Albert Montañés Explained

Albert Montañés Roca (pronounced as /ca/, pronounced as /es/; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.

Montañés is one of very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at Wimbledon in 2016, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits.^[1] Montañés' career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open, where he lost to countryman Feliciano López in the second round.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–4)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (6–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (6–5) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Romanian Open, Romania	International	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	0–2		Valencia Open, Spain	International	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–3		Mexican Open, Mexico	Intl. Gold	Clay	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 0–6
Loss	0–4		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	International	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–4		Dutch Open, Netherlands	International	Clay	Steve Darcis	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–4		Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	James Blake	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Win	3–4		Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Juan Mónaco	7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Win	4–4		Estoril Open, Portugal (2)	250 Series	Clay	Fred Gil	6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Win	5–4		Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 1–2 ret.
Loss	5–5		Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Robin Haase	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	6–5		Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Gaël Monfils	6–0, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (2–4) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Chile Open, Chile	International	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–2		Brasil Open, Brasil	International	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–3		Argentina Open, Argentina	International	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4		Brasil Open, Brasil	International	Clay	Santiago Ventura Bertomeu	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	1–4		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	International	Clay	Santiago Ventura Bertomeu	James Cerretani Todd Perry	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–4		Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Guillermo García López	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	4–13
French Open	3R	3R	1R	A	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	3R	4R	1R	2R	1R	Q2	1R	16–14
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	Q1	1R	6–13
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q3	Q2	4–13
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	2–1	2–4	1–4	1–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4	9–4	4–4	0–4	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–2	30–53
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	4R	A	A	A	A	A	4–4
Miami Masters	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	5–9
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	Q2	3R	QF	2R	2R	2R	2R	Q2	A	10–8
Rome Masters	A	3R	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	Q1	2R	Q1	A	A	5–7
Madrid 1	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	3–6
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0–1
Shanghai 2	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	1–5
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1–3
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	3–4	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–4	4–4	6–6	4–7	5–8	1–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	30–44
Career statistics
style=text-align:left	Titles–Finals	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–11
Year-end ranking	65	78	81	99	71	85	46	45	31	25	53	96	63	108	116	164

¹ Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
² Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1–7
French Open	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1–7
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0–6
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	2–7
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–4	1–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	4–27

Top 10 Wins per season

Season	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Total
Wins	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6

Wins over Top 10s per season

	width=170	Player	Rank	width=250	Event	Surface	Rd	width=200	Score
2002
1.	Gustavo Kuerten	bgcolor=thistle	2	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2007
2.	Fernando González	5	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	QF	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2009
3.	Gilles Simon	8	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	QF	5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2010
4.	Marin Čilić	9	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–4
5.	Roger Federer	bgcolor=lime	1	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	bgcolor=yellow	SF	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2013
6.	Richard Gasquet	9	Umag, Croatia	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenneth Carlsen har mistet sin kuriøse taber-rekord. Ekstra Bladet. 11 February 2015. 8 July 2015. da.