David Ferrer – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis Player

Spaniard David Ferrer is primarily a clay-court specialist and consequently should not really put any pressure on the likes of Roger Federer, David Nalbandian, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon 2009.

He has yet to claim any big wins in his professional career which has spanned over eight years.

The gritty young man has shown immense talent on clay, but the rest of his game remains unremarkable. He has however claimed the scalps of Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Tommy Robredo and Thomas Johansson in his extended career.

David Ferrer, Wimbledon men’s tennis player, is known for his fighting spirit and his unwillingness to concede defeat, but the 26-year-old will probably never reach the heights that his ranking of number four in the world suggests.

Ferrer’s career highlights:

• In 2003 he defeated one of the legends of the game, Andre Agassi at the Rome Masters, and he made it to the second round of the French Open and Wimbledon.
• In 2004 he defeated David Nalbandian, one of the up-and-coming stars of the game, in Hamburg.
• In 2006 he reached the fourth round at the All England Club by defeating Fernando Gonzalez, only to lose to Australian, Lleyton Hewitt.
• He made it to the fourth round of the 2007 Australian Open leaving the battered Thomas Johansson and Radek Stepanek in his wake, but was subdued by American, Mardy Fish.
• He had a great French Open campaign in 2007 but ultimately lost to Fernando Verdasco in the third round.
• At the US Open had had everyone talking with his whitewash of world number two, Rafael Nadal in the fourth round. He defeated Nadal in four sets, 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-2, only to be knocked out by the third seed and the world no.3, Novak Djokovic.
• In 2008 he won the Ordina Open and the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana.