Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

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.[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.

For other people with the same name, see Rubén Ramírez.

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceAlicante, Spain
Born (1978-01-06) 6 January 1978
Alicante, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2017[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,346,155
Singles
Career record68–133
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 50 (2 October 2006)
Current rankingNo. 800 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2004, 2007, 2011, 2013)
French Open4R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record43–91
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 54 (16 January 2012)
Current rankingNo. 921 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open2R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 2 July 2018.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Hidalgo.

Career

Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998.

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

In 2003, he suffered the ignominy of becoming the only player to ever lose a tour level match to French journeyman Eric 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 Gaston Gaudio. Ramírez Hidalgo was eventually defeated by Jose 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. Nicolas Massu.) 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 Nicolas 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 Montañes.

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.[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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2007 Chile Open, Chile International Clay Spain Albert Montañés Chile Paul Capdeville
Spain Óscar Hernández		 6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2007 Brasil Open, Brasil International Clay Spain Albert Montañés Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner		 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Feb 2007 Argentina Open, Argentina International Clay Spain Albert Montañés Argentina Martín García
Argentina 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 Croatia Lovro Zovko 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 7 October 2002 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Albert Portas 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 12 May 2003 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Belgium Kristof Vliegen 1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win 1 July 2003 Košice, Slovakia Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 10 May 2004 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Chile Adrián García 3–6, 5–7
Win 24 May 2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Clay Italy Massimo Dell'Acqua 6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret.
Loss 24 October 2005 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Júlio Silva 2–6, 3–6
Win 14 January 2008 La Serena, Chile Clay Spain David Marrero 6–3, 6–1
Loss 18 August 2008 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Spain Pablo Andújar 4–6, 1–6
Loss 15 September 2008 Todi, Italy Clay Italy Tomas Tenconi 6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 20 October 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 14 March 2010 Rabat, Morocco Clay Spain Marcel Granollers 6–4, 6–4
Win 12 June 2010 Košice, Slovakia Clay Serbia Filip Krajinović 6–3, 6–2
Win 5 July 2010 Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 12 September 2010 Rijeka, Croatia Clay Slovenia Blaž Kavčič 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 11 September 2011 Sevilla, Spain Clay Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver 3–6, 3–6
Win 7 April 2012 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 15 April 2012 Pereira, Colombia Clay Colombia Carlos Salamanca 7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win 6 May 2012 Tunis, Tunisia Clay France Jérémy Chardy 6–1, 6–4
Win 15 April 2013 Panama City, Panama Clay Colombia Alejandro González 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7 July 2013 Timișoara, Romania Clay Austria Andreas Haider-Maurer 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 14 May 2016 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay Russia Karen Khachanov 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6
Loss 7 August 2016 Chengdu, China Clay Chinese Taipei Jason Jung 4–6, 2–6
Loss 14 August 2016 Qingdao, China Clay Serbia Janko Tipsarević 6–1, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles titles (21)
Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
7 September 2004 Brașov, Romania Clay Spain Salvador Navarro Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán		 6–3, 6–2
4 July 2005 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Switzerland Stéphane Bohli
Switzerland Roman Valent		 6–3, 7–5
3 April 2006 Monza, Italy Clay Italy Tomas Tenconi Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Germany Christopher Kas		 4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
28 July 2008 Timişoara, Romania Clay Spain Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Romania Adrian Cruciat
Romania Florin Mergea		 3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
22 September 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Italy Andrea Arnaboldi
Argentina Máximo González		 6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
14 March 2009 Rabat, Morocco Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Germany Michael Kohlmann
Germany Philipp Marx		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
21 March 2009 Marrakech, Morocco Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Daniel Munoz-de la Nava		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
29 March 2009 Barletta, Italy Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Peru Luis Horna		 7–6(7–1), 6–2
31 May 2009 Alessandria, Italy Clay Spain José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Argentina Martín Alund
Chile Guillermo Hormazábal		 6–4, 6–2
7 June 2009 Furth, Germany Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Germany Simon Greul
Italy Alessandro Motti		 4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
14 June 2009 Košice, Slovakia Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Slovakia Martin Kližan		 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
18 October 2009 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Slovakia Máximo González
Argentina Eduardo Schwank		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
20 June 2010 Milan, Italy Clay Italy Daniele Bracciali South Africa Jeff Coetzee
United States James Cerretani		 6–4, 7–5
22 August 2010 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Spain Santiago Ventura United States Brian Battistone
Sweden Andreas Siljeström		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
24 October 2010 Santiago, Chile Clay Spain Daniel Munoz de la Nava Croatia Nikola Ćirić
Croatia Goran Tošić		 6–4, 6–2
15 May 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Croatia Mate Pavić
Croatia Franko Škugor		 6–2, 7–6(12–10)
11 September 2011 Seville, Spain Clay Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Spain Gerard Granollers
Spain Adrián Menéndez		 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
17 September 2011 Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina Clay Italy Marco Crugnola Czech Republic Jan Mertl
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop		 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
1 October 2011 Madrid, Spain Clay Spain David Marrero Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver
United Kingdom Morgan Phillips		 6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9]
5 November 2011 São Leopoldo, Brazil Clay Brazil Franco Ferreiro Portugal Gastão Elias
Portugal Frederico Gil		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
4 September 2016 Curitiba, Brazil Clay Spain Pere Riba Brazil André Ghem
Brazil 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
Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A Q2 A 1R A A 1R A A A 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 4 0–4
French Open A A A A Q3 Q2 1R Q1 4R 1R Q3 A Q2 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 5 4–5
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 5 0–5
US Open A A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 1–6
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–3 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 5–20
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2
Miami A A A A A A 2R A A 1R A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A Q2 A 2R Q2 A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid Not Held A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q2 A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A 1R A 3R Q2 A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 4–8
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 5–11 7–19 5–5 25–20 9–18 1–6 4–10 1–4 5–15 3–12 2–6 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 68–133
Year-end ranking 620 381 333 154 141 80 130 120 57 133 121 156 77 130 91 166 224 253 148 430 34%

Doubles
Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–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
Season19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Total
Wins000000003000000000003
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RRH Rank
2006
1. Argentina Gastón Gaudio 8 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay 2R 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4 106
2. Argentina Guillermo Coria 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay 2R 7–5, 6–2 93
3. United States James Blake 5 New Haven, United States Hard 2R 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) 57

References
  1. "The Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA)".
  2. "Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo | Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. "Ramirez Hidalgo Hits 400 Challenger Wins In Chengdu". ATP World Tour. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.