Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in ...

, Spain) is a former professional male

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player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is

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, where he has won numerous

ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...

events, and has reached the final in three events of the ATP tour, all in 2007, finishing runner-up in all three finals.

Career

Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998. At the 2006 French Open, Ramírez Hidalgo reached the 4th round in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, defeating

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and future finalist

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. Before the tournament, he had lost four consecutive times in the first round of a Grand Slam, a pattern he proceeded to return to for a further 9 appearances. On 4 August 2016, after defeating

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in the 2nd round of the Chengdu Challenger, Ramírez Hidalgo became the first player ever to win 400 matches in the

tournaments.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles finals (11–13)

Doubles titles (21)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Top 10 wins

References

External links

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Highlights of Hidalgo's match against Federer at the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Alicante Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from the Valencian Community