Carlos
Moya
Male
Spain
1976-08-27
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Moyá was born in Palma, Majorca, Spain. He began playing tennis at six with his parents.
Carlos Moya followed in the footsteps of fellow Spaniard Sergi Bruguera to become Roland Garros champion in 1998
Tall and dashing, bandana-clad Moya was more than just a clay-courter. Unfailingly polite, he became a crowd pleaser with his desire to maximise his natural talent and thrived on confidence.
He turned professional in 1995 and won his first tour title later that year in Buenos Aires.
By improving his attacking instincts, to complement well placed serving and a potent forehand, Moya reached the 1997 Australian Open final – losing to Pete Sampras 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Four of his 20 career titles came on hard courts, including at 2002 Cincinnati (d. Hewitt).
Moya won the first of his three ATP Masters Series titles at Monte-Carlo in 1998, his best year, when he captured his lone major championship title in Paris with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Alex Corretja. His 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 quarter-final win over Marcelo Rios ranks as one of his best memories. Shortly after his 23rd birthday, he reached the US Open semi-finals (l. to Philippoussis) and finished runner-up at the ATP World Tour Championships, despite holding a two-sets-to-love lead against Corretja.
Four months later, he briefly held the World No. 1 ranking. But a stress fracture in his lower back at the 1999 US Open dented his considerable powers. Moya went on to win a further 15 titles, but he made just another five major quarter-final appearances – including at 2003-04, ’07 Roland Garros.
Arguably, his greatest moment came for Spain, before a record crowd in Seville, at the 2004 Davis Cup final. Beating Mardy Fish on the opening day, Moya topped Andy Roddick to secure a 3-2 win.
A nagging foot injury ended his career on 17 November 2010, he runs the SD Tennis Academy in Madrid.
Earlier he was dating with Italian Flavia Pennetta, they split in 2007. Following he meet a Spanish actress Carolina Cerezuela, with whom he has three children; a daughter, Carla Moyá Cerezuela, born by C-section on 18 August 2010 at the USP Clínica Palmaplanas in Palma, a son named Carlos Moyá Cerezuela, on 12 December 2012 in Palma, and a second daughter, Daniela Moyá Cerezuela, born on 9 April 2014.
1996 - 2010
6
68
35
2004 - Italian International Championships ()
2004 - Abierto Mexicano (ATP World Tour 250 series)
2003 - Conde de Godo (ATP)
2002 - Abierto Mexicano (ATP World Tour 250 series)
1998 - Monte Carlo (Grand Prix Circuit)
1998 - Roland Garros (Grandslam)
Round 1
Illya Marchenko 1 *
Carlos Moya
7-6(5)
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Janko Tipsarevic 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
7-6(2)
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Jonas Lars Björkman
7-6(5)
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Ernests Gulbis
7-5
6-2
6-7(5)
6-4
Quarterfinals
Novak Djokovic 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-4
7-6(7)
6-1
Final
Juan Ignacio Chela 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
7-6(2)
Round 4
Roger Federer 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-4
6-2
4-6
7-6(3)
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Tommy Robredo Garcés
7-6(8)
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Guillermo Coria 1 *
Carlos Moya
7-5
7-6(3)
6-3
Quarterfinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Andrei Pavel
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Mariano Zabaleta
6-3
6-4
Final
Carlos Moya 1 *
David Pablo Nalbandian
6-3
6-3
6-1
Final
Carlos Moya 1 *
Fernando Verdasco
6-3
6-0
Poule
Roger Federer 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
3-6
6-3
Poule
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-7(5)
6-2
6-4
Poule
Carlos Moya 1 *
Gaston Norberto Gaudio
6-3
6-4
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Jiri Novak
7-5
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Martin Verkerk 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
6-4
5-7
4-6
8-6
Round 4
Younes El Aynaoui 1 *
Carlos Moya
7-6(4)
7-6(7)
4-6
6-4
Final
Carlos Moya 1 *
Marat Safin
5-7
6-2
6-2
3-0
ret.
Final
Roger Federer 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
6-3
6-3
Poule
Carlos Moya 1 *
Rainer Schuettler
7-5
6-4
Poule
Andrew Stephen (Andy) Roddick 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-2
3-6
6-3
Poule
Guillermo Coria 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-2
6-3
Final
Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 *
Carlos Moya
7-5
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Thomas Mario (Tommy) Haas 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Andre Kirk Agassi
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Marat Safin 1 *
Carlos Moya
7-5
7-6(4)
Final
Carlos Moya 1 *
Fernando Meligeni
7-6(4)
7-6(4)
Semifinals
Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-7(6)
6-4
6-4
Poule
Carlos Moya 1 *
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt
6-4
7-5
Poule
Carlos Moya 1 *
Alberto Costa
7-6(7)
3-6
6-4
Poule
Carlos Moya 1 *
Marat Safin
6-4
7-5
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Rainer Schuettler
7-6(2)
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sebastien Rene Grosjean 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-1
6-4
6-2
Final
Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 *
Carlos Moya
4-6
7-5
6-3
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Rainer Schuettler 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
6-7(5)
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Carlos Moya 1 *
Michael Tillstrom
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Carlos Moya 1 *
Slava Dosedel
6-3
4-6
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Carlos Moya 1 *
Alex Corretja
7-6(4)
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 4
Todd Christopher Martin 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-7(3)
6-7(7)
6-1
7-6(6)
6-2
Round 1
Carlos Moya 1 *
Jan Kroslak
6-4
7-5
6-2
Round 2
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-3
3-6
7-6(1)
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jérôme Golmard 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-7(5)
6-3
6-0
Round 4
Andre Kirk Agassi 1 *
Carlos Moya
4-6
7-5
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Karol Kucera
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Gustavo Kuerten
6-3
1-6
6-1
Final
Mark Anthony Philippoussis 1 *
Carlos Moya
5-7
6-4
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Carlos Moya 1 *
Mahesh Bhupati
6-4
4-6
6-4
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Hicham Arazi 1 *
Carlos Moya
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-4
Final
Carlos Moya 1 *
Cedric Adrien Pioline
6-3
6-0
7-5
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Jens Knippschild
6-3
7-5
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Marcelo Andres Rios Mayorga
6-1
2-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Félix Mantilla Botella
5-7
6-2
6-4
6-2
Final
Carlos Moya 1 *
Alex Corretja
6-3
7-5
6-3
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Alex Corretja
7-6(4)
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Magnus Larsson
6-4
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Mark Anthony Philippoussis 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-1
6-4
5-7
6-4
Final
Alex Corretja 1 *
Carlos Moya
3–6
3–6
7–5
6–3
7–5
Round 4
Carlos Moya 1 *
Jonas Lars Björkman
6-3
1-6
3-6
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Félix Mantilla Botella
7-5
6-2
6-7(5)
6-2
Semifinals
Carlos Moya 1 *
Michael Chang
7-5
6-2
6-4
Final
Pete Sampras 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Carlos Moya 1 *
Steve Bryan
7-6(1)
6-3
4-6
6-2
Round 2
Richard Arlen (Richey) Reneberg 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Pierre Bouteyre 1 *
Carlos Moya
6-7(5)
7-6(5)
2-6
6-4
10-8