Juan Sebastián Cabal


Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés is a Colombian professional tennis player specialising in doubles. His current ranking in men's doubles is No. 1, and he has also reached World No. 184 in singles. He has won three grand slam doubles titles in his career, in 2017 he won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, partnering Abigail Spears of the USA, and two years later he won his first men's doubles grand slam title, winning the 2019 Wimbledon title and 2019 US Open title alongside countryman and regular doubles partner Robert Farah.

ATP Tour

The year 2011 is considered as his ATP Tournament and Grand Slam debut, also considered the best year for his performance in the French Open Doubles with Argentine Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian Tennis, as they defeated the number 1 ranked couple in the semifinals, brothers Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan with partials 7–6, 6–3 and losing the final to Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.
In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, he debuted in First Round with fellow countryman Robert Farah. They defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi and India's Rohan Bopanna, who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. in Second Round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. He finished 2011 ranked 25 in the world largely thanks to his French Open run.
In the 2013 Australian Open, he formed a couple with Robert Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013 they also reached the final in an ATP250 event in Nice. He finished the year ranked 43 in the world.
In 2014 Cabal and Farah reached 6 ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP500 Rio Open and the ATP250 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP1000 event in Miami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a 7th final partnering Nicolas Barrientos in his home country's ATP250 event in Bogota. He finished the year ranked 22 in the world.
In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the Brasil Open and the Geneva Open and reaching another 3 finals. In February he reached a career-high ranking of 18 in the world. In grand slams the pair struggled reaching the 2nd round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the 1st round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked 25 in the world.
2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles they won, as they took 4. At the Australian Open they had their best grand slam result of the year, reaching the 3rd round. In February they won 2 events in South America, the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the Rio Open in Brazil. In May they reached the final in Munich and then won the ATP250 event in Nice for a second time in their careers. They finished the season by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season ranked 30 in the world.
Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the 3rd round at the Australian Open. They then returned to South America, defending their title at the Argentina Open and reaching the final again in Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in Munich. He then reached his first grand slam semi final since 2011 at the French Open with Farah, where they lost to Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison.
In May 2018, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title against Pablo Carreño Busta and João Sousa. With the win, Cabal reached the Top-10 for the first time in his career.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 38 (17 titles, 21 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12011 French Open – Men's Doubles|French Open, FranceGrand SlamClay Max Mirnyi
Daniel Nestor
6–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss0–22012 UNICEF Open – Men's Doubles|Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands250 SeriesGrass Dmitry Tursunov Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău
3–6, 6–7
Loss0–32013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles|Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Johan Brunström
Raven Klaasen
3–6, 2–6
Loss0–42014 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles|Brisbane International, Australia250 SeriesHard Robert Farah Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Daniel Nestor
7–6, 4–6,
Loss0–52014 Royal Guard Open – Doubles|Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Oliver Marach
Florin Mergea
3–6, 4–6
Win1–52014 Rio Open – Men's Doubles|Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Robert Farah David Marrero
Marcelo Melo
6–4, 6–2
Loss1–62014 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Guillermo García-López
Philipp Oswald
7–5, 4–6,
Loss1–72014 Sony Open Tennis – Men's Doubles|Miami Open, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Robert Farah Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7, 4–6
Loss1–82014 Claro Open Colombia – Doubles|Colombia Open, Colombia250 SeriesHard Nicolás Barrientos Sam Groth
Chris Guccione
6–7, 7–6,
Win2–82014 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles|Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHard Robert Farah Jamie Murray
John Peers
6–3, 6–4
Win3–82015 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Paolo Lorenzi
Diego Schwartzman
6–4, 6–2
Win4–82015 Geneva Open – Doubles|Geneva Open, Switaerland250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Raven Klaasen
Lu Yen-hsun
7–5, 4–6,
Loss4–92015 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles|Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Jérémy Chardy
Łukasz Kubot
7–6, 3–6,
Loss4–102015 German Open – Doubles|German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Robert Farah Jamie Murray
John Peers
6–2, 3–6,
Loss4–112015 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles|Japan Open, Japan500 SeriesHard Robert Farah Raven Klaasen
Marcelo Melo
6–7, 6–3,
Win5–112016 Argentina Open – Doubles|Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Íñigo Cervantes
Paolo Lorenzi
6–3, 6–0
Win6–112016 Rio Open – Men's Doubles|Rio Open, Brazil 500 SeriesClay Robert Farah Pablo Carreño Busta
David Marrero
7–6, 6–1
Loss6–122016 BMW Open – Doubles|Bavarian International, Germany250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Henri Kontinen
John Peers
3–6, 6–3,
Win7–122016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles|Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Mate Pavić
Michael Venus
4–6, 6–4,
Win8–122016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles|Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard Robert Farah Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
7–5, 4–6,
Win9–122017 Argentina Open – Doubles|Argentina Open, Argentina 250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Santiago González
David Marrero
6–1, 6–4
Loss9–132017 Rio Open – Doubles|Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Robert Farah Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Cuevas
4–6, 7–5,
Loss9–142017 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Doubles|Hungarian Open, Hungary250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Brian Baker
Nikola Mektić
6–7, 4–6
Win10–142017 BMW Open – Doubles|Bavarian International, Germany250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Jérémy Chardy
Fabrice Martin
6–3, 6–3
Loss10–152017 Geneva Open – Doubles|Geneva Open, Switaerland250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău
6–2, 6–7,
Win11–152017 Los Cabos Open – Doubles|Los Cabos Open, Mexico250 SeriesHard Treat Huey Sergio Galdós
Roberto Maytín
6–2, 6–3
Loss11–162018 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Robert Farah Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić
4–6, 4–6
Loss11–172018 Argentina Open – Doubles|Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Robert Farah Andrés Molteni
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 7–5,
Win12–172018 Italian Open – Men's Doubles|Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Robert Farah Pablo Carreño Busta
João Sousa
3–6, 6–4,
Loss12–182018 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles|Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Robert Farah Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
6–4, 3–6,
Loss12–192019 Sydney International – Men's Doubles|Sydney International, Australia250 SeriesHard Robert Farah Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
4–6, 3–6
Win13–192019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Robert Farah Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
6–4, 7–6
Win14–192019 Italian Open – Men's Doubles|Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000Clay Robert Farah Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus
6–1, 6–3
Win15–192019 Eastbourne International – Men's Doubles|Eastbourne International, United Kingdom250 SeriesGrass Robert Farah Maximo González
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 7–6,
Win16–192019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles|Wimbledon Championships, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Robert Farah Nicolas Mahut
6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss16–202019 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles|Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Robert Farah Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek
6–4, 4–6,
Win17–202019 US Open – Men's Doubles|US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Robert Farah Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 7–5
Loss17–212020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles|Mexican Open, Mexico500 SeriesHard Robert Farah Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
6–7, 7–6,

Performance timelines

Doubles

Current through the 2019 Davis Cup Finals.

Mixed doubles