qualifier to reach the semifinals of the Miami Masters. He made the final by beating Ivan Ljubičić, the seventh seed, 7–5, 6–2. In the final, the Argentine lost to Novak Djokovic of Serbia in straight sets. To get to the final, Cañas defeated Tim Henman, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Tommy Robredo, and Ivan Ljubičić, respectively, before losing to Novak Djoković. Cañas jumped 121 positions to reach the 22nd place in the ATP ranking as of April 30, 2007, the highest jump so far in the year. Cañas reached the final of one more tournament in 2007, the Torneo Godó in Barcelona, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. Cañas commented afterwards that he believed he would be a strong contender at the French Open. However, his bid was thwarted for a third time at the quarter-final stage when he lost to Nikolay Davydenko. Having set himself a goal of finishing in the top 20, Cañas finished the year in 15th, equalling his finishes from 2001 and 2002. He announced his retirement from professional tennis in March 2010. Cañas held a record of five victories and two defeats (3–1 in singles) in Davis Cup matches across his career. Post-retirement Cañas was the coach of Ernests Gulbis from July 2011 until May 2012 and became the coach of Teymuraz Gabashvili in 2015. He coached former #1 Jelena Jankovic from January 2017 until her retirement. He is the current coach of Bernarda Pera. He now runs his own tennis academy in Aventura, Florida along with former tour pros Martín García, and Gustavo Oribe. Playing style Cañas played a defensive counter-punching game from the baseline, using his retrieving skills in order to frustrate opponents. He used a double-handed backhand. Significant finals Masters 1000 finals Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-ups) Career finals Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (2 titles) Career ATP Challenger finals Singles: 15 (11–4) Wins (11) Runner-ups (4) Doubles Wins (5) Performance timeline Singles Top 10 wins See also List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences References External links Argentine male tennis players Argentine sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in tennis Olympic tennis players of Argentina People from La Matanza Partido Tennis players from Buenos Aires Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1977 births Living people