Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Alicante, Spain
Born	(1978-01-06) 6 January 1978 (age 46) Alicante, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,346,155
Singles
Career record	68–133
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (2 October 2006)
Current ranking	No. 800 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2007, 2011, 2013)
French Open	4R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	43–91
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 54 (16 January 2012)
Current ranking	No. 921 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	2R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 2 July 2018.

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen raˈmiɾeθ iˈðalɣo]; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006.^[1] His favourite surface is clay, where he has won numerous ATP Challenger Tour events, and has reached the final in three events of the ATP tour, all in 2007, finishing runner-up in all three finals.

Career

Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998.

In 2001, Ramírez Hidalgo won his first ATP tour match in Bucharest, defeating Attila Sávolt.

In 2003, he suffered the ignominy of becoming the only player to ever lose a tour level match to French journeyman Éric Prodon, losing 7–6 6–2 in Casablanca. However, he was able to bounce back later in the year at Sopot, where he reached his first ever tour level semi-final, bravely losing in three sets to David Ferrer.

After dropping down the rankings, early 2006 saw a return to good form. A semi-final run at Viña del Mar saw Ramírez Hidalgo climb back into the top 100. This tournament included his first ever win over a top 10 player, a defeat of former French Open champion Gastón Gaudio. Ramírez Hidalgo was eventually defeated by José Acasuso.

At the 2006 French Open, Ramírez Hidalgo won a Grand Slam match for the first time, eventually reaching the 4th round in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, defeating Thierry Ascione, Christophe Rochus and future finalist David Ferrer. Before the tournament, he had lost four consecutive times in the first round of a Grand Slam, a pattern he proceeded to return to for a further 9 appearances.

Ramírez Hidalgo's strong form continued into the latter half of 2006, where he reached the semi-final in Amersfoort (l. Nicolás Massú.) and included rare success on hard courts, where he defeated world no. 5 and home favourite James Blake. Further success came in Palermo, where his run to the semi-final was halted by Nicolás Lapentti. In October 2006, his ranking peaked at no. 50.

2007 started strongly for Ramírez Hidalgo, with another semi-final run, this time in Casablanca. An impressive showing was halted by Albert Montañés.

In his later career, Ramírez Hidalgo became a stalwart of the ATP Challenger tour, whilst still enjoying occasional success on the main tour. 2012 marked his last Grand Slam match win, at the US Open, where he defeated Somdev Devvarman, before losing to big serving Sam Querrey. At Houston in 2013, he recorded what was to be his last ever main tour victory, defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco,before losing to Rhyne Williams in the quarter-final.

On 4 August 2016, after defeating Ante Pavić in the 2nd round of the Chengdu Challenger, Ramírez Hidalgo became the first player ever to win 400 matches in the ATP Challenger Tour tournaments.^[2]

Ramírez Hidalgo retired from professional tennis after the end of the 2017 season.^[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2007	Chile Open, Chile	International	Clay	Albert Montañés	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2007	Brasil Open, Brasil	International	Clay	Albert Montañés	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–3	Feb 2007	Argentina Open, Argentina	International	Clay	Albert Montañés	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles finals (11–13)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	3 September 2002	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Lovro Zovko	2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	7 October 2002	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Albert Portas	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	12 May 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	1 July 2003	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	10 May 2004	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Adrián García	3–6, 5–7
Win	24 May 2005	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Clay	Massimo Dell'Acqua	6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret.
Loss	24 October 2005	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Júlio Silva	2–6, 3–6
Win	14 January 2008	La Serena, Chile	Clay	David Marrero	6–3, 6–1
Loss	18 August 2008	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Pablo Andújar	4–6, 1–6
Loss	15 September 2008	Todi, Italy	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	20 October 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	14 March 2010	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Marcel Granollers	6–4, 6–4
Win	12 June 2010	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Filip Krajinović	6–3, 6–2
Win	5 July 2010	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	12 September 2010	Rijeka, Croatia	Clay	Blaž Kavčič	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	11 September 2011	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Daniel Gimeno Traver	3–6, 3–6
Win	7 April 2012	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	15 April 2012	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win	6 May 2012	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Jérémy Chardy	6–1, 6–4
Win	15 April 2013	Panama City, Panama	Clay	Alejandro González	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	7 July 2013	Timișoara, Romania	Clay	Andreas Haider-Maurer	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	14 May 2016	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Karen Khachanov	1–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6
Loss	7 August 2016	Chengdu, China	Clay	Jason Jung	4–6, 2–6
Loss	14 August 2016	Qingdao, China	Clay	Janko Tipsarević	6–1, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles titles (21)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
7 September 2004	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Salvador Navarro	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	6–3, 6–2
4 July 2005	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Stéphane Bohli Roman Valent	6–3, 7–5
3 April 2006	Monza, Italy	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	Leonardo Azzaro Christopher Kas	4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
28 July 2008	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Daniel Munoz-de la Nava	Adrian Cruciat Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
22 September 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Andrea Arnaboldi Máximo González	6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
14 March 2009	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Michael Kohlmann Philipp Marx	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
21 March 2009	Marrakech, Morocco	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Alberto Martín Daniel Munoz-de la Nava	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
29 March 2009	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	7–6(7–1), 6–2
31 May 2009	Alessandria, Italy	Clay	José Antonio Sánchez de Luna	Martín Alund Guillermo Hormazábal	6–4, 6–2
7 June 2009	Furth, Germany	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Simon Greul Alessandro Motti	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
14 June 2009	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Dominik Hrbatý Martin Kližan	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
18 October 2009	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Máximo González Eduardo Schwank	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
20 June 2010	Milan, Italy	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Jeff Coetzee James Cerretani	6–4, 7–5
22 August 2010	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Brian Battistone Andreas Siljeström	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
24 October 2010	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Daniel Munoz de la Nava	Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić	6–4, 6–2
15 May 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Mate Pavić Franko Škugor	6–2, 7–6(12–10)
11 September 2011	Seville, Spain	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Gerard Granollers Adrián Menéndez	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
17 September 2011	Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina	Clay	Marco Crugnola	Jan Mertl Matwé Middelkoop	7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
1 October 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	David Marrero	Daniel Gimeno Traver Morgan Phillips	6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9]
5 November 2011	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	Gastão Elias Frederico Gil	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
4 September 2016	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Pere Riba	André Ghem Fabrício Neis	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	RRH Rank
2006
1.	Gastón Gaudio	8	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	2R	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4	106
2.	Guillermo Coria	7	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	2R	7–5, 6–2	93
3.	James Blake	5	New Haven, United States	Hard	2R	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)	57

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