Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Country	Spain
Residence	Alicante, Spain
Born	(1978-01-06) 6 January 1978 Alicante, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US $1,553,041
Singles
Career record	62–109
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (2 October 2006)
Current ranking	No. 134 (29 August 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2007, 2011)
French Open	4R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011)
US Open	1R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	28–65
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (19 November 2007)
Current ranking	No. 118 (17 January 2011)
Last updated on: January 18, 2010.

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

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (born January 6, 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 (achieved on 2 October 2006), and his current ranking is #84 (as of November 1, 2010). He turned pro in 1998. His favourite surface to play on is clay.

Career

At the 2006 French Open, Ramirez Hidalgo reached the 4th round in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career. Before the tournament, he lost four consecutive times in the first round of a Grand Slam. At the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters, he was close to defeating world No.1 Roger Federer. Hidalgo lost the first set 1–6, but he went on to win the second 6–3. At the start of the third set, he quickly broke Federer twice and went 4–0 up. At that point, when playing the second point of the fifth game, Hidalgo attempted to embarrass the world No.1 by hitting a straightforward "hot-dog" shot to pass Federer, even though the court was well open for him just to hit a normal "winner". But ironically, that was the shot that supposedly self-destructed Hidalgo, when an angry but determined Federer went on to win 5 games in a row from being 5–1 down, then eventually took the set to a tiebreak and won it by 7 points to 1. The final score 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(1).

Titles (20)

Singles (8)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (0) Challengers (8)

Titles by Surface Hard (1) Grass (0) Clay (7) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 September 2002	Braşov	Clay	Lovro Zovko	2–6, 6–1, 7–5
2.	7 October 2002	Barcelona	Clay	Albert Portas	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
3.	1 July 2003	Košice	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
4.	24 May 2005	Ljubljana	Clay	Massimo Dell'Acqua	6–7(2–7), 5–2 ret.
5.	14 January 2008	La Serena	Clay	David Marrero	6–3, 6–1
6.	14 March 2010	Rabat	Clay	Marcel Granollers	6–4, 6–4
7.	12 June 2010	Košice	Clay	Filip Krajinović	6–3, 6–2
8.	5 July 2010	Pozoblanco	Hard	Roberto Bautista	7–6, 6–4

Doubles (12)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (0) Challengers (12)

Titles by Surface Hard (0) Grass (0) Clay (9) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	7 September 2004	Braşov, Romania	Clay	Salvador Navarro	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Guzmán	6–3, 6–2
2.	4 July 2005	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Stéphane Bohli Roman Valent	6–3, 7–5
3.	3 April 2006	Monza, Italy	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	Leonardo Azzaro Christopher Kas	4–6, 6–4, [13–11]
4.	28 July 2008	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Daniel Munoz-de la Nava	Adrian Cruciat Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
5.	22 September 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Andrea Arnaboldi Máximo González	6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
6.	14 March 2009	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Michael Kohlmann Philipp Marx	6–4, 7–6
7.	21 March 2009	Marrakech, Morocco	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Alberto Martín Daniel Munoz-de la Nava	6–3, 7–6
8.	29 March 2009	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna	7–6, 6–2
9.	11 September 2011	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava	Gerard Granollers Adrián Menéndez	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [13–11]
10.	17 September 2011	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Marco Crugnola	Jan Mertl Matwé Middelkoop	7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
11.	1 October 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	David Marrero	Daniel Gimeno-Traver Morgan Phillips	6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–9]
12.	5 November 2011	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	Gastão Elias Frederico Gil	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]

Runner-ups (20)

Singles (8)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (0) Challengers (8)

Finals by Surface Hard (0) Grass (0) Clay (8) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 May 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	6–1, 4–6, 6–0
2.	10 May 2004	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Adrián García	6–3, 7–5
3.	24 October 2005	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–2, 6–3
4.	18 August 2008	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Pablo Andújar	6–4, 6–1
5.	15 September 2008	Todi, Italy	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
6.	20 October 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
7.	12 September 2010	Rijeka, Croatia	Clay	Blaz Kavcic	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
8.	11 September 2011	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6–3, 6–3

Doubles (14)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (3) Challengers (11)

Finals by Surface Hard (0) Grass (0) Clay (14) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	3 September 2002	Braşov, Romania	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Christopher Kas Herbert Wiltschnig	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
2.	3 June 2003	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6–2, 6–2
3.	1 July 2003	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Salvador Navarro	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	2–1 ret.
4.	6 December 2004	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
5.	21 November 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto	6–0, 6–4
6.	29 January 2007	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Albert Montañés	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
7.	12 February 2007	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Albert Montañés	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
8.	18 February 2007	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Albert Montañés	Sebastián Prieto Martín García	6–4, 6–2
9.	24 September 2007	Trnava, Slovak Republic	Clay	Diego Junqueira	Filip Polášek Igor Zelenay	6–1, 6–4
10.	3 June 2008	Sassuolo, Italy	Clay	Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna	Juan Martín Aranguren Stefano Galvani	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
11.	18 August 2008	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna	Marc López Gabriel Trujillo-Soler	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–6]
12.	13 October 2008	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	Franco Ferreiro Flávio Saretta	6–3, 6–2
13.	20 October 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	Máximo González Sebastián Prieto	7–5, 6–3
14.	15 May 2010	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Andre Begemann Matthew Ebden	7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–3]
15.	30 October 2011	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	Frederico Gil Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–4, 6–4

External links

• Profile at ATP
• Some Highlights of Hidalgo's match against Federer at the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters