Rubin Statham

Rubin Statham

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	John Williams
Prize money	US$289,318
Singles
Career record	26–25 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 279 (25 February 2013)
Current ranking	No. 545 (1 October 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	1–10 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 19 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 139 (17 June 2013)
Current ranking	No. 223 (1 October 2018)
Last updated on: 5 October 2018.

Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987 in Auckland, New Zealand), often referred to by his nickname of "Jose,"^[1] is a professional tennis player from New Zealand.^[2][3] His twin brother Mikal is also a professional tennis player, although he only played a couple of tournaments between 2011 and his return to the ITF tour in 2018.

Career

In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4–6, 3–6. In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6–7(3), 1–6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In May 2009 Statham won his first tournament, at Australia F3, defeating Australian Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he lost in the final to Jones 5–7, 6–7(6). He won his next tournament in Egypt F7 by defeating Jean-Noel Insausti of France in the final 7–5, 6–2. He made it four finals in a row in his next tournament at Egypt F8, losing to Karim Maamoun of Egypt in the final 2–6, 2–6.

In October 2009 Statham won another Futures title at Thailand F4. He defeated Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 in the final, having also won the doubles title the day before. He also won the Vietnam F1 title in the same month, defeating Amir Weintraub of Israel 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 6–1 in the final, and again made it a special event by winning the doubles as well. He was do it again in Korea in May 2013. In October 2010, Statham was the only New Zealand representative in the Men's Singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and was the sixth seed. He lost in the quarterfinals to top=seeded and eventual champion Somdev Devvarman of India 3–6, 4–6.^[4]

ATP/ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (12–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	3 July 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Go Soeda	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	2.	16 November 2008	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	Hard	Kyu Tae Im	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Winner	1.	3 May 2009	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Greg Jones	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	3.	10 May 2009	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Greg Jones	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	2.	31 May 2009	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Jean-Noel Insausti	7–5, 6–2
Runner–up	4.	7 June 2009	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Karim Maamoun	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	10 October 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Roman Jebavý	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	31 October 2009	Bình Dương, Vietnam	Hard	Amir Weintraub	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner	5.	6 April 2012	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Nick Lindahl	5–2 RET
Winner	6.	19 May 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Winner	7.	17 June 2012	Unterföhring, Germany	Clay	Jeremy Jahn	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Runner–up	5.	5 August 2012	Fieberbrunn, Austria	Clay	Nicolas Reissig	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	8.	26 May 2013	Daegu, South Korea	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Runner–up	6.	17 August 2014	Chuncheon, South Korea	Hard	John Millman	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)
Runner–up	7.	24 August 2014	Anseong, South Korea	Hard	John Millman	1–6, 5–7
Runner–up	8.	23 November 2014	Wollongong, Australia	Hard	Jarmere Jenkins	4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	9.	29 March 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Jordan Thompson	1–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	5 April 2015	Mornington, Australia	Clay	Matthew Barton	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	3 July 2016	Pittsburgh, United States	Clay	Kaichi Uchida	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Winner	11.	19 February 2017	Anning, China	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner–up	10.	26 February 2017	Anning, China	Clay	Yang Tsung-hua	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Winner	12.	10 June 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Finn Tearney	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner–up	11.	22 July 2017	Champaign, United States	Hard	Dominik Koepfer	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 5–7
Runner–up	12.	2 December 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 65 (21 titles, 44 runners-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–8) ITF Futures (19–36)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	6 February 2011	Burnie	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	Philip Bester Peter Polansky	3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Runner–up	2.	27 March 2011	Pingguo	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	Michail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev	2–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	29 July 2012	Oberstaufen	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner–up	4.	6 January 2013	Nouméa	Hard	Artem Sitak	Samuel Groth Toshihide Matsui	6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Runner–up	5.	27 October 2013	Traralgon	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Adam Feeney Ryan Agar	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	9 February 2014	West Lakes	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Marcus Daniell Jarmere Jenkins	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	7.	15 February 2015	Launceston	Hard	Adam Hubble	Radu Albot Mitchell Krueger	6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner	1.	7 June 2015	Gimcheon	Hard	Li Zhe	Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	21 October 2017	Ningbo	Hard	Radu Albot	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	7–5, 6–3
Runner–up	8.	19 August 2018	Gwangju	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]

References

External links

• Rubin Statham at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Rubin Statham at the International Tennis Federation