2011: ATP, Grand Slam debut & final, partnership with Farah, top 25 2011 is considered as Cabal ATP and Grand Slam debut, and also considered the best year for his doubles performance at the
2011 French Open with Argentine
Eduardo Schwank making history for Colombian tennis, as they defeated the top ranked pair in the semifinals, brothers
Mike and
Bob Bryan, and then lost the final to
Daniel Nestor and
Max Mirnyi. In his second Gram Slam tournament, the
2011 Wimbledon Championships, he debuted in the first round with countryman
Robert Farah. They defeated the fourth-seeded pair at the tournament, consisting of Pakistani
Aisam Qureshi (world No. 8) and India's
Rohan Bopanna (world No. 9), 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19. In the second round, they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American
Michael Russell and
Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan. He finished the year ranked No. 25 in the world, largely thanks to his French Open run.
2013: First ATP final with Farah In the
2013 Australian Open, he partnered again with Farah and reached the quarterfinals. In 2013, they also reached the final at the ATP 250
2013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He finished the year ranked No. 43 in the world.
2014: First two ATP titles, seventh final In 2014, Cabal and Farah reached six ATP finals, winning titles at the ATP 500
2014 Rio Open and the ATP 250
2014 Winston-Salem Open. They also reached the final of the ATP 1000 event in
Miami where they lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He also reached a seventh final in his home country's ATP 250 event, the
2014 Claro Open Colombia in Bogotá with compatriot
Nicolás Barrientos. He finished the year ranked No. 22 in the world.
2015: Two more ATP 250 titles, top 20 debut In 2015, Cabal and Farah added a further two titles winning the
2015 Brasil Open and the
2015 Geneva Open and reaching another three finals. In February, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in the world. In major events, the pair struggled reaching the second round in Australia, Wimbledon and the US, and losing in the first round at the French Open. He finished the year ranked No. 25 in the world.
2016: Four ATP titles 2016 was the pair's most successful year in terms of the number of titles, winning four. At the
2016 Australian Open, they had their best Grand Slam result of the year, reaching the third round. In February they won two events in South America, the
2016 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires and the
2016 Rio Open. In May they reached the final in
2016 BMW Open in Munich, and then won the ATP250 event in
Nice for a second time in their career. They finished the season by winning the
2016 Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Cabal finished the season as the world No. 30.
2017: Two more ATP 250 titles In 2017, Cabal and Farah started the year by once again reaching the third round at the
2017 Australian Open. They returned to South America, defending their title at the
2017 Argentina Open and reaching the final again in
Rio. They then won the ATP250 event in
Munich. He then reached his first Grand Slam semifinal since 2011 at the
2017 French Open with Farah, where they lost to
Michael Venus and
Ryan Harrison.
2018: Australian Open final, first Masters 1000 title, top 10 debut In May 2018, at the
2018 Italian Open, Cabal and Farah won their first Masters 1000 title against
Pablo Carreño Busta and
João Sousa. With the win, Cabal reached the top 10 for the first time in his career.
2019: Two Grand Slam and second Masters titles, world No. 1 In 2019, the most successful year for Cabal and Farah, they won their first ever Grand Slam men's doubles title at
Wimbledon in 2019, defeating Frenchmen
Nicolas Mahut and
Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling five-set match that required four tie-break sets; this victory helped Farah and Cabal to both ascend to
world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.
2020: French Open semifinal, year-end world No. 2 Before the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of the season, Cabal competed with
Jaume Munar in the
Australian Open, where they lost in the second round. Playing with Farah once more, the pair reached the second round of the
US Open. Then, they reached the semifinal of the delayed
French Open, losing to
Mate Pavić and
Bruno Soares. Cabal ended the year as the world No. 2.
2021: Three titles, French Open semifinal, Olympics quarterfinals, Finals qualification Cabal and Farah started their year by reaching the final at the
2021 Great Ocean Road Open where they reached the final, losing to
Jamie Murray and
Bruno Soares. Despite being top-seeded, they lost in the second round of the
Australian Open to
Alexander Bublik and
Andrey Golubev. They won their first title of the year in
Dubai, defeating
Nikola Mektić and
Mate Pavić in the final. After losing in
Miami and
Monte Carlo, they claimed their second title of the year in
Barcelona. This was followed by successive first round exits in two Masters 1000 events,
Madrid and
Rome. At the
2021 French Open, Cabal and Farah were seeded second and reached the semifinals, losing to eventual champions
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and
Nicolas Mahut. In the grass season, they suffered a second round loss at
Queen's Club, before a semifinal appearance at
Eastbourne, where they lost to
Joe Salisbury and
Rajeev Ram, who also defeated them in the quarterfinals at
Wimbledon. Cabal and Farah represented Colombia at the
Tokyo Olympics where they reached the quarterfinals, before losing to the New Zealand pairing of
Marcus Daniell and
Michael Venus. They suffered a disappointing American hardcourt season, losing in the first round of the
US Open and
Indian Wells. However, they captured their third title of the year in
Vienna, avenging their earlier defeats to Salisbury and Ram by beating them in the final in straight sets. During their run, they qualified for the
2021 ATP Finals.
2022-23: Two Masters finals, Retirement Cabal made his last ATP Tour-level professional appearance at the
2023 US Open with Farah where they lost in the second round. ==Performance timelines==