Joan Balcells
Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career and reached the final in 2002 [Franklin Templeton Classic – Singles|Scottsdale] in 2002 and the semifinals in 2000 [Heineken Open – Singles|2000 Heineken Open] losing to Michael Chang.
Balcells was born in Barcelona, and played for the Spain [Davis Cup team|Spanish Davis Cup team] in 2000, winning the doubles rubber in the final against Australia. He retired in 2004. Ballcells was considered unusual for a Spanish player, as he possessed a serve and volley game that involved regularly rushing the net. This was not very common in Spanish tennis by the 1990s and early 2000s.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | 2000 [Gelsor Open Romania – Singles|] | BRD [Năstase Țiriac Trophy|Bucharest], Romania | International Series | Clay |  dts|Mar 2002Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
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