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Albert Montañés Roca (; born 26 November 1980) is a retired professional
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player from Spain. He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He 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 the very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in
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2009 in his quarter-finals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at
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events; 35 reached at 2016 Wimbledon, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits. His career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open. He was awarded a wild card to participate in the event and reached the second round, where he lost to fellow countryman
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6–2, 6–2.


ATP career finals


Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)


Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)


Performance timelines


Singles

1 Held as
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(outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
2 Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.


Doubles


Top 10 Wins per season


Wins over Top 10s per season


Notes


References


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montanes, Albert 1980 births Living people People from Montsià Sportspeople from the Province of Tarragona Tennis players from Catalonia Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona 21st-century Spanish people