Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
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 | 6 January 1978, Alicante | |
| Age | 46 years | |
| Residence | Alicante |
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Biography
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where he has won numerous ATP Challenger Tour events, and has reached three main ATP Tour Finals, 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 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.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (0–3)
| Legend |
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| Grand Slam (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) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 29 January 2007 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Albert Montañés | Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández | 4–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 February 2007 | Costa do Sauípe, Brazil | Clay | Albert Montañés | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 February 2007 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Albert Montañés | Sebastián Prieto Martín García | 6–4, 6–2 |
Challenger Career Finals
Singles (11)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. | 3 September 2002 | Brașov | Clay | Lovro Zovko | 2–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 2. | 7 October 2002 | Barcelona | Clay | Albert Portas | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 3. | 1 July 2003 | Košice | Clay | Tomáš Zíb | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 4. | 24 May 2005 | Ljubljana | Clay | Massimo Dell'Acqua | 6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret. |
| 5. | 14 January 2008 | La Serena | Clay | David Marrero | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 6. | 14 March 2010 | Rabat | Clay | Marcel Granollers | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 7. | 12 June 2010 | Košice | Clay | Filip Krajinović | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 8. | 5 July 2010 | Pozoblanco | Hard | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 9. | 7 April 2012 | San Luis Potosí | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 10. | 6 May 2012 | Tunis | Clay | Jérémy Chardy | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 11. | 15 April 2013 | Panama City | Clay | Alejandro González | 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(4) |
Doubles (12)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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| 1. | 7 September 2004 | Brașov, Romania | Clay | Salvador Navarro | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2. | 4 July 2005 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Stéphane Bohli Roman Valent | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 3. | 3 April 2006 | Monza, Italy | Clay | Tomas Tenconi | Leonardo Azzaro Christopher Kas | 4–6, 6–4, [13–11] |
| 4. | 28 July 2008 | Timişoara, Romania | Clay | Daniel Munoz-de la Nava | Adrian Cruciat Florin Mergea | 3–6, 6–4, [11–9] |
| 5. | 22 September 2008 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Andrea Arnaboldi Máximo González | 6–3, 5–7, [10–6] |
| 6. | 14 March 2009 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Michael Kohlmann Philipp Marx | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 7. | 21 March 2009 | Marrakech, Morocco | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Alberto Martín Daniel Munoz-de la Nava | 6–3, 7–6 |
| 8. | 29 March 2009 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 9. | 11 September 2011 | Sevilla, Spain | Clay | Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava | Gerard Granollers Adrián Menéndez | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11] |
| 10. | 17 September 2011 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | Marco Crugnola | Jan Mertl Matwé Middelkoop | 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8] |
| 11. | 1 October 2011 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | David Marrero | Daniel Gimeno-Traver Morgan Phillips | 6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9] |
| 12. | 5 November 2011 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Clay | Franco Ferreiro | Gastão Elias Frederico Gil | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9] |
Runners-up (23)
Singles (9)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. | 12 May 2003 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Kristof Vliegen | 6–1, 4–6, 6–0 |
| 2. | 10 May 2004 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Adrián García | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 3. | 24 October 2005 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Júlio Silva | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 4. | 18 August 2008 | San Sebastián, Spain | Clay | Pablo Andújar | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 5. | 15 September 2008 | Todi, Italy | Clay | Tomas Tenconi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 6. | 20 October 2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 7. | 12 September 2010 | Rijeka, Croatia | Clay | Blaž Kavčič | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |
| 8. | 11 September 2011 | Sevilla, Spain | Clay | Daniel Gimeno-Traver | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 9. | 15 April 2012 | Pereira, Colombia | Clay | Carlos Salamanca | 7–5, 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles (14)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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| 1. | 3 September 2002 | Brașov, Romania | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Christopher Kas Herbert Wiltschnig | 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 2. | 3 June 2003 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 3. | 1 July 2003 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay | Salvador Navarro | Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood | 2–1 ret. |
| 4. | 6 December 2004 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Santiago González Alejandro Hernández | 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3 |
| 5. | 21 November 2005 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto | 6–0, 6–4 |
| 6. | 24 September 2007 | Trnava, Slovak Republic | Clay | Diego Junqueira | Filip Polášek Igor Zelenay | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 7. | 3 June 2008 | Sassuolo, Italy | Clay | José Antonio Sánchez de Luna | Juan Martín Aranguren Stefano Galvani | 5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
| 8. | 18 August 2008 | San Sebastián, Spain | Clay | José Antonio Sánchez de Luna | Marc López Gabriel Trujillo-Soler | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–6] |
| 9. | 13 October 2008 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Daniel Gimeno-Traver | Franco Ferreiro Flávio Saretta | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 10. | 20 October 2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Thomaz Bellucci | Máximo González Sebastián Prieto | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 11. | 15 May 2010 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Andre Begemann Matthew Ebden | 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–3] |
| 12. | 30 October 2011 | São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | Clay | Franco Ferreiro | Frederico Gil Jaroslav Pospíšil | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 13. | 15 April 2012 | Pereira, Colombia | Clay | Sebastián Decoud | Martín Alund Guido Pella | 6–6, 6–2, [5–10] |
| 14. | 7 September 2014 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | Matteo Viola | Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof | 1–6, 3–6 |
Singles Performance Timeline
Current till 2015 French Open.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | W–L | |||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 0–4 | |||
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 4R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | 4–5 | |||
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0–5 | ||||
| US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 1–6 | ||||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–20 | ||||
Doubles Performance Timeline
Current till 2012 US Open (tennis).
| Tournament | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | |||||||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3–3 | ||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1–4 | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2–5 | ||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 6–17 | ||||||||
Top 10 Wins Per Season
| Season | 2006 | Total |
| Wins | 3 | 3 |
Wins Over Top 10s Per Season
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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| 2006 | ||||||
| 1. | Gastón Gaudio | 8 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | 2R | 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2. | Guillermo Coria | 7 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | 2R | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 3. | James Blake | 5 | New Haven, United States | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) |