Results

Challenger Maia 11/29 13:45 27 [165] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Damir Dzumhur [106] 1-6,0-6
Challenger Maia 11/28 17:30 26 [165] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Daniel Rincon [253] 6-1,4-6,6-3
Challenger Maia 11/26 17:10 25 [165] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo [354] 6-4,6-4
Challenger Montemar 11/21 09:30 26 [151] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Lukas Neumayer [259] 2-6,6-7
Challenger Montemar 11/19 09:30 25 [151] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Carlos Taberner [195] 6-3,6-3
Challenger Valencia 10/08 10:55 25 [134] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Elmer Moller [231] 6-7,2-6
Challenger Braga 10/05 12:05 28 [134] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Elmer Moller [231] 5-7,6-7
Challenger Braga 10/04 13:50 27 [134] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Carlos Taberner [200] 6-3,6-3
Challenger Braga 10/03 13:45 26 [134] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Emilio Nava [178] 3-6,6-1,6-3
Challenger Braga 10/02 14:15 25 [133] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Jaime Faria [163] 6-2,6-4
Challenger Bad Waltersdorf 09/19 08:00 26 [126] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Carlos Taberner [210] 1-6,7-6,1-6
Challenger Bad Waltersdorf 09/17 12:40 25 [126] Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Lukas Neumayer [272] 6-2,6-2

Wikipedia - Albert Ramos Viñolas

Albert Ramos Viñolas (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾ ˈramos βiˈɲolas]; born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in May 2017 after reaching the final of the 2017 Monte Carlo Masters.

History

Juniors

Ramos Viñolas has participated in the finals of six Futures tournaments, four of which he won. He lost in the finals of two ATP Challenger Tour tournaments (in Seville against his compatriot Pere Riba and in Palermo against Romanian player Adrian Ungur). In 2010 he won his first Challenger final in San Sebastián, defeating Benoît Paire.

2010: ATP Tour debut

As World No. 167, Albert Ramos Viñolas began 2010 nearly 300 positions higher than the start of the previous season. He lost in the qualifying rounds of Doha, Sydney and the Australian Open before returning to Challenger tournaments for the next three months. After qualifying into the main draw of the Barcelona Open, and securing a straight sets victory in the first round, Ramos Viñolas defeated World No. 12 Fernando González in three close sets. Despite losing to Ernests Gulbis in the third round, his upset over Gonzalez increased his confidence going forward.

Successive losses in the qualifying rounds of the French Open, and Wimbledon led to a dip in his rankings, however success at the San Sebastián, Seville and various other Challenger tournaments, gave Ramos Viñolas a ranking of World No. 123 to finish off his season.

2011: Cracking the Top 100

Ramos Viñolas played a combination of ATP World Tour events, and Challenger tournaments over the course of 2011. Second round losses at the Chile and Argentina Open to Fabio Fognini, and Tommy Robredo respectively, gave Ramos Viñolas direct entrance into his first ATP tournaments. He tasted his first grand slam success at the French Open after a first round victory over Javier Martí. He lost to eventual quarterfinalist and World No. 5 Robin Söderling in the second round.

After victories in Milan and again at the San Sebastián Challenger, Ramos Viñolas made it to his first ATP Quarterfinal at the Romanian Open, losing to Florian Mayer in straight sets. His performance in Bucharest allowed Ramos Viñolas' ranking to peak below 100 at World No. 87. Following an impressive win over Marin Čilić in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, Ramos Viñolas finished his year at World No. 66.

2012: First ATP final & continued success, top 50

At the 2012 Indian Wells Masters, he won over Richard Gasquet to reach the third round, where he fell to Pablo Andújar. At the 2012 Miami Masters, he defeated world no. 15 player Feliciano López, then lost to Gasquet in the third round. His lone ATP final came in the 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, which he lost to reigning champion Andújar in an all-Spanish affair.

2013–2015: Mixed results; Continued struggles; Resurgence to his previous best

At the 2013 Miami Masters, Ramos Viñolas beat world no. 14 Juan Mónaco and former world no. 4 James Blake to reach the fourth round, where he lost to Jürgen Melzer. At the 2013 Barcelona Open, he defeated Jerzy Janowicz and world no. 15 Kei Nishikori, after which Rafael Nadal defeated him in the quarterfinals.

At the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Ramos Viñolas defeated world No. 2 Roger Federer in three sets to reach the third round, where he fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

2016: First Grand Slam quarterfinal and first ATP title

Ramos Viñolas at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships

At the 2016 French Open, Ramos Viñolas advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating eighth seed Milos Raonic in straight sets in the fourth round. He then lost in straight sets to third seed Stan Wawrinka. Later that year at Wimbledon, he defeated Vasek Pospisil in four sets, and then 25th seed Viktor Troicki, to reach the third round for the first time.

Ramos Viñolas next played at the Swedish Open as the third seed. He defeated Roberto Carballés Baena in straight sets, and then beat Andrea Arnaboldi in three sets. In the semifinals, he defeated top seed David Ferrer in straight sets. He won his first ATP title when he defeated fifth seed Fernando Verdasco in the final in straight sets.

He continued his good form for the year by reaching the final in Chengdu, where he lost to the young Russian Karen Khachanov in three sets.

2017: First Masters 1000 Final and top 20 debut

Ramos Viñolas reached the final of the 2017 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, beating top seed Andy Murray, 5th seed Marin Čilić, 11th seed Lucas Pouille in the 4th round, quarterfinal and semifinal respectively en route to the championship match, where he lost to the 9 times tournament champion Rafael Nadal. He reached his career-high of world No. 17 on 8 May 2017, following a quarterfinal run at the 2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell where he was defeated by the top seed Andy Murray.

2018–2019: Major third round, Second ATP title

At the 2018 Australian Open he reached the third round, his best showing at this Grand Slam, where he was defeated by the 14th seed Novak Djokovic.

He won his second title on clay at the 2019 Swiss Open Gstaad in July and reached in the same month his 7th final on clay at the 2019 Generali Open Kitzbühel in Austria, where he lost to top seed Dominic Thiem.

2020–2021: Third ATP title, return to top 40

Ramos Viñolas reached the finals of two ATP tournaments on clay at the 2021 Córdoba Open, where he was defeated by first time qualifier Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo ranked No. 335, and at the 2021 Estoril Open, without losing a set reaching his 10th career final and third ATP title on clay defeating Brit Cameron Norrie in three sets. As a result he returned to the top 40 on 3 May 2021, for the first time since March 2020.

2022–2024: Fourth title, ATP & United Cup debuts, out of top 100

Ramos Viñolas participated for the first time in the 2022 ATP Cup as part of the Spanish team where he played doubles with Pedro Martínez and lost both doubles matches but Spain still reached the final. Ramos Viñolas won his fourth career title at the 2022 Córdoba Open where he defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, coming back from a break deficit in the second set and a double break deficit in the third set.

He made his debut at the 2023 United Cup replacing the No. 2 player for Spain Pablo Carreño Busta where he lost both of his singles matches. He dropped out of the top 50 on 17 April 2023. In July, he reached his twelfth career final at the 2023 Swiss Open Gstaad where he lost to Pedro Cachin. Despite these results on ATP level, he dropped out of the top 95 on 18 September 2023 and out of the top 100 on 26 February 2024.

In April 2024, he qualified for the main draw of his first Masters of the season at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open defeating compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut.