The 21st century
Spain · born Toledo, 1981 · left-handed · twice Queen's champion and twice Eastbourne champion
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Grass singles titles: Eastbourne 2013 and 2014, Queen's 2017 and 2019
87
Tour-level wins on grass, more than any other Spaniard
3
Wimbledon quarter-finals, 2005, 2008 and 2011
79
Consecutive Grand Slam singles main draws, 2002 to 2022, a record
37
His age when he won the Queen's singles and doubles on the same day in 2019
Feliciano López was born in Toledo in 1981, the son of a tennis coach, and began playing at five. He turned professional in 1997 and became a rarity among Spanish men of his generation: a left-handed serve-volleyer with a one-handed backhand who played his best tennis on grass. He reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2005, 2008 and 2011.
He won seven ATP singles titles and six in doubles, among them the 2016 French Open doubles with Marc López, and rose to No. 12 in singles in 2015 and No. 9 in doubles in 2016. He beat world No. 1s Rafael Nadal, at Queen's in 2010, and Novak Djokovic, in Dubai in 2016. From the 2002 French Open to the 2022 Australian Open he played 79 consecutive Grand Slam singles main draws, a record, and he competed at Wimbledon 20 times.
He became tournament director of the Madrid Open in 2019, while still playing, and retired in June 2023 at the Mallorca Championships, aged 41, after losing to Yannick Hanfmann.
| Eastbourne finals | 2013: beat Gilles Simon 7-6, 6-7, 6-0, his first grass title. 2014: beat Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 |
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| Queen's finals | 2014: lost to Grigor Dimitrov 7-6, 6-7, 6-7. 2017: beat Marin Čilić 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, saving a match point at 5-6 in the final tiebreak, aged 35. 2019: beat Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-7, 7-6, then won the doubles with Andy Murray the same afternoon |
| Other grass finals | Stuttgart 2017: lost to Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-7, 4-6 |
| Wimbledon | Quarter-finals in 2005, 2008 and 2011, the first Spanish man in the last eight there since 1972. Match record 34-20 over 20 Championships, 2002 to 2022 |
| London 2012 Olympics | Fourth in the men's doubles at Wimbledon with David Ferrer |
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| 2017 | Men's singles | |
| 2019 | Men's doubles | with Andy Murray |
| 2019 | Men's singles | |
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| 2013 | Men's singles | |
| 2014 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It's impossible to beat something like that."
The person behind the player.
Queen's, June 2017
Against Marin Čilić in the final he trailed 5-6 in the deciding tiebreak and saved the match point with a stretching forehand volley. He won 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, aged 35, for the biggest title of his career.
Source: Associated Press via Sports IllustratedQueen's, June 2019
He played three matches on the Saturday after a doubles quarter-final was stopped by darkness. On the Sunday he beat Gilles Simon in a final of 2 hours 49 minutes, rested for 40 minutes, then won the doubles with Andy Murray, 7-6, 5-7, 10-5, from 1-5 down in the first-set tiebreak. "He was brilliant, there's nothing else to say," Murray said.
Source: Associated Press via Fox News; Sky SportsQueen's, 2010
At Queen's in 2010 he beat Rafael Nadal, then world No. 1, one of 39 wins he recorded over top-10 players.
Source: ATP TourMadrid, 2019
Named tournament director of the Madrid Open in November 2017, he took charge in 2019 while still on the tour; he had played the event every year from 2002 to 2018.
Source: ATP TourMallorca, June 2023
He ended his career at 41 on home soil in Mallorca, after 26 seasons. "I didn't want to retire with people feeling sorry for me," he said; he was pleased to stop on his own terms.
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