Pablo Andújar

Pablo Andújar

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Namur, Belgium
Born	(1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 Cuenca, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	David Sánchez
Prize money	$4,260,347
Singles
Career record	117–167
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 32 (13 July 2015)
Current ranking	No. 63 (1 February 2016)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2014)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2012, 2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	59–103
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 74 (3 December 2012)
Current ranking	No. 86 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	2R (2011, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
US Open	2R (2011, 2012)
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

Pablo Andújar Alba (born 23 January 1986) is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar began playing tennis at 6 years old and has won three ATP Tour singles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world no. 32 in July 2015. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao.

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Andujar compiled a singles win/loss record of 67–16 (and 48–14 in doubles), reaching as high as no. 5 in the combined junior world rankings in June 2004.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: QF (2004)
Wimbledon: 1R (2004)
US Open: 1R (2004)

Pro tour

He competed in the 2010 Australian Open, but lost to Gilles Simon, in the first round. At the French Open (Roland Garros), he defeated Robert Kendrick in the first round, but lost in the second round against Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in three sets. In 2010, he made it to the final of the BCR Open Romania, where he lost to Juan Ignacio Chela,.

In 2011, Andujar won his first ATP title at the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Morocco, defeating Italian Potito Starace in the final. The Spaniard reached two more ATP-level finals during the 2011 season at Stuttgart and the BCR Open Romania.

In January 2012, he was a finalist in doubles with Carlos Berlocq in Viña del Mar, Chile. In February, he was a quarterfinalist in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, In April, he won his second title in Morocco, defeating Albert Ramos in the final.

In May 2013, as a Wild-card an as world number 113 in ATP Rankings, he reached the semi-final of an ATP Masters 1000 for the first time in his career at Madrid where he faced Rafael Nadal and lost 6–0, 6–4 . In his road to the semi-final he defeated 10th seed Marin Čilić, John Isner, Daniel Gimeno-Traver and 14th seed Kei Nishikori.

ATP career finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2010	BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	5–7, 1–6
Winner	1.	10 April 2011	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (1)	Clay	Potito Starace	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	17 July 2011	MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	25 September 2011	BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Florian Mayer	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	15 April 2012	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (2)	Clay	Albert Ramos	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	3.	27 July 2014	Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Juan Mónaco	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	26 April 2015	Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Kei Nishikori	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (6 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2011	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	5 February 2012	VTR Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Frederico Gil Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6–1, 5–7, [10–12]
Runner-up	3.	25 August 2012	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	Leonardo Mayer	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	3–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Runner-up	4.	28 July 2013	Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo García-López	Jamie Murray John Peers	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	21 February 2015	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Oliver Marach	Martin Kližan Philipp Oswald	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1 March 2015	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Oliver Marach	Jarkko Nieminen André Sá	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

Challenger and Future titles

Singles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	11 July 2005	Elche, Spain	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo-Soler	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2.	31 October 2005	Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain	Clay	Nick van der Meer	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
3.	23 July 2006	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Werner Eschauer	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
4.	12 August 2006	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Fernando Vicente	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
5.	17 August 2008	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Marco Crugnola	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
6.	24 August 2008	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 6–1
7.	26 July 2010	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines

Current until 2015 US Open.

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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• Andújar World Ranking history

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Spanish male singles tennis players as 1 Feb 2016 1. Rafael Nadal (5 ) 2. David Ferrer (6 2) 3. Roberto Bautista Agut (18 3) 4. Feliciano López (22 3) 5. Guillermo García-López (27 ) 6. Tommy Robredo (42 1) 7. Fernando Verdasco (45 2) 8. Albert Ramos-Viñolas (61 6) 9. Pablo Andújar (62 3) 10. Pablo Carreño Busta (68 1)