Ramón Delgado


Ramón Delgado is a retired tennis player from Paraguay, who turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the ATP final at Bogotá in 1998 and the fourth round of the 1998 French Open, defeating Pete Sampras in the second round.

Tennis career

In April 2002, Delgado lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open to a 15-year-old Rafael Nadal in Nadal's first ever ATP match. Nadal would go on to win 19 grand slams as of the 2019 US Open. He did not win a single title during his career. The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 52 in April 1999. Delgado also nearly qualified for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated in the third, and final, qualifying round by Roko Karanušić. He announced his retirement from tennis in May 2011.

Singles titles

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour
Challengers

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1997CaliClay Sebastián Prieto6–3, 1–6, 7–6
2.2001TallahasseeHard Justin Gimelstob7–5, 6–3
3.2001Campos Do Jordão-2Hard Daniel Melo7–6, 6–2
4.2004BogotáClay Mariano Puerta6–4, 7–5
5.2005LubbockHard Bobby Reynolds2–6, 7–6, 6–3
6.2006Mexico CityClay Alejandro Falla6–3, 4–6, 6–4
7.2007Mexico City-1Clay Adrián García6–3, 6–3
8.2009AsunciónClay Daniel Gimeno-Traver7–6, 1–6, 6–3
9.2009PueblaClay Andre Begemann6–3, 6–4