Raúl Ramírez
Full name | Raúl Carlos Ramírez |
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Country (sports) | Mexico |
Residence | Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico |
Born | (1953年06月20日) 20 June 1953 (age 71) Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico |
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 1973 (amateur tour from 1970) |
Retired | 1983 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $2,217,971 |
Singles | |
Career record | 544–268 |
Career titles | 19 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (7 November 1976) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | SF (1976, 1977) |
Wimbledon | SF (1976) |
US Open | QF (1978) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (1974) |
WCT Finals | QF (1975, 1976, 1978) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 583–194 |
Career titles | 60 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (12 April 1976) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | W (1975, 1977) |
Wimbledon | W (1976) |
US Open | F (1977) |
Raúl Ramírez (born 20 June 1953) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s. Ramírez was the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing the feat in 1976. He attended and played tennis at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.[1]
Personal life
[edit ]Ramírez was born in Ensenada, Baja California. In 1981, he married the Venezuelan-born former Miss Universe Maritza Sayalero. The couple lives in Ensenada and have three children: Rebecca (born 1982), Raúl (born 1984), and Daniel Francisco (1989).
Career
[edit ]Ramirez was ranked as high as World No. 4 (achieving this ranking on 7 November 1976) and he is one of the all-time leading doubles winners, having spent 62 weeks ranked World No. 1 in doubles, beginning 12 April 1976. He won 19 singles titles, including titles at the ATP Masters Series events in Rome (1975) and Monte Carlo (1978).
He won 60 doubles titles, including Wimbledon (1976), the French Open (1975 & '77), and at ATP Masters Series events in Cincinnati (1978), Canada (1976, ’77 & ’81), Monte Carlo (1979), Paris (1977), and Rome (1974, ’75, ’76 & ’77). He won the WCT World Doubles twice in 1975 and 1980. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1971.[2]
He played tournaments of the two world tennis circuits played at the time, the Grand Prix tennis circuit and the World Championship Tennis (WCT). These circuits were predecessors of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour (ATP Tour). In 1975 he won the Grand Prix, the present day equivalent of the Race.
Grand Slam tournament finals
[edit ]Doubles finals, 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
[edit ]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1975 | French Open | Clay | United States Brian Gottfried | Australia John Alexander Australia Phil Dent |
6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1976 | French Open | Clay | United States Brian Gottfried | United States Fred McNair United States Sherwood Stewart |
6–7, 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1976 | Wimbledon | Grass | United States Brian Gottfried | Australia Ross Case Australia Geoff Masters |
3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5 |
Win | 1977 | French Open (2) | Clay | United States Brian Gottfried | Poland Wojciech Fibak Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš |
7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1977 | US Open | Clay | United States Brian Gottfried | South Africa Bob Hewitt South Africa Frew McMillan |
4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 1979 | Wimbledon | Grass | United States Brian Gottfried | United States Peter Fleming United States John McEnroe |
6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1980 | French Open (2) | Clay | United States Brian Gottfried | United States Victor Amaya United States Hank Pfister |
6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Mixed doubles final, 1 (runner-up)
[edit ]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1973 | Wimbledon | Grass | United States Janet Newberry | United States Billie Jean King Australia Owen Davidson |
3–6, 2–6 |
ATP career finals
[edit ]Singles: 40 (19 titles, 21 runner-ups)
[edit ]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jul 1973 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Spain Manuel Orantes | ABN |
Win | 1. | Oct 1973 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Australia John Newcombe | 6–7, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | Feb 1974 | Dayton, U.S. | Carpet | United States Brian Gottfried | 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 3. | Aug 1974 | Columbus, U.S. | Hard | United States Roscoe Tanner | 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | Oct 1974 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Argentina Guillermo Vilas | 0–6, 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 4. | Feb 1975 | St. Petersburg WCT, U.S. | Hard | United States Roscoe Tanner | 6–0, 1–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 3. | Mar 1975 | Caracas WCT, Venezuela | Hard | Australia Rod Laver | 6–7, 2–6 |
Win | 5. | Apr 1975 | Charlotte, U.S. | Clay | United States Roscoe Tanner | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 6. | Jun 1975 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Spain Manuel Orantes | 7–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 7. | Nov 1975 | Tokyo, Japan | Clay | Spain Manuel Orantes | 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 8. | Mar 1976 | Mexico City WCT, Mexico | Clay | United States Eddie Dibbs | 7–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 4. | Mar 1976 | Jackson WCT, U.S. | Carpet | Australia Ken Rosewall | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9. | Apr 1976 | Caracas WCT, Venezuela | Clay | Romania Ilie Năstase | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 10. | Jul 1976 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Italy Adriano Panatta | 7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 5. | Jul 1976 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Clay | United States Jimmy Connors | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6. | Aug 1976 | North Conway, U.S. | Clay | United States Jimmy Connors | 6–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Loss | 7. | Oct 1976 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Spain Manuel Orantes | 6–7, 0–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Loss | 8. | Oct 1976 | Vienna, Austria | Hard (i) | Poland Wojciech Fibak | 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
Win | 11. | Nov 1976 | London, England | Carpet | Spain Manuel Orantes | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 9. | Feb 1977 | Miami WCT, U.S. | Clay | United States Eddie Dibbs | 0–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 10. | May 1977 | Las Vegas, U.S. | Hard | United States Jimmy Connors | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Win | 12. | Jun 1977 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | United Kingdom Mark Cox | 9–7, 7–5 |
Win | 13. | Sep 1977 | Los Angeles, II, U.S. | Hard | United States Brian Gottfried | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 11. | Nov 1977 | Oviedo, Spain | Hard | United States Eddie Dibbs | 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 14. | Feb 1978 | Mexico City WCT, Mexico | Hard | United States Pat DuPré | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 12. | Feb 1978 | Rancho Mirage, U.S. | Hard | United States Roscoe Tanner | 1–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 13. | Mar 1978 | Washington Indoor, U.S. | Carpet | United States Brian Gottfried | 5–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 14. | Apr 1978 | Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands | Carpet | United States Jimmy Connors | 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 15. | Apr 1978 | Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco | Clay | Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 15. | Jun 1978 | Birmingham, England | Grass | United States Jimmy Connors | 3–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 16. | Jul 1978 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | United States Eddie Dibbs | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 17. | Oct 1978 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | India Vijay Amritraj | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 16. | May 1979 | Florence, Italy | Clay | West Germany Karl Meiler | 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
Win | 17. | Feb 1980 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Hard | Australia Phil Dent | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 18. | May 1980 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Italy Adriano Panatta | 2–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Loss | 19. | May 1981 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Argentina José Luis Clerc | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 20. | Jan 1982 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Chile Pedro Rebolledo | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
Win | 18. | Feb 1982 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Hungary Zoltan Kuharszky | 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 21. | Aug 1982 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | France Yannick Noah | 3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 19. | Feb 1983 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | United States Morris Skip Strode | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 101 (60 titles, 41 runners-up)
[edit ]Grand slam tournament timelines
[edit ]Singles
[edit ]Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
French Open | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | SF | SF | QF | 1R | 4R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 9 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | SF | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 10 |
US Open | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 12 |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 8–3 | 11–3 | 11–3 | 6–3 | 12–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | N/A |
Doubles
[edit ]Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | W | F | W | SF | QF | F | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2 / 10 |
Wimbledon | A | QF | 3R | QF | 2R | W | 1R | QF | F | QF | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 10 |
US Open | 1R | 2R | SF | QF | 3R | 2R | F | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | SF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 11 |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 6–2 | 12–2 | 11–2 | 7–3 | 9–3 | 8–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | N/A |
References
[edit ]- ^ USC Men's Tennis – On The Pro Tour Archived 22 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, USCTrojans.com, Accessed 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Past champions" (PDF). ojaitourney.org. December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
External links
[edit ]- 1953 births
- Living people
- Mexican male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Ensenada, Baja California
- University of Southern California alumni
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- French Open champions
- Wimbledon champions
- ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen