Date Of Birth: 01/01/1982, Unquillo, Cordoba

Family: Father Norberto (deceased), Mother Alda, Brothers Javier & Dario. Armenian ancestry on his father's side.

Coach: Martin Jaite, formerly Francisco Mastelli, Eduardo Infantino, Gabriel Markus

Hobbies: Soccer (big fan of River Plate), Car Rallying, Angling

1998: As a prodigious 16 year old, won the US Open Boys Singles, already demonstrating a versatile game for all speeds and surfaces. First tentative steps on the senior Futures tour.  (End Year #1324) 

1999: Junior success continued with a runners-up spot at Roland Garros (to Coria) and semi-final spot at Wimbledon, when he was defaulted for not turning up to his match due to a scheduling misunderstanding. Won Boys Doubles (w/ Coria). Won first Futures title in Italy. (End Year #532) 

2000: Now a full time senior tour player.  Semi-finals at Belo Horizonte & Buenos Aires Challenger events. Pushes Jim Courier to tough 3 setter in ATP Tour debut. (End Year #245)   

2001: Strong start with two ATP quarters in Bogota and Vina Del Mar.  The European summer tour brought semi results in Umag and Sopot, culminating with first ATP tour final in Palermo. (End Year #47) 

2002: Swept to first ATP tour tournament win in Estoril with victories over Ferrero and Moya.  As No 28 seed at Wimbledon, defied all expectation by reaching final with hard fought wins over Arthurs, Lapentti and Malisse.  Consolidated with quarter-final in Montreal and then topped off year with win in Basel, beating Henman, Federer and Gonzalez. (End Year #12)

2003: Kicked off the year with yet another win over Federer to make Australian Open quarters. Solid results through spring capped by semis in TMS Hamburg and last 16 Wimbledon after a setback at Roland Garros. Brilliant spell in late summer on cement - final in Montreal, quarters in Cincinnatti,  then semi at US Open after subduing the serves of Federer and Philippoussis, and a narrow and controversial loss to Roddick. Wrist and abdomen injuries meant a string of withdrawals from autumn events but returned to reach final in Basel and thus qualify for Tennis Masters Cup.  There, trounced Ferrero but lost to Federer and to Agassi in another contentious match. (End Year #8) 

2004: Began the year in top form in Australia, winning the Kooyong Invitational and racing to the Australian Open quarters without losing a set, when he came up against all-conquering #1 Roger Federer and lost in four close sets. An ankle injury meant that he played only one match between Melbourne and the Monte Carlo event in late April. Had a great European clay-court season, making the semis at Roland Garros, the final in Rome and the quarters in Barcelona. Sadly, a stomach muscle injury then struck forcing another prolonged break from the tour. Missed Wimbledon and made only brief appearances at the Canadian and US Opens. After such a horrendous year finally came good at the end of 2004: quarter finals in Beijing and Vienna followed by two exceptional final appearances in Tennis Masters Series Madrid and in Basel. A year plagued by injuries, but David still performed well enough to end the year just one place lower in the rankings. (End-Year #9)

2005: Began the year by reaching his third consecutive Australian Open quarter-final with a win over Coria and a narrow loss to home favourite Hewitt. After an injury-prone Spring, he won his third ATP title in Munich and made the last sixteen at Roland Garros and the last eight at Wimbledon. A perfect record in Davis Cup climaxed by a straight set demolition of Lleyton Hewitt on Australian soil before being forced to miss the semi-final through injury. Solid quarter-final appearances at Flushing Meadow and Beijing were consolidated by last four results indoors at Madrid and Basel. Was drafted into the ATP Masters Cup as a late replacement for Andy Roddick and proceeded to storm to victory with straight set wins over Coria, Ljubicic and Davydenko capped by a sensational five set win over world number one Roger Federer. (End-Year #6)

2006: Buoyed by the Masters Cup victory, swept to the Australian Open semis before meeting an inspired Marcos Bagdhatis and succumbing in a long five-setter. Also made the last four in Masters Series Miami and took his second Estoril title in a great European clay season.  Pushed Roger Federer to a final set tie-breaker in the Rome semis and was a set and 3-0 up on him in the Roland Garros semi before a stomach injury struck forcing David to retire in the third set.  A great start at Wimbledon came to an abrupt end at Verdasco's hand in the third round.  Hampered by injury, David's summer was unremarkable but he rallied late in the year to make the Madrid semis and get the chance to defend his Masters Cup title.  A straight sets win over Andy Roddick edged him into the semis but once there James Blake proved too tough.  David excelled in the Davis Cup final with wins over both Davydenko and Safin as Argentina were pipped by the Russians. (End-Year #8)     

2007:  Fell in the fourth round of the Australian Open to Tommy Haas as injury problems deepened, a factor that would impede David's progress for most of the year.  Struggled throughout the spring, with a quarter final in Barcelona and last sixteen at Roland Garros the best showings as his ranking fell from the top ten and then the top twenty.  Took on board former top tenner Martin Jaite as coach in late summer and pushed David Ferrer to 7-5 in the final set at Flushing Meadow.  With points to defend in the late season European indoor events it looked possible that David would drop out of the top thirty but a phenomenal surge saw him recover from a 4-6 0-4 deficit to Tomas Berdych then oust the top three players in the world (Djokovic, Nadal and Federer) to lift his first Masters title in Madrid.  David's fitness, vastly improved serve and mental strength were equally in evidence in Paris two weeks later as he again bested Federer and thrashed Nadal to claim a second title, elevating him back into the top ten, and bringing his head-to-head with Federer level at 8-8 and opening up a 2-0 one with Nadal.  (End-Year #9)