Spanish tennis player
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Country (sports) SpainResidence Alicante , SpainBorn (1978-01-06 ) 6 January 1978 (age 45) Alicante, SpainHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Turned pro 1998 Retired 2017[1] Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$2,346,155 Career record 68-133 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 50 (2 October 2006) Current ranking No. 800 (2 July 2018) Australian Open 1R (2004 , 2007 , 2011 , 2013 ) French Open 4R (2006 ) Wimbledon 1R (2004 , 2006 , 2007 , 2011 , 2012 ) US Open 2R (2012 ) Career record 43-91 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 54 (16 January 2012) Current ranking No. 921 (2 July 2018) 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: [ru'?en ra'mi?e? i'ðal?o] ; 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.[2] 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.
At the 2006 French Open , Ramírez Hidalgo reached 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.
On 4 August 2016, after defeating Ante Pavi? 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.[3]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0-0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0-0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0-0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0-0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0-3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0-0)
Clay (0-3)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0-3)
Indoor (0-0)
ATP Challenger Tour
Singles finals (11-13)
Result
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
3 September 2002
Bra?ov , 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
Ko?ice , Slovakia
Clay
Tomá? 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
Ko?ice , Slovakia
Clay
Filip Krajinovi?
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
Bla? Kav?i?
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
Timi?oara , 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 Tipsarevi?
6-1, 5-7, 1-6
Doubles titles (21)
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponents
Score
7 September 2004
Bra?ov , 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
Timi?oara , 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
Ko?ice , Slovakia
Clay
Santiago Ventura
Dominik Hrbatý Martin Kli?an
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 ?iri? Goran To?i?
6-4, 6-2
15 May 2011
Zagreb , Croatia
Clay
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Mate Pavi? Franko ?kugor
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
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W-L) win-loss record.
Singles
Doubles
Tournament
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
SR
W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
2R
A
A
A
3R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 3
3-3
French Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
1R
A
A
A
2R
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 4
1-4
Wimbledon
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
1R
1R
A
A
A
1R
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 5
0-5
US Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
1R
A
2R
2R
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 5
2-5
Win-loss
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-3
0-0
0-2
1-4
0-0
1-1
1-1
3-3
0-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0 / 17
6-17
ATP Masters Series
Madrid
Not Held
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
2R
A
2R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
2-2
Career statistics
Titles / Finals
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 3
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 3
Overall win-loss
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-4
3-13
0-0
1-11
12-18
6-4
2-10
3-4
10-13
2-10
3-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
43-91
Year-end ranking
-
1271
475
465
310
199
167
218
303
73
105
81
120
56
177
278
296
735
341
663
32%
Top 10 wins
Season
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Total
Wins
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
References
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