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Robert Farah
Colombian tennis player

Robert Farah

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Colombian tennis player
A.K.A.
Robert Farah Maksoud
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Montreal
Age
37 years
Stats
Height:
191 cm
Weight:
91 kg
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Biography

Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud ([ˈroβeɾt ˈfaɾa]; born 20 January 1987) is a Canadian-born Colombian professional tennis player. The Valle del Cauca tennis player, raised in Cali, is the son of a family of Lebanese descent. His mother is a teacher at the French Liceo Paul Valery de Cali. His father is a tennis player (not recognized at professional level). In 2006, he became a professional tennis player. Currently, he is ranked No. 1 in the world in men's doubles. Farah has a long-standing doubles partnership with countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal, with whom he has won 15 ATP titles, including the 2019 Wimbledon title and two Italian Open titles. He currently resides in Panama City, Panama.

College Tennis

Farah played college tennis at the University of Southern California from 2006 to 2010. He finished his senior season as the number one ranked player in singles, while additionally ranked second in doubles. He won the 2008 NCAA Men's Doubles National Championship, partnering Kaes Van’t Hof. He occasionally played doubles with future ATP pro Steve Johnson.

ATP Tour

Farah's consistent doubles partnership with fellow countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal began at Wimbledon 2011, when they defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and Indian Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), in a tight three set match that went to 21–19 in the final set, before losing in second round against American Michael Russell and Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets.

In the 2013 Australian Open, Farah and Cabal made their first appearance in the quarterfinals.

In 2016, Farah reached his first grand slam final, in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon partnering Anna-Lena Grönefeld. They lost in straight sets to Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of the UK.

In 2017, Farah and Cabal reached their first men's doubles grand slam semifinal at the French Open. In the same tournament he reached the final of the mixed doubles partnering Gronefeld where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski in 3 sets.

In July 2018, Farah was given a suspended three month suspension and fined £3,800 for promoting a gambling website on his twitter. Farah would only serve the suspension if there were further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.

Exactly a year after his suspension, Farah and countryman Cabal won their first ever grand slam men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019, defeating Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling 5 set match that required 4 tie-break sets; this victory means that Farah and Cabal both will ascend to world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2018Australian OpenHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić
4–6, 4–6
Win2019WimbledonGrass Juan Sebastián Cabal Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Pending2019US OpenHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2016WimbledonGrass Anna-Lena Grönefeld Heather Watson
Henri Kontinen
6–7, 4–6
Loss2017French OpenClay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Gabriela Dabrowski
Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 2–6, [10–12]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2014Miami OpenHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7, 4–6
Win2018Italian OpenClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Pablo Carreño Busta
João Sousa
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss2018Cincinnati MastersHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win2019Italian OpenClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus
6–1, 6–3
Loss2019Cincinnati MastersHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 34 (15 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Finals by setting
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (11–11)
Grass (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (13–17)
Indoor (2–1)
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–11)
Hard (2–7)
Clay (11–11)
Grass (2–0)
Outdoor (13–17)
Indoor (2–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossJul 2012Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Santiago Giraldo Marcel Granollers
Marc López
4–6, 6–7
LossMay 2013Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Johan Brunström
Raven Klaasen
3–6, 2–6
LossJan 2014Brisbane International, Australia250 SeriesHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Daniel Nestor
7–6, 4–6, [7–10]
LossFeb 2014Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Oliver Marach
Florin Mergea
3–6, 4–6
WinFeb 2014Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal David Marrero
Marcelo Melo
6–4, 6–2
LossMar 2014Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay (i) Juan Sebastián Cabal Guillermo García-López
Philipp Oswald
7–5, 4–6, [13–15]
LossMar 2014Miami Open, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Juan Sebastián Cabal Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7, 4–6
WinAug 2014Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Jamie Murray
John Peers
6–3, 6–4
WinFeb 2015Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay (i) Juan Sebastián Cabal Paolo Lorenzi
Diego Schwartzman
6–4, 6–2
WinMay 2015Geneva Open, Switaerland250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Raven Klaasen
Lu Yen-hsun
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
LossJul 2015Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Jérémy Chardy
Łukasz Kubot
7–6, 3–6, [8–10]
LossAug 2015German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Jamie Murray
John Peers
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
LossOct 2015Japan Open, Japan500 SeriesHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Raven Klaasen
Marcelo Melo
6–7, 6–3, [7–10]
WinFeb 2016Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Íñigo Cervantes
Paolo Lorenzi
6–3, 6–0
WinFeb 2016Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Pablo Carreño Busta
David Marrero
7–6, 6–1
LossMay 2016Bavarian International, Germany250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Henri Kontinen
John Peers
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
WinMay 2016Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Mate Pavić
Michael Venus
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
WinOct 2016Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Juan Sebastián Cabal Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
WinFeb 2017Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Santiago González
David Marrero
6–1, 6–4
LossFeb 2017Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Cuevas
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
LossApr 2017Hungarian Open, Hungary250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Brian Baker
Nikola Mektić
6–7, 4–6
WinMay 2017Bavarian International, Germany250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Jérémy Chardy
Fabrice Martin
6–3, 6–3
LossMay 2017Geneva Open, Switaerland250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău
6–2, 6–7, [6–10]
LossJan 2018Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić
4–6, 4–6
LossFeb 2018Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Andrés Molteni
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
WinMay 2018Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal Pablo Carreño Busta
João Sousa
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
LossAug 2018Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Juan Sebastián Cabal Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
LossJan 2019Sydney International, Australia250 SeriesHard Juan Sebastián Cabal Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
4–6, 3–6
WinApr 2019Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Juan Sebastián Cabal Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
6–4, 7–6
WinMay 2019Italian Open, ItalyMasters 1000Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus
6–1, 6–3
WinJun 2019Eastbourne International, United Kingdom250 SeriesGrass Juan Sebastián Cabal Maximo González
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 7–6, [10–6]
WinJul 2019Wimbledon Championships, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Juan Sebastián Cabal Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
LossAug 2019Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Juan Sebastián Cabal Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
PendingSep 2019US Open, United StatesGrand SlamGrass Juan Sebastián Cabal Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.7 June 2010Maracaibo, VenezuelaHard Iván Miranda6–3, 7–6
Winner2.21 June 2010Barquisimeto, VenezuelaHard Iván Endara6–4, 6–2
Winner3.12 July 2010Bogotá, ColombiaClay Carlos Salamanca6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Runner–up4.16 September 2011Aguascalientes, MexicoClay Juan Sebastián Cabal6–4, 7–6
Runner–up5.6 August 2012Aptos, USAHard Steve Johnson6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#APZ#POGF-SSF-BNMSNH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Current till 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA2RQF1R2R3R3RF1R0 / 814–8
French OpenAA3R3R1R1R1RSFQFSF0 / 815–8
WimbledonA3R1R3RA2R2R2R3RW1 / 815–7
US OpenA2R1R1R2R2R1RASF0 / 77–7
Win–Loss0–03–23–47–41–33–43–47–314–410–21 / 3151–30
Year-end championship
ATP FinalsDid not qualifySF0 / 12–2
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAAAA2R1RA1RQF0 / 43–4
Miami OpenAAAAF2RA1RQF2R0 / 57–5
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAA2R1RSFAQF2R0 / 57–5
Madrid OpenAAAASFA1R2RSF1R0 / 56–5
Italian OpenAAAA1RQF1RAWW2 / 511–3
Canadian OpenAAAAAAAA2R0 / 10–1
Cincinnati MastersAAAAA2RAAF0 / 23–2
Shanghai MastersAAAAQFQF2R2RSF0 / 58–5
Paris MastersAAAA2R2R1R2R2R0 / 53–5
Win–Loss0–00–00–00–011–68–74–63–413–89–42 / 3748–35
National representation
Summer OlympicsNHANot Held2RNot Held0 / 11–1
Davis CupPOZ1Z1POPOPOZ1POPOQR0 / 011–6
Win–Loss0–11–11–12–02–01–12–21–01–11–00 / 112–7
Career statistics
Titles000022421415
Finals001165554532
Overall Win–Loss0–14–316–1421–1735–2037–2433–2133–1539–2334–10252–148
Year-end ranking16083644823273027563%

Mixed doubles

Tournament201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1R2R1R1RQF0 / 53–5
French OpenAAA2R2R1RFSF2R0 / 610–6
WimbledonA1R2R1RAFA2RA0 / 56–5
US OpenAAA2R1RSFAA0 / 34-3
Win–Loss0–00–11–12–31–38–44–24–33–20 / 1922–19
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