Santiago González (tennis)

Santiago González

González at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Córdoba, Mexico
Born	(1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 Córdoba, Mexico
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,880,441
Singles
Career record	9–13
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 155 (22 May 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2004, 2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	226–216
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 23 (17 June 2013)
Current ranking	No. 66 (18 June 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	F (2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2011)
US Open	3R (2012)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	F (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2013)
US Open	F (2013, 2014)
Medal record Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles 2011 Guadalajara Mixed Doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador Doubles 2002 San Salvador Team Event 2014 Veracruz Mixed Doubles 2002 San Salvador Mixed Doubles 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Last updated on: 18 June 2018.

Santiago González Torre (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ɣonˈsales ˈtore]; born 24 February 1983) is a Mexican professional tennis player. He is 6'3" (1.91 m). He turned professional in 2001. His highest ATP singles ranking in singles is World No. 155, achieved in May 2006, and World No. 23 in doubles, reached in June 2013. González represents Mexico at the Davis Cup competition; currently his record is 22–16. In 2017, he reached the French Open final in doubles along with his partner Donald Young. Additionally, he has reached the finals of three other Grand Slam tournaments in the Mixed category: the 2013 French Open and the 2014 and 2015 US Open.

Tennis career

González qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. He lost at his first match in Wimbledon against Israeli Dudi Sela. Along with American Scott Lipsky, he won an ATP World Tour 500 title in April 2011, the Barcelona Open. They defeated the Bryan brothers 5–7, 6–2, [12–10], breaking their 10-match winning streak. They also defeated doubles teams Jürgen Melzer & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–2, and Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor 7–6, 6–4.

In 2017 he reached his first grand slam final partnering Donald Young of the USA at the French Open.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2017	French Open	Clay	Donald Young	Ryan Harrison Michael Venus	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2012	French Open	Clay	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up	2013	US Open	Hard	Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirnyi	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2014	US Open	Hard	Abigail Spears	Sania Mirza Bruno Soares	1–6, 6–2, [9–11]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (11–7)

Titles by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (6–5) Grass (3–2)

Titles by setting Outdoor (10–8) Indoor (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2010	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Travis Rettenmaier	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss	1–1	Jul 2010	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, US	250 Series	Grass	Travis Rettenmaier	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Apr 2011	Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	2–2	May 2011	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	David Marrero	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Aug 2011	Austrian Open, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [11–9]
Win	4–2	Jul 2012	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, US	250 Series	Grass	Scott Lipsky	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	5–2	Aug 2012	Winston-Salem Open, US	250 Series	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	6–2	May 2013	Portugal Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	7–2	Jun 2013	Halle Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Scott Lipsky	Daniele Bracciali Jonathan Erlich	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–2	May 2014	Portugal Open, Portugal (2)	250 Series	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Pablo Cuevas David Marrero	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	9–2	May 2014	Düsseldorf Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Martin Emmrich Christopher Kas	7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss	9–3	Jun 2014	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Scott Lipsky	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	10–3	Feb 2015	Memphis Open, US	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Artem Sitak Donald Young	5–7, 7–6(7–1), [10–8]
Loss	10–4	Feb 2015	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7(2–7), 7–5, [3–10]
Loss	10–5	Jul 2015	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Máximo González André Sá	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	11–5	Feb 2016	Memphis Open, US (2)	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Steve Johnson Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4
Loss	11–6	Apr 2016	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US	250 Series	Clay	Víctor Estrella Burgos	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	11–7	Feb 2017	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	David Marrero	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	1–6, 4–6
Loss	11–8	Jun 2017	French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Donald Young	Ryan Harrison Michael Venus	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss	11–9	Oct 2017	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Julio Peralta	Scott Lipsky Divij Sharan	4–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	12–9	Jun 2018	Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Marcelo Demoliner	Sander Arends Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 6–76–8, [10–8]

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2017 Paris Masters.

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	4–7
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	F	0 / 8	9–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 9	8–9
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 8	4–8
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	3–4	7–4	1–4	2–4	2–4	2–4	5–4	0 / 32	25–32
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Madrid Open	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	SF	QF	A	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	A	A	1R	0 / 3	3–3
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2
Shanghai Masters	Not Held								A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	QF	0 / 4	2–4
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	QF	A	A	A	2R	0 / 4	7–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	5–8	11–6	5–6	0–1	0–0	3–3	0 / 26	27–26
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 1	1–1
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z2	Z1	PO	Z1	Z1	Z2	A	Z1	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z2	0 / 0	19–11
Win–Loss	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0 / 1	20–12
Career Statistics
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Career
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 2	2 / 3	2 / 2	2 / 2	2 / 3	1 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 3	11 / 20
Overall Win–Loss	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–3	15–12	33–23	30–27	30–26	29–26	19–18	25–22	26–27	215–199
Year-end ranking	637	257	189	113	128	231	156	162	106	50	28	34	33	36	65	47	28	52%

External links

• Santiago González at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Santiago González at the Davis Cup
• Wimbledon profile