Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Alicante, Spain
Born	(1978-01-06) 6 January 1978 Alicante, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,224,859
Singles
Career record	68–133
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (2 October 2006)
Current ranking	No. 183 (27 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2007, 2011, 2013)
French Open	4R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	43–90
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (19 November 2007)
Current ranking	No. 296 (12 January 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: 27 April 2015.

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.^[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
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.

Doubles Performance Timeline

Current till 2012 US Open (tennis).

Top 10 Wins Per Season

Wins Over Top 10s Per Season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
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)

References

External links

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• Some Highlights of Hidalgo's match against Federer at the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters