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ASC Alumni Academia Sánchez Casal
ANDY MURRAY Career high #1 ATP ranking The transition from junior to professional. Andy moved to ASC Barcelona when he was 15 years old and just beginning in ITF tournaments. Four years later, he reached the ATP top 400. His tennis career after that is well known to all!
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ASC Alumni Academia Sánchez Casal
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVACareer high #2 WTA ranking10 years at Sánchez-Casal.Svetlana Kuznetsova, US OPEN and FRENCH OPEN Champion, spent a decade training at ASC Barcelona under the direction of Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal.
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JUAN MÓNACOCareer high #10 ATP ranking Argentine tennis player Juan Mónaco grew into a professional player at ASC. He was the finalist at the 2001 Orange Bowl during his ASC training days. ASC Alumni Academia Sánchez Casal ASC Alumni Academia Sánchez Casal
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA Career high #5 WTA ranking While Daniela trained at the Academy in 2007-2008 with Head Coach Angel Giménez, she reached the top ten of the WTA and qualified for the Madrid
Masters.
ELENA BOVINA Career high #14 WTA ranking Elena trained at ASC for three seasons (20042007). She won 3 WTA singles titles, 5 WTA doubles titles and played on 3 Russian Fed Cup teams.
MAGÜI SERNA Career high #19 WTA ranking The best victories on Magui’s resume include Steffi Graf, Jana Novotna, Mary Pierce, Patty Schnyder and Justine Henin.
GILLES MULLER Career high #21 ATP ranking Luxembourgian Gilles Muller, worked and trained at ASC from 2003 to 2005, when he first made it into the ATP Top 100.
GRIGOR DIMITROVCareer high #3 ATP rankingGrigor Dimitrov, spent the 2007-2008 season training at ASC, before his successful jump from the ITF to the ATP Circuit, where to date he has won 4 ATP singles titles.
TAMIRA PASZEK Career high #26 WTA ranking This talented Austrian player won 3 WTA titles as a professional after training as an amateur at ASC.
NURIA LLAGOSTERA Career high #35 WTA ranking Nuria spent 5 years training at ASC (1999-2004). She won 2 WTA singles titles, played on 2 Spanish Olympic Teams and 8 Fed Cup Teams.
OSCAR HERNANDEZ Career high #48 ATP ranking. 2007 was Oscar’s best professional season, as he broke into the ATP top 50. After a solid clay court career, Oscar announced his retirement in Barcelona in July 2011.
