Tennis
The Barcelona, who became number seven in the world, entered the history of national tennis in the 1990 Hamburg final, in which he beat the local Boris Becker
Juan Aguilera, The first Spaniard who conquered a 1,000 tennis masters, has died at 63 years after suffering a long illness.
Born in 1962, the Barcelona entered the history of Spanish tennis in the German city of Hamburg, when he won the 1990 final on beaten land to the local Boris Becker, a legend of this sport, 6-1, 6-0 and 7-6. In that edition of the German tournament also surpassed names as well known as Michael Chang and Jim Courier. His best result in a Grand Slam was the fourth round of Roland-Garros (1984).
Specialist with the reverse, Aguilera, who became number seven in the world, conquered five titles throughout his career, all of them on whipped land, the surface on which he was a specialist. In addition to a double triumph in Hamburg (2 editions, 1984 and 1990), the Spanish also won the French Tournaments of Aix-en-Provence (1984) and Nice (1990), and the Italian of Bari (1989). Throughout his life, the tennis player shared tennis with his other passion, the guitar.
Joan Aguilera’s debut with the Spanish Cup Davis team occurred in 1983 playing the doubles match against Yugoslavia. His first individual party played against Ireland in Vigo. In total he won seven individuals and lost six in the six qualifiers in which he defended the Spanish team.
Withdrawn in 1991 with a balance of 146 wins and 141 losses in the professional circuit, he was a coach at the Dalt Premium Tennis Club.
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