Robert Farah

Robert Farah
Medal record
Tennis
Representing Colombia
Pan American Games

Robert Farah Maksoud
	Farah at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	20 January 1987 (age 37); Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Southern California
Prize money	$2,163,873
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	214–133 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 7 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 7 (8 October 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2018)
French Open	SF (2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2011, 2013, 2018)
US Open	SF (2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	F (2017)
Wimbledon	F (2016)
US Open	SF (2016)
	Last updated on: 8 October 2018.

Template:Spanish name

Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈroβeɾt ˈfaɾa];^[2]^[3] born 20 January 1987)^[1] is a Canadian-born Colombian professional tennis player.

College Tennis

Farah played college tennis at the University of Southern California from 2006 to 2010. He finished his senior season as the number one ranked player in singles, while additionally ranked second in doubles. He won the 2008 NCAA men's doubles national championship, partnering with Kaes Van’t Hof. He occasionally played doubles with future ATP pro Steve Johnson.^[4]

ATP Tour

Farah's consistent doubles partnership with fellow countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal began at Wimbledon 2011, when 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, 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19, and lost in second round against American Michael Russell and Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.

In the 2013 Australian Open, Farah and Cabal made their first appearance in the quarterfinals.

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

In 2017, Farah and Cabal reached their first men's doubles grand slam semifinal at the French Open. 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.

In July 2018, Farah was given a suspended three month suspension and fined £3,800 for promoting a gambling website on his twitter. Farah would only serve the suspension if there were further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.^[5]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	Australian Open	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Miami Open	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Win	2018	Italian Open	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	2018	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–2)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–10)

Titles by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (9–11)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (9–15)
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]
Loss	10–14	Jan 2018	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–15	Feb 2018	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Andrés Molteni Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Win	11–15	May 2018	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	11–16	Aug 2018	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 3–6, [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 2018 French Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	3R	F	0 / 7	14–7
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF	0 / 7	11–7
Wimbledon	A	3R	1R	3R	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	0 / 7	9–7
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	10–3	0 / 26	37–26
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 3	1–3
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	F	2R	A	1R	QF	0 / 4	7–4
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	A	QF	0 / 4	6–4
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	SF	A	1R	2R	SF	0 / 4	6–4
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	A	W	1 / 4	6–3
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	F	0 / 2	5–2
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R	2R		0 / 4	6–4
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R		0 / 4	3–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	11–6	8–7	4–6	3–4	15-5	1 / 28	41–28
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	1 / 3	11 / 26
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	4–3	16–14	21–17	35–20	37–24	33–21	27–10	5-1	173–110
Year-end ranking	160	83	64	48	23	27	30	27		61%

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 4	1–4
French Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	F	SF	0 / 5	9–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	1R	A	F	A	2R	0 / 5	6–5
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	4-3	0 /17	19–17