Santiago Ventura Bertomeu

Santiago Ventura

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Burriana, Spain
Born	(1980-01-05) 5 January 1980 Castellón, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,240,224
Singles
Career record	38–59
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 65 (3 March 2008)
Current ranking	No. 244 (14 February 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2008, 2010)
US Open	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	43–40
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 37 (7 July 2008)
Current ranking	No. 42 (8 November 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008)
French Open	3R (2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2008)
US Open	2R (2010)

Santiago Ventura (born 5 January 1980) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop-shots during his matches.

He was the first player to be beaten by Andy Murray on the ATP Tour, in the first round of the Aegon Championships tournament in 2005.^[1]

Career finals

Singles (1 title)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	23 May 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 1–6, 6–4

Doubles (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Ventura, at the 2009 São Paulo Challenger

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	6 February 2005	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	David Ferrer	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 6–4
2.	27 February 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	David Ferrer	Jiří Vaněk Tomáš Zíb	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
3.	24 May 2008	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Albert Montañés	James Cerretani Todd Perry	6–1, 6–2
4.	10 January 2010	Chennai, India	Hard	Marcel Granollers	Lu Yen-hsun Janko Tipsarević	7–5, 6–2
5.	8 May 2010	Munich, Germany	Clay	Oliver Marach	Eric Butorac Michael Kohlmann	5–7, 6–3, [16–14]

Runners-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	17 February 2008	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Albert Montañés	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
2.	22 February 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	Marcel Granollers Alberto Martín	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
3.	26 September 2010	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Juan Ignacio Chela Łukasz Kubot	6–2, 5–7, [13–11]

References

External links

• Santiago Ventura Bertomeu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Santiago Ventura Bertomeu at the International Tennis Federation
• Ventura World ranking history