746	0	200	85	115	42.5%	1993-2007	Match log
S. Lareau	CAN	76	1,719	0	202	82	120	40.6%	1989-2001	Match log
Bjorn Phau	GER	59	1,733	0	218	80	138	36.7%	1998-2014	Match log
Jan Hernych	CZE	59	1,780	0	194	79	115	40.7%	2000-2016	Match log
Michael Russell	USA	60	1,810	0	226	77	149	34.1%	1998-2015	Match log
Juan Antonio Marin	CRC	55	1,658	1	193	75	118	38.9%	1996-2007	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country is J. Balcells from?: J. Balcells is from Spain.
How tall is J. Balcells?: J. Balcells is 190 cm / 6'3".
Is J. Balcells left-handed or right-handed?: J. Balcells plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has J. Balcells won?: J. Balcells has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has J. Balcells won?: J. Balcells has not won a Masters 1000 title.
How many ATP titles has J. Balcells won?: J. Balcells has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent other title was Bucharest in 2000.
What is J. Balcells' highest ATP ranking?: J. Balcells' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 57, first achieved on May 7, 2001.
What is J. Balcells' career win-loss record?: J. Balcells has a career ATP singles record of 38 wins and 46 losses (45.2%).
How much career prize money has J. Balcells earned?: J. Balcells has earned at least $815,801 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did J. Balcells play professional tennis?: J. Balcells turned professional in 1998 and was active through 2003.
What is J. Balcells' best surface?: J. Balcells' best surface is clay court with a 51.1% win rate (23W-22L).
Who is J. Balcells' biggest rival?: J. Balcells' most frequent opponent is Noam Okun, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.