Daniel Nestor

Full name is Daniel Mark Nestor...Born in Yugoslavia, then moved in 1976 to Canada with his parents...Fan of Montréal Canadians (NHL) and Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)...Competed in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...Has a 38-19 career Davis Cup record (23-4 in doubles) in 34 ties since 1992 and holds Canadian records for most wins and most ties played...A gold medalist at 2000 Sydney Olympics (w/Lareau)...Named ATP Doubles Team of Year in 2002 and 2004 (w/Knowles) and 2008 (w/Zimonjic)...In 2003, hosted first Daniel Nestor Celebrity Charity event and since its inception has raised over $600,000 for North York General Hospital and Tennis Canada Go for Gold Fund charities...Wife, Natasha (married July 24, 2005); daughter, Tiana Alexis (born Dec. 15, 2008).

2009 -- Captured career-best nine titles in 11 finals with Zimonjic, highlighted by repeat at Wimbledon and winning five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Cincinnati, Paris)…Finished No. 2 in ATP Team Rankings…Had 12-match winning streak on clay with titles in Monte Carlo*, Barcelona and Rome…Also won title in Madrid* and followed with SF at Roland Garros…Saved eight match points in 15-13 Match-TB win over Bryans for Cincinnati title…Went 1-2 in London…Became first Canadian to earn $1 million in a season.

2008 -- Finished No. 1 in ATP Doubles race and won his first Wimbledon title to complete a career Golden Slam. Playing with Zimonjic for first full season, they won five of eight finals. Had one stretch of six straight finals -- runner-up finish at AMS Rome, title at AMS Hambug (d. Bryans), finalist at Roland Garros (l. to Cuevas-Horna), then titles at Queen's Club (d. Melo-Sa), Wimbledon (d. Bjorkman-Ullyett) and AMS Toronto (d. Bryans). After Wimbledon, overtook No. 1 spot in ATP Doubles Race for nine-week span. Held No. 1 ranking through US Open. Won 17 consecutive matches before losing SF at AMS Cincinnati (l. to Erlich-Ram). Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup and won title (d. Bryans) to clinch No. 1 in ATP Doubles Race (w/Zimonjic) and No. 2 individually.

2007 -- Went 4-4 in finals. Won his first Roland Garros title and finished at No. 2 in Stanford ATP Doubles Race (w/Knowles) and No. 3 individually. Reached finals in Sydney, Marseille and Houston and SF at Australian Open, AMS Rome, Doha and Dubai. Also won at Queen's and reached 600 career match wins on home soil in Montreal with 1st RD win. After US Open, teamed with Zimonjic to win St. Petersburg title and reach AMS Paris final. Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai and won title (w/Knowles). With Knowles, compiled a career finals record of 40-29 and won at least one title together in 13 of past 14 years.

2006 -- Captured five titles in 10 finals, finishing at No. 3 (w/ Knowles). Finalist at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai.

2005 -- Won four titles to finish No. 4 (w/Knowles). Underwent left wrist surgery on June 17 and was sidelined two months.

2004 -- Finished (w/Knowles) as year-end No. 1. Surpassed 300 wins together.

2003 -- Won six titles in eight finals. In Davis Cup World Group qualifying, beat No. 17 Kuerten.

2002 -- Teamed with Knowles to finish as No. 1 with six titles.

2001-- Won four titles with three partners.

2000 -- Underwent left shoulder surgery on Jan. 5 and missed first four months. Won four doubles titles with three partners. Won gold medal at Sydney Olympics in doubles (w/Lareau) and also won AMS Toronto, his first ATP title on home soil.

1999 -- Finished in Top 100. Won two doubles titles (w/Lareau).

1998 -- With Knowles, finalist at World Doubles Chp., Roland Garros and US Open.

1997 -- Reached SF in Moscow.

1996 -- Reached first ATP singles SF in Newport. Qualified an ATP-best seven times. Won four doubles titles.

1995 -- Reached first Slam doubles final in Australia...Made ATP World Doubles Chp. debut (all w/Knowles).

1994 -- Won first title in Bogota (w/Knowles).

1992 -- Beat No. 1 Edberg in five sets in Davis Cup.

2010

Went 9-2 in doubles play with Zimonjic in January, picking up their 17th team title at Sydney (d. Hutchins-Kerr 63 76) before reaching the Australian Open final (l. to Bryan-Bryan) as second seeds…Dropped one set en route to their fourth team Grand Slam final (vs. Clement-Erlich in QFs)…It was Nestor's fourth overall final in Melbourne (1-3 record) and 13th major title match overall...On 1 February, regained position at No. 1 in doubles rankings (w/Zimonjic) for first time since 30 November 2009...

In February, the Canadian and Zimonjic defended the Rotterdam title with a 64 46 10-7 win over Aspelin-Hanley in final...It was their 18th title from 26 finals...Dropped just one set in four matches during the tournament...

As top seeds at Indian Wells, lost to wild card Nadal-Marc Lopez 76(8) 63 in one-hour, 35-minute final...As top seeds in Miami, fell to Spanish duo Almagro-Robredo 46 62 10-5 in 2nd RD...

During European clay-court swing captured titles at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d. Bhupathi-Mirnyi), Barcelona (d. Hewitt-Knowles) and were runners up at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Bryan-Bryan)…As No. 2 seed at Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic) captured the title over defending champions Dlouhy-Paes 75 62 in final…Title-winning run saw the pair reclaim No. 1 in both the 2010 team and individual rankings….It was their third Grand Slam title as a team and fifth trophy of the year…"I think it's nice we won here. We've knocked on the door a couple times, semis and final last year. It was a pretty bitter loss to these guys that we beat today, and it was nice to avenge that."