Cabal at the2023 Monte-Carlo Masters | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | |||||||||||||||
| Residence | Panama City, Panama | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jeff Coetzee | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$5,264,879 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 7–4 (ATP Tour andGrand Slam level, and inDavis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 184 (28 February 2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 (2011,2012) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 (2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2011) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q1 (2010,2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 394–255(ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (15 July 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | F (2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | SF (2018,2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | QF (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2016) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | QF (2015,2017) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (Spanish pronunciation:[xwanseβasˈtjaŋkaˈβal];[a] born 25 April 1986)[1] is a Colombian former professionaltennis player. Aworld No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011.
Cabal is a three-timeGrand Slam champion, having won both the2019 Wimbledon Championships alongside compatriotRobert Farah (the first Hispanic duo to accomplish the feat)[2] and the2019 US Open, as well as the2017 Australian Open in mixed doubles withAbigail Spears. He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the2011 French Open, partneringEduardo Schwank, and the2018 Australian Open with Farah.
Cabal won 20 doubles titles on theATP Tour, including two atMasters 1000 level, and became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. He spent a total of 29 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and he and Farah were the 2019 ATP Doubles Team of the year. Cabal represented Colombia in theDavis Cup from 2008 to his retirement, as well as at the2012,2016 and2020 Olympic Games.
2011 is considered as Cabal ATP and Grand Slam debut, and also considered the best year for his doubles performance at the2011 French Open with ArgentineEduardo Schwank making history for Colombian tennis, as they defeated the top ranked pair in the semifinals, brothersMike andBob Bryan, and then lost the final toDaniel Nestor andMax Mirnyi.
In his second Gram Slam tournament, the2011 Wimbledon Championships, he debuted in the first round with countrymanRobert Farah. They defeated the fourth-seeded pair at the tournament, consisting of PakistaniAisam Qureshi (world No. 8) and India'sRohan Bopanna (world No. 9), 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. In the second round, they lost in three sets to the couple formed by AmericanMichael Russell andMikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan.
He finished the year ranked No. 25 in the world, largely thanks to his French Open run.
In the2013 Australian Open, he partnered again with Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013, they also reached the final at the ATP 2502013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He finished the year ranked No. 43 in the world.
In 2014, Cabal and Farah reached six ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP 5002014 Rio Open and the ATP 2502014 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP 1000 event inMiami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a seventh final in his home country's ATP 250 event, the2014 Claro Open Colombia in Bogotá with compatriotNicolás Barrientos. He finished the year ranked No. 22 in the world.
In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the2015 Brasil Open and the2015 Geneva Open and reaching another three finals. In February, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in the world. In major events, the pair struggled reaching the second round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the first round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked No. 25 in the world.
2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles, winning four. At the2016 Australian Open, they had their best Grand Slam result of the year, reaching the third round. In February they won two events in South America, the2016 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the2016 Rio Open. In May they reached the final in2016 BMW Open in Munich, and then won the ATP250 event inNice for a second time in their career. They finished the season by winning the2016 Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season as the world No. 30.
In 2017, Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the third round at the2017 Australian Open. They returned to South America, defending their title at the2017 Argentina Open and reaching the final again inRio. They then won the ATP250 event inMunich. He then reached his first Grand Slam semifinal since 2011 at the2017 French Open with Farah, where they lost toMichael Venus andRyan Harrison.
In May 2018, at the2018 Italian Open, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title againstPablo Carreño Busta andJoão Sousa. With the win, Cabal reached the top 10 for the first time in his career.

In 2019, the most successful year for Cabal and Farah, they won their first ever Grand Slam men's doubles title atWimbledon in 2019, defeating FrenchmenNicolas Mahut andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling five-set match that required four tie-break sets; this victory helped Farah and Cabal to both ascend toworld No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.[3]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the season, Cabal competed withJaume Munar in theAustralian Open, where they lost in the second round.
Playing with Farah once more, the pair reached the second round of theUS Open. Then, they reached the semifinal of the delayedFrench Open, losing toMate Pavić andBruno Soares. Cabal ended the year as the world No. 2.[4]

Cabal and Farah started their year by reaching the final at the2021 Great Ocean Road Open where they reached the final, losing toJamie Murray andBruno Soares.[5] Despite being top-seeded, they lost in the second round of theAustralian Open toAlexander Bublik andAndrey Golubev.[citation needed]
They won their first title of the year inDubai, defeatingNikola Mektić andMate Pavić in the final.[6] After losing inMiami andMonte Carlo, they claimed their second title of the year inBarcelona. This was followed by successive first round exits in two Masters 1000 events,Madrid andRome.
At the2021 French Open, Cabal and Farah were seeded second and reached the semifinals, losing to eventual championsPierre-Hugues Herbert andNicolas Mahut.[7]
In the grass season, they suffered a second round loss atQueen's Club, before a semifinal appearance atEastbourne, where they lost toJoe Salisbury andRajeev Ram, who also defeated them in the quarterfinals atWimbledon.[8]
Cabal and Farah represented Colombia at theTokyo Olympics where they reached the quarterfinals, before losing to the New Zealand pairing ofMarcus Daniell andMichael Venus.
They suffered a disappointing American hardcourt season, losing in the first round of theUS Open andIndian Wells.[9] However, they captured their third title of the year inVienna, avenging their earlier defeats to Salisbury and Ram by beating them in the final in straight sets.[10] During their run, they qualified for the2021 ATP Finals.[11]
Cabal made his last ATP Tour-level professional appearance at the2023 US Open with Farah where they lost in the second round.[12][2]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the2023 US Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W-L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | F | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 12 | 19–12 |
| French Open | A | A | A | F | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | SF | SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 13 | 29–13 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | W | NH | QF | SF | 1R | 1 / 12 | 24–11 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | W | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1 / 13 | 21–12 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 14–4 | 16–2 | 6–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 2 / 50 | 93–48 |
| Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | did not qualify | SF | SF | DNQ | RR | DNQ | 0 / 3 | 4–7 | ||||||||||
| National representation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | A | not held | 1R | not held | 2R | not held | QF | NH | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||||||||
| Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | RR | RR | PO | QR | 0 / 2 | 16–11 | |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | NH | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | F | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | NH | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 10 | 11–10 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | QF | 2R | NH | SF | F | 2R | 0 / 9 | 15–9 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | SF | QF | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | NH | 2R | F | 1R | 0 / 10 | 13–10 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | W | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2 / 10 | 14–8 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | NH | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | F | F | 1R | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 15–10 |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | not held | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | QF | A | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–6 | 1–2 | 12–8 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 5–6 | 13–8 | 16–8 | 1–2 | 6–8 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 2 / 77 | 89–75 |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 46 | |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 12–5 | 24–22 | 21–21 | 42–26 | 39–25 | 32–21 | 43–20 | 39–23 | 51–20 | 13–9 | 39–20 | 24–21 | 13–20 | 393–255 | |
| Year-end ranking | 194 | 221 | 142 | 25 | 46 | 43 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 75 | 61% | |
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 1R | W | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1 / 11 | 12–11 |
| French Open | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | NH | SF | A | A | 0 / 9 | 8–9 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | QF | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 8–8 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 2R | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 / 31 | 33–31 |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2011 | French Open | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2014 | Miami Open | Hard | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||
| Loss | 2018 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 2019 | Italian Open(2) | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 2019 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
| Loss | 2022 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 2022 | Madrid Open | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10] |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2011 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2012 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | Jan 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–5 | Feb 2014 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–5 | Feb 2014 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2014 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [13–15] | ||
| Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2014 | Miami Open, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2014 | Colombia Open, Colombia | 250 Series | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [9–11] | ||
| Win | 2–8 | Aug 2014 | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3–8 | Feb 2015 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 4–8 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2015 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 4–10 | Aug 2015 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 4–11 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 5–11 | Feb 2016 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 6–11 | Feb 2016 | Rio Open, Brazil(2) | 500 Series | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 6–12 | May 2016 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 7–12 | May 2016 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 8–12 | Oct 2016 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] | ||
| Win | 9–12 | Feb 2017 | Argentina Open, Argentina(2) | 250 Series | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 9–13 | Feb 2017 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 9–14 | Apr 2017 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 10–14 | May 2017 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 10–15 | May 2017 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | 6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] | ||
| Win | 11–15 | Aug 2017 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico | 250 Series | Hard | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 11–16 | Jan 2018 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 11–17 | Feb 2018 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 7–5, [3–10] | ||
| Win | 12–17 | May 2018 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||
| Loss | 12–18 | Aug 2018 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
| Loss | 12–19 | Jan 2019 | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 13–19 | Apr 2019 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | ||
| Win | 14–19 | May 2019 | Italian Open, Italy(2) | Masters 1000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 15–19 | Jun 2019 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] | ||
| Win | 16–19 | Jul 2019 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 16–20 | Aug 2019 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 17–20 | Sep 2019 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 17–21 | Feb 2020 | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [9–11] | ||
| Loss | 17–22 | Oct 2020 | Sardegna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 17–23 | Feb 2021 | Great Ocean Road Open, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | 3–6, 6–7(7–9) | ||
| Win | 18–23 | Mar 2021 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4) | ||
| Win | 19–23 | Apr 2021 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 20–23 | Oct 2021 | Vienna Open, Austria | 500 Series | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 20–24 | Apr 2022 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 20–25 | May 2022 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10] | ||
| Loss | 20–26 | Feb 2023 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | 1–6, 6–7(3–7) |