Juan Martín del Potro wiki, bio, age, wife, height, net worth, ranking
Standing tall at a height of 6 feet 6 inches, Juan's highest ranking was number 3 that he recently achieved in 2018.
Fast Facts:
- Full Name : Juan Martín del Potro
- Birth Date : 23 September 1988 years old)
- Birth place: Tandil, Argentina
- Wiki : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Mart%C3%ADn_del_Potro
Juan Martín del Potro: Personal Life, education
Juan Martin was born on 23rd September 1988 in Tandil, Argentina. He is the second child of father Daniel del Potro and mother Patricia Lucas. Daniel used to play semi-professional rugby union in Argentina and is a veterinarian. Patricia is a teacher. Their first child was a daughter who died in a car accident when Juan was eight years old. Julieta is his younger sister. Juan has managed to keep parts of his personal life pretty private so there is no information on where he went for his education or what qualifications he has. However, what we do know is that he started playing tennis at just the age of seven.
Juan holds an Argentine nationality and is of white ethnicity.
Fast Facts:
- Nationality : Argentine
- Ethnicity : White
- Hometown : Tandil, Argentina
- Height : 6 feet 6 inches
- Weight : 97 kg
- Education : NA
- Wife : No
- Children : No
- Parents : Daniel del Potro and Patricia Lucas
Juan Martín del Potro: Professional life, career
Professionally, Juan is a professional tennis player who started playing tennis when he was just seven years old. He was coached by Marcelo Gómez. He was discovered by Italian ex-tennis professional Ugo Colombini, who was with him through the initial phases of his young career. Today, he is his agent and close friend.
As a junior, del Potro beat Marin Čilić and Pavel Tchekov and won the 2012 Orange Bowl 14s title. Receiving wild cards three times to participate in three ITF Circuit events in Argentina, he lost in the first round of each game. In 2005, he was ranked #3 in the combined junior world rankings.
Defeating Matias Niemiz in 2004, he won his first senior match at the ITF Circuit event held in Buenos Aires. He won a tournament in Antofagasta later that year reaching the quarterfinals at an ITF Circuit event in Campinas, Brazil. In 2004, he recorded two more wins that made his world rank rise from #1441 in August to #1077 in November. In 2010, he reached his highest ranking in his career of world #4. He had to stop playing for a while some time because of an injury in his wrist.
When he played again in 2011, he was still #4. Again in 2014, he had to take a little break because of an injury on his left wrist. In 2018 at Wimbledon, Del Potro defeated Peter Gojowczyk, Feliciano Lopez, and Benoit Paire and set up a round of 16 clashes with Gilles Simon. Then, he beat Simon in 4 sets over 2 days and in nearly 4 and a half hours to set up another meeting with World Number 1 Rafael Nadal. Potro was defeated in 5 sets.
Fast Facts:
- Profession : Tennis player
- Worked for : NA
- Working for : NA
Juan Martín del Potro: Net worth, Salary
After having such a successful career, Juan enjoys a pretty impressive net worth and a handsome salary. His price money is $15 million dollars while his net worth is $25 million US dollars.
Fast Facts:
- Net Worth : $25 million US dollars
- Salary : NA
Juan Martín del Potro: Social Media
Juan can be found on Instagram with a whopping 1.7 million followers. He can also be found on twitter with another whopping 3.29 million followers.