Albert Ramos-Viñolas

Albert Ramos-Viñolas
Singles
Ramos at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Mataró, Spain
Born	(1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand) *occasionally uses one-handed backhand
Prize money	$3,611,581
Career record	122–146
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 26 (24 October 2016)
Current ranking	No. 27 (7 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	QF (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	2R (2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	14–69
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 202 (11 April 2013)
Current ranking	No. 579 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2012, 2013, 2015)
US Open	2R (2013)
Last updated on: 31 October 2016.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ramos and the second or maternal family name is Viñolas.

Albert Ramos-Viñolas (born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 26, achieved in October 2016^[1] in part due to his reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open. His best performance at a Grand Slam event was to reach the quarter-finals of the 2016 French Open.

Tennis career

Ramos-Viñolas has participated in the finals of six Futures tournaments, four of which he won. He lost in the finals of two ATP Challenger Tour tournaments (in Seville against his compatriot Pere Riba and in Palermo against Romanian player Adrian Ungur). In 2010 he won his first Challenger final in San Sebastián, defeating Benoît Paire.

2010-2012 First ATP Final

At the 2010 ATP 500 Barcelona, Ramos-Viñolas defeated world no. 12 Fernando González to reach the third round, where he lost to Ernests Gulbis. At the 2012 Indian Wells Masters, he won over Richard Gasquet to reach the third round, where he fell to Pablo Andújar. At the 2012 Miami Masters, he defeated world no. 15 player Feliciano López, then lost to Gasquet in the third round. His lone ATP final came in the 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, which he lost to reigning champion Andújar in an all-Spanish affair.^[2]

2013

At the 2013 Miami Masters, Ramos-Viñolas beat world no. 14 Juan Mónaco and former world no. 4 James Blake to reach the fourth round, where he lost to Jürgen Melzer. At the 2013 Barcelona Open, he defeated Jerzy Janowicz and world no. 15 Kei Nishikori, after which Rafael Nadal defeated him in the quarterfinals.

2015

At the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Ramos-Viñolas defeated world No. 2 Roger Federer in three sets to reach the third round, where he fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.^[3]

2016

Ramos-Viñolas entered the US Open and beat France's Julien Benneteau in the first round but then fell to Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov in the second round. Ramos-Viñolas also played doubles with Argentina's Carlos Berlocq but lost to a player from Pakistan & a player from Sweden in the first round.

2016: First Grand Slam quarterfinal and first ATP title

At the 2016 French Open, Ramos-Viñolas advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating eighth seed Milos Raonic in straight sets in the fourth round.^[4] He then lost in straight sets to third seed Stan Wawrinka.^[5] Later that year at Wimbledon, he defeated Vasek Pospisil in four sets, and then 25th seed Viktor Troicki, to reach the third round for the first time.

Ramos-Viñolas next played at the Swedish Open as the third seed. He defeated Roberto Carballés Baena in straight sets, and then beat Andrea Arnaboldi in three sets. In the semifinals, he defeated top seed David Ferrer in straight sets. He won his first ATP title when he defeated fifth seed Fernando Verdasco in the final in straight sets.

He continued his good form for the year by reaching the final in Chengdu, where he plays young Russian Karen Khachanov.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2)

Outome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 April 2012	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Pablo Andújar	1–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	1.	17 July 2016	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	2 October 2016	Chengdu Open, Chengdu, China	Hard	Karen Khachanov	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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

Finals by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 July 2013	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]

Challenger finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 September 2009	Seville, Spain	Clay	Pere Riba	6–7^(2–7), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	27 September 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Adrian Ungur	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	22 August 2010	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Benoît Paire	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	11 September 2010	Seville, Spain	Clay	Pere Riba	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	5.	19 June 2011	Milan, Italy	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	6–4, 3–0, retired
Runner-up	6.	27 June 2011	Turin, Italy	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	4–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	21 August 2011	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Pere Riba	6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	22 June 2014	Milan, Italy	Clay	Pere Riba	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	29 June 2014	Padova, Italy	Clay	Máximo González	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	7 September 2014	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Mate Delić	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	14 September 2014	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Viktor Troicki	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	28 September 2014	Kenitra, Morocco	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	19 July 2015	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 August 2009	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Pedro Clar	Thiemo de Bakker Raemon Sluiter	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	23 August 2009	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Pedro Clar	Jonathan Eysseric Romain Jouan	5–7, 3–6

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	ARV Rank
2015
1.	Roger Federer	2	Shanghai, PR China	Hard	2R	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–3	70
2016
2.	Milos Raonic	9	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4R	6–2, 6–4, 6–4	55
3.	Dominic Thiem	10	Chengdu, PR China	Hard	QF	6–1, 6–4	31

Singles performance timeline

Current through 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–5
French Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	5–6
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	A	2R	3R	3–4
US Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2–6
Win–Loss	1–2	1–4	0–4	0–3	1–4	8–4	11–21
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	3R	2R	A	3R	3R	7–4
Miami Masters	A	3R	4R	A	2R	2R	7–4
Monte-Carlo Masters	LQ	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3–5
Rome Masters	LQ	1R	2R	LQ	A	2R	2–3
Madrid Masters	LQ	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	3–4
Canada Masters	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	1R	LQ	A	A	1R	0–2
Shanghai Masters	2R	1R	A	A	3R	1R	3–4
Paris Masters	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ		1–1
Win–Loss	1–1	5–8	6–4	2–2	7–5	5–7	26–27
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Year-End Ranking	66	50	83	63	54

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0–5
French Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R		0–3
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	A	1R		0–3
US Open	1R	1R	2R	A	1R		1–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–4	1–4	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–15

References

↑ "Emirates ATP Rankings". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
↑ "Andújar vence a Ramos y refrenda el título de Casablanca" [Andújar defeats Ramos and retains the Casablanca title] (in Spanish). Terra. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "Roger Federer defeated by Albert Ramos-Viñolas in Shanghai Masters". The Guardian. Reuters. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ Newman, Paul (29 May 2016). "French Open: Milos Raonic emphatically defeated by Albert Ramos-Vinolas". The Independent. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "French Open 2016: Stan Wawrinka too good for Albert Ramos Vinolas". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Spanish male singles tennis players as 28 November 2016

1. Rafael Nadal (9 ) 2. Roberto Bautista Agut (14 ) 3. David Ferrer (21 ) 4. Albert Ramos-Viñolas (27 ) 5. Feliciano López (28 )

6. Pablo Carreño Busta (30 ) 7. Marcel Granollers (37 ) 8. Fernando Verdasco (42 ) 9. Nicolás Almagro (44 ) 10. Guillermo García-López (70 )

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