Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance at a major was the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open, where he lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in five sets. The match itself has been considered one of the greatest tennis matches of all time. Verdasco has also reached the quarterfinals twice at the US Open, in 2009 and 2010, losing to Novak Djokovic and Nadal respectively, and once at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where he led eventual champion Andy Murray by two sets to love before being defeated in five sets. In singles, he won the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell and six ATP 250 tournaments, and was a finalist at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and five ATP 500 tournaments. In men's doubles, he won the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals and three ATP 500 tournaments and was a finalist at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters, all of them partnering David Marrero.Verdasco earned his 500th win at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open becoming the 45th man in ATP World Tour history with 500 wins. He is currently No. 6 on the list of active players with over 500 wins. He has the second-most losses in singles history, behind Feliciano López (490). Verdasco aided Spain in winning three Davis Cup titles, winning the deciding match in both 2008 and 2009, and being part of the winning team in 2011. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight. Verdasco worked in Las Vegas with Andre Agassi and his team, including Darren Cahill (Agassi's former coach) and Gil Reyes (Agassi's fitness coach). More about Fernando Verdasco
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He turned professional in 2001, finishing as world No. 464. 2002 was a good year for him, as he won his first Futures category title in Spain F1 and was runner-up in Spain F3. He played his pond career challenger in Segovia, where he reached the final after beating Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov in the semifinals. He then reached two additional Challenger semifinals in Kyiv and in Eckental, finishing the year in the top 200 at no. 173. 2002 also finished strongly off the court, as Fernando finished runner-up in a closely contested Best Abs in Castilla La Mancha contest.The most expensive item with a signature of Fernando Verdasco (Fernando Verdasco Penn Autographed Tennis Ball W/Coa) was sold in March 2013 for $49.99 while the cheapest item (2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series #79 Fernando Verdasco Rookie) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2023. The month with the most items sold (1) was April 2015 with an average selling price of $24.99 for an autographed item of Fernando Verdasco. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2013 with $49.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2022. In average, an autographed item from Fernando Verdasco is worth $17.63.
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2005 ACE AUTHENTIC FERNANDO VERDASCO AUTO SIGNATURE SERIES #D 022/100 SP | $5.50 | ||
2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series #79 Fernando Verdasco Rookie | $1.49 | ||
2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series #79 Fernando Verdasco Rookie | $0.99 | ||
2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series #79 Fernando Verdasco Rookie | $0.99 | ||
2007 Ace Authentic Fernando Verdasco Auto Autograph Singles #SI-9 | $5.99 | ||
Fernando Verdasco - 2005 Ace Authentic Signature Series Autograph Auto /100 Rare | $39.99 | ||
FERNANDO VERDASCO AUTOGRAPHED PENN TENNIS BALL W/COA | $24.99 | ||
Fernando Verdasco Signed 8x10 Photo w/COA Wimbledon Tennis | $29.95 | ||
Fernando Verdasco Tennis Signed Photo | $15.26 | ||
Fernando Verdasco US Open Signed Picture | $5.00 |