Robert Farah

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Robert Farah Maksoud

Farah at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 Montreal, Quebec
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,360,414
Singles
Career record	4–9 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 163 (6 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	173–110 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 21 (16 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 22 (12 June 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013)
French Open	SF (2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2011, 2013)
US Open	2R (2011, 2014, 2015)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	F (2017)
Wimbledon	F (2016)
US Open	SF (2016)
Last updated on: 12 June 2017.

Robert Farah

Medal record
Tennis
Representing Colombia
Pan American Games
	Guadalajara 2011	Singles
	Guadalajara 2011	Doubles

Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (born 20 January 1987) is a Canadian-born Colombian professional tennis player.

ATP Tour

In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, and debuting with fellow countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal in doubles, they defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and Indian Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19, and in second round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.

In the 2013 Australian Open, the couple formed by Juan Sebastián Cabal Colombian Robert Farah made it through to the quarter-finals.

In 2016, Farah reached his first grand slam final, in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon partnering Anna-Lena Gronefeld. They lost in straight sets to Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of the UK.

In 2017, Farah reached his first men's doubles grand slam semi final at the French Open with long term partner Juan Sebastian Cabal. In the same tournament he reached the final of the mixed doubles partnering Gronefeld where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski in 3 sets.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Henri Kontinen Heather Watson	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	2017	French Open	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Gabriela Dabrowski Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 2–6, [10–12]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2014	Miami	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(8–10), 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3) ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–9)

Titles by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (8–10) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (8–12) Indoor (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2012	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Marcel Granollers Marc López	4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Loss	0–2	May 2013	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–4	Feb 2014	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	3–6 4–6
Win	1–4	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	David Marrero Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–5	Mar 2014	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	7–5, 4–6, [13–15]
Loss	1–6	Mar 2014	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(8–10), 4–6
Win	2–6	Aug 2014	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–6	Feb 2015	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–6	May 2015	Geneva Open, Switaerland	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	4–7	Jul 2015	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–8	Aug 2015	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–9	Oct 2015	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win	5–9	Feb 2016	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Íñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–9	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil (2)	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	6–10	May 2016	Bavarian International, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	7–10	May 2016	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	8–10	Oct 2016	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	9–10	Feb 2017	Argentina Open, Argentina (2)	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Santiago González David Marrero	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–11	Feb 2017	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	9–12	Apr 2017	Hungarian Open, Hungary	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Brian Baker Nikola Mektić	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	10–12	May 2017	Bavarian International, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–13	May 2017	Geneva Open, Switaerland	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10]

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	7 June 2010	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Hard	Iván Miranda	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	2.	21 June 2010	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Hard	Iván Endara	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	12 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up	4.	16 September 2011	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up	54.	6 August 2012	Aptos, USA	Hard	Steve Johnson	6–3, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q3	1R	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami Masters	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
ATP World Tour 500 series
Barcelona	A	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1
Washington	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0 / 1	2–1
ATP World Tour 250 series
Brisbane	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Viña del Mar	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
San Jose	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Delray Beach	A	1R	Q3	A	0 / 1	0–1
Munich	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 1	1–2
Stuttgart	A	A	Q3	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	0 / 4	1–4
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
Year End Ranking	189	232	207	NA

Doubles performance timeline

Current till 2017 French Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 6	9–6
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	SF	0 / 6	8–6
Wimbledon	A	3R	1R	3R	A	2R	2R	2R	0 / 6	7–6
US Open	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	3–5
Win–Loss	0–0	3–2	3–4	7–4	1–3	3–4	3–4	7–3	0 / 24	27–24
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	F	2R	A	1R	0 / 3	5–3
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	A	0 / 3	4–3
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	SF	A	1R	2R	0 / 3	4–3
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R	2R	0 / 4	6–4
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R		0 / 3	2–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	11–6	8–7	4–6	2–3	0 / 22	25–22
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 1	1–1
Davis Cup	PO	Z1	Z1	PO	PO	PO	Z1	PO	0 / 0	9–5
Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0 / 1	10–6
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	2 / 6	2 / 5	4 / 5	2 / 5	10 / 23
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	4–3	16–14	21–17	35–20	37–24	33–21	27–10	173–110
Year-end ranking	160	83	64	48	23	27	30		61%

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3
French Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	F	0 / 4	6–4
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	1R	A	F	A	0 / 4	5–4
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	A	0 / 3	4-3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	8–4	4-2	0 /14	16–14

* Statistics correct as of 1 June 2013.

External links

• Robert Farah at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robert Farah at the Davis Cup