Albert Montanes

Albert Montañés

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	26 November 1980 (1980-11-26) (age 29)
Place of birth	Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$2,927,241
Singles
Career record	142–169
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 28 (11 May 2009)
Current ranking	No. 30 (8 February 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	3R (2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	2R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	43–73
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 73 (23 July 2007)
Last updated on: 21 January 2010.

Albert Montañés Roca (born 26 November 1980 in Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain.

He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then. As of May 2009, he has a career high ranking of #28.

Career statistics

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Wins (3)

Runner-ups (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 16, 2001	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	7–6(5), 7–6(2)
Runner-up	2.	April 19, 2004	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	7–6(5), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	February 28, 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–0, 6–7(2), 6–1
Runner-up	4.	April 29, 2007	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–1, 6–1
Winner	1.	July 20, 2008	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Steve Darcis	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	May 10, 2009	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	James Blake	5–7, 7–6(6), 6–0
Winner	3.	September 27, 2009	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Juan Mónaco	7–6(2), 7–6(6)

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Wins (2)

Runner-ups (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 29, 2007	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	2.	February 12, 2007	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	3.	February 18, 2007	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Sebastián Prieto Martín García	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	February 11, 2008	Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Marcelo Melo André Sá	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	1.	April 29, 2008	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Santiago Ventura	James Cerretani Todd Perry	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	January 8, 2010	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Guillermo García-López	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2009 US Open, which concluded on September 14, 2009.

External links

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