Juan Monaco (born March 29, 1984 in Tandil), nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. His current and career-high ATP Entry ranking is #14, achieved on February 4, 2008. Mónaco started playing tennis professionally in 2002 and his specialty is on clay courts where he has won 3 ATP Championships to date, all in 2007. He has been dating Argentinian model and actress Luisana Lopilato since December 2006. He is sponsored by adidas and Yonex. Monaco started playing at age six. His father, Hector, is a businessman and his mother, Cristina, is an architect.He has one sister, Mara, and brother, Andres. He enjoys spending time at home in Tandil with family and friends like fellow ATP players Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Martin del Potro and Diego Junqueira who also originate from Tandil.Monaco enjoys playing soccer and basketball. His favorite teams are Estudiantes de la Plata and the San Antonio Spurs. He’s a fan of Ginobili. His favorite soccer players are Chelo Carrusca and Jose “el Principe” Sosa. His favorite surface is clay and grew up idolizing Andre Agassi and countryman Mariano Zabaleta.
He is being coached by Francisco Mastelli. Juan Monaco managed to finish in the top 75 for second time in 2006, highlighted by a career-high 18 match wins. In July he advanced to QF in the Austrian Open in May. He reached the third round of French Open at Roland Garros. On February 25, 2007, he won his first ATP title the Buenos Aires' Telmex Cup by defeating Italy’s Alessio di Mauro (6-1, 6-2). He then went on to Portschach, Austria, in May and won his second title, beating Gael Monfils 7-6 6-0 in the final. He made his best finish at a Grand Slam by reaching the fourth round of the French Open, losing to Guillermo Canas. Juan Monaco next defeated Potito Starace in Kitzbühel on July 29 (5-7 6-3 6-4) to win the Austrian Open, his third ATP title in one year. He made his top 25 debut, at #24, afterwards.
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Singles titles (3) Singles finalist (3) * 2005: Casablanca (lost to Mariano Puerta)
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