Spanish tennis player (born 1980)
Albert Montañés |
Country (sports) | Spain |
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Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
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Born | (1980-11-26) 26 November 1980 (age 43) Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain |
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Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
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Turned pro | 1999 |
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Retired | 2017 |
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Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
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Prize money | $5,866,340 |
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Singles |
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Career record | 255–287 |
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Career titles | 6 |
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Highest ranking | No. 22 (2 August 2010) |
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Grand Slam singles results |
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Australian Open | 3R (2010) |
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French Open | 4R (2011) |
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Wimbledon | 3R (2009, 2010) |
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US Open | 4R (2010) |
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Doubles |
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Career record | 60–121 |
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Career titles | 2 |
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Highest ranking | No. 73 (23 July 2007) |
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Grand Slam doubles results |
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Australian Open | 2R (2010) |
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French Open | 2R (2008) |
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Wimbledon | 1R (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) |
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US Open | 2R (2009) |
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Last updated on: 8 May 2017. |
Albert Montañés Roca (Catalan: [əlˈβɛɾt muntəˈɲes ˈrɔkə], Spanish: [alˈβeɾ montaˈɲes ˈroka]; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.
Montañés is one of very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at Wimbledon in 2016, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits.[1] Montañés' career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open, where he lost to countryman Feliciano López in the second round.
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Legend | Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) | ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) | ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–4) | | Titles by surface | Hard (0–0) | Clay (6–5) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | | Titles by setting | Outdoor (6–5) | Indoor (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2001 | Romanian Open, Romania | International | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7) |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2004 | Valencia Open, Spain | International | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2005 | Mexican Open, Mexico | Intl. Gold | Clay | Rafael Nadal | 1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2007 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–4 | Jul 2008 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | International | Clay | Steve Darcis | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 2–4 | May 2009 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | James Blake | 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0 |
Win | 3–4 | Sep 2009 | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Mónaco | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 4–4 | May 2010 | Estoril Open, Portugal (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Fred Gil | 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 |
Win | 5–4 | Jul 2010 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–2, 1–2 ret. |
Loss | 5–5 | Aug 2011 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | 250 Series | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 6–5 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–0, 7–6(7–3) |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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 (2–4) | | Titles by surface | Hard (1–0) | Clay (1–4) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | | Titles by setting | Outdoor (2–4) | Indoor (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2007 | Chile Open, Chile | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2007 | Brasil Open, Brasil | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2007 | Argentina Open, Argentina | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Martín García Sebastián Prieto | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Feb 2008 | Brasil Open, Brasil | International | Clay | Santiago Ventura Bertomeu | Marcelo Melo André Sá | 6–4, 2–6, [7–10] |
Win | 1–4 | May 2008 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Santiago Ventura Bertomeu | James Cerretani Todd Perry | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 2–4 | Jan 2010 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Guillermo García López | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 6–4, 7–5 |
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.
Singles
1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
2 Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.
Doubles
Top 10 Wins per season
Season | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total |
Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Wins over Top 10s per season
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
2002 |
1. | Gustavo Kuerten | 2 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
2007 |
2. | Fernando González | 5 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | QF | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
2009 |
3. | Gilles Simon | 8 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | QF | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
2010 |
4. | Marin Čilić | 9 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 |
5. | Roger Federer | 1 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | SF | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
2013 |
6. | Richard Gasquet | 9 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 |
References
- ^ "Kenneth Carlsen har mistet sin kuriøse taber-rekord". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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