Juan Martín del Potro

🇦🇷 Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martín del Potro is an professional Argentine tennis player, del Potro is currently ranked 7 by the ATP. Juan Martín achieved his career high ranking of World No. 4 in January 2010. Del Potro won the 2009 US Open by defeating Roger Federer in the final, becoming just the second Argentine to win the tournament. He also become just the fourth man to win a Grand Slam since 2005, behind Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. His other career achievements have been winning the Bronze Medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games and reaching the final of the Tour Championships in 2009.

Early Life
Juan Martin Del Potro was born to Daniel and Patricia on 23 September 1988, his father played semi-professional rugby in Argentina and he was a veterinarian and his mother was a teacher. Juan Martin has a younger sister Julieta. Del Potro started playing tennis at the Club Independiente de Tandil when he was seven years old. Del Potro played in his first national championships the same year when they were held in Buenos Aires. He was a keen soccer player when he was younger but he decided to pursue tennis. Del Potro joined the Nike Junior Tour as a national representative for Argentina when he was twelve years old.

2012
Juan Martin Del Potro started 2012 at the Brisbane International where he was the No. 1 seed, he lost in the quarter-finals to Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets. At the 2012 Australian Open Del Potro defeated Adrian Mannarino, Blaz Kavcic, Yen-Hsun Lu and Philipp Kohlschreiber to make the quarter-finals. He lost to World No. 3 Roger Federer in the quarter-finals in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. At the Rotterdam Open, Del Potro defeated Michael Llodra, Karol Beck and Viktor Troicki to make the semi-finals where he defeated Tomas Berdych comfortably, 6-3, 6-1. In the final he lost to Roger Federer, 6-1, 6-4.

2013
Del Potro started 2013 at the Australian Open, where he reached the third round, defeating Adrian Mannarino and Benjamin Becker before losing to the World No. 36 Jeremy Chardy in a five set match. Del Potro then won the Rotterdam Open, defeating Gael Monfils, Ernests Gulbis, Jarkko Nieminen and Grigor Dimitrov en route to the final. Del Potro defeated Julien Benneteau in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3, to win the title.