Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Explained

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Residence:Alicante, Spain
Birth Date:6 January 1978
Birth Place:Alicante, Spain
Turnedpro:1998
Retired:2017
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$2,346,155
Singlesrecord:68–133
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 50 (2 October 2006)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 800 (2 July 2018)
Australianopenresult:1R (2004, 2007, 2011, 2013)
Frenchopenresult:4R (2006)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Usopenresult:2R (2012)
Doublesrecord:43–91
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 54 (16 January 2012)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 921 (2 July 2018)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2011)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2011)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (2009, 2010)
Updated:2 July 2018

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (pronounced as /es/; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former 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.

Career

Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998.

In 2001, Ramírez Hidalgo won his first ATP tour match in Bucharest, defeating Attila Sávolt.

In 2003, he suffered the ignominy of becoming the only player to ever lose a tour level match to French journeyman Éric Prodon, losing 7–6 6–2 in Casablanca. However, he was able to bounce back later in the year at Sopot, where he reached his first ever tour level semi-final, bravely losing in three sets to David Ferrer.

After dropping down the rankings, early 2006 saw a return to good form. A semi-final run at Viña del Mar saw Ramírez Hidalgo climb back into the top 100. This tournament included his first ever win over a top 10 player, a defeat of former French Open champion Gastón Gaudio. Ramírez Hidalgo was eventually defeated by José Acasuso.

At the 2006 French Open, Ramírez Hidalgo won a Grand Slam match for the first time, eventually reaching 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.

Ramírez Hidalgo's strong form continued into the latter half of 2006, where he reached the semi-final in Amersfoort (l. Nicolás Massú.) and included rare success on hard courts, where he defeated world no. 5 and home favourite James Blake. Further success came in Palermo, where his run to the semi-final was halted by Nicolás Lapentti. In October 2006, his ranking peaked at no. 50.

2007 started strongly for Ramírez Hidalgo, with another semi-final run, this time in Casablanca. An impressive showing was halted by Albert Montañés.

In his later career, Ramírez Hidalgo became a stalwart of the ATP Challenger tour, whilst still enjoying occasional success on the main tour. 2012 marked his last Grand Slam match win, at the US Open, where he defeated Somdev Devvarman, before losing to big serving Sam Querrey. At Houston in 2013, he recorded what was to be his last ever main tour victory, defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco,before losing to Rhyne Williams in the quarter-final.

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]

Ramírez Hidalgo retired from professional tennis after the end of the 2017 season.[3]

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Chile Open, ChileInternationalClay Albert Montañés Paul Capdeville
Óscar Hernández		6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss0–2Brasil Open, BrasilInternationalClay Albert Montañés Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner		2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss0–3Argentina Open, ArgentinaInternationalClay Albert Montañés Martín García
Sebastián Prieto		4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles finals (11–13)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win3 September 2002Brașov, RomaniaClay Lovro Zovko2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win7 October 2002Barcelona, SpainClay Albert Portas4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss12 May 2003Zagreb, CroatiaClay Kristof Vliegen1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win1 July 2003Košice, SlovakiaClay Tomáš Zíb6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss10 May 2004Zagreb, CroatiaClay Adrián García3–6, 5–7
Win24 May 2005Ljubljana, SloveniaClay Massimo Dell'Acqua6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret.
Loss24 October 2005Santiago, ChileClay Júlio Silva2–6, 3–6
Win14 January 2008La Serena, ChileClay David Marrero6–3, 6–1
Loss18 August 2008San Sebastián, SpainClay Pablo Andújar4–6, 1–6
Loss15 September 2008Todi, ItalyClay Tomas Tenconi6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss20 October 2008Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Martín Vassallo Argüello3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win14 March 2010Rabat, MoroccoClay Marcel Granollers6–4, 6–4
Win12 June 2010Košice, SlovakiaClay Filip Krajinović6–3, 6–2
Win5 July 2010Pozoblanco, SpainHard Roberto Bautista Agut7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss12 September 2010Rijeka, CroatiaClay Blaž Kavčič4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss11 September 2011Sevilla, SpainClay Daniel Gimeno Traver3–6, 3–6
Win7 April 2012San Luis Potosí, MexicoClay Paolo Lorenzi3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss15 April 2012Pereira, ColombiaClay Carlos Salamanca7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win6 May 2012Tunis, TunisiaClay Jérémy Chardy6–1, 6–4
Win15 April 2013Panama City, PanamaClay Alejandro González6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Loss7 July 2013Timișoara, Romania Clay Andreas Haider-Maurer4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss14 May 2016Samarkand, UzbekistanClay Karen Khachanov1–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6
Loss7 August 2016Chengdu, China Clay Jason Jung4–6, 2–6
Loss14 August 2016Qingdao, China Clay Janko Tipsarević6–1, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles titles (21)

DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
7 September 2004Brașov, RomaniaClay Salvador Navarro Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Juan Pablo Guzmán		6–3, 6–2
4 July 2005Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Santiago Ventura Stéphane Bohli
Roman Valent		6–3, 7–5
3 April 2006Monza, ItalyClay Tomas Tenconi Leonardo Azzaro
Christopher Kas		4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
28 July 2008Timişoara, RomaniaClay Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Adrian Cruciat
Florin Mergea		3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
22 September 2008Bucharest, RomaniaClay Santiago Ventura Andrea Arnaboldi
Máximo González		6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
14 March 2009Rabat, MoroccoClay Santiago Ventura Michael Kohlmann
Philipp Marx		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
21 March 2009Marrakech, MoroccoClay Santiago Ventura Alberto Martín
Daniel Munoz-de la Nava		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
29 March 2009Barletta, ItalyClay Santiago Ventura Pablo Cuevas
Luis Horna		7–6(7–1), 6–2
31 May 2009Alessandria, Italy Clay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Martín Alund
Guillermo Hormazábal		6–4, 6–2
7 June 2009Furth, GermanyClay Santiago Ventura Simon Greul
Alessandro Motti		4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
14 June 2009Košice, SlovakiaClay Santiago Ventura Dominik Hrbatý
Martin Kližan		6–2, 7–6(7–5)
18 October 2009Asunción, ParaguayClay Santiago Ventura Máximo González
Eduardo Schwank		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
20 June 2010Milan, ItalyClay Daniele Bracciali Jeff Coetzee
James Cerretani		6–4, 7–5
22 August 2010San Sebastián, SpainClay Santiago Ventura Brian Battistone
Andreas Siljeström		6–4, 7–6(7–3)
24 October 2010Santiago, ChileClay Daniel Munoz de la Nava Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić		6–4, 6–2
15 May 2011Zagreb, CroatiaClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Mate Pavić
Franko Škugor		6–2, 7–6(12–10)
11 September 2011Seville, SpainClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Gerard Granollers
Adrián Menéndez		6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
17 September 2011Banja Luka, Bosnia-HerzegovinaClay Marco Crugnola Jan Mertl
Matwé Middelkoop		7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
1 October 2011Madrid, SpainClay David Marrero Daniel Gimeno Traver
Morgan Phillips		6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9]
5 November 2011São Leopoldo, BrazilClay Franco Ferreiro Gastão Elias
Frederico Gil		6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
4 September 2016Curitiba, 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 OpenAAQ1AQ2A1RAA1RAAA1RA1RAAAA0 / 40–4
French OpenAAAAQ3Q21RQ14R1RQ3AQ22R1RAQ1Q1AQ10 / 54–5
WimbledonAAAAAA1RQ11R1RAAA1R1RAAAQ2Q10 / 50–5
US OpenAAAAA1RAA1R1RA1R1RA2RAAAAA0 / 61–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–10–30–03–30–40–00–10–11–31–30–10–00–00–00–00 / 205–20
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAAA1RAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2
MiamiAAAAAA2RAA1RAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 31–3
Monte CarloAAAAAAAAQ2A2RQ2AQ1AAAAAA0 / 11–1
MadridNot HeldAQ1AAQ1Q1AQ1AQ2AQ2AAAA0 / 00–0
RomeAAAAAA1RA3RQ2AQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 22–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–30–02–10–11–10–00–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 84–8
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–00–00–01–10–35–117–195–525–209–181–64–101–45–153–122–60–30–00–00–068–133
Year-end ranking6203813331541418013012057133121156771309116622425314843034%

Doubles

Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAA1RAA2RAAA3RAAAAAA0 / 33–3
French OpenAAAAAA1RAA1RAAA2R1RAAAAA0 / 41–4
WimbledonAAAAAA1RA1R1RAAA1R1RAAAAA0 / 50–5
US OpenAAAAAAAA1R1RA2R2RA1RAAAAA0 / 52–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–30–00–21–40–01–11–13–30–30–00–00–00–00–00 / 176–17
ATP Masters Series
MadridNot HeldAAAAAAA2RA2RAAAAAA0 / 22–2
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 30 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 3
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–43–130–01–1112–186–42–103–410–132–103–30–00–00–00–143–91
Year-end ranking–127147546531019916721830373105811205617727829673534166332%

Top 10 wins

Season19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Total
Wins000000003000000000003
PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreRRH Rank
2006
1. Gastón Gaudiostyle=text-align:center bgcolor=EEE8AA8Viña del Mar, ChileClay2R6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4style=text-align:center106
2. Guillermo Coriastyle=text-align:center bgcolor=EEE8AA7Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay2R7–5, 6–2style=text-align:center93
3. James Blakestyle=text-align:center bgcolor=EEE8AA5New Haven, United StatesHard2R2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)style=text-align:center57

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Overview . ATP Tour. 2019-02-15.
  2. News: Ramirez Hidalgo Hits 400 Challenger Wins in Chengdu. 17 October 2016. ATP World Tour. 4 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Arroyo. Alejandro. El silencioso adiós de Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo. 24 October 2018. 11 December 2023. es.

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