Raúl Ramírez (tennis player)

Raúl Ramírez
Nation:	Mexico
Birthday:	June 20, 1953
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	79 kg
1st professional season:	1970
Resignation:	1983
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 2,217,971
singles
Career record:	520: 261
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	4 (November 7th 1976)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	570: 186
Career title:	60
Highest ranking:	1 (April 12 1976)
Weeks as No. 1:	62
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Raúl Carlos Ramírez (born June 20, 1953 in Ensenada , Baja California ) is a retired Mexican tennis player .

He was one of the best players of the late 1970s and early 1980s both in singles and, especially alongside Brian Gottfried , in doubles. He also proved his versatility by winning tournament titles in singles and doubles on all surfaces (sand, carpet, hard court and grass). He is considered the most successful Mexican professional player of the Open Era .

In the Davis Cup , too , he can show a positive record in both singles (22: 8) and doubles (14: 5). After his active career, he was the captain of the Mexican Davis Cup team from 1984 to 1995 .

successes

Tournament wins individual

No.	year	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1973	Kitzbühel	Clay court	Manuel Orantes	n / A
2.		Tehran	Hard court	John Newcombe	6: 7, 6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 3
3.	1974	Columbus, Ohio	Hard court	Roscoe Tanner	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
4th	1975	Leningrad	Hard court	Roscoe Tanner	6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 2
5.		Charlotte	Clay court	Roscoe Tanner	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
6th		Rome	Clay court	Manuel Orantes	7: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5
7th		Tokyo	Clay court	Manuel Orantes	6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 3
8th.	1976	Mexico City (1)	Clay court	Eddie Dibbs	7: 6, 6: 2
9.		Caracas	Clay court	Ilie Năstase	6: 3, 6: 4
10.		Gstaad	Clay court	Adriano Panatta	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 1, 6: 3
11.		London	carpet	Manuel Orantes	6: 3, 6: 4
12.	1977	London Queen's Club	race	Mark Cox	9: 7, 7: 5
13.		los Angeles	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
14th	1978	Mexico City (2)	carpet	Pat Du Pré	6: 4, 6: 1
15th		Monte Carlo	Clay court	Tomáš Šmíd	6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4
16.	1979	Florence	Clay court	Karl Meiler	6: 4, 1: 6, 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0
17th	1980	San Juan	Hard court	Phil Dent	6: 3, 6: 2
18th	1982	Caracas	Hard court	Zoltán Kuhárszky	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
19th	1983	Caracas	Hard court	Morris Strode	6: 4, 6: 2

Tournament wins doubles (60)

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1973	Salt Lake City	Hard court	Mike Estep	Jiri Hrebec Jan Kukal	6: 4, 7: 6
2.		Kitzbühel	Clay court	Jim McManus	José Edison Mandarino Tito Vázquez	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 3
3.		New Delhi	n / A	Jim McManus	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6: 2, 6: 4
4th	1974	Toronto	carpet	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4
5.		Charlotte	Clay court	Buster Mottram	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
6th		Rome (1)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 3
7th		South Orange (1)	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6
8th.	1975	Philadelphia	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
9.		Leningrad	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	6: 4, 6: 4
10.		La Costa	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	7: 5, 6: 4
11.		Orlando	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	6: 4, 6: 4
12.		Tucson	Hard court	William Brown	Raymond Moore Dennis Ralston	2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
13.		World Doubles WCT	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
14th		Dallas	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7: 5, 6: 3, 4: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5
15th		Rome (2)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6: 4, 7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 1
16.	1975	French Open (1)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
17th	1975	Boston (1)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	John Andrews Mike Estep	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
18th		Sydney Indoor	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6: 4, 6: 2
19th		Perth	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 0
20th		Tokyo	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7: 6, 6: 4
21st	1976	Monterrey	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
22nd		Richmond (1)	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6: 4, 7: 5
23.		St. Louis	carpet	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6: 4, 6: 2
24.		Mexico city	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Ismail El Shafei Brain Fairlie	6: 4, 7: 6
25th		Jackson	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 0
26th		Caracas	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Ilie Năstase	7: 5, 6: 4
27.		Rome (3)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Geoff Masters John Newcombe	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
28.	1976	Wimbledon	race	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3: 6, 6: 3, 8: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5
29	1976	Washington DC (1)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6: 3, 6: 3
30th		North Conway (1)	sand	Brian Gottfried	Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci	6: 3, 6: 0
31.		Indianapolis	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6: 2, 6: 2
32.		Montreal (1)	Hard court	Bob Hewitt	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6: 2, 6: 1
33.		Woodland doubles	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent Allan Stone	6: 1, 6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6
34.		Tehran	Hard court	Wojciech Fibak	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7: 5, 6: 1
35.		Madrid	Clay court	Wojciech Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
36.		Barcelona	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7: 6, 6: 4
37.	1977	Miami	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7: 5, 6: 4
38.		Rome (4)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5
39.	1977	French Open (2)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
40.	1977	North Conway (2)	sand	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7: 5, 6: 3
41.		Montreal (2)	Hard court	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
42.		Paris Indoor	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Roger Taylor	6: 2, 6: 0
43.	1978	Memphis	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent John Newcombe	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
44.		Rotterdam	carpet	Fred McNair	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6: 2, 6: 3
45.		Cincinnati	Hard court	Gene Mayer	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fiarlie	6: 3, 6: 3
46.	1979	Monte Carlo	Clay court	Ilie Năstase	Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6: 3, 6: 4
47.	1980	World Doubles WCT	carpet	Brian Gottfried	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
48.		Florence (1)	Clay court	Gene Mayer	Rod Frawley Tomáš Šmíd	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6
49.		Sawgrass Doubles (1)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6: 3, 6: 2
50.	1981	Milan	carpet	Brian Gottfried	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	7: 6, 6: 3
51.		Florence (2)	Clay court	Pavel Složil	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6: 1, 6: 4
52.		Boston (2)	Clay court	Pavel Složil	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6: 4, 7: 6
53.		Washington DC (2)	Clay court	Van Winitsky	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	5: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
54.		Montreal (3)	Hard court	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
55.	1982	Viña del Mar	Clay court	Manuel Orantes	Guillermo Aubone Ángel Giménez	n / A
56.		La Quinta (1)	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
57.		Washington DC (3)	Clay court	Van Winitsky	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	7: 5, 7: 6
58.		South Orange (2)	Clay court	Van Winitsky	Jai DiLouie Blaine Willenborg	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
59.		Sawgrass Doubles (2)	Clay court	Brian Gottfried	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	Where
60.	1983	La Quinta (2)	Hard court	Brian Gottfried	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6: 3, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Raúl Ramírez (English)
• ITF profile Raúl Ramírez (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Raúl Ramírez (English)