Juan Mónaco

Following his performance in the said tournament and finals withdrawal he reached a career high world ranked number 14. Read Less

He represented Argentina in the Davis Cup Quarterfinal Clash against Sweden and won his only match against Thomas Johansson 6–3, 6–3. Read Less

He then faced Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round, this was their 3rd straight meeting in a row with Ferrero prevailing in the other two. He upset Ferrero for the first time as he won 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 in a match than lasted over 3 hours. He then defeated Guillermo García López 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 converting 6 of 6 break points thus reaching his first hardcourt Master Series quarterfinals. He then lost to eventual champion Ivan Ljubičić in a three sets match by 4–6, 6–2, 6–1. Read Less

He lost to Nicolás Almagro 6–4, 6–1. He the lead Argentina to their second ARAG World Team Cup, at the Round Robin he defeated Serbia's Viktor Troicki 1–6, 6–3, 7–6 and lost to Jérémy Chardy 6–3, 6–4. In the finals he defeated American Sam Querrey 1–6, 6–2, 6–3. Read Less

Monaco, played his last tournament of the year at the BNP Paribas Masters where he defeated Sam Querrey 6–2, 7–6 but fell to no. 2 seed Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3 in the second round after failing to convert 7 of 8 break points. Read Less

This performance pushed him to no. 16 in the world, his highest ranking since May 2008. Read Less

The injury also forced him to withdraw from the Barcelona Open and the Mutua Madrid Open.

He was seeded 14th in Rome and won his first two matches against Adrian Ungur 6–2, 6–2, and Radek Štěpánek 6–4, 6–2, before losing to defending champion and world no. 1 Novak Djokovic 6–4, 2–6, 3–6.

At the French Open, he first faced Frenchman Guillaume Rufin 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3). He then cruised passed Lukáš Rosol 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 7–6(7–5). In the third round he had a tough match against the big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic and converted 3/16 break points and saved all break points he faced, the Argentinian won the match 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4. He made it to the fourth round, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He was broken twice in the first set and pulled a double bagel in the second and third, although he had a couple of break opportunities of his own in the second. Read Less

He then followed it up with a win over Jeremy Chardy 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3). In the third round, he lost to Viktor Troicki 5–7, 5–7, 3–6 despite leading the 1st set by a break and coming back from a break in the second. Read Less

He then faced Guillermo García-López and was leading 6–3, 3–6, 5–0; he then lost 5 games in a row to go 5–5 in the third but eventually won 7–5 in the third. In the final he lost to top seed Janko Tipsarević 4–6, 7–5, 3–6, even after coming back from 1–4 in the second and had momentum in the third. Read Less

He then won in straight sets against Daniel Muñoz de la Nava and Jeremy Chardy. In the semifinals he faced top seed Nicolás Almagro losing the first set 6–3, he came back and won the second in the same scoreline. He was down 4–2 in the third but won the last 4 games to advance to the final. In the final he faced local man and wild card Tommy Haas and won 7–5, 6–4 being 4–1 down in the first. With the win he entered the top ten for the first time in his career.

He then played the Summer Olympics defeating David Goffin 6-4, 6-1 before losing to Feliciano López 4-6, 4-6 in the following round. Read Less