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player. He won the French Open juniors singles in 2001.

Career

His best performance at a professional tournament was at

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in 2006, when he progressed to the quarterfinals. After progressing through qualifying, he defeated

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and

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before losing against Chilean

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6–4, 6–7, 3–6. After defeating Dmitry Tursunov in the ATP 500 Barcelona he fell to

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. In a Challenger tournament in Tarragona, he retired against

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due to a hip injury. His career ended in the same year as he retired at the age of 22. On the ATP Challenger Circuit, he achieved moderate success, reaching four semi-finals, all on clay courts; Vigo (2005, l. Ivan Navarro), Geneva (2005, l.

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), Monza (2006, l.

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) and Turin (2006, l.

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Coaching

After his retirement, Cuadrado coached

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuadrado, Carlos French Open junior champions Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Tennis players from Sydney Living people 1983 births Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles 21st-century Spanish sportsmen