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Tomás Robredo Garcés (, ; born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional
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player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters earlier in the year. Robredo reached the quarterfinals at seven singles
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tournaments. He was also a three-time semifinalist at the US Open men's doubles tournament, and a semifinalist at the
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in mixed doubles. Robredo turned professional in 1998 and was coached by José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet and then by Karim Perona. Robredo considered his forehand to be his best shot, and red clay his favorite surface. He remains the only player in
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history to mount three consecutive comebacks from two sets down, a feat achieved en route to the quarterfinals of the 2013 French Open. He has one of the highest percentages of five-set matches won with 77.3 per cent (17–5 win–loss record).


Tennis career


Early years

Robredo began playing tennis regularly when he was five and his family moved to
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, where his father Ángel became the director of the local tennis club, Club Natació Olot. (Robredo's mother Dolores is herself a former assistant coach.) He was coached by his father until 1996 when he joined the Spanish Tennis Federation at the Centre d'Alt Rendiment ("High Performance Center"), a famous center for professional sports training in Sant Cugat del Vallès. He turned professional in 1998. As a junior player, Robredo won the Junior Orange Bowl 16-Under in both singles and doubles (with
Marc López Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 3 in doubles, achieved in January 2013 and No. 106, achieved in May 2004. Partnering wi ...
) in 1998. As a professional he made the singles and doubles finals of a Futures-level event, winning the doubles title with Pedro Cánovas. In 1999, he made the semifinals of the boys' event at the French Open and won a Futures tournament in singles as well as another in doubles. Earlier that year in Robredo's hometown tournament of
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– his first event at the
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level – he recorded a win over
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, who was then ranked in the world's top thirty, before going on to lose to top ten player
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.


2000–2001: First ATP title

In 2000 Robredo reached the singles and doubles finals of the boys' event at Roland Garros, losing to
Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 2 ...
in singles but winning the doubles with López. He also won the boys' doubles title at the Australian Open (with
Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at th ...
). Robredo began the year with a final at a Challenger event in Bartella, Italy losing to
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. He then eventually won two Challenger events in Espinho, Portugal defeating Jimy Szymanski and in Seville, Spain defeating Óscar Serrano. He played two ATP events main draw in the year, losing in the first round of both at the
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and Davidoff Swiss Indoors Robredo began his 2001 season by reaching his first ATP semifinals at the
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losing to Russian
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6–4, 3–6, 4–6. He made his slam debut at the
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but lost to eventual runner-up and 18th ranked
Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément (; born 17 December 1977) is a French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup captain. Clément reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 in April 2001. He ...
in straight sets. He then fell early at the Chevrolet Cup and the Copa AT&T. He then reached his first ATP final at the
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losing to
Guillermo Cañas Guillermo "Willy" Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in June 2005. Cañas wo ...
5–7, 2–6 in the final, the result pushed him inside the top 100 for the first time. He backed it up with a third round appearance at the Open SEAT Godó after defeating his first top 20 player in then world no. 13
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before losing to
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. He played in Spain again at the Majorca Open reaching the second round. He then won his first slam match at the
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defeating
Raemon Sluiter Raemon Sluiter (; born 13 April 1978) is a Dutch former professional tennis player and current coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 46, achieved in February 2003. Though he achieved only limited success during his professiona ...
7–5, 7–5, 7–6(11–9) and surprisingly reached the fourth round losing the former French Open champion
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis p ...
3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 4–6. He then backed it up with a semifinal showing at the Heineken Trophy losing to
Guillermo Cañas Guillermo "Willy" Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in June 2005. Cañas wo ...
. At the slam of
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, he reached the second round but lost to
Sargis Sargsian Sargis Sargsian (, born 3 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Armenia. Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and finished 8 seasons in the top 100 ATP year-end rankings. During his career he won one singles and two doubles titles on th ...
. He then went back to clay, reaching the quarterfinals of the Telenordia Swedish Open and third round of the Mercedes Cup. At the Idea Prokom Open, he was able to win his first title of the year defeating compatriot Albert Portas 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2). He then fell early at the RCA Championships and Legg Mason Tennis Classic. At the US Open, he earn his first top ten win defeating world number five
Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
in a tight five setter 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–1) before losing in the 4th Round to
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
in straight sets. He followed it up with a semifinal at the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia. He ended the year with a four match losing streak, in the second round of the CA-TennisTrophy, and the first rounds of Stuttgart Masters, Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and
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. He was the second youngest player to end the season inside the world's top thirty, behind Roddick.


2002–2003: first Grand Slam quarterfinal

Robredo began 2002 by partnering with
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ...
to win the Hopman Cup for Spain. In the Final against the United States, Sánchez Vicario lost 1–6, 6–7 to
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before Robredo levelled the tie with a 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 victory over
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. The Spanish pair then won the mixed doubles, 6–4, 6–2. However, in the first four months of the season, he was only able to win 4 matches to 10 loses, and was unable to win back-to-back matches. He reached the second rounds of
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,
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, ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and NASDAQ-100 Open. He claimed his first back-to-back win at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he reached the quarterfinals losing to
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
in two tight sets, this was his first Masters quarterfinals. He followed it up with a solid performance at the Hamburg Masters, where he upset then world no. 2
Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German–American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017, and was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May ...
in the third round en route to his Masters semifinal debut, where he retired against
Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
down 4–6, 2–4 with a right ankle injury. At the
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, he fell in the third round to
Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...
. For the second year in a row, he reached the semifinals of the Ordina Open losing to
Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Playing style A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both ...
. However, he fell in the first round of
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to
Raemon Sluiter Raemon Sluiter (; born 13 April 1978) is a Dutch former professional tennis player and current coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 46, achieved in February 2003. Though he achieved only limited success during his professiona ...
. He then reached the semifinals of
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and the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup. At his US Open preparation, He made it to the second round of the Canada Masters and third round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. At the US Open, he reached the third rounds losing to
Wayne Ferreira Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African tennis coach and a former professional player. Ferreira won 15 ATP singles titles and 11 doubles titles. His career-high rankings were world No. 6 in singles (in May 1995) and ...
in straight sets. Robredo suffered first round loses at the Brasil Open and Kremlin Cup, and second round loses at CA-TennisTrophy and Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid. He reached his fourth semifinal of the If Stockholm Open losing to
Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan (; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Srichaphan was the first player from Asia to be ranked in the world's top 10 of men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), reaching ...
. He ended the year with a second round loss at the BNP Paribas Masters losing to
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in straight sets. He ended the year at number 30 for the second year in a row and broke pass the million-dollar mark in career earnings. In 2003, Robredo began with four first round loses, including in the
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. He won his first matches at the
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, where he upset world no. 7
Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
in the second round 7–3 in the third set tie-break. He lost in the quarterfinals to
Jiří Novák Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
. He then lost in the third round of the Pacific Life Open and first match at the NASDAQ-100 Open. He reached another semifinal at the Estoril Open losing to
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in straight sets. In the rest of the European clay season, he reached the third rounds of
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and Telecom Italia Masters. He once again lost to
Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri (, ; born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is ''Gordo'' which means ''Fat'' in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay. Calleri served as ...
at the quarterfinals of the Open Seat Godo. He was upset by
Mariano Zabaleta Mariano Zabaleta (born 28 February 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. He had an unusual but effective service motion. His best shot was his forehand and his favourite surface was clay. Zabaleta's career highlights ...
in the second round of the Hamburg Masters. He got his best result of the year at the
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, where he reached his first slam quarterfinals, where he took out world no. 1
Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...
in five sets 4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the third round and three-time French Open champion
Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the list of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals f ...
in the fourth round, before eventually falling in a second five-set match to defending champion
Albert Costa Albert Costa Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Tennis career Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He ...
6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 5–7, 2–6. Robredo remarked before his match against Costa: "I've beaten the ace, I've beaten the king", in reference to his wins over Hewitt and Kuerten. "Now I need to beat the jack, don't I? If I beat Costa, I'll have beaten the entire pack of cards." After a quarterfinal at the Ordina Open losing to
Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Playing style A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both ...
and third round at
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losing to
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
, Robredo broke into the top 20. At the
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, he reached his third semifinal losing to Nicolás Lapentti. He reached his lone final of the year at the Mercedes Cup but lost to
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in straight sets 6–2, 6–2, 6–1. At the North American Swing, Robredo didn't have good results, only a third round at the Canada Masters, a second round at the TD Waterhouse Cup, and the first rounds of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and US Open. He was able to reach the quarterfinals of the Open de Moselle, but fell in his first matches at the CA-TennisTrophy and Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid. He then lost in the round of 16 in his final two events at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors and BNP Paribas Masters. Robredo ended the year just outside the top 20 at 21.


2004: First Davis Cup title

Robredo had a great start to his 2004 season with a semifinal at the Chennai Open losing to
Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan (; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Srichaphan was the first player from Asia to be ranked in the world's top 10 of men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), reaching ...
6–1, 6–7(10–12), 5–7 and a quarterfinal at the Adidas International losing to Carlos Moyà 1–6, 2–6. He also claimed his first doubles title at the Chennai Open with
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defeating
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and
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in the final. However, this results didn't reflect to his
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, where he fell to 34th ranked
Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant championship c ...
, who just missed the seedings in straight sets. Representing Spain in the
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, he won his first ever Davis Cup match over Czech Republic's
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in four sets 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7). Despite reaching the quarterfinals of the Milan Indoor, he fell early in his next three events, first rounds of ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and Indian Wells Masters, and the second round of the
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. At the Miami Masters, he was able to reach the fourth round, once again losing to Carlos Moyà. During the European clay season, he was only able to reach the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open and fell in the first round of
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. However, he made his breakthrough at the
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, where he won his second ATP title, defeating
Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant championship c ...
in a five-set 4-hour marathon 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. At the next two Masters events, the Telecom Italia Masters and Hamburg Masters, he lost in the second and third rounds, respectively. Despite his mixed results, he was able to reach the fourth round of the
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after defeating world no. 11 Nicolás Massú dropping only four games in three sets. He fell to Carlos Moyà in straight sets. In the grass season, he was able to reach the semifinals of the Ordina Open, but once again fell early in
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, losing in the second round. He then fell in the second round of his next three events,
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, Mercedes Cup, and Canada Masters. Robredo bounced back by reaching his first Masters hardcourt semifinal at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, where he upset world no. 7
Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4 in the second round, before losing to
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in straight sets. Competing for Spain at the
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, he fell in the third round to
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
. At the final slam of the year, the US Open, he was able to reach the fourth round losing to world no. 2
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
in straight sets. He then competed for Spain against France in the semifinal of Davis Cup and defeated
Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 2 ...
in a dead rubber. He followed it up with a quarterfinal showing at the Madrid Masters losing to
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. He then withdrew prior to his second round match against eventual champion
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at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors. He then was upset by
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in his first match at the
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. Robredo ended the year with a loss at the Davis Cup final, however the loss didn't affect the result as Spain already won the tie and his match was a dead rubber. Robredo ended the year inside the top 20 for the first time at 13.


2005: Second French Open quarterfinal

He began the year with a first round loss at the Heineken Open. At the first slam of the year, the
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, he was upset by 155th ranked
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in straight sets in the third round 6–7(2–7), 4–6, 1–6. He reached his first semifinal at the
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losing to Croatian Ivan Ljubičić in straight sets. At the Master events of Pacific Life Open and NASDAQ-100 Open, he reached the fourth round losing to
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and withdrew with a neck injury in the third round, respectively. The injury made him miss some events. He began his European clay season at the
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losing to Alberto Martin in straight sets. He reached his first final of the year at the Estoril Open but lost to Argentinian
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1–6, 6–2, 1–6. But fell miserably to
Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...
at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, winning only a game. At the Hamburg Masters, he was able to reach the third round losing to world no. 1
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. He made his final French Open preparation at the
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, defeating Vincent Spadea and
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, but lost to
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. At the
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, he was able to make his second quarterfinal after defeating then world no. 4
Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
7–5, 1–6, 6–1, 4–6, 8–6, but lost to Russian
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6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6. At the grass season he fell early at the second round of the Ordina Open and first round of
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. Robredo then played on clay after Wimbledon. He began with a semifinal showing at the
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losing to world no. 3
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. He was then upset by Italians
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and
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at the third round of the Mercedes Cup and the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open Umag, respectively, both loses in three sets. At the US Open Series, the Spaniard he did fairly. He reached the third round of the Rogers Cup losing to
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. He then upset
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in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters but lost to
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in the following round. At his final stop before the US Open, he was able to reach the quarterfinals of the
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losing to Victor Hănescu. At the US Open, he once again reached the fourth round, losing to American James Blake. He played on the clay courts of Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, but once again lost to
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in the quarterfinals. He began the indoor season at the semifinal of the BA-CA-TennisTrophy, losing to Ivan Ljubičić. He then followed it up with a final 16 showing at the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid and at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, which pushed him out of the top 20. He ended the year with a quarterfinal at the BNP Paribas Masters, losing to Ivan Ljubičić. Robredo ended the year as the world no. 19.


2006: Hamburg Masters title, Top 5 career-high ranking

Robredo 2006 season didn't start well, losing in the second round of the
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and the first round of the Medibank International. Despite a poor preparation, he was able to reach the fourth round of the
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for the first time after defeating James Blake 6–3, 6–4, 6–4, but lost to world no. 4
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3–6, 0–6, 6–2, 2–6. He then followed it up with four consecutive loses, both his matches at the
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, the SAP Open, and Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. He ended his losing streak by reaching the quarterfinals of the Tennis Channel Open, losing to
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6–7(4–7), 4–6. At the first Masters events of the year, losing to James Blake at the third round of the Pacific Life Open and losing to Nicolás Massú at the second round of the NASDAQ-100 Open. Robredo had a great European clay season, which began with a quarterfinal at the
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with a loss to
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1–6, 3–6 after defeating then world no. 3
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. He then followed it up with his first final of the year at the
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facing compatriot
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but lost in straight sets 4–6, 4–6, 0–6. This performance pushed Robredo into his top 10 debut. Despite falling in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Britain's Greg Rusedski 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, he bounced back at the Hamburg Masters. There he reached the final, his first final of a Masters event after defeating
Mario Ančić Mario Ančić (; born 30 March 1984) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as a private equity vice president in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Ančić's career- ...
7–5, 6–4 in the semifinal, he was able to capture the title defeating
Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
6–1, 6–3, 6–3 in the final. He went back into the top ten at number 7 with his first Masters title. At the
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, he was upset by
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in 5 tight sets 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 in the fourth round. At the grass season, he lost in the second rounds of the Ordina Open and
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. He then upset world no. 5
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
in straight sets of the
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final for his second title of the year. However, he fell early at the
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and Orange Warsaw Open losing in the second round. At his US Open preparation, he was upset in the second round Rogers Cup by
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. He then reached the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters after upsetting then world no. 3 Ivan Ljubičić 7–6(8–6), 6–2, but lost to a resurgent former world no. 1
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3–6, 4–6. Despite the loss he entered the top 5. At the US Open, he reached the fourth round for the third consecutive year, this time losing to
Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
2–6, 0–6, 1–6. As the top seed at the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, he was upset by
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in the semifinals 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 1–6. At the Japan Open Tennis Championships, he fell to surprise quarterfinalist Hyung-taik Lee. At the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Masters, he reached the third round losing to Robby Ginepri. He was able to reach the semifinals of the final Masters event of the year at the BNP Paribas Masters losing to
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
3–6, 7–5, 2–6. Robredo qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup and fell in the round robin stage with losses to
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and
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
, but earned a win over eventual runner-up James Blake in three sets. He ended the year inside the top 10 for the first time at number 7.


2007: Maiden Australian Open and third French Open quarterfinals

Robredo began 2007 by reaching the final of the Heineken Open losing to compatriot
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4–6, 2–6, in his first hardcourt final. He then followed it up by reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam at the
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for the first time in his career after defeating
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6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, before losing to World No. 1
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in straight sets. He then suffered 3 back-to-back loses starting with the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to
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in three sets, it is then followed by loses at the
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and Pacific Life Open. At the Sony Ericsson Open, he was able to reach the quarterfinals losing to eventual runner-up
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6–7(5–7), 1–6. At the European clay season, he reached back-to-back 3rd round rounds of the
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and
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, with both loses being in three sets. He reached his second semifinals at the Estoril Open losing to
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. At the Masters event of Internazionali BNL d'Italia, he was able to reach the quarterfinals losing to
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
in three sets. At the Hamburg Masters, as the defending champion he fell in the second round after receiving a bye to
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
7–6(7–1), 2–6, 4–6. At the
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, he reached his third quarterfinal at the event losing to
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5–7, 6–1, 1–6, 2–6, this is the first time Robredo reached back-to-back slam quarterfinals and became the first man since
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
in the 2006 US Open to win a set from Federer in a Grand Slam tournament, snapping Federer's record winning streak of thirty-six consecutive sets in Grand Slam matches. At the grass courts, as the top seed he was upset by qualifier
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at the quarterfinals of the Ordina Open. At
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, he fell in the second round to Wayne Arthurs in straight sets. He then fell in the first rounds of the
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and Mercedes Cup. He then reached the quarterfinals if the Austrian Open losing to eventual champion
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2–6, 6–2, 2–6. He claimed his first title of the year at the Orange Prokom Open defeating
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7–5, 6–0 in the final. He then lost in his first matches at the Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. He then fell in the back-to-back third rounds at the Pilot Pen Tennis and US Open. He then reached his first indoor final at the China Open where he lost to second seed
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1–6, 6–3, 1–6. In his next event at the Open de Moselle, he won his first hardcourt and indoor title of his career defeating
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0–6, 6–2, 6–3. He then lost in his first matches at the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid and Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon. In his final tournament the year at the BNP Paribas Masters losing to
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4–6, 4–6 in the quarterfinals. He then served as an alternate at the Tennis Masters Cup. He ended the year ranked World No. 10.


2008: Second Davis Cup title

Robredo started the season with back-to-back loses at the first rounds of the Qatar Open losing to
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and the Medibank International losing to
Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
. He won his first match of the year at the
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defeating
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in five sets before losing to
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1–6, 2–6, 3–6. He then represented Spain in the Davis Cup against Peru and won both his matches. He then won only one other match in hardcourts, losing in the first matches at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and Sony Ericsson Open, and the third round of the Pacific Life Open. He won his first back-to-back matches reaching the semifinals of the year at the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana losing to eventual champion
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6–2, 2–6, 3–6. At the
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, he reached the third round losing to
David Nalbandian David Pablo Nalbandian (; born 1 January 1982) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He reached his highest ranking in singles of world No. 3 in March 2006, during a career that spanned from 2000 to 2013. Nalbandian was runner-up in ...
winning only a game. He also played doubles with compatriot
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to win his first doubles titles in four years by beating
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and
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. He followed it up with back-to-back quarterfinals at the Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona losing to
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6–7(4–7), 4–6 and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
3–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), after upsetting world no. 4
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4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4). At his final preparation for the Roland Garros, he was upset by
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in the second round of the Hamburg Masters. However, he reached the doubles semifinal pairing with
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. At the
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, he was upset by
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convincingly in the third round 3–6, 2–6, 1–6. He then bounced back by reaching his first final of the year at the Warsaw Open losing to Russian
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3–6, 3–6. At
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, he lost to
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4–6, 4–6, 3–6 in the second round. However, he won his first title of the year at the
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, upsetting world no. 4
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2–6, 6–1, 6–2 in the semifinals and
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
6–4, 6–1 in the final. In the Masters Series of Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he lost in the second round in both events, being defeated by
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and
Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on th ...
, respectively. Playing for Spain at the
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, he lost to
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4–6, 6–4, 6–8. At the US Open, he was able to reach the fourth round for the fifth time after defeating
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, but lost to
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in five sets 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6. At the Asian swing, he was able to reach the quarterfinals, falling to
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at the China Open and the third round AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships losing to eventual champion
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. He ended the year with second round loses at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and BNP Paribas Masters. He ended as world no. 21.


2009: Third Davis Cup title

Robredo started the year at the Medibank International Sydney, where he lost to
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, 6–2, 6–1 in the second round. In the
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, he was the 21st seed, where he reached the fourth round without dropping a set, but eventually lost to semifinalist
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
5–7, 1–6, 3–6. Robredo had a great South American clay season, he began with a semifinal at the Movistar Open losing to
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7–5, 2–6, 4–6. He then claim back-to-back titles at the Brasil Open and the Copa Telmex, defeating
Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...
, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 and
Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Sony ...
, 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), respectively. He also won the doubles with
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at the Brasil Open defeating
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and
Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Sony ...
in the final 6–4, 7–5. His streak ended at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel losing to
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5–7, 2–6 in the quarterfinals. At the BNP Paribas Open, he lost to
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in the fourth round, 2–6, 0–3 RET, and in the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open he was upset by
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, 5–7, 3–6 in the second round. On European clay, first in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he was defeated by his Buenos Aires finals opponent
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, 2–6, 4–6, in the second round. He then fell to compatriot
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in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. At the Masters Internazionali BNL d'Italia and Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, he fell in the third round to
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and
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, respectively. At Roland Garros, he defeated
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and compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver in straight sets and
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, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–0, in the third round. He defeated
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, before losing in straight sets to
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in the quarterfinals 3–6, 4–6, 2–6. Seeded second, he lost to
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in the first round at the Ordina Open. Robredo reached the third round of
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, at which he was seeded 15th, by coming back from two sets down to beat Austrian Stefan Koubek. He next was defeated by Israeli
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6–7(8–10), 5–7, 6–2, 5–7, however, when they played for a spot in the round of 16. At the
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, he was the defending champion and the top seed. He reached the semifinals, having lost only nine games. However, he lost to
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0–6, 2–6. He then lost in the second round of the International German Open and Legg Mason Tennis Classic after receiving a bye, he lost to Iván Navarro and
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, respectively. He also reached the second round of the Rogers Cup, losing to
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and lost in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters to
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. He then lost to
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in the Pilot Pen Tennis, after receiving a bye into the second round. Despite bad showings at the tournaments leading up the US Open, Robredo managed to find some form and was rewarded with yet another fourth-round appearance of the US Open after wins over Donald Young,
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, and James Blake. However, he was again denied a quarterfinal, this time by
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in straight sets 5–7, 2–6, 2–6. In his first tournament after the US Open at the China Open, he reached the second round, losing to
Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on th ...
. He then competed in the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, where he reached the third round before losing to
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. He then played at the 2009 Valencia Open 500, losing to
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in the quarterfinals. In his final tournamanent of the year at the BNP Paribas Masters, he lost to
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3–6, 6–3, 5–7 in the third round, despite serving for the match at 5–4 in the third set.


2010: Out of top 30, late season success, third consecutive US Open fourth round

Robredo began the year by winning the Hopman Cup for Spain with partner María José Martínez Sánchez. Here, he won all of his singles matches defeating
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, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4), Victor Hănescu, 6–3 ret, and over
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, 6–2, 6–4. He then defeated
Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final and won the decisive mixed doubles 7–6(7–5), 7–5 win to clinch the tie 2–1 over the Great Britain team. This was the second time he has been part of a winning Hopman Cup team. His first ATP event of 2010 was at the Heineken Open, where he was the top seed, but was upset by
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 4–6 in the quarterfinals. At the
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as the 16th seed, he was upset by a no. 114 player in
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in straight sets, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6 in the first round. He then played in ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, where he was upset by
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, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, in the second round. He also suffered early exits in the second rounds of
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and
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, which cause him to slip out of the top 20. He then had a resurgence at the BNP Paribas Open. After receiving a bye, he defeated
Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky (, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger level from 2005 to 2008. His career-high rankings were World No ...
, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, in the second round,
Dudi Sela David "Dudi" Sela (; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel Davis Cup te ...
, 6–3, 6–0, in the third round, and
Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis (Greek language, Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, Arabic language, Arabic: ماركوس بغداتيس); born 17 June 1985 is a Greek Cypriot former professional tennis player and coach. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Aus ...
, 7–5, 0–6, 6–4, in the fourth round, before finally succumbing to
Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
in the quarterfinals, 3–6, 5–7. In the Sony Ericsson Open, he was upset by Benjamin Becker in the third round, losing 6–1, 4–6, 6–7, despite recovering from a break down in 5–6. He then suffered a 5 match losing streak, starting in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters losing to
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3–6, 4–6, And the first rounds of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell losing to Simone Bolelli, 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 1–3 retiring with a back injury, the
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, UNICEF Open, and the
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, which caused his ranking to go down to no. 36 in the world. Along the way, he missed the Internazionali BNL d'Italia and Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. He played in the
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, where he beat
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and Andrey Golubev. He then upset second seed
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, 6–4, 6–3, in the quarterfinals. He lost in the semifinals to
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
1–6, 3–6,. He then lost his next two matches at the International German Open and Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad to lower-ranked players. He also fell early in his US Open preparations at the second round of the Rogers Cup, first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and third round of the Pilot Pen Tennis. However, at the US Open, he was able to get past the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in the year by reaching the fourth round with wins over
Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014. His first notable victory was against world No. 8, Jürgen Melzer, at the 2011 Fre ...
, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1,
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, 6–4, 6–6 RET,
Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 3 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), winning 26 career doubles titles, including three majors and ...
, 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 2–1 RET, but fell to 12th seed
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5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6. He then reached the quarterfinals of the Open de Moselle, losing to
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in two tie-break sets. He then lost in the first rounds of the China Open and If Stockholm Open, and the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.


2011-2012: Continued loss of form, out of the top 100

Tommy started his 2011 season at the Heineken Open, where he lost to
Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...
, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 in the second round. At the 2011 Australian Open, he reached the fourth round with wins against
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, 16th seed
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, and
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, before losing to second seed and defending champion
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in four sets, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6. He then played at the Latin-American Swing at the Movistar Open, where he was the sixth seed, he defeated Frederico Gil, Ricardo Mello,
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, and
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to reach his first final in almost two years, where he rallied from 5–2 down in the third set to defeat
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, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–5). He then played at the Brasil Open, where was upset by compatriot Pablo Andújar 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 in the second round. He then reach the semifinals at the 2011 Copa Claro, losing to eventual champion
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, 5–7, 1–6. He earned a win over world no. 20
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, 6–4, 6–4. At the BNP Paribas Open, he was able to reach the quarterfinals, but withdrew from the match due to a strained left abductor muscle, which caused him to miss the Sony Ericsson Open. At the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Robredo upset sixth seed
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, 6–4, 6–3, and was on course to upset 11th seed Viktor Troicki leading 6–3, 1–2 on serve, but was forced to retire due to a left leg injury. The injury made him miss the European season, including the
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, which ends his streak of 41 straight slams played. In his return he was only able to win two matches, reaching the second rounds of ATP Studena Croatia Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters. He lost in the first rounds of
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,
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, BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, China Open, If Stockholm Open, and Erste Bank Open In 2012, Robredo did not play for the first five months due to a knee injury. He came back at the
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and won two titles in Italy at the
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defeating
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and Aspria Tennis Cup Trofeo City Life defeating Martín Alund, both in straight sets. He came back in the Main Tour at
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and reached the quarterfinals, losing to
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in three sets. He then played at the International German Open but lost to Federico Delbonis in the first round. At the US Open Series, he lost in the first round of the
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to
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. At the US Open, he upset world no. 27
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in the first round, before losing to Leonardo Mayer in four sets. He then lost back-to-back finals in the Challenger circuit, at the AON Open Challenger losing to
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and at the Copa Sevilla losing to Daniel Gimeno-Traver, both in straight sets. He then reached the second rounds of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and Shanghai Rolex Masters, losing to
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and
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respectively. He played his final event at the Valencia Open 500, losing in the first round to
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.


2013: Resurgence, Fifth French Open quarterfinal, First US Open quarterfinal

Robredo's start of the 2013 season was not promising; he only won two matches in his first five events. Losing in the first rounds of Apia International Sydney,
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, and Brasil Open and the second rounds of the
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and the VTR Open. However, he entered the top 100 once again due to not having to defend any points. He then reached his first semifinal in two years at the Copa Claro, losing to eventual champion
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. This form did not continue, as he lost in the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and the first round of the BNP Paribas Open. Robredo bounced back by winning his first title in two years in Casablanca, beating Kevin Anderson in the final. At the Barcelona Open BancSabadell, he defeated world no. 6
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in the third round, his first win over a top-10 player in three years. However, he lost in the quarterfinals to
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. He followed it up with another quarterfinal at the Portugal Open, losing to
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. Robredo was able to earn a win at the Mutua Madrid Open, before falling to
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. Robredo then reached his fifth
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quarterfinal and in doing so made history by becoming the first man since Henri Cochet in 1927 to win three consecutive Grand Slam matches from two sets to love down. After winning his first-round match against Jürgen Zopp in straight sets, Robredo beat
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for his first win from two sets down since beating
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at the 2003 French Open. He followed this up by defeating
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in five tightly contested sets, saving four match points in the fourth set at 3–5 and 4–5 down. Robredo then beat Nicolas Almagro, again in five sets, having trailed by a break of serve in each of the last three sets. Robredo lost to
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in straight sets in the quarterfinals. Robredo as the 32nd seed lost in the third round of
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to eventual champion
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in straight sets. Despite this strong showings, he fell in his first matches at the
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and International German Open. He bounced back again at the ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, winning his second title of the year over
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in the final. At the US Open Series, he reached the third round of the Western & Southern Open, losing to
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in straight sets, after earning his second top-10 win of the season over
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in the second round, and the third round of the
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losing to
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. At the US Open, he reached the fourth round for the eighth time. There, he overcame a 0–10 head-to-head against Federer to win in three sets and reach his first US Open quarterfinal. This was Federer's first time to lose before the quarterfinals at a hard-court Grand Slam since 2003. He lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion
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in straight sets. He began the Asian swing by losing in the first round of the China Open to
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. He then retired in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters against Fognini due to a wrist injury; the injury ended his season. Robredo ended the year as the world no. 18. Robredo was named the Spanish Tennis Writers Association player of the year.


2014: Three Grand Slam fourth rounds and three ATP finals, top 20 year-end ranking

Seeded 17th, Robredo reached the fourth round of the
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, losing a close match to eventual champion
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. He also reached the fourth rounds at the 2014 Wimbledon seeded 23rd, where he lost to
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and at the 2014 US Open (tennis) seeded 16th, where he also lost to Wawrinka again.


2021–2022: Retirement

Robredo announced his plans to retire after his final tournament at the 2022 Barcelona Open. He played his final career match against countryman Bernabé Zapata Miralles, losing in the first round in straight sets.


Playing style

Robredo is a baseline player, who can play both offensively and defensively. He is known for his versatility and solid groundstrokes on both wings. Robredo's baseline play is exceptional, and is considered one of the most consistent and dangerous baseliners on the tour. Like most traditional Spanish players like
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, Robredo puts a very high amount of topspin on both his forehand and single-handed backhand. This makes his groundstrokes both consistent and penetrating at the same time. His backhand is also considered one of the best single-handed backhands on the tour, being very powerful and clutch during important points. However, his slice is weaker than most one-handers'. Mainly playing from the baseline, Robredo uses his solid groundstrokes to dictate points by moving opponents around and forcing weak replies. Due to the top-spin on his groundstrokes, Robredo has an edge against one-handed backhand players, who might find it hard to return high balls to their backhand. Because of this, he has sometimes been accused of being a "moonballer". Robredo is also versatile in his baseline play. Due to the penetrating nature of his groundstrokes, he can effectively control points and force weak returns from his opponents, finishing points quickly. However, he can also counter-punch, the height of his balls giving him enough time to recover and preventing opponents from capitalising on weak returns. Robredo usually only flattens out his groundstrokes more when hitting weak returns from opponents, and even then they are not completely flat and still have a substantial amount of topspin. Robredo's first serve is not considered his weapon due to its lack of any significant pace, but it is not weak to the point that opponents can capitalise on it. He employs a high amount of top-spin for his second serve, making it slow but pushing his opponents further back, preventing his opponents from hitting return aces. However, Robredo's main weaknesses is his over-defensiveness. At times, even though he has gained a significant advantage through his groundstrokes, Robredo does not make an effort to end off the point cleanly by hitting a clean winner or by coming up to the net to volley. Instead, he usually stays around the baseline, not capitalising on the advantage he has. This makes him especially vulnerable against clutch players who can make use of their opponents' speed or direction to turn the point around, such as
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and
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.


Personal life

Robredo is named after the rock opera '' Tommy'' by
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, of which his father is a big fan. Robredo is currently sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for his sportswear, Asics for his shoes, Wilson for his tennis racquets, TW Steel watches, Smeg, and the Ukrainian Food Company. Robredo's childhood tennis idol was
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, along with
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,
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,
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, and various Spanish tennis players. He cites Arantxa Sánchez (with whom he won the 2002 Hopman Cup for Spain) as his favorite female player among retired players; among recently active players his favorite male and female players are
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and
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. Some fans refer to Robredo as "Disco Tommy" for the long, wavy hairstyle he began cultivating during the 2006 tennis season; after Robredo mentioned that he calls his coach " President Palmer" while his coach calls him "
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" (from ''24''), fans also began referring to him as "Disco Jack." 2007 marked increased media exposure for Robredo. He was recognized by the Spanish editions of ''
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'' and ''
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'', as well as '' People en Español''. On 16 November 2019, Robredo married his long-time girlfriend, Patricia Berga Alzamora. Their first child, a girl, was born in 2021.


Career statistics


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