Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen raˈmiɾeθ iˈðalɣo]; 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.[1] His favourite surface is clay, where he has won numerous ATP Challenger Tour events, and has reached the final in three events of the ATP tour, all in 2007, finishing runner-up in all three finals.

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceAlicante, Spain
Born (1978-01-06) 6 January 1978
Alicante, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,346,155
Singles
Career record68–133
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 50 (2 October 2006)
Current rankingNo. 800 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2004, 2007, 2011, 2013)
French Open4R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record43–91
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 54 (16 January 2012)
Current rankingNo. 921 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open2R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 2 July 2018.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Hidalgo.

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.[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2007 Chile Open, Chile International Clay Albert Montañés Paul Capdeville
Óscar Hernández		 6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2007 Brasil Open, Brasil International Clay Albert Montañés Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner		 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Feb 2007 Argentina Open, Argentina International Clay Albert Montañés Martín García
Sebastián Prieto		 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles finals (11–13)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 3 September 2002 Brașov, Romania Clay Lovro Zovko 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner 7 October 2002 Barcelona, Spain Clay Albert Portas 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 12 May 2003 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Kristof Vliegen 1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner 1 July 2003 Košice, Slovakia Clay Tomáš Zíb 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 10 May 2004 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Adrián García 3–6, 5–7
Winner 24 May 2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Clay Massimo Dell'Acqua 6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret.
Runner-up 24 October 2005 Santiago, Chile Clay Júlio Silva 2–6, 3–6
Winner 14 January 2008 La Serena, Chile Clay David Marrero 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 18 August 2008 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Pablo Andújar 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 15 September 2008 Todi, Italy Clay Tomas Tenconi 6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 20 October 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Martín Vassallo Argüello 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 14 March 2010 Rabat, Morocco Clay Marcel Granollers 6–4, 6–4
Winner 12 June 2010 Košice, Slovakia Clay Filip Krajinović 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5 July 2010 Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Roberto Bautista Agut 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up 12 September 2010 Rijeka, Croatia Clay Blaž Kavčič 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 11 September 2011 Sevilla, Spain Clay Daniel Gimeno-Traver 3–6, 3–6
Winner 7 April 2012 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Paolo Lorenzi 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 15 April 2012 Pereira, Colombia Clay Carlos Salamanca 7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Winner 6 May 2012 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Jérémy Chardy 6–1, 6–4
Winner 15 April 2013 Panama City, Panama Clay Alejandro González 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 7 July 2013 Timișoara, Romania Clay Andreas Haider-Maurer 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 14 May 2016 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay Karen Khachanov 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6
Runner-up 7 August 2016 Chengdu, China Clay Jason Jung 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 14 August 2016 Qingdao, China Clay Janko Tipsarević 6–1, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles titles (21)
Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
7 September 2004 Brașov, Romania Clay Salvador Navarro Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Juan Pablo Guzmán		 6–3, 6–2
4 July 2005 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Santiago Ventura Stéphane Bohli
Roman Valent		 6–3, 7–5
3 April 2006 Monza, Italy Clay Tomas Tenconi Leonardo Azzaro
Christopher Kas		 4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
28 July 2008 Timişoara, Romania Clay Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Adrian Cruciat
Florin Mergea		 3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
22 September 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay Santiago Ventura Andrea Arnaboldi
Máximo González		 6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
14 March 2009 Rabat, Morocco Clay Santiago Ventura Michael Kohlmann
Philipp Marx		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
21 March 2009 Marrakech, Morocco Clay Santiago Ventura Alberto Martín
Daniel Munoz-de la Nava		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
29 March 2009 Barletta, Italy Clay Santiago Ventura Pablo Cuevas
Luis Horna		 7–6(7–1), 6–2
31 May 2009 Alessandria, Italy Clay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Martín Alund
Guillermo Hormazabal		 6–4, 6–2
7 June 2009 Furth, Germany Clay Santiago Ventura Simon Greul
Alessandro Motti		 4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
14 June 2009 Košice, Slovakia Clay Santiago Ventura Dominik Hrbaty
Martin Klizan		 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
18 October 2009 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Santiago Ventura Maximo Gonzalez
Eduardo Schwank		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
20 June 2010 Milan, Italy Clay Daniele Bracciali Jeff Coetzee
James Cerretani		 6–4, 7–5
22 August 2010 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Santiago Ventura Brian Battistone
Andreas Siljestrom		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
24 October 2010 Santiago, Chile Clay Daniel Munoz de la Nava Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić		 6–4, 6–2
15 May 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava Mate Pavić
Franko Škugor		 6–2, 7–6(12–10)
11 September 2011 Seville, Spain Clay Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava Gerard Granollers
Adrián Menéndez		 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
17 September 2011 Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina Clay Marco Crugnola Jan Mertl
Matwé Middelkoop		 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
1 October 2011 Madrid, Spain Clay David Marrero Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Morgan Phillips		 6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9]
5 November 2011 São Leopoldo, Brazil Clay Franco Ferreiro Gastão Elias
Frederico Gil		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
4 September 2016 Curitiba, Brazil Clay Pere Riba André Ghem
Fabrício Neis		 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]

Performance timelines

Singles
Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A Q2 A 1R A A 1R A A A 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 4 0–4
French Open A A A A Q3 Q2 1R Q1 4R 1R Q3 A Q2 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 5 4–5
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 5 0–5
US Open A A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 1–6
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–3 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 5–20
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2
Miami A A A A A A 2R A A 1R A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A Q2 A 2R Q2 A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid Not Held A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q2 A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A 1R A 3R Q2 A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 4–8
Career statistics
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 5–11 7–19 5–5 25–20 9–18 1–6 4–10 1–4 5–15 3–12 2–6 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 68–133
Year-end ranking 620 381 333 154 141 80 130 120 57 133 121 156 77 130 91 166 224 253 148 430 34%

Doubles
Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R A A 2R A A A 3R A A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3
French Open A A A A A A 1R A A 1R A A A 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 1–4
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 0–5
US Open A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R 2R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 17 6–17
ATP Masters Series
Madrid Not Held A A A A A A A 2R A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 3–13 0–0 1–11 12–18 6–4 2–10 3–4 10–13 2–10 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 43–91
Year-end ranking – 1271 475 465 310 199 167 218 303 73 105 81 120 56 177 278 296 735 341 663 32%

Top 10 wins
Season19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Total
Wins000000003000000000003
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RRH rank
2006
1. Gastón Gaudio 8 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay 2R 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4 106
2. Guillermo Coria 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay 2R 7–5, 6–2 93
3. James Blake 5 New Haven, United States Hard 2R 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) 57

References
  1. "Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. "Ramirez Hidalgo Hits 400 Challenger Wins In Chengdu". ATP World Tour. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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