Santiago González (tennis)

Santiago González

González at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)  Mexico
Residence Córdoba, Mexico
Born (1983-02-24) 24 February 1983
Córdoba, Mexico
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)
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
Runner-up2017French OpenClayUnited States Donald YoungUnited States Ryan Harrison
New Zealand 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
Runner-up2012French OpenClayPoland Klaudia Jans-IgnacikIndia Sania Mirza
India Mahesh Bhupathi
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up2013US OpenHardUnited States Abigail SpearsCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up2014US OpenHardUnited States Abigail SpearsIndia Sania Mirza
Brazil Bruno Soares
1–6, 6–2, [9–11]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 (10–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. May 9, 2010 Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia Clay United States Travis Rettenmaier Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
7–6(8–6), 6–1
Runner-up 1. July 11, 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass United States Travis Rettenmaier Australia Carsten Ball
Australia Chris Guccione
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. April 24, 2011 Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain Clay United States Scott Lipsky United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Runner-up 2. May 21, 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France Clay Spain David Marrero United States Eric Butorac
Curaçao Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 4–6
Winner 3. August 6, 2011 Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Italy Daniele Bracciali Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Brazil André Sá
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [11–9]
Winner 4. July 15, 2012 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass United States Scott Lipsky United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner 5. August 25, 2012 Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States Hard United States Scott Lipsky Spain Pablo Andújar
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Winner 6. May 5, 2013 Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal Clay United States Scott Lipsky Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner 7. June 16, 2013 Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany Grass United States Scott Lipsky Italy Daniele Bracciali
Israel Jonathan Erlich
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 8. May 4, 2014 Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal Clay United States Scott Lipsky Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain David Marrero
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner 9. May 24, 2014 Düsseldorf Open, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay United States Scott Lipsky Germany Martin Emmrich
Germany Christopher Kas
7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up 3. June 21, 2014 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass United States Scott Lipsky Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecau
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 10. February 15, 2015 Memphis Open, Memphis, United States Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg New Zealand Artem Sitak
United States Donald Young
5–7, 7–6(7–1), [10–8]
Runner-up 4. March 1, 2015 Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico Hard Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(2–7), 7–5, [3–10]
Runner-up 5. July 25, 2015 Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia Clay Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Brazil André Sá
Argentina Máximo González
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner 11. 14 February 2016 Memphis Open, Memphis, United States Hard (i) Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg United States Steve Johnson
United States Sam Querrey
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 10 April 2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States Clay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 7. 19 February 2017 Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Spain David Marrero Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 8. 10 June 2017 French Open, Paris, France Clay United States Donald Young United States Ryan Harrison
New Zealand Michael Venus
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW-L
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
20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Career
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

  1. "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Barcelona 2011 Doubles Sunday". ATP World Tour. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.


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