Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 2016 at Wimbledon
Nation:	Spain
Birthday:	January 6, 1978
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	74 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2017
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 2,346,155
singles
Career record:	68: 133
Highest ranking:	50 (October 2, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	43:91
Highest ranking:	54 (January 16, 2012)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (born January 6, 1978 in Alicante ) is a former Spanish tennis player .

life and career

Although Hidalgo has never won an ATP World tournament , he has been able to celebrate constant success on clay. His best result was reaching the round of 16 at the French Open 2006. He has won over top players like Guillermo Coria and Gastón Gaudio or James Blake on their favorite surfaces, sand and hard court.

In 2008 he was able to almost defeat the then world number one Roger Federer at the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo . After losing the first set (1: 6) he was able to win the second (6: 3). In the decisive set, Hidalgo was already 5: 1, 30:15 in the lead, but failed to make the serve and lost 6: 7. With good results on the Challenger Tour , he established himself in the top 100 of the world rankings. In 2011 he defeated Marin Čilić , who was seeded 19 at the French Open, in the first round.

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successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (32)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 8, 2002	Brașov	sand	Lovro Zovko	2: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5
2.	October 12, 2002	Barcelona	sand	Albert Portas	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
3.	July 6, 2003	Kosice (1)	sand	Tomáš Zíb	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
4th	May 29, 2005	Ljubljana	sand	Massimo Dell'Acqua	6: 7 2 , 5: 2 up.
5.	January 20, 2008	La Serena	sand	David Marrero	6: 3, 6: 1
6th	March 14, 2010	Rabat	sand	Marcel Granollers	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	June 12, 2010	Košice (2)	sand	Filip Krajinović	6: 3, 6: 2
8th.	July 10, 2010	Pozoblanco	Hard court	Roberto Bautista Agut	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
9.	April 8, 2012	San Luis Potosí	sand	Paolo Lorenzi	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
10.	May 6, 2012	Tunis	sand	Jérémy Chardy	6: 1, 6: 4
11.	April 21, 2013	Panama City	sand	Alejandro González	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6 4

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 12, 2004	Brașov	sand	Salvador Navarro	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	August 28, 2005	Geneva	sand	Santiago Ventura	Stéphane Bohli Roman Valent	6: 3, 7: 5
3.	April 8, 2006	Monza	sand	Tomas Tenconi	Leonardo Azzaro Christopher Kas	4: 6, 6: 4, [13:11]
4th	August 2, 2008	Timișoara	sand	Daniel Muñoz de La Nava	Adrian Cruciat Florin Mergea	3: 6, 6: 4, [11: 9]
5.	September 28, 2008	Bucharest	sand	Santiago Ventura	Andrea Arnaboldi Máximo González	6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 6]
6th	March 14, 2009	Rabat	sand	Santiago Ventura	Michael Kohlmann Philipp Marx	6: 4, 7: 6 5
7th	March 22, 2009	Marrakech	sand	Santiago Ventura	Alberto Martín Daniel Muñoz de La Nava	6: 3, 7: 6 5
8th.	March 29, 2009	Barletta	sand	Santiago Ventura	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	7: 6 1 , 6: 2
9.	May 31, 2009	Alessandria	sand	José Antonio Sánchez de Luna	Martín Alund Guillermo Hormazábal	6: 4, 6: 2
10.	June 7, 2009	Fuerth	sand	Santiago Ventura	Simon Greul Alessandro Motti	4: 6, 6: 1, [10: 6]
11.	June 13, 2009	Košice	sand	Santiago Ventura	Dominik Hrbatý Martin Kližan	6: 2, 7: 6 5
12.	October 18, 2009	Asunción	sand	Santiago Ventura	Máximo González Eduardo Schwank	6: 3, 7: 6 5
13.	June 20, 2010	Milan	sand	Daniele Bracciali	Jeff Coetzee James Cerretani	6: 4, 7: 5
14th	August 22, 2010	San Sebastian	sand	Santiago Ventura	Brian Battistone Andreas Siljeström	6: 4, 7: 6 3
15th	October 24, 2010	Santiago de Chile	sand	Daniel Muñoz de La Nava	Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić	6: 4, 6: 2
16.	May 15, 2011	Zagreb	sand	Daniel Muñoz de La Nava	Franko Škugor Mate Pavić	6: 2, 7: 6 10
17th	September 11, 2011	Seville	sand	Daniel Muñoz de La Nava	Gerard Granollers Adrián Menéndez	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , [13:11]
18th	September 18, 2011	Banja Luka	sand	Marco Crugnola	Jan Mertl Matwé Middelkoop	7: 6 3 , 3: 6, [10: 8]
19th	October 2, 2011	Madrid	sand	David Marrero	Daniel Gimeno Traver Morgan Phillips	4: 6, 7: 6 8 , [11: 9]
20th	October 30, 2011	Sao Leopoldo	sand	Franco Ferreiro	Gastão Elias Frederico Gil	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, [11: 9]
21st	3rd September 2016	Curitiba	sand	Pere Riba	André Ghem Fabrício Neis	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, [10: 7]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 4, 2007	Viña del Mar	sand	Albert Montañés	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández	6: 4, 4: 6, [6:10]
2.	February 18, 2007	Costa do Sauípe	sand	Albert Montañés	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	2: 6, 6: 7 4
3.	February 25, 2007	Buenos Aires	sand	Albert Montañés	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	4: 6, 2: 6

Web links

Commons : Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (English)
• ITF profile Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (English)