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Alex Corretja
Height: 5-foot-11
Weight: 155 		Plays: Right-handed
Career Titles: 9 		Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Birthdate: April 11, 1974


Career Highlights

1998

  • Finished in the top 10 for the first time with a career-high five titles.

  • Became the first Spaniard to win titles on three different surfaces -- carpet, clay, hard -- in one season.

  • Joined Manuel Orantes as only Spaniard to win the ATP Tour World Championship in Hannover, Germany, beating countryman Carlos Moya in the year-end final.

  • Lost to Moya in first career Grand Slam final at the French Open.

  • Earned a career-high $2,702,569 last year.

    1997

  • Compiled a career-best season by winning three titles (Estoril, Rome, Stuttgart-outdoor) in five finals. After Stuttgart, his ranking shot up to a best-ever No. 4.

  • After winning winning title in Rome, climbed from No. 15 to eight -- his first Top 10 ranking.

  • Surpassed $1 million in career earning.

    1996

  • Reached three ATP Tour finals -- Hamburg, Kitzbuhel and Marbella.

  • Broke into Top 20 for first time at No. 19 on Oct. 7.


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