\n\n N\/A\n <\/td>\n | \n N\/A\n <\/td>\n | \n N\/A\n <\/td>\n | \n N\/A\n <\/td>\n | \n N\/A\n <\/td>\n | \n N\/A\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nBefore Fame<\/h2>\nHe won his first Open, the French Open, in 1998, three years after turning professional.<\/p>\n <\/i> Biography<\/h2>\n<\/i> Biography Timeline<\/h2>\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 1995<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Moy\u00e1 was born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. He began playing tennis at the age of six with his parents. He turned professional in 1995 and won his first tour title later that year in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n In November 1995, at the age of 19, Moy\u00e1 won his first tournament at the top-level in Buenos Aires, defeating F\u00e9lix Mantilla in the final. In May 1996, Moy\u00e1 defeated the “king of clay” Thomas Muster, in the semifinals of the tournament in Munich, ending Muster’s streak of winning 38 matches in a row on clay-courts. It was the fourth time in four weeks that Moy\u00e1 had played a match against Muster. In the final of Munich, Sl\u00e1va Dosed\u011bl defeated Moy\u00e1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 1997<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In 1997, Moy\u00e1 reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, defeating defending champion Boris Becker in the first round, Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman in the fourth round, and world no. 3 Michael Chang in the semifinals in straight sets, before losing in straight sets to Pete Sampras. Before the US Open, he won brilliantly in Long Island. His opponent in the final was the future winner of US Open a few days later, the Australian Patrick Rafter. Moy\u00e1 due to an injury lost at first round in US Open. Due to his final in Australia and the last winning in Long Island, Moy\u00e1 could have had a good opportunity in Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 1998<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In 1998, Moy\u00e1 won the French Open. He defeated S\u00e9bastien Grosjean, Pepe Imaz, Andrew Ilie and Jens Knippschild before beating the tournament favourite, Marcelo R\u00edos in the quarterfinal. He then defeated F\u00e9lix Mantilla Botella in the semifinal and fellow-Spaniard \u00c1lex Corretja in the final with a straight-sets win. He also won his first Tennis Masters Series tournament that year at Monte Carlo. He reached the semifinals of the US Open, losing to Mark Philippoussis. He concluded the year by finishing runner-up at the ATP World Championships (now known as the ATP World Tour Finals), where he lost in a five-set final to Corretja, having won the first two sets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 1999<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In March 1999, after finishing runner-up at Indian Wells, Moy\u00e1 reached the world no. 1 singles ranking, the first Spanish player in history to achieve this feat. He held the top spot for two weeks. Later that year, he entered the French Open as defending champion and lost in the fourth round to eventual winner Andre Agassi. At the US Open, Moy\u00e1 withdrew in the second round with a back injury and only played in two tournaments for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2001<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In 2001, Moy\u00e1 won the title at Umag. He also finished runner-up at Barcelona, where he lost in a four-hour marathon final to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2002<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n 2002 saw Moy\u00e1 win four titles from six finals. He captured his second career Tennis Masters Series title, and the biggest hard-court title of his career, at Cincinnati, where he defeated world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the final.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2003<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Moy\u00e1 captured three clay-court titles in 2003. He also helped Spain reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6\u20130 singles record. In the semifinals, he won the deciding rubber against Gast\u00f3n Gaudio as Spain beat Argentina, 3\u20132. He beat Mark Philippoussis on grass in the final. But that proved to be Spain’s only point, as they lost the final 1\u20134 to Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2004<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In 2004, Moy\u00e1 helped Spain go one better and win the Davis Cup. In the final, he won two critical singles rubbers against Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, as Spain beat the United States 3\u20132. The year also saw Moy\u00e0 capture his third career Masters Series title at Rome, where he defeated David Nalbandian in the final. He was the only player on the tour to win at least 20 matches on both clay courts and hard courts that year.<\/p>\n In July 2004, Moy\u00e1’s kind-hearted gesture to hit with ball boy Sandeep Ponniah at the 2004 Tennis Masters Series Toronto event captured audiences during an injury timeout against opponent Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. To the crowd’s surprise, Ponniah shuffled Moy\u00e1 across the baseline and received an ovation for an overhead smash on a Moy\u00e1 lob.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2005<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Moy\u00e1 won his 18th career title in January 2005 at Chennai. He donated his prize money for the win to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2007<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In January 2007, Moy\u00e1 was the runner-up at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing to defending champion James Blake.<\/p>\n In May 2007, at the Hamburg Masters, he defeated Mardy Fish, world no. 12 Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, world no. 9 Blake, and world no. 6 Novak Djokovic, a run which saw him reach his first Masters semifinal since 2004 Indian Wells, where he lost to Roger Federer.<\/p>\n In July 2007, Moy\u00e1 won the Studena Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia, defeating Andrei Pavel. The win brought him to world no. 18 in the rankings, his highest rank since 23 May 2005, when he was world no. 15.<\/p>\n In 2007 at Cincinnati, he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2008<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n In 2008 at the Cincinnati Masters, Moy\u00e1 defeated Nikolay Davydenko, the match being played over the course of two days because of rain. Hours after his match with Davydenko, Moy\u00e1 beat Igor Andreev.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2009<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n Moy\u00e1 made a slow start in 2009. He failed to progress beyond the second round of his first four tournaments, including a first-round loss at the Australian Open. In March 2009, he announced that he would have an indefinite hiatus from tennis to recover from injured tendons and ischium in his hip. He returned to professional tennis in January 2010, losing against Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 in the first round of the Chennai Open, then losing in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open to Illya Marchenko.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n 2010<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n On 17 November 2010, he announced his retirement from tennis owing to a long-standing foot injury from which he failed to recover. He received a special ceremony at the O2 Arena in London during the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, with all top eight singles and doubles players attending. Other players who attended included Fernando Verdasco, Mikhail Youzhny, \u00c0lex Corretja, Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman, and Thomas Johansson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/span> Upcoming Birthday<\/h2>\n\n Currently, Carlos Moya is 46 years, 0 months and 30 days old. Carlos Moya will celebrate 47th birthday on a Sunday 27th of August 2023.\n <\/p>\n Find out about Carlos Moya birthday<\/a> activities in timeline view here.<\/p>\nCarlos Moya trends<\/h3>\n\n |