Daniel Gimeno Traver

Daniel Gimeno Traver (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnjel xiˈmeno tɾaˈβeɾ];[1][2] born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gimeno and the second or maternal family name is Traver.
Daniel Gimeno Traver
Gimeno Traver at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceNules, Castellón, Spain
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985
Valencia, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJose Altur
Prize money$3,186,839
Singles
Career record97–173
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 48 (18 March 2013)
Current rankingNo. 182 (16 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French Open2R (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon2R (2009)
US Open3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record42–82
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 63 (6 February 2012)
Current rankingNo. 1016 (28 May 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2011)
French Open3R (2013)
Wimbledon1R (2013, 2015)
US Open3R (2010)
Last updated on: 7 June 2018.

Personal life

Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.

Tennis career

Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.

Juniors

As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win/loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final place at Roland Garros, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: QF (2003)
Wimbledon: 1R (2003)
US Open: 3R (2003)

Pro tour

Gimeno Traver reached ATP World Tour semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010, St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oeiras in 2014. His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open, when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.

At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Gimeno Traver defeated seeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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 (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Martin Kližan 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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 (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2011 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay Pablo Andújar Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares		 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2012 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Fred Gil Pablo Andújar
Carlos Berlocq		 1–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Challenger career finals

Singles (14–11)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1. 9 August 2004 Cordenons Clay Daniel Köllerer 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2. 12 May 2008 Aarhus Clay Éric Prodon 7–5, 7–5
3. 1 September 2008 Brasov Clay Alexander Flock 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
4. 14 September 2009 Banja Luka Clay Julian Reister 6–4, 6–1
5. 5 October 2009 Tarragona Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–4, 6–0
6. 2 August 2010 Segovia Hard Adrian Mannarino 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
7. 11 September 2011 Sevilla Clay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–3, 6–3
8. 17 June 2012 Monza Clay Albert Montañés 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
9. 10 September 2012 Sevilla Clay Tommy Robredo 6–3, 6–2
10. 30 September 2012 Madrid Clay Jan-Lennard Struff 6–4, 6–2
11. 2 September 2013 Alphen aan den Rijn Clay Thomas Schoorel 6–2, 6–4
12. 10 September 2013 Sevilla Clay Stephane Robert 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
13. 28 September 2014 Kenitra Clay Albert Ramos 6–3, 6–4
14. 1 February 2015 Bucaramanga Clay Gastão Elias 6–3, 1–6, 7–5

Runners-up
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1. 5 September 2005 Brasov Clay Daniel Elsner 5–7, 2–6
2. 5 November 2007 Guayaquil Clay Nicolás Lapentti 3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7
3. 10 March 2008 Tanger Clay Marcel Granollers 4–6, 4–6
4. 15 September 2008 Banja Luka Clay Ilija Bozoljac 4–6, 4–6
5. 12 October 2009 Asunción Clay Ramón Delgado 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 3–6
6. 5 July 2010 San Benedetto Clay Carlos Berlocq 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
7. 2 October 2011 Madrid Clay Jérémy Chardy 1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
8. 12 August 2012 Cordenons Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–7(5–7), 3–6
9. 21 August 2016 Cordenons Clay Taro Daniel 3–6, 4–6
10. 1 October 2017 Rome Clay Filip Krajinović 4–6, 3–6
11. 22 April 2018 Tunis Clay Guido Andreozzi 2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles (3–6)
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1. 1 May 2006 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Iván Navarro Bart Beks
Martijn van Haasteren		 6–2, 7–5
2. 5 May 2008 Telde, Spain Clay Daniel Muñoz Miguel Ángel López
José Antonio Sánchez		 6–3, 6–1
3. 29 September 2012 Madrid, Spain Clay Iván Navarro Colin Ebelthite
Jaroslav Pospíšil		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]

Runners-up
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1. 15 August 2005 Cordenons, Italy Clay Melle van Gemerden Daniel Köllerer
Oliver Marach		 WEA (no winner)
2. 13 October 2008 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Rubén Ramírez Franco Ferreiro
Flávio Saretta		 3–6, 2–6
3. 19 September 2009 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Pere Riba Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk		 1–6, 4–6
4. 20 August 2011 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Israel Sevilla Stefano Ianni
Simone Vagnozzi		 3–6, 4–6
5. 1 October 2011 Madrid, Spain Clay Morgan Phillips David Marrero
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo		 4–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]
6. 10 June 2012 Caltanissetta, Italy Clay Iván Navarro Marcel Felder
Antonio Veić		 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]

Performance timelines

Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles
Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A A 1–7
French Open 1R Q2 A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R Q2 Q1 Q2 4–8
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R A Q1 Q2 1–6
US Open A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 2–7
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 3–4 0–4 0–3 2–4 0–4 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 8–28
Year-end Ranking 192 267 170 90 72 56 107 70 77 112 98 115

Doubles
Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A A 1–6
French Open 2R A 2R 1R 3R A 2R A A A 5–5
Wimbledon A A 1R A 1R A 1R A A 0–3
US Open A 3R 2R A 1R A 1R A A 3–3
Win–Loss 1–2 2–2 3–4 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 9–18

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 3–20 (.130) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2004 - 200920102011201220132014 - 2019Total
Wins0110103
# Player Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score
2010
1. Nikolay Davydenko 6 Stuttgart, Germany Clay 2R 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–1
2011
2. Jürgen Melzer 8 Madrid, Spain Clay 2R 7–6(10–8), 6–3
2013
3. Richard Gasquet 9 Madrid, Spain Clay 2R 7–5, 3–6, 6–4

References
  1. Joma Sport (24 April 2013). "Daniel Gimeno Traver nos presenta las Joma Pro Roland". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. Joma Sport (14 May 2012). "Entrevista Daniel Gimeno Traver". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2018.


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