Jose Statham

Jose Statham

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$179,591
Singles
Career record	19–14 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 279 (25 February 2013)
Current ranking	No. 416 (29 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record	1–9 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (17 June 2013)
Current ranking	No. 489 (17 November 2014)
Last updated on: 22 November 2014.

Jose Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional tennis player from New Zealand.^[1][2]

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. Statham had his best victory to date when he defeated Pablo Andújar of Spain, who was ranked number 215 at the time, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of qualifying for the Heineken Open in January 2007. He lost in the second qualifying round to Guillermo García López of Spain 2-6, 6-7(3). 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 April 2009, Statham won his first tournament at Australia F3. He defeated Australian Greg Jones 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he continued his great form before losing in the final to Greg Jones 5-7, 6-7(6). His form continued in his next tournament, in Egypt F7, by winning his second title. He defeated Jean-Noel Insausti of France in the final 7-5, 6-2. He made it four finals in a row in his next tournament; Egypt F8. He lost 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. 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. 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 won his first round against Haydn Lewis of Barbados 6-2, 6-1. He also won his second round match with Colin Fleming of Scotland when Fleming retired after Statham won the first set 6-4. He eventually lost in the quarterfinals to home favourite, number one seed and eventual champion Somdev Devvarman of India 3-6, 4-6.^[3] As of 17 January 2011, he is ranked 501 on the ATP World Tour.^[4]

On 4 January 2014, Rubin Statham was announced as the third and final wildcard for the Heineken Open Tournament.^[5]

On 5 April 2015, Rubin took out the ITF Mornington Pro Tour Tournament after defeating Australian Matthew Barton. 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, on the newly built 12 x Conipur Pro Clay Courts (4 ITF International Size Courts) The match lasting for 1h 59m. Winning the total prize money of $15,000.

ATP/ITF Tour Finals

Singles (9-8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	10 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	2.	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	3.	6 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	4.	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	5.	17 August 2014	Chuncheon, South Korea	Hard	John Millman	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)
Runner–up	6.	24 August 2014	Anseong, South Korea	Hard	John Millman	1–6, 5–7
Runner–up	7.	23 November 2014	Wollongong, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	8.	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

Doubles (20–7)

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

References

External links

• Jose Statham at the Association of Tennis Professionals