Albert Montañés
Spanish tennis player
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| Intro | Spanish tennis player | |
| Places | Spain | |
| is | Athlete Tennis player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 26 November 1980, Sant Carles de la Ràpita | |
| Age | 44 years | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius | |
| Residence | Barcelona |
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Biography
Albert Montañés Roca (born 26 November 1980) is a professional tennis player from Spain.
He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010 and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.
Montañés is one of the very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final.
He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 33 reached at 2014 US Open. Beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits.
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (6–5)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 16 September 2001 | BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 19 April 2004 | Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 27 February 2005 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Rafael Nadal | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 30 April 2007 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 20 July 2008 | Dutch Open, Amersfoort, Netherlands | Clay | Steve Darcis | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 10 May 2009 | Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal | Clay | James Blake | 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 27 September 2009 | BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Juan Mónaco | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6) |
| Winner | 4. | 9 May 2010 | Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal (2) | Clay | Frederico Gil | 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 |
| Winner | 5. | 18 July 2010 | MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–2, 1–2 ret. |
| Runner-up | 5. | 6 August 2011 | Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 000000002013-05-25-0000May 25, 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–0, 7–6(7–3) |
Doubles: 6 (2–4)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 29 January 2007 | Movistar Open, Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 February 2007 | Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 February 2007 | ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Sebastián Prieto Martín García | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 11 February 2008 | Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Marcelo Melo André Sá | 6–4, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Winner | 1. | 29 April 2008 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Santiago Ventura | James Cerretani Todd Perry | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 8 January 2010 | Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar | Hard | Guillermo García-López | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 6–4, 7–5 |
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Current till 2016 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 4–13 |
| French Open | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 16–14 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 6–13 |
| US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 4–13 | |
| Win–Loss | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 30–53 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | 4–4 |
| Miami Masters | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 5–9 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | Q2 | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | A | 10–8 |
| Rome Masters | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 5–7 |
| Madrid 1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 3–6 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0–1 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0–1 | |
| Shanghai 2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | 1–5 | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1–3 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 5–8 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 30–44 |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–11 |
| Year End Ranking | 65 | 78 | 81 | 99 | 71 | 85 | 46 | 45 | 31 | 25 | 53 | 96 | 63 | 108 | 116 | ||
1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
2 Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.
Doubles performance timeline
Current through the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
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| Australian Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1–7 |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0–6 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–7 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0-0 | 4–27 |
Top 10 Wins Per Season
| Season | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Wins Over Top 10s Per Season
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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| 1. | Fernando González | 5 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | QF | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
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| 2. | Gilles Simon | 8 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | QF | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
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| 3. | Marin Čilić | 9 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 4. | Roger Federer | 1 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | SF | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
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| 5. | Richard Gasquet | 9 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 |