Nickname is “Cervan” Started playing tennis at age 6. Father is Manuel, a former professional goalkeeper forMurcia, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Salamanca and SanSebastian; mother is Luisa; two sisters, Paula and Esther;one brother, Mikel, who plays football Favourite surface is clay Favourite shot is his serve Favourite tournament is the US Open Idols growing up were Marcelo Rios and Lleyton Hewitt Hobbies include football (supports Real Sociedad), goingto the cinema and spending time with friends Trains at Academia Tenis Ferrer in Javea andBenidorm (Spain) Fitness traineris Jaume Ros

Ranking:The Spaniard achievedcareer-high No. 56on Mar. 21, 2016after reachingATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. Finished 2015 at year-end bestNo. 72 after winning ATP Challenger Tour Finals. Rose 180 spots from 2014 year-end ranking of No. 252.Broke into Top 100 on Nov. 23, 2015 after reaching final of Montevideo, URU Challenger (d. Schwartzman, l. to Pella).Unranked as recently as week of April 7, 2014 followingelbow injury and 2 hip surgeries. Before getting hurt, peaked at No. 130 on July 16, 2012 with run to Scheveningen, NED Challenger QF (l. to Torebko 76 in 3rd)

Milestones:Reached 1st ATP World Tour singles QF and SF at 2016São Paulo, defeating 2014 champion Delbonis before falling to countrymanCarreño Busta. Advanced to 1st ATP doubles final at 2016 Buenos Aires w/Lorenzi (l. to Cabal/Farah).Won 4 of 6 career Challenger singles titles in 2015: Ostrava, CZE (d. Pavlasek); Vicenza, ITA (d. Millman); Marburg, GER (d. Langer); and ATP Challenger Tour Finals (d. Muñoz de la Nava76 in 3rd after saving 2 MPs). Helped rebuild ranking in 2014 with 6th career Futures title at Pula, CRO as Q (d. Trevisan).Made ATP debut at 2010 Auckland as LL (l. to Kohlschreiber) and earned 1st win at 2012 Estoril as Q (d. Andreev). Owns records of 135-99 at Challengers (121-84 on clay) and 115-70 at Futures (88-59 on clay). Went 50-20 at Challengers in 2015 and isone of 4 playersto post 50+ Challenger wins in a single season (Berlocq: 57 in 2010, Pashanski: 51 in 2005, Dutra Silva: 50 in 2016). Lost 1st 4 Challenger matches of 2015 before reaching SF at Mersin, TUR as Q (l. to Coppejans)

Grand Slams:Qualified at 2012 Wimbledon and reached 2R (l. to Youzhny). Rallied from 2 sets down in final round of qualifying (d. Chvojka) and 1R of main draw (d. Cipolla). In Q2, beat Trungelliti 10-8 in 3rd. Fell in all 14 other appearances in Grand Slam qualifying, including 5-set loss to Herbert in final round at 2015 Wimbledon. Went 0-4 in 2016 Grand Slam main draw matches

ATP Masters 1000:Enjoyed winning ATP Masters 1000 debut at 2016 Indian Wells (d. Almagro, l. to Raonic). Followed by reaching 2R at 2016 Miami (d. Rublev, l. to Troicki after holding 4 MPs). Held 1 MP in 2016 Monte-Carlo 1R loss to Paire and qualified at 2016 Rome (l. to Kohlschreiber in 1R)