2011 ATP World Tour Media Guide

DANIEL NESTOR (CAN)
Birthdate: September 4, 1972 Turned Pro: 1991
Birthplace: Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Height: 6’3” (1.91m)
Residence: Nassau, Bahamas
Weight: 190 (86kg)
Career Doubles Win-Loss: 781-299
Plays: Left-handed
Career Prize Money: $9,140,752
Two-handed backhand
Career Doubles Titles/Finalist: 71-46
Highest Singles South African Airways ATP Ranking: 58(August 23, 1999)
Highest ATP Doubles Ranking: 1 (August 19, 2002)
YEAR-END ATP DOUBLES RANKING HISTORY (WIN-LOSS)
2010: 3 (58-19) 2006: 5 (50-20) 2002: 2 (67-16) 1998: 7 (45-17) 1994: 63 (15-12)1990: T510 (0-1)
2009: T3 (58-16) 2005: 8 (43-18) 2001: 10 (40-15) 1997: 18 (32-18) 1993: 133 (7-4) 1989: T739 (0-1)
2008: 2 (49-21) 2004: 2 (67-16) 2000: 13 (41-11) 1996: 11 (34-14) 1992: 282 (0-2)
2007: 3 (55-21) 2003: 7 (58-17) 1999: 27 (31-16) 1995: 10 (35-18) 1991: 375 (0-1)
2010 HIGHLIGHTS
Prize money: $905,429. Matches won-lost: ATP: 58-19 (doubles).
Doubles Winner: Sydney, Rotterdam, Monte-Carlo*, Barcelona, Roland Garros, Vienna, Barclays ATP World Tour
Finals-London. Finalist: Australian Open, Indian Wells*, Madrid*, Basel. Semifinalist: London/Queen’s Club,
Beijing.
2010 IN REVIEW
Active doubles title leader at seven…Teamed with Zimonjic to finish as No. 2 team (7-4 in finals)…Won Barclays
ATP World Tour Finals (d. Bhupathi-Mirnyi)…Reached finals at Australian Open final (l. to Bryan-Bryan) and Indian
Wells* (l. to M. Lopez-Nadal)…On clay, won Monte-Carlo*, finalist at Madrid* and won Roland Garros (d. Dlouhy-
Paes)…His sixth Slam, third with Zimonjic…Finished No. 3 in indivdiually, his 10th straight Top 10 campaign.
CAREER IN REVIEW
Has won at least four titles for 11 straight years…Has won each Grand Slam – Australian Open (‘02), Roland
Garros (‘07, ’10), Wimbledon (‘08-09) and US Open (‘02)…All-time leader with 24 ATP Masters 1000 titles and
three year-end championships (‘07-08, ‘10)…Finished as No. 1 team in ‘02 and ‘04 (w/Knowles) and ’08
(w/Zimonjic)…In ’09, won career-high nine titles, including five ATP Masters 1000 titles (w/Zimonjic)…’08, won
first Wimbledon title to complete a career Golden Slam…Won Tennis Masters Cup to clinch No. 1 team ranking…
’07, won first Roland Garros title…Won Tennis Masters Cup and finished No. 2 (w/Knowles)…Won 600th career
match in Montreal*…Had a 40-29 finals mark (w/Knowles) and won at least one title together in 13 of 14
years…In ’06, captured five titles in 10 finals, finishing at No. 3 (w/ Knowles)…Finalist at Tennis Masters Cup…In
’05, missed four months after left wrist surgery on June 17…In ’04, finished (w/Knowles) as year-end No.
1…Surpassed 300 wins together…In ’03 Davis Cup, beat No. 17 Kuerten…In ’02, finished No. 1 (w/Knowles) with
six titles…In ’01, won four titles with three partners…In 2000, underwent left shoulder surgery…Won four doubles
titles with three partners…Won gold medal at Sydney Olympics (w/Lareau)…In ’99, finished in Top 100 in
singles at No. 85 with Grand Slam-best 4th RD at Wimbledon…In ’98, runner-up at year-end championship,
Roland Garros and US Open…In ’96, reached first ATP singles SF in Newport…Qualified ATP-best seven
times…Won four doubles titles…In ’95, reached first Slam doubles final at Australian Open…Made ATP World
Doubles Chp. debut (all w/Knowles)…In ’94, won first doubles title in Bogota (w/Knowles)…In ‘92, beat No. 1
Edberg in five sets in Davis Cup singles…Has a 42-19 career Davis Cup record (27-4 in doubles) in 38 ties since ‘92
and holds Canadian records for most wins and most ties played…Earned a career-high $1,111,822 in ’09.
CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (71). FINALIST (46).
GRAND SLAM HISTORY
DOUBLES (6-8 in Finals). AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Champion - 2002 (w/Knowles); Finalist - 2010 (w/Zimonjic), 2003, 1995 (w/Knowles);
Mixed Champion - 2007 (w/Likhovtseva); ROLAND GARROS: Champion - 2010 (w/Zimonjic), 2007 (w/Knowles); Finalist - 2008
(w/Zimonjic), 2002, 1998 (w/Knowles); WIMBLEDON: Champion - 2009, 2008 (w/Zimonjic); Finalist - 2002 (w/Knowles); US OPEN:
Champion - 2004 (w/Knowles); Finalist - 1998 (w/Knowles).
BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 98 97 96 95
27-19 WON RR WON WON RUP RR SF SF RUP RR RR RR
(08-10 w/Zimonjic, 95-07 w/Knowles)
ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY*
*DOUBLES (24-11 in finals). INDIAN WELLS: Champion — 2006, 2005, 2002, 1997, Finalist — 2010, 2008 (w/Zimonjic); MIAMI:
Champion — 2002; MONTE CARLO: Champion-2009 (w/Zimonjic); ROME: Champion — 2009 (w/Zimonjic), 2006, 1997, Finalist —
2008 (w/Zimonjic), 2001 (w/Stolle); HAMBURG: Champion — 2008 (w/Zimonjic), 2003, 1996, Finalist — 2006, 2001 (w/Stolle); MON-
TREAL/TORONTO: Champion —2010, 2008 (w/Zimonjic), 2000 (w/Lareau), Finalist — 2002; CINCINNATI: Champion — 2009
(w/Zimonjic), 2004, 1998, 1996; MADRID: Champion — 2009 (w/Zimonjic), 2005, 2004, 2002, Finalist — 2010 (w/Zimonjic); PARIS:
Champion-2009 (w/Zimonjic), Finalist — 2007 (w/Zimonjic), 2000 (w/Haarhuis) (all w/Knowles except where noted).
PERSONAL
Born in Yugoslavia, moved in 1976 to Canada…Fan of Montréal Canadiens (NHL) and Pittsburgh Steelers
(NFL)…Competed in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics…Named ATP Doubles Team of Year in 2002 and 2004
(w/Knowles) and 2008 (w/Zimonjic)…In 2003, hosted first Daniel Nestor Celebrity Charity event and since its
inception has raised over $700,000 for North York General Hospital and Tennis Canada Go for Gold Fund charities…Wife,
Natasha (married July 24, 2005); daughter, Tiana Alexis (born Dec. 15, 2008).
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