Daniel Gimeno-Traver

Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Country  Spain
Residence Nules, Castellón, Spain
Born 7 August 1985 (1985-08-07) (age 26)
Valencia, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2004
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $1,274,930
Singles
Career record 45–83
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 52 (9 May 2011)
Current ranking No. 94 (31 October 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open 2R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon 2R (2009)
US Open 3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record 10–25
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 112 (13 June 2011)
Current ranking No. 112 (13 June 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2009, 2010)
French Open 2R (2009)
US Open 3R (2010)
Last updated on: 8 November 2010.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver (born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned professional in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. Son of Javier, a chemist and Marisol, a nurse, Gimeno-Traver is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Victor being his siblings.

He started playing tennis at the age of two and won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland, winning a further 5 junior titles to reach No.4 in the World. He also beat Marko Djokovic on the way to a Quarter-Final place at Roland Garos, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Gimeno-Traver has won 6 Challenger Tour events (2004, 2008 (2), 2009 (2), and 2010).

He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.

Contents

Titles (9)

Singles (7)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
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

Runner-ups (7)

!No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 5 September 2005 Brasov, Romania Clay Daniel Elsner 5–7, 2–6
2. 5 November 2007 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Nicolás Lapentti 3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7
3. 10 March 2008 Tanger, Morocco Clay Marcel Granollers 4–6, 4–6
4. 15 September 2008 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Ilija Bozoljac 4–6, 4–6
5. 12 October 2009 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Ramón Delgado 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 3–6
6. 5 July 2010 San Benedetto, Italy Clay Carlos Berlocq 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
7. 2 October 2011 Madrid, Spain Clay Jérémy Chardy 1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles (2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
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

Runner-ups (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
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. 13 February 2011 Costa do Sauipe, Brazil Clay Pablo Andujar Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares
6–7(4–7), 3–6
5. 20 August 2011 San Sebastián, Spain Clay Israel Sevilla Stefano Ianni
Simone Vagnozzi
3–6, 4–6
6. 1 October 2011 Madrid, Spain Clay Morgan Phillips David Marrero
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
4–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]

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