Santiago González (tennis)
González at the 2015 French Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country (sports) | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Córdoba, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Córdoba, Mexico | 24 February 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 1,678,355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 9–13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 155 (22 May 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q2 (2004, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q2 (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 201–182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 23 (17 June 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 31 (12 June 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | F (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 3R (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | F (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2010, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | F (2013, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 12 June 2017. |
Santiago González Torre (born 24 February 1983) is a Mexican professional tennis player. He is 6'3" (1.91 m). He turned professional in 2001. His highest ATP singles ranking in singles is World No. 155, achieved in May 2006, and World No. 23 in doubles, reached in June 2013. González represents Mexico at the Davis Cup competition; currently his record is 22–16. In 2017, he reached the French Open final in doubles along with his partner Donald Young. Additionally, he has reached the finals of three other Grand Slam tournaments in the Mixed category: the 2013 French Open and the 2014 and 2015 US Open.
Tennis career
González qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. He lost at his first match in Wimbledon against Israeli Dudi Sela. Along with American Scott Lipsky, he won an ATP World Tour 500 title in April 2011, the Barcelona Open. They defeated the Bryan brothers 5–7, 6–2, [12–10], breaking their 10-match winning streak. They also defeated doubles teams Jürgen Melzer & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–2, and Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor 7–6, 6–4.[1]
In 2017 he reached his first grand slam final partnering Donald Young of the USA at the French Open.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Donald Young | Ryan Harrison Michael Venus | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6 |
Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2012 | French Open | Clay | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik | Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi | 6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2013 | US Open | Hard | Abigail Spears | Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirnyi | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2014 | US Open | Hard | Abigail Spears | Sania Mirza Bruno Soares | 1–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | May 9, 2010 | Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia | Clay | Travis Rettenmaier | Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk |
7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1. | July 11, 2010 | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States | Grass | Travis Rettenmaier | Carsten Ball Chris Guccione |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | April 24, 2011 | Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Scott Lipsky | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
5–7, 6–2, [12–10] |
Runner-up | 2. | May 21, 2011 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France | Clay | David Marrero | Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | August 6, 2011 | Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Daniele Bracciali | Franco Ferreiro André Sá |
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [11–9] |
Winner | 4. | July 15, 2012 | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States | Grass | Scott Lipsky | Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | August 25, 2012 | Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States | Hard | Scott Lipsky | Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer |
6–3, 4–6, [10–2] |
Winner | 6. | May 5, 2013 | Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal | Clay | Scott Lipsky | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer |
6–3, 4–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 7. | June 16, 2013 | Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany | Grass | Scott Lipsky | Daniele Bracciali Jonathan Erlich |
6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 8. | May 4, 2014 | Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal | Clay | Scott Lipsky | Pablo Cuevas David Marrero |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Winner | 9. | May 24, 2014 | Düsseldorf Open, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | Scott Lipsky | Martin Emmrich Christopher Kas |
7–5, 4–6, [10–3] |
Runner-up | 3. | June 21, 2014 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Rosmalen, Netherlands | Grass | Scott Lipsky | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Winner | 10. | February 15, 2015 | Memphis Open, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | Artem Sitak Donald Young |
5–7, 7–6(7–1), [10–8] |
Runner-up | 4. | March 1, 2015 | Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico | Hard | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo |
6–7(2–7), 7–5, [3–10] |
Runner-up | 5. | July 25, 2015 | Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia | Clay | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | André Sá Máximo González |
6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
Winner | 11. | 14 February 2016 | Memphis Open, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | Steve Johnson Sam Querrey |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 10 April 2016 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States | Clay | Víctor Estrella Burgos | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 February 2017 | Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | David Marrero | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 10 June 2017 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | Donald Young | Ryan Harrison Michael Venus |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
Current through the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | SR | W-L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | F | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 8–9 | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 0 / 31 | 25–31 | |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Madrid Open | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | SF | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | SF | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | ||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | ||
Shanghai Masters | Not Held | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–8 | 11–6 | 5–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 24–23 | |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
Davis Cup | Z1 | Z1 | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | PO | Z1 | Z1 | Z2 | A | Z1 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | 0 / 0 | 19–11 | |
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0 / 1 | 20–12 | |
Career Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Career | |||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 11 / 19 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 15–12 | 33–23 | 30–27 | 30–26 | 29–26 | 19–18 | 25–22 | 13–14 | 202–186 | ||
Year-end ranking | 637 | 257 | 189 | 113 | 128 | 231 | 156 | 162 | 106 | 50 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 65 | 47 | 52% |
References
- ↑ "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Barcelona 2011 Doubles Sunday". ATP World Tour. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
External links
- Santiago González at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Santiago González at the International Tennis Federation
- Santiago González at the Davis Cup
- Wimbledon profile