Del Potro was born in 1988 in Tandil, Argentina. He comes from a family with a strong sports-background and grew up playing Tennis and Soccer. His talent was obvious early on and he had a fantastic junior tennis career.
In 2002 he won the prestigious Orange Bowl in the Under 14 age division. Only one year later, at 15 years old, he won his first couple of matches in professional futures tournaments competing against adults!
As a professional he rose quickly in the rankings. In 2005 he already won a Challenger event and finished the year inside the world’s Top200 players. Since then Juan Martin Del Potro has had a very successful professional tennis career.
In January 2010 he reached his highest career ranking so far as number 4 in the world. Additionally, he holds 9 career singles titles on the ATP Tour.
His biggest success by far was of course his Grand Slam victory at the 2009 US Open!
In 2010 he suffered a severe wrist injury that kept him from playing for most of the year and he was not able to defend his US Open title!
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