Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

For other people with the same name, see Rubén Ramírez.

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceAlicante, Spain
Born (1978-01-06) 6 January 1978
Alicante, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,346,155
Singles
Career record68–133
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 50 (2 October 2006)
Current rankingNo. 800 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2004, 2007, 2011, 2013)
French Open4R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record43–91
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 54 (16 January 2012)
Current rankingNo. 921 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open2R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 2 July 2018.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Hidalgo.

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen raˈmiɾeθ iˈðalɣo]; 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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2007 Chile Open, Chile International Clay Albert Montañés Paul Capdeville
Óscar Hernández 		6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2007 Brasil Open, Brasil International Clay Albert Montañés Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Feb 2007 Argentina Open, Argentina International Clay Albert Montañés Martín García
Sebastián Prieto 		4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles finals (11–13)

Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 3 September 2002 Brașov, Romania Clay Lovro Zovko 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 7 October 2002 Barcelona, Spain Clay Albert Portas 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 12 May 2003 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Kristof Vliegen 1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win 1 July 2003 Košice, Slovakia Clay Tomáš Zíb 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 10 May 2004 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Adrián García 3–6, 5–7
Win 24 May 2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Clay Massimo Dell'Acqua 6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret.
Loss 24 October 2005 Santiago, Chile Clay Júlio Silva 2–6, 3–6
Win 14 January 2008 La Serena, Chile Clay David Marrero 6–3, 6–1
Loss 18 August 2008 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Pablo Andújar 4–6, 1–6
Loss 15 September 2008 Todi, Italy Clay Tomas Tenconi 6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 20 October 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Martín Vassallo Argüello 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 14 March 2010 Rabat, Morocco Clay Marcel Granollers 6–4, 6–4
Win 12 June 2010 Košice, Slovakia Clay Filip Krajinović 6–3, 6–2
Win 5 July 2010 Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Roberto Bautista Agut 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 12 September 2010 Rijeka, Croatia Clay Blaž Kavčič 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 11 September 2011 Sevilla, Spain Clay Daniel Gimeno Traver 3–6, 3–6
Win 7 April 2012 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Paolo Lorenzi 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 15 April 2012 Pereira, Colombia Clay Carlos Salamanca 7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win 6 May 2012 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Jérémy Chardy 6–1, 6–4
Win 15 April 2013 Panama City, Panama Clay Alejandro González 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7 July 2013 Timișoara, Romania Clay Andreas Haider-Maurer 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 14 May 2016 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Clay Karen Khachanov 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6
Loss 7 August 2016 Chengdu, China Clay Jason Jung 4–6, 2–6
Loss 14 August 2016 Qingdao, China Clay Janko Tipsarević 6–1, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles titles (21)

Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
7 September 2004 Brașov, Romania Clay Salvador Navarro Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Juan Pablo Guzmán 		6–3, 6–2
4 July 2005 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Santiago Ventura Stéphane Bohli
Roman Valent 		6–3, 7–5
3 April 2006 Monza, Italy Clay Tomas Tenconi Leonardo Azzaro
Christopher Kas 		4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
28 July 2008 Timişoara, Romania Clay Daniel Munoz-de la Nava Adrian Cruciat
Florin Mergea 		3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
22 September 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay Santiago Ventura Andrea Arnaboldi
Máximo González 		6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
14 March 2009 Rabat, Morocco Clay Santiago Ventura Michael Kohlmann
Philipp Marx 		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
21 March 2009 Marrakech, Morocco Clay Santiago Ventura Alberto Martín
Daniel Munoz-de la Nava 		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
29 March 2009 Barletta, Italy Clay Santiago Ventura Pablo Cuevas
Luis Horna 		7–6(7–1), 6–2
31 May 2009 Alessandria, Italy Clay José Antonio Sánchez de Luna Martín Alund
Guillermo Hormazábal 		6–4, 6–2
7 June 2009 Furth, Germany Clay Santiago Ventura Simon Greul
Alessandro Motti 		4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
14 June 2009 Košice, Slovakia Clay Santiago Ventura Dominik Hrbatý
Martin Kližan 		6–2, 7–6(7–5)
18 October 2009 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Santiago Ventura Máximo González
Eduardo Schwank 		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
20 June 2010 Milan, Italy Clay Daniele Bracciali Jeff Coetzee
James Cerretani 		6–4, 7–5
22 August 2010 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Santiago Ventura Brian Battistone
Andreas Siljeström 		6–4, 7–6(7–3)
24 October 2010 Santiago, Chile Clay Daniel Munoz de la Nava Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić 		6–4, 6–2
15 May 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Mate Pavić
Franko Škugor 		6–2, 7–6(12–10)
11 September 2011 Seville, Spain Clay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Gerard Granollers
Adrián Menéndez 		6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
17 September 2011 Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina Clay Marco Crugnola Jan Mertl
Matwé Middelkoop 		7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
1 October 2011 Madrid, Spain Clay David Marrero Daniel Gimeno Traver
Morgan Phillips 		6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9]
5 November 2011 São Leopoldo, Brazil Clay Franco Ferreiro Gastão Elias
Frederico Gil 		6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
4 September 2016 Curitiba, Brazil Clay Pere Riba André Ghem
Fabrício Neis 		6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A Q2 A 1R A A 1R A A A 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 4 0–4
French Open A A A A Q3 Q2 1R Q1 4R 1R Q3 A Q2 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 5 4–5
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 5 0–5
US Open A A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 1–6
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–3 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 5–20
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2
Miami A A A A A A 2R A A 1R A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A Q2 A 2R Q2 A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid Not Held A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q2 A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A 1R A 3R Q2 A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 4–8
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 5–11 7–19 5–5 25–20 9–18 1–6 4–10 1–4 5–15 3–12 2–6 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 68–133
Year-end ranking 620 381 333 154 141 80 130 120 57 133 121 156 77 130 91 166 224 253 148 430 34%

Doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R A A 2R A A A 3R A A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3
French Open A A A A A A 1R A A 1R A A A 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 1–4
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 0–5
US Open A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R 2R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 17 6–17
ATP Masters Series
Madrid Not Held A A A A A A A 2R A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 3–13 0–0 1–11 12–18 6–4 2–10 3–4 10–13 2–10 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 43–91
Year-end ranking – 1271 475 465 310 199 167 218 303 73 105 81 120 56 177 278 296 735 341 663 32%

Top 10 wins

Season 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RRH Rank
2006
1. Gastón Gaudio 8 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay 2R 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4 106
2. Guillermo Coria 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay 2R 7–5, 6–2 93
3. James Blake 5 New Haven, United States Hard 2R 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) 57

References

  1. ^ "Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo | Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Ramirez Hidalgo Hits 400 Challenger Wins in Chengdu". ATP World Tour. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ Arroyo, Alejandro (24 October 2018). "El silencioso adiós de Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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