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The correct answer is: D. Albert Costa<\/strong><\/p>\n Albert Costa won the first Davis Cup title for Spain in December 2000. He defeated Arnaud Cl\u00c3\u00a9ment of France in the final, winning 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n Juan Carlos Ferrero was the top-ranked Spanish player at the time, but he was injured and did not play in the Davis Cup final. Alex Corretja was the second-ranked Spanish player, but he lost to S\u00c3\u00a9bastien Grosjean in the semifinals. Juan Balselly was the third-ranked Spanish player, but he lost to C\u00c3\u00a9dric Pioline in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n Albert Costa was ranked No. 10 in the world at the time of the Davis Cup final. He had a career-high ranking of No. 5 in 1999. He won four ATP Tour titles in his career, including the French Open in 2002.<\/p>\n Spain had never won the Davis Cup before 2000. They had reached the final four times, but they had never won the title. Costa’s victory in 2000 was a historic moment for Spanish tennis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [amp_mcq option1=”Juan Carlos Ferrero” option2=”Alex Corretja” option3=”Juan Balselly” option4=”Albert Costa” correct=”option4″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\n