Manuel Jorquera (born 12 June 1978) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Italy.
Biography
Jorquera comes from Argentina originally, born and raised in
Bahía Blanca
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until the age of 11, when he moved to Italy.
Throughout his career he battled many injuries as he competed on the Satellite and Challenger circuits.
He is the highest ranked player to ever beat
Novak Djokovic
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in a professional match, which he did at a Satellite tournament in Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, the Serbian's first month on tour.
In doubles he won two Challenger titles and was runner-up in a further 14 tournaments. It was in doubles that he had only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour, at the 2004
Croatia Open Umag
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, where he partnered with
Victor Hănescu
Victor Hănescu (born 21 July 1981) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world no. 26.
Professional career
Hănescu attained a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 on 6 July 2009. In a Davis Cu ...
.
Since retiring he spent a year as the director of Tennis Club Este, then in 2013 moved to China to coach the country's junior talent.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (2)
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
Argentine emigrants to Italy
Sportspeople from Bahía Blanca
Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province
Naturalised citizens of Italy
Naturalised tennis players