Robert Farah | |
Residence: | Pereira, Colombia |
Birth Date: | 1987 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1] |
College: | University of Southern California |
Turnedpro: | 2010 |
Retired: | 2023 |
Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney: | $4,924,608 |
Singlesrecord: | 4–9 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 163 (6 June 2011) |
Australianopenresult: | Q2 (2011) |
Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (2011, 2012) |
Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (2011, 2012) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (2011) |
Doublesrecord: | 354–223 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Doublestitles: | 19 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 1 (15 July 2019) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | F (2018) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | SF (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | W (2019) |
Usopendoublesresult: | W (2019) |
Olympicsdoublesresult: | QF (2021) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Masterscupdoublesresult: | SF (2018, 2019) |
Australianopenmixedresult: | QF (2019) |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | F (2017) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | F (2016) |
Usopenmixedresult: | SF (2016) |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Updated: | 19 January 2024 |
Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (pronounced as /es/;[2] [3] born 20 January 1987)[1] is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 163 in June 2011.
Farah is a two-time Grand Slam Champion, having won both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in 2019 in men's doubles, alongside compatriot Juan Sebastián Cabal. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2018 Australian Open, and Farah reached the final in mixed doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 French Open with Anna-Lena Grönefeld.
Farah won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at the Masters 1000 level, and became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. He spent a total of 68 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and was year-end No. 1 in both 2019 and 2020. Farah represented Colombia in the Davis Cup from 2010 to his retirement, as well as at the 2016 and at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Farah played college tennis at the University of Southern California from 2006 to 2010 where he won two NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships as a USC Trojan. He finished his Senior season (2010) as the No. 1 ranked NCAA D1 player in the US in singles, while additionally ranked 2nd in doubles. He won the 2008 NCAA Men's Doubles National Championship, partnering Kaes Van't Hof. He occasionally played doubles at USC with future ATP pro Steve Johnson.[4]
Farah's consistent doubles partnership with fellow countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal began at Wimbledon 2011, when they defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and Indian Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), in a tight three set match that went to 21–19 in the final set, before losing in second round against American Michael Russell and Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets.
In the 2013 Australian Open, Farah and Cabal made their first appearance in the quarterfinals.
In 2016, Farah reached his first grand slam final, in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon partnering Anna-Lena Grönefeld. They lost in straight sets to Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of the UK.
In 2017, Farah and Cabal reached their first men's doubles grand slam semifinal at the French Open. In the same tournament he reached the final of the mixed doubles partnering Gronefeld where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski in 3 sets.
Farah and countryman Cabal won their first ever grand slam men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019, defeating Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling 5 set match that required 4 tie-break sets; this victory helped Farah and Cabal to both ascend to world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.[5]
Farah made his last ATP tour-level professional appearance at the 2023 US Open (tennis) with Cabal where they lost in the second round.[6]
Farah is the son of a family of Lebanese descent.[7] His mother is a teacher at the French Liceo Paul Valery de Cali. His father is a retired tennis player (not recognized at professional level). His sister is a former professional tennis player Romy Farah. In 2010, Robert became a professional tennis player.
In July 2018, Farah was given a suspended three months ban and fined £3,800 for promoting a gambling website on his Twitter account. Farah would only serve the suspension if there were further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.[8]
In October 2019, Farah was tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone. He was provisionally suspended from official tournaments from 14 January 2020 and did not compete at the 2020 Australian Open.[9] Farah argued that he had ingested Boldenone from contaminated Colombian meat and the ITF chose not to ban him, holding that he "bears no fault or negligence for the violation".[10]
Current through the 2023 US Open.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W-L | ||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | bgcolor=thistle | F | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 11 | 18–11 | |||
French Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | QF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 12 | 24–12 |
Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | bgcolor=lime | W | style=color:#767676 | NH | QF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | 1 / 11 | 22–10 | |
US Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=lime | W | 2R | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 2R | 1 / 12 | 19–11 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 14–4 | 16–2 | 5–2 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 2 / 46 | 83-44 | ||||
Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | did not qualify | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | DNQ | RR | DNQ | 0 / 3 | 4–7 | ||||||||||
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | not held | A | not held | 2R | not held | QF | not held | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |||||||||||
Davis Cup | PO | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | RR | RR | PO | QR | 0 / 2 | 16–8 | |||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | style=color:#767676 | NH | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | |||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | bgcolor=thistle | F | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | style=color:#767676 | NH | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | ||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | A | QF | 2R | style=color:#767676 | NH | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=thistle | F | 2R | 0 / 8 | 14–8 |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | bgcolor=yellow | SF | A | 1R | 2R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | style=color:#767676 | NH | 2R | bgcolor=thistle | F | 1R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=lime | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2 / 9 | 13–7 | ||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | style=color:#767676 | NH | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | |||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=thistle | F | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | QF | not held | A | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | |||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | A | A | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | ||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 11–6 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 13–8 | 16–8 | 1–3 | 7–8 | 9–7 | 2–5 | 2 / 64 | 74–62 | ||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 42 | |||||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 4–3 | 16–14 | 21–17 | 35–20 | 37–24 | 33–21 | 33–15 | 39–23 | 51–20 | 14–10 | 38–20 | 24–20 | 7–15 | 353-223 | |||||
Year-end ranking | 160 | 83 | 64 | 48 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 5 | style=background:lime | 1 | style=background:lime | 1 | 10 | 29 |
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 4–6 | ||
French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | F | SF | 2R | NH | QF | A | A | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | ||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | F | A | 2R | A | NH | A | QF | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | ||
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | ||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 8–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 26–22 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 4–6, 4–6 | |||
Win | Grass | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | |||
Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 7–5 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Heather Watson Henri Kontinen | 6–7(5–7), 4–6 | |
Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Gabriela Dabrowski Rohan Bopanna | 6–2, 2–6, [10–12] |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 2014 | Miami Open | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
Win | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | |
Loss | 2018 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
Win | 2019 | Italian Open (2) | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Raven Klaasen Michael Venus | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Loss | 2019 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
Loss | 2022 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | |
Loss | 2022 | Madrid Open | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10] |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |||
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Loss | 0–1 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Santiago Giraldo | Marcel Granollers Marc López | 4–6, 6–7(9–11) | ||||
Loss | 0–2 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen | 3–6, 2–6 | |||||
Loss | 0–3 | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10] | ||||
Loss | 0–4 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Oliver Marach Florin Mergea | 3–6, 4–6 | ||||
Win | 1–4 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | David Marrero Marcelo Melo | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||
Loss | 1–5 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald | 7–5, 4–6, [13–15] | ||||
Loss | 1–6 | Miami Open, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||||
Win | 2–6 | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jamie Murray John Peers | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||
Win | 3–6 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||
Win | 4–6 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | ||||
Loss | 4–7 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10] | ||||
Loss | 4–8 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jamie Murray John Peers | 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] | ||||
Loss | 4–9 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] | ||||
Win | 5–9 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Íñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi | 6–3, 6–0 | ||||
Win | 6–9 | Rio Open, Brazil (2) | 500 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | ||||
Loss | 6–10 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||||
Win | 7–10 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||||
Win | 8–10 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] | ||||
Win | 9–10 | Argentina Open, Argentina (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Santiago González David Marrero | 6–1, 6–4 | ||||
Loss | 9–11 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 7–5, [8–10] | ||||
Loss | 9–12 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Brian Baker Nikola Mektić | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | ||||
Win | 10–12 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||
Loss | 10–13 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] | ||||
Loss | 10–14 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 4–6, 4–6 | ||||
Loss | 10–15 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Andrés Molteni Horacio Zeballos | 3–6, 7–5, [3–10] | ||||
Win | 11–15 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||||
Loss | 11–16 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||||
Loss | 11–17 | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 4–6, 3–6 | ||||
Win | 12–17 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | ||||
Win | 13–17 | Italian Open, Italy (2) | Masters 1000 | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Raven Klaasen Michael Venus | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||
Win | 14–17 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Maximo González Horacio Zeballos | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] | ||||
Win | 15–17 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Nicolas Mahut | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||||
Loss | 15–18 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | |||||
Win | 16–18 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 7–5 | ||||
Loss | 16–19 | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [9–11] | ||||
Loss | 16–20 | Forte Village Sardegna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Marcus Daniell Philipp Oswald | 3–6, 4–6 | ||||
Loss | 16–21 | Great Ocean Road Open, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 3–6, 6–7(7–9) | ||||
Win | 17–21 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4) | ||||
Win | 18–21 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Barcelona Open, Spain | style=background:#D4F1C5 | 500 Series | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Win | 19–21 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Vienna Open, Austria | style=background:#D4F1C5 | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 19–22 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||||
Loss | 19–23 | style=background:#E9E9E9 | Madrid Open, Spain | style=background:#E9E9E9 | Masters 1000 | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10] |
Legend | |
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ATP Challenger Tour (1–2) | |
ITF Futures (2–0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Winner | 1. | 7 June 2010 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Hard | Iván Miranda | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
Winner | 2. | 21 June 2010 | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Hard | Iván Endara | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Winner | 3. | 12 July 2010 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Carlos Salamanca | 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) | |
Runner–up | 4. | 16 September 2011 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Clay | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
Runner–up | 5. | 6 August 2012 | Aptos, USA | Hard | Steve Johnson | 6–3, 6–3 |