Albert Montañés

Albert Montañés

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1980-11-26) 26 November 1980 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,770,268
Singles
Career record	212–238
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 22 (2 August 2010)
Current ranking	No. 90 (18 February 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	4R (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2009, 2010)
US Open	4R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	56–110
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 73 (23 July 2007)
Last updated on: February 18, 2013.

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Montañés and the second or maternal family name is Roca.

Albert Montañés Roca (born 26 November 1980 in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain.

He first entered the top 100 in 2001 and has been in the top 100 for all but 20 weeks since then. As of August 2010, he has a career high ranking of no. 22.

He is well known for his mental toughness, and is one of the very few players to ever win a title after saving match points in two different matches, he did it in Estoril 2009 (in the quarterfinals and in the final).

He currently uses Babolat Aeropro Drive Cortex GT with Luxilon Big Bangers.

ATP career finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals(0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (5–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 16, 2001	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	2.	April 19, 2004	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	3.	February 27, 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	April 30, 2007	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	July 20, 2008	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Steve Darcis	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	May 10, 2009	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	James Blake	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Winner	3.	September 27, 2009	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Juan Mónaco	7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Winner	4.	May 9, 2010	Estoril, Portugal (2)	Clay	Frederico Gil	6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Winner	5.	July 18, 2010	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 1–2 ret.
Runner-up	5.	August 6, 2011	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Robin Haase	4–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

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 (2–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 29, 2007	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	2.	February 12, 2007	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	3.	February 18, 2007	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Sebastián Prieto Martín García	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	February 11, 2008	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Winner	1.	April 29, 2008	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Santiago Ventura	James Cerretani Todd Perry	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	January 8, 2010	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Guillermo García-López	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2013 Australian Open.

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	4–12
French Open	3R	3R	1R	A	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	3R	4R	1R		15–11
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R		6–11
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	4R	1R	1R		4–11
Win–Loss	2–1	2–4	1–4	1–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4	9–4	4–4	0–4	0–1	29–45
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	5–10
Year-End Ranking	65	78	81	99	71	85	46	45	31	25	53	96

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R			1R		1R	1R	2R	1R	1R		1–7
French Open		1R			1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R		1–7
Wimbledon		1R			1R	1R	1R	1R	1R			0–6
US Open				1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R			1–6
Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–4	1–4	0–4	0–2		3–26

External links

• Official Website (in Spanish)
• Albert Montañés at the Association of Tennis Professionals