Daniel Gimeno Traver Explained

Daniel Gimeno Traver
Residence:Nules, Castellón, Spain
Birth Date:1985 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Valencia, Spain
Turnedpro:2004
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:Jose Altur
Careerprizemoney:$3,186,839
Singlesrecord:97–173
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 48 (18 March 2013)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 182 (16 July 2018)
Australianopenresult:2R (2013)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2009)
Usopenresult:3R (2010)
Doublesrecord:42–82
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 63 (6 February 2012)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 1016 (28 May 2018)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2011)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2013)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2013, 2015)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2010)
Updated:7 June 2018

Daniel Gimeno Traver (pronounced as /es/;[1] [2] born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013.

Personal life

Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.

Tennis career

Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.

Juniors

As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win–loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final place at Roland Garros, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: QF (2003)
Wimbledon: 1R (2003)
US Open: 3R (2003)

Pro tour

Gimeno Traver reached ATP World Tour semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010, St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oeiras in 2014. His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open, when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.

At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Gimeno Traver defeated seeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan.

Coaching

Gimeno Traver has coached Roberto Bautista Agut since the start of the 2022 season. With him, Bautista Agut has won 2 titles and reached a further 2 finals.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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 (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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 (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Pablo Andújar Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares		6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win1–1Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Fred Gil Pablo Andújar
Carlos Berlocq		1–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Challenger career finals

Singles (14–11)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.9 August 2004CordenonsClay Daniel Köllerer4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.12 May 2008AarhusClay Éric Prodon7–5, 7–5
3.1 September 2008BrașovClay Alexander Flock4–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.14 September 2009Banja LukaClay Julian Reister6–4, 6–1
5.5 October 2009TarragonaClay Paolo Lorenzi6–4, 6–0
6.2 August 2010SegoviaHard Adrian Mannarino6–4, 7–6(7–2)
7.11 September 2011SevillaClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–3, 6–3
8.17 June 2012MonzaClay Albert Montañés6–2, 4–6, 6–4
9.10 September 2012SevillaClay Tommy Robredo6–3, 6–2
10.30 September 2012MadridClay Jan-Lennard Struff6–4, 6–2
11.2 September 2013Alphen aan den RijnClay Thomas Schoorel6–2, 6–4
12.10 September 2013SevillaClay Stéphane Robert6–4, 7–6(7–2)
13.28 September 2014KenitraClay Albert Ramos6–3, 6–4
14.1 February 2015BucaramangaClay Gastão Elias6–3, 1–6, 7–5

Runners-up

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.5 September 2005BrașovClay Daniel Elsner5–7, 2–6
2.5 November 2007GuayaquilClay Nicolás Lapentti3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7
3.10 March 2008TangerClay Marcel Granollers4–6, 4–6
4.15 September 2008Banja LukaClay Ilija Bozoljac4–6, 4–6
5.12 October 2009AsunciónClay Ramón Delgado6–7(2–7), 6–1, 3–6
6.5 July 2010San BenedettoClay Carlos Berlocq3–6, 6–4, 4–6
7.2 October 2011MadridClay Jérémy Chardy1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
8.12 August 2012CordenonsClay Paolo Lorenzi6–7(5–7), 3–6
9.21 August 2016CordenonsClay Taro Daniel3–6, 4–6
10.1 October 2017RomeClay Filip Krajinović4–6, 3–6
11.22 April 2018TunisClay Guido Andreozzi2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles (3–6)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1 May 2006Tunis, TunisiaClay Iván Navarro Bart Beks
Martijn van Haasteren		6–2, 7–5
2.5 May 2008Telde, SpainClay Daniel Muñoz Miguel Ángel López
José Antonio Sánchez		6–3, 6–1
3.29 September 2012Madrid, SpainClay Iván Navarro Colin Ebelthite
Jaroslav Pospíšil		6–2, 4–6, [10–7]

Runners-up

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.15 August 2005Cordenons, ItalyClay Melle van Gemerden Daniel Köllerer
Oliver Marach		WEA (no winner)
2.13 October 2008Montevideo, UruguayClay Rubén Ramírez Franco Ferreiro
Flávio Saretta		3–6, 2–6
3.19 September 2009Florianópolis, BrazilClay Pere Riba Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk		1–6, 4–6
4.20 August 2011San Sebastián, SpainClay Israel Sevilla Stefano Ianni
Simone Vagnozzi		3–6, 4–6
5.1 October 2011Madrid, SpainClay Morgan Phillips David Marrero
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo		4–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]
6.10 June 2012Caltanissetta, ItalyClay Iván Navarro Marcel Felder
Antonio Veić		7–5, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]

Performance timelines

Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1R1R1R1R2R1RA1RAA1–7
French Open1RQ2AA2R2R1R1R2R1R2RQ2Q1Q24–8
WimbledonAAAA2R1R1RA1R1R1RAQ1Q21–6
US OpenAAAA1R3R1R1R1R1R1RAA2–7
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–00–00–02–43–40–40–32–40–41–30–10–00–08–28
Year-end ranking192267170907256107707711298115

Doubles

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open1R1R2R1R1R1RAAAA1–6
French Open2RA2R1R3RA2RAAA5–5
WimbledonAA1RA1RA1RAA0–3
US OpenA3R2RA1RA1RAA3–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–22–23–40–22–40–11–30–00–00–09–18

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2004–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014–2019 Total
Wins 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
PlayerRankTournamentSurfaceRdScore
2010
1. Nikolay Davydenkoalign=center bgcolor=EEE8AA6Stuttgart, GermanyClay2R7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–1
2011
2. Jürgen Melzeralign=center bgcolor=EEE8AA8Madrid, SpainClay2R7–6(10–8), 6–3
2013
3. Richard Gasquetalign=center bgcolor=EEE8AA9Madrid, SpainClay2R7–5, 3–6, 6–4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daniel Gimeno Traver nos presenta las Joma Pro Roland.. YouTube. Joma Sport. 2013-04-24. 2018-02-26. es.
  2. Web site: Entrevista Daniel Gimeno Traver. YouTube. Joma Sport. 2012-05-14. 2018-02-26. es.

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