Juan Ignacio Carrasco (born 9 July 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Career Carrasco, a doubles specialist, appeared in 17 Grand Slams during his career. He competed in the men's doubles on each occasion and also played mixed doubles once, at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships with Gisela Riera as his partner. Carrasco and Riera made the third round, which was also the furthest he ever reached in the men's doubles, at the 2000 French Open with Jairo Velasco Jr. En route, the pair defeated ninth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and David Prinosil.IFT Tennis Profile
It was with Velasco that he made his only ATP Tour final, which was at Marseille in 2000. They also reached semi-finals in Mallorca and Bogota in 1999 and 2000. His other best results were semi-final appearances with Alex Lopez Moron at both Stuttgart and Bucharest in 2002. He also made the semi-finals of the 2003 Dutch Open, partnering Johan Landsberg.
He only played singles tennis on the Challenger circuit and in 1993 reached his highest ever ranking, 342 in the world.ATP World Tour Profile
ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultW-LYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Feb 2000Marseille, FranceHard Jairo Velasco Jr. Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg6–7(2–7), 4–6
Challenger titles Doubles: (14) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1993Segovia, SpainHard Mark Petchey Roger Smith Maurice Ruah6–2, 7–52.1997Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Jordi Mas Georg Blumauer Andrea Gaudenzi6–2, 7–63.1997Espinho, PortugalClay Álex López Morón Álex Calatrava Bernardo Mota4–6, 6–2, 7–54.1998Barletta, ItalyClay Juan Balcells Thomas Strengberger Dušan Vemić7–6, 6–35.1998Brasov, RomaniaClay Jairo Velasco Jr. Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl6–4, 3–6, 6–26.1998Maia, PortugalClay Jairo Velasco Jr. Cristian Brandi Stephen Noteboom7–5, 6–47.1999Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Jairo Velasco Jr. Justin Bower Jason Weir-Smith6–4, 6–48.1999Besançon, FranceHard Jairo Velasco Jr. Martín García Cristiano Testa6–1, 7–6(7–4)9.1999Cairo, EgyptClay Jairo Velasco Jr. Álex López Morón Albert Portas6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)10.1999AndorraHard Jairo Velasco Jr. Scott Humphries Peter Nyborg7–5, 7–6(9–7)11.2001Maia, PortugalClay Djalmar Sistermans Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota7–5, 3–6, 7–512.2001Cagliari, ItalyClay Álex López Morón Marc López Fernando Vicente6–2, 4–6, 6–413.2001Barcelona, SpainClay Álex López Morón František Čermák David Škoch6–4, 6–114.2003Barcelona, SpainClay Mariano Delfino Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman7–5, 6–3
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