Raúl Ramírez

Raúl Ramírez

Full name	Raúl Carlos Ramírez
Country	Mexico
Residence	Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Born	(1953-06-20) 20 June 1953 Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1973
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,217,971
Singles
Career record	520–261 (66.58%)
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	570–186
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)
Last updated on: 16 April 2012.

Raúl Ramírez (born 20 June 1953) is a retired Mexican professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s, and is regarded as one of the great all-around players of the modern era.^{[citation needed]} Ramírez was also 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

Ramirez was born in Ensenada, Baja California. In 1981, he married the Venezuelan-born former Miss Universe Maritza Sayalero. The couple lives in Ensenada and has three children: Rebecca (born 1982), Raúl (born 1984), and Daniel Francisco (1989).

Career

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 61 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 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).

Singles finals, 39 (19 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Singles titles (19)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Manuel Orantes	ABN
Winner	2.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	1974	Columbus, United States	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	1975	St. Petersburg WCT, United States	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–0, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Rod Laver	6–7, 2–6
Winner	5.	1975	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	7.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	1976	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1976	Jackson WCT, United States	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	1976	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1976	North Conway, United States	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–7, 0–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Winner	11.	1976	London, England	Carpet	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	1977	Miami, United States	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	1977	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Winner	12.	1977	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Mark Cox	9–7, 7–5
Winner	13.	1977	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	4–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Pat Du Pré	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	1978	Palm Springs, United States	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	1–6, 6–7
Runner-up	12.	1978	Washington Indoor, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	13.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 5–7
Winner	15.	1978	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	1978	Birmingham, England	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	15.	1978	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	1978	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Karl Meiler	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
Winner	17.	1980	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Phil Dent	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	José Luis Clerc	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	19.	1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Pedro Rebolledo	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner	18.	1982	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Zoltan Kuharszky	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	1982	South Orange, United States	Clay	Yannick Noah	3–6, 6–7
Winner	19.	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Morris Skip Strode	6–4, 6–2

Doubles finals, 101 (60 titles, 41 runners-up)

Doubles titles (60)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1973	Salt Lake City, United States	Hard (i)	Mike Estep	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kukal	6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jim McManus	José Mandarino Tito Vasquez	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1973	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	3.	1973	New Delhi, India	Outdoor	Jim McManus	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	5.	1974	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Buster Mottram	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1974	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Tom Gorman Marty Riessen	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	7.	1974	South Orange, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	1974	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	1974	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Patrice Dominguez Antonio Muñoz	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	1974	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	1974	London, England	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	8.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	9.	1975	St. Petersburg WCT, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
Winner	10.	1975	La Costa WCT, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	11.	1975	Orlando WCT, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	1975	Tucson, United States	Hard	William Brown	Raymond Moore Dennis Ralston	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	13.	1975	World Doubles WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7–6, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	14.	1975	Dallas WCT, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	15.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	16.	1975	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	1975	Washington, D.C., United States	Outdoor	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Winner	17.	1975	Boston, United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Andrews Mike Estep	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	12.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	4–6, 0–6
Winner	18.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–2
Winner	19.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	20.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–4
Winner	21.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	22.	1976	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–4, 7–5
Winner	23.	1976	St. Louis WCT, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–2
Winner	24.	1976	México City WCT, México	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 7–6
Winner	25.	1976	Jackson, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Winner	26.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–4
Winner	27.	1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Geoff Masters John Newcombe	7–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	1976	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	28.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	29.	1976	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
Winner	30.	1976	North Conway, United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–0
Winner	31.	1976	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
Winner	32.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–1
Winner	33.	1976	Woodlands Doubles, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	34.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–1
Winner	35.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	36.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 0–4, ret.
Winner	37.	1977	Miami, United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	1977	Washington Indoor, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	16.	1977	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	38.	1977	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Winner	39.	1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	40.	1977	North Conway, United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 6–3
Winner	41.	1977	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	1977	U.S. Open, New York	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	18.	1977	Maui, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 4–6
Winner	42.	1977	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Roger Taylor	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	19.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	21.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Jan Kodeš	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	22.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Marcello Lara	Gene Mayer Sashi Menon	3–6, 6–7
Winner	43.	1978	Memphis, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent John Newcombe	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	23.	1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	José Higueras Víctor Pecci	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	44.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Fred McNair	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–3
Winner	45.	1978	Cincinnati, United States	Clay	Gene Mayer	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	24.	1978	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	25.	1978	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Fred McNair	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	26.	1978	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Fred McNair	Bob Hewitt Arthur Ashe	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	1978	Los Angeles, United States	Carpet	Fred McNair	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	28.	1978	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Fred McNair	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 5–7
Winner	46.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	29.	1979	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Adriano Panatta	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	30.	1979	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	31.	1979	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	32.	1979	Louisville, United States	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Runner-up	33.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	34.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	47.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	35.	1980	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 6–7
Winner	48.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Gene Mayer	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	36.	1980	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	49.	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Runner-up	37.	1981	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	38.	1981	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	50.	1981	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	7–6, 6–3
Winner	51.	1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Pavel Složil	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	52.	1981	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–6
Winner	53.	1981	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Van Winitsky	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	39.	1981	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Van Winitsky	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Winner	54.	1981	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	55.	1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Guillermo Aubone Ángel Giménez	DEF
Winner	56.	1982	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	57.	1982	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Van Winitsky	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	7–5, 7–6
Winner	58.	1982	South Orange, United States	Clay	Van Winitsky	Jai Dilouie Blaine Willenborg	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	40.	1982	La Costa WCT, United States	Hard	Robert Lutz	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	59.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	W/O
Runner-up	41.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 5–7, 6–7
Winner	60.	1983	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam statistics

Men's Doubles finals, 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1975	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1976	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	1977	French Open (2)	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1977	US Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1980	French Open (2)	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles final, 1 (runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Janet Newberry	Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	3–6, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament.

Grand Slam doubles tournament timeline

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

References