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Albert Montañés

Albert Montañés
Montanes Estoril Open 2009 1.jpg
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1980-11-26) 26 November 1980 (age 36)
Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1999
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
*occasionally uses two-handed backhand
Prize money $5,651,484
Singles
Career record 247–278
Career titles 6
Highest ranking No. 22 (2 August 2010)
Current ranking No. 103 (6 June 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2010)
French Open 4R (2011)
Wimbledon 3R (2009, 2010)
US Open 4R (2010)
Doubles
Career record 60–121
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 73 (23 July 2007)
Current ranking No. 454 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2010)
French Open 2R (2008)
Wimbledon 1R (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open 2R (2009)
Last updated on: February 3, 2016.

Albert Montañés Roca (born 26 November 1980) is a professional tennis player from Spain.

He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He 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 the 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; 33 reached at 2014 US Open. Beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits.

Current till 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

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 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

Current through the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


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