Spanish tennis star Bautista Agut plays a counterpunching style of tennis with a lot of precision in his strokes. His forehand is definitely the stronger part of his game. Opponents often attack his backhand at key moments in a match because that’s his weakest shot.

In 2019, Roberto Bautista Agut reached the semifinals at Wimbledon. He achieved his career-high ranking of world number 9 in 2019. That year, he helped Spain win the Davis Cup. His idols when growing up were Spanish tennis players Sergi Bruguera, David Ferrer, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Carlos Moya.

He is a big soccer fan. He played soccer for Villarreal C.F. until he was 14. He loves horses and horseback riding. He owns 8 horses. His sponsors are Wilson and Lacoste. Bautista Agut has made more than $20 million in his career.

Roberto Bautista Agut’s Sponsors

Lacoste

Bautista Agut has a clothing sponsorship contract with Lacoste. Lacoste sponsors many top tennis players such as Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev.

Wilson

He has a racquet sponsorship contract with Wilson. He uses the Wilson Pro Staff 97 CV racquet.

Mizuno

Bautista Agut has a shoe sponsorship contract with Mizuno. 

Villarreal CF

He played soccer for the Spanish football team Villarreal CF until he was 14. After he quit soccer to take up tennis full time, his love for soccer never died. In 2021, he signed a deal to wear the Villareal CF logo on his shirt.

Lexus

Agut has been an ambassador for Lexus since 2019. He promotes the Lexus 450h SUV.

Turismo de Castellon

Bautista Agut is an ambassador for the Spanish province of Castellón.

2021 boys’ Wimbledon champion Sameer Banerjee was a hitting partner to players participating in the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. Bring top juniors to the year-end championship is part of ATP’s Junior Hitting Partner Initiative launched in 2016.

Speaking of the experience, Banerjee said:

It’s been great. Just being able to hit with all these top guys, seeing how they conduct themselves, how they run their practices, how they prepare for matches, how they are in the locker rooms, it’s pretty cool. It’s something I didn’t think I’d be able to see.

Banerjee got to spend a lot of time with Daniil Medvedev, who reached the final where he lost to Alexander Zverev. Medvedev told Banerjee that the differences between players in the Top 200 are very small. Top players just do some small things better.

Banerjee will be attending Stanford University in the fall after initially committing to Columbia University and backing out. He reached a peak junior ranking of world number 2 in July 2021.