Rubin Statham

Rubin Statham

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 Westminster, United Kingdom
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Gary Swinkels
Prize money	US$306,861
Singles
Career record	28–26 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 279 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	1–11 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 19 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 139 (17 June 2013)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	28–19 (Singles 26-19, Doubles 2-0)
Last updated on: 19 October 2020.

Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987), often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver") is also a professional tennis player. He has reached a ATP career high ranking of 279 in singles as of 25 February 2013, and 139 in doubles as of 17 June 2013.

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⁽³⁾, 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⁽⁶⁾. 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⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 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.

2019

In January 2019 Statham played the ASB Classic in Auckland, where he caused a major upset by beating the 6th seed and 25th ranked player in the world at the time, Hyeon Chung in straight sets 7–5, 6–3.

2020

Statham's win in March against Brandon Perez in the 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. Other than purely domestic events, such as the New Zealand Premier League and Te Anau Invitational, it was the only match he played during the year.

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.

ATP/ITF Tour Finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (12–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	3 July 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Go Soeda	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	2.	16 November 2008	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	Hard	Kyu Tae Im	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Winner	1.	3 May 2009	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Greg Jones	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	3.	10 May 2009	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Greg Jones	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	2.	31 May 2009	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Jean-Noel Insausti	7–5, 6–2
Runner–up	4.	7 June 2009	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Karim Maamoun	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	10 October 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Roman Jebavý	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	31 October 2009	Bình Dương, Vietnam	Hard	Amir Weintraub	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner	5.	6 April 2012	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Nick Lindahl	5–2 RET
Winner	6.	19 May 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Winner	7.	17 June 2012	Unterföhring, Germany	Clay	Jeremy Jahn	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Runner–up	5.	5 August 2012	Fieberbrunn, Austria	Clay	Nicolas Reissig	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	8.	26 May 2013	Daegu, South Korea	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Runner–up	6.	17 August 2014	Chuncheon, South Korea	Hard	John Millman	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)
Runner–up	7.	24 August 2014	Anseong, South Korea	Hard	John Millman	1–6, 5–7
Runner–up	8.	23 November 2014	Wollongong, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	9.	29 March 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Jordan Thompson	1–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	5 April 2015	Mornington, Australia	Clay	Matthew Barton	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	3 July 2016	Pittsburgh, United States	Clay	Kaichi Uchida	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Winner	11.	19 February 2017	Anning, China	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner–up	10.	26 February 2017	Anning, China	Clay	Yang Tsung-hua	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Winner	12.	10 June 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Finn Tearney	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner–up	11.	22 July 2017	Champaign, United States	Hard	Dominik Koepfer	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 5–7
Runner–up	12.	2 December 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	4–6, 4–6

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

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–8) ITF Futures (19–36)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	6 February 2011	Burnie	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	Philip Bester Peter Polansky	3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Runner–up	2.	27 March 2011	Pingguo	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	Michail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev	2–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	29 July 2012	Oberstaufen	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner–up	4.	6 January 2013	Nouméa	Hard	Artem Sitak	Samuel Groth Toshihide Matsui	6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Runner–up	5.	27 October 2013	Traralgon	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Adam Feeney Ryan Agar	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	9 February 2014	West Lakes	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Marcus Daniell Jarmere Jenkins	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	7.	15 February 2015	Launceston	Hard	Adam Hubble	Radu Albot Mitchell Krueger	6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner	1.	7 June 2015	Gimcheon	Hard	Li Zhe	Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	21 October 2017	Ningbo	Hard	Radu Albot	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	7–5, 6–3
Runner–up	8.	19 August 2018	Gwangju	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]

Davis Cup (47)

Legend Group membership World Group (0) Group I (10–15) Group II (18–4) Group III (0) Group IV (0)

Results by surface Hard (22–15) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–3) Carpet (2–1)

Results by setting Outdoors (13–8) Indoors (15–11)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
4–1; 4–6 March 2005; MoreFM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	1.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Kazakhstan	Alexey Kedryuk	4–6, 5–7
2–3; 23–25 September 2005; MoreFM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Final; Hard (i) surface
Victory	1.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	South Korea	Kim Sun-yong	6–4, 6–4
5–0; 10–12 February 2006; MoreFM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	2.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Lebanon	Wahib Maknieh	6–4, 6–3
2–3; 7–9 April 2006; Sports Complex Baganashil, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	3.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Kazakhstan	Igor Chaldounov	6–1, 6–2
5–0; 9–11 February 2007; Edgar Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Carpet (i) surface
Victory	4.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Pacific Oceania	Juan Sebastien Langton	7–6(7–4), 6–1
1–4; 6–8 April 2007; Parnell Tennis Club, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Carpet (artificial grass) surface
Defeat	2.	I	Singles	Philippines	Cecil Mamiit	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Victory	5.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Johnny Arcilla	6–2, 6–4
5–0; 8–10 February 2008; Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	6.	III	Doubles (with Daniel King-Turner)	Oman	Khalid Al-Nabhani / Mohammed Al-Nabhani	3–6, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
5–0; 11–13 April 2008; Bassam Al-Motawa Tennis Center, Mishref, Kuwait; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Victory	7.	II	Singles	Kuwait	Mohammed Ghareeb	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Victory	8.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad	6–1, 6–1
2–3; 19–21 September 2008; TSB Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Final; Hard (i) surface
Victory	9.	I	Singles	China	Bai Yan	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
5–0; 6–8 March 2009; Albany Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	10.	I	Singles	Malaysia	Razlan Rawi	6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1–4; 18–20 September 2009; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat	3.	II	Singles	Philippines	Cecil Mamiit	4–6, 5–7, 2–6
Victory	11.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Vicente Elberto Anasta	6–2, 6–4
3–2; 5–7 March 2010; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Clay surface
Victory	12.	I	Singles	Sri Lanka	Harshana Godamanna	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Victory	13.	V	Singles		Rajeev Rajapakse	6–1, 6–0, 7–5
3–2; 9–11 July 2010; TSB Hub, Hawera, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	14.	I	Singles	Pakistan	Aqeel Khan	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Victory	15.	IV	Singles		Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
3–2; 17–19 September 2010; National Tennis Development Centre (LTAT), Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Hard surface
Victory	16.	II	Singles	Thailand	Kittiphong Wachiramanowong	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Victory	17.	V	Singles		Sanchai Ratiwatana	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
2–3; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat	4.	II	Singles	Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	2–6, 3–6, 3–6
5–0; 8–10 July 2011; TSB Hub, Hawera, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, First round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	18.	I	Singles	Philippines	Ruben Gonzales	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
2–3; 10–12 February 2012; TECT Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	5.	I	Singles	Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	1–6, 1–6, 3–6
0–5; 14–16 September 2012; CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh, India; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, First round play-off; Hard surface
Defeat	6.	II	Singles	India	Vishnu Vardhan	2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 2–6
Defeat	7.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Yuki Bhambri	6–2, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
2–3; 19–21 October 2012; Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	19.	III	Doubles (with Daniel King-Turner)	Chinese Taipei	Hsieh Cheng-peng / Huang Liang-chi	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–4
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Victory	20.	II	Singles	Philippines	Johnny Arcilla	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Defeat	8.	IV	Singles		Ruben Gonzales	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8
1–3; 27–29 January 2014; Tianjin Tennis Centre, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	9.	II	Singles	China	Zhang Ze	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat	10.	IV	Singles		Wu Di	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 5–7, 4–6
4–1; 24–26 October 2014; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	21.	I	Singles	Chinese Taipei	Yang Tsung-hua	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat	11.	II	Singles	China	Wu Di	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(0–7), 6–2, 3–6
Victory	22.	IV	Singles		Li Zhe	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	12.	II	Singles	India	Yuki Bhambri	2–6, 1–6, 3–6
1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Olympic Tennis Courts, Seoul, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat	13.	I	Singles	South Korea	Hong Seong-chan	4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Defeat	14.	IV	Singles		Chung Hyeon	2–6, 4–6, 2–6
5–0; 16–18 September 2016; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	23.	I	Singles	Pakistan	Mohammad Abid Ali Khan Akbar	6–0, 6–1, 6–4
Victory	24.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Samir Iftikhar	6–4, 6–1
1–4; 4–6 March 2017; Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat	15.	II	Singles	India	Ramkumar Ramanathan	3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Defeat	16.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Yuki Bhambri	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
3–2; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, First round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	25.	I	Singles	South Korea	Hong Seong-chan	3–6, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6), 2–0 (retired)
Defeat	17.	IV	Singles		Kwon Soon-woo	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
1–3; 2–3 February 2018; Tianjin Tennis Centre, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	26.	I	Singles	China	Wu Di	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Defeat	18.	IV	Singles		Wu Yibing	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
2–3; 14–15 September 2018; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-off, Second round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	27.	I	Singles	South Korea	Hong Seong-chan	7–6(12–10), 6–2
Defeat	19.	IV	Singles		Lee Duck-hee	4–6, 1–6
3–1; 6–7 March 2020; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group I Play-off, Play-off round; Hard surface
Victory	28.	IV	Singles	Venezuela	Brandon Perez	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 4–1 (retired)

External links

• Rubin Statham at the Association of Tennis Professionals