Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo


Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. 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.
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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12007 Movistar Open – Doubles|Chile Open, ChileInternationalClay Albert Montañés Paul Capdeville
Óscar Hernández
6–4, 4–6,
Loss0–22007 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, BrasilInternationalClay Albert Montañés Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner
2–6, 6–7
Loss0–32007 ATP Buenos Aires – Doubles|Argentina Open, ArgentinaInternationalClay Albert Montañés Martín García
Sebastián Prieto
4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles finals (11–13)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner3 September 2002Brașov, RomaniaClay Lovro Zovko2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner7 October 2002Barcelona, SpainClay Albert Portas4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up12 May 2003Zagreb, CroatiaClay Kristof Vliegen1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner1 July 2003Košice, SlovakiaClay Tomáš Zíb6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up10 May 2004Zagreb, CroatiaClay Adrián García3–6, 5–7
Winner24 May 2005Ljubljana, SloveniaClay Massimo Dell'Acqua6–7, 5–2 ret.
Runner-up24 October 2005Santiago, ChileClay Júlio Silva2–6, 3–6
Winner14 January 2008La Serena, ChileClay David Marrero6–3, 6–1
Runner-up18 August 2008San Sebastián, SpainClay Pablo Andújar4–6, 1–6
Runner-up15 September 2008Todi, ItalyClay Tomas Tenconi6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up20 October 2008Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Martín Vassallo Argüello3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner14 March 2010Rabat, MoroccoClay Marcel Granollers6–4, 6–4
Winner12 June 2010Košice, SlovakiaClay Filip Krajinović6–3, 6–2
Winner5 July 2010Pozoblanco, SpainHard Roberto Bautista Agut7–6, 6–4
Runner-up12 September 2010Rijeka, CroatiaClay Blaž Kavčič4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up11 September 2011Sevilla, SpainClay Daniel Gimeno-Traver3–6, 3–6
Winner7 April 2012San Luis Potosí, MexicoClay Paolo Lorenzi3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up15 April 2012Pereira, ColombiaClay Carlos Salamanca7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Winner6 May 2012Tunis, TunisiaClay Jérémy Chardy6–1, 6–4
Winner15 April 2013Panama City, PanamaClay Alejandro González6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Runner-up7 July 2013Timișoara, RomaniaClay Andreas Haider-Maurer4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up14 May 2016Samarkand, UzbekistanClay Karen Khachanov1–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up7 August 2016Chengdu, ChinaClay Jason Jung4–6, 2–6
Runner-up14 August 2016Qingdao, ChinaClay 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,
28 July 2008Timişoara, RomaniaClay Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Adrian Cruciat
Florin Mergea
3–6, 6–4,
22 September 2008Bucharest, RomaniaClay Santiago Ventura Andrea Arnaboldi
Máximo González
6–3, 5–7,
14 March 2009Rabat, MoroccoClay Santiago Ventura Michael Kohlmann
Philipp Marx
6–4, 7–6
21 March 2009Marrakech, MoroccoClay Santiago Ventura Alberto Martín
Daniel Munoz-de la Nava
6–3, 7–6
29 March 2009Barletta, ItalyClay Santiago Ventura Pablo Cuevas
Luis Horna
7–6, 6–2
31 May 2009Alessandria, ItalyClay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Martín Alund
Guillermo Hormazabal
6–4, 6–2
7 June 2009Furth, GermanyClay Santiago Ventura Simon Greul
Alessandro Motti
4–6, 6–1,
14 June 2009Košice, SlovakiaClay Santiago Ventura Dominik Hrbaty
Martin Klizan
6–2, 7–6
18 October 2009Asunción, ParaguayClay Santiago Ventura Maximo Gonzalez
Eduardo Schwank
6–3, 7–6
20 June 2010Milan, ItalyClay Daniele Bracciali Jeff Coetzee
James Cerretani
6–4, 7–5
22 August 2010San Sebastián, SpainClay Santiago Ventura Brian Battistone
Andreas Siljestrom
6–4, 7–6
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
11 September 2011Seville, SpainClay Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava Gerard Granollers
Adrián Menéndez
6–4, 6–7,
17 September 2011Banja Luka, Bosnia-HerzegovinaClay Marco Crugnola Jan Mertl
Matwé Middelkoop
7–6, 3–6,
1 October 2011Madrid, SpainClay David Marrero Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Morgan Phillips
6–4, 6–7,
5 November 2011São Leopoldo, BrazilClay Franco Ferreiro Gastão Elias
Frederico Gil
6–7, 6–3,
4 September 2016Curitiba, BrazilClay Pere Riba André Ghem
Fabrício Neis
6–7, 6–4,

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Top 10 wins