Joan Manel Balcells Fornaguera (born 20 June 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain.

He won one ATP Tour singles title in his career and reached the final in Scottsdale in 2002 (losing to Andre Agassi) and the semifinals in 2000 Heineken Open losing to Michael Chang.

Balcells was born in Barcelona, and played for the Spanish David Cup team in 2000, winning the doubles rubber (with Àlex Corretja) in the final against Australia.

Ballcells was considered unusual for a Spanish player, as he possessed a serve and volley game that involved regularly rushing the net.

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