Fernando Vicente

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**Fernando Vicente**

Country	Spain
Residence	Andorra
Date of birth	March 8, 1977
Place of birth	Benicarló, Spain
Height	180cm (5ft 11in)
Weight	75kg (167lb)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$2,808,495
Singles
Career record:	157–211
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	No. 29 (Jun 12, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2000, 2003)
French Open	4R (2000)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
US Open	3R (2002)
Doubles
Career record:	44–57
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	No. 61 (Nov 27, 2006)

Fernando Vicente Fibla (born March 8, 1977 in Benicarló) is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 12, 2000, when he became the World Number 29.

The right-handed Fernando Vincente has won four ATP singles tournaments (1999, Merano; 2000, Casablanca: and 2001, Bogotá) and one doubles title (2004, Casablanca) so far on the tour.

However, his best performances have been on the Challenger Tour, in which he has won 8 titles in singles and 4 (Barletta in 2004 partnering with countryman Marc López; Seville in 2005 with Brazilian Marcos Daniel; Barletta in 2006 with fellow Valencian Santiago Ventura; and Córdoba in 2007 also with Ventura) in doubles.

He is especially known for having one of the weakest backhands on the ATP Tour which fellow players often attack. He lacks depth and pace on his backhand side and usually just employs a slice.

As of May 7, 2007, Vicente is ranked as World Number 169 in both singles and doubles ATP-rankings, really far away from his usual positions through the beginning of the 2000s in singles, and in 2006 in doubles.

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Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (3)
Challengers (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 16, 1998	Singapore	Hard	Juan Antonio Marín	6–4 6–4
2.	October 12, 1998	Barcelona	Clay	Jan Frode Andersen	6–3 6–3
3.	June 7, 1999	Merano	Clay	Hicham Arazi	6–2 3–6 7–6
4.	October 11, 1999	Barcelona	Clay	Sargis Sargsian	6–2 1–6 6–2
5.	April 10, 2000	Casablanca	Clay	Sébastien Grosjean	6–4 4–6 7–6
6.	January 28, 2001	Bogotá	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	6–4 7–6
7.	October 1, 2001	Cagliari	Clay	David Sánchez	4–6 6–2 6–4
8.	March 21, 2005	San Luis Potosí	Clay	Dick Norman	6–4 6–4
9.	October 10, 2005	Barcelona	Clay	Albert Portas	6–2 6–2
10.	April 17, 2006	Bermuda	Clay	Gilles Müller	2–6 6–2 7–6
11.	April 2, 2007	San Luis Potosí	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	6–3 6–3