Albert Montañés

Albert Montañés
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1980-11-26) 26 November 1980
Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1999
Retired 2017
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
*occasionally uses two-handed backhand
Prize money $5,866,340
Singles
Career record 255–287
Career titles 6
Highest ranking No. 22 (2 August 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2010)
French Open 4R (2011)
Wimbledon 3R (2009, 2010)
US Open 4R (2010)
Doubles
Career record 60–121
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 73 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2010)
French Open 2R (2008)
Wimbledon 1R (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open 2R (2009)
Last updated on: 8 May 2017.

Albert Montañés Roca (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾt montaˈɲez ˈroka];[lower-alpha 1] born 26 November 1980) is a retired professional tennis 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 Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final.

He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 33 reached at 2014 US Open. Beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits.[1]

His career ended in Barcelona Open 2017. He participated the event on wild card and concluded in third round where he lost to his fellow Feliciano Lopez, 6-2, 6-2.

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 Morocco Younes El Aynaoui 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 0–2 Apr 2004 Valencia Open, Spain International Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 2005 Mexican Open, Mexico Intl. Gold Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 1–6, 0–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco International Clay France Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 1–6
Win 1–4 Jul 2008 Dutch Open, Netherlands International Clay Belgium Steve Darcis 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–4 May 2009 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay United States James Blake 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Win 3–4 Sep 2009 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Argentina Juan Mónaco 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Win 4–4 May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal (2) 250 Series Clay Portugal Fred Gil 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Win 5–4 Jul 2010 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay France Gaël Monfils 6–2, 1–2 ret.
Loss 5–5 Aug 2011 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Netherlands Robin Haase 4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 6–5 May 2013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France 250 Series Clay France 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 Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Chile Paul Capdeville
Spain Óscar Hernández		 6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2007 Brasil Open, Brasil International Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner		 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Feb 2007 Argentina Open, Argentina International Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 2008 Brasil Open, Brasil International Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Bertomeu Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá		 6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 1–4 May 2008 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco International Clay Spain Santiago Ventura Bertomeu United States James Cerretani
Australia Todd Perry		 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–4 Jan 2010 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard Spain Guillermo García López Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák		 6–4, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current till 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 4–13
French Open 3R 3R 1R A 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R 3R 4R 1R 2R 1R Q2 1R 16–14
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 3R 1R 1R 1R A Q1 1R 6–13
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 4R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q3 4–13
Win–Loss 2–1 2–4 1–4 1–3 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 9–4 4–4 0–4 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–2 30–53
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A 1R 2R 3R 4R A A A A A 4–4
Miami Masters A 2R 1R A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R A A 2R A A 5–9
Monte-Carlo Masters A 1R A A 2R A A Q2 3R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R Q2 A 10–8
Rome Masters A 3R A A 1R A 2R A 2R 1R 1R Q1 2R Q1 A A 5–7
Madrid 1 A 1R A A A A A QF 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A Q1 3–6
Canada Masters A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0–1
Shanghai 2 A A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R 2R A 1R A A 1–5
Paris Masters A A A A A A 1R A 2R 1R A A A A A 1–3
Win–Loss 0–0 3–4 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 4–4 6–6 4–7 5–8 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 30–44
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–11
Year End Ranking 65 78 81 99 71 85 46 45 31 25 53 96 63 108 116

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 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R A A 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 1–7
French Open A 1R A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 1–7
Wimbledon A 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A 0–6
US Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 2–7
Win–Loss 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–4 1–4 1–4 0–4 0–2 1–1 0-0 4–27

Top 10 Wins Per Season

Season1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014Total
Wins00000000101200105

Wins Over Top 10s Per Season

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2007
1. Chile Fernando González 5 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay QF 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2009
2. France Gilles Simon 8 Estoril, Portugal Clay QF 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2010
3. Croatia Marin Čilić 9 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay 3R 6–4, 6–4
4. Switzerland Roger Federer 1 Estoril, Portugal Clay SF 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2013
5. France Richard Gasquet 9 Umag, Croatia Clay 2R 6–4, 6–4

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Montañés is pronounced [montaˈɲes].

References

  1. ↑ "Kenneth Carlsen har mistet sin kuriøse taber-rekord". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-07-08.


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