Rubin Statham


Rubin Statham, often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal is also a professional tennis player.

Career

In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4–6, 3–6. In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6–7, 1–6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In May 2009 Statham won his first tournament, at Australia F3, defeating Australian Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he lost in the final to Jones 5–7, 6–7. He won his next tournament in Egypt F7 by defeating Jean-Noel Insausti of France in the final 7–5, 6–2. He made it four finals in a row in his next tournament at Egypt F8, losing to Karim Maamoun of Egypt in the final 2–6, 2–6.
In October 2009 Statham won another Futures title at Thailand F4. He defeated Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 in the final, having also won the doubles title the day before. He also won the Vietnam F1 title in the same month, defeating Amir Weintraub of Israel 6–7, 7–6, 6–1 in the final, and again made it a special event by winning the doubles as well. He was do it again in Korea in May 2013. In October 2010, Statham was the only New Zealand representative in the Men's Singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and was the sixth seed. He lost in the quarterfinals to top-seeded and eventual champion Somdev Devvarman of India 3–6, 4–6.

Davis Cup

With 31 ties, Statham holds the record number of appearances in the Davis Cup for New Zealand, his debut being in 2005. His 26 singles victories is also the highest number by a New Zealand player. His win against Brandon Perez in the 2020 World Group I play-off against Venezuela was his first competitive match for more than a year, a serious hip injury having caused him to retire from the first round of a Challenger event in Bangkok in February 2019.

ATP/ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runners-up)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
Runner–up1.3 July 2005Tokyo, JapanHard Go Soeda4–6, 3–6
Runner–up2.16 November 2008Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaHard Kyu Tae Im6–7, 1–6
Winner1.3 May 2009Bundaberg, AustraliaClay Greg Jones4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up3.10 May 2009Ipswich, AustraliaClay Greg Jones5–7, 6–7
Winner2.31 May 2009Alexandria, EgyptClay Jean-Noel Insausti7–5, 6–2
Runner–up4.7 June 2009Ain Sukhna, EgyptClay Karim Maamoun2–6, 2–6
Winner3.10 October 2009Bangkok, ThailandHard Roman Jebavý6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Winner4.31 October 2009Bình Dương, VietnamHard Amir Weintraub6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Winner5.6 April 2012Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Nick Lindahl5–2 RET
Winner6.19 May 2012Bangkok, ThailandHard Christopher Rungkat7–6, 6–3
Winner7.17 June 2012Unterföhring, GermanyClay Jeremy Jahn7–6, 7–5
Runner–up5.5 August 2012Fieberbrunn, AustriaClay Nicolas Reissig4–6, 6–7
Winner8.26 May 2013Daegu, South KoreaHard Lim Yong-kyu7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Runner–up6.17 August 2014Chuncheon, South KoreaHard John Millman3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Runner–up7.24 August 2014Anseong, South KoreaHard John Millman1–6, 5–7
Runner–up8.23 November 2014Wollongong, AustraliaHard Jarmere Jenkins4–6, 5–7
Runner–up9.29 March 2015Melbourne, AustraliaClay Jordan Thompson1–6, 5–7
Winner9.5 April 2015Mornington, AustraliaClay Matthew Barton2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner10.3 July 2016Pittsburgh, United StatesClay Kaichi Uchida6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Winner11.19 February 2017Anning, ChinaClay Marco Bortolotti4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Runner–up10.26 February 2017Anning, ChinaClay Yang Tsung-hua6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Winner12.10 June 2017Hua Hin, ThailandHard Finn Tearney4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner–up11.22 July 2017Champaign, United StatesHard Dominik Koepfer7–6, 2–6, 5–7
Runner–up12.2 December 2017Hua Hin, ThailandHard Alexey Vatutin4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 65 (21 titles, 44 runners-up)


OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore
Runner–up1.6 February 2011BurnieHard Marinko Matosevic Philip Bester
Peter Polansky		3–6, 6–4,
Runner–up2.27 March 2011PingguoHard Harri Heliövaara Michail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev		2–6, 3–6
Runner–up3.29 July 2012OberstaufenClay Andrey Kuznetsov Andrei Dăescu
Florin Mergea		6–7, 6–7
Runner–up4.6 January 2013NouméaHard Artem Sitak Samuel Groth
Toshihide Matsui		6–7, 6–1,
Runner–up5.27 October 2013TraralgonHard Dane Propoggia Adam Feeney
Ryan Agar		3–6, 4–6
Runner–up6.9 February 2014West LakesHard Dane Propoggia Marcus Daniell
Jarmere Jenkins		4–6, 4–6
Runner–up7.15 February 2015LauncestonHard Adam Hubble Radu Albot
Mitchell Krueger		6–3, 5–7,
Winner1.7 June 2015GimcheonHard Li Zhe Dean O'Brien
Ruan Roelofse		6–4, 6–2
Winner2.21 October 2017NingboHard Radu Albot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Christopher Rungkat		7–5, 6–3
Runner–up8.19 August 2018GwangjuHard Benjamin Lock Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu		7–5, 3–6,

Davis Cup (47)

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