Juan Aguilera dies, first Spaniard to win a Masters 1000, the tennis player who was Becker's "teacher"

The Spaniard made it to seventh place in the world rankings – and caused a sensation in Hamburg in 1990, when he made Germany's tennis icon look old.

Juan Aguilera could have lived quietly from his trophies, but he disappeared when tennis began to become popular in Spain. He missed the opportunity. And he did it by...

The former tennis player from Spain turned 63

Mourning in the world of tennis: Juan Aguilera passed away at 63 after a long illness. Born in Barcelona in 1962, Aguilera made his professional debut in 1981, reaching his first career final in 1983, losing in two sets to Pablo Arraya in Bordeaux. That year also saw him make his debut in the Spanish Davis Cup team and then continued until 1985, six years before his retirement in 1991. His first victory in a major circuit tournament came in 1984…

Juan Aguilera was only 63 years old.

Winner of the Masters 1000 in Hamburg in 1990, Spaniard Juan Aguilera, world's seventh in 1984, died at the age of 63 as a result of a long illness.