Country (sports) | Spain |
---|---|
Residence | Nules, Castellón, Spain |
Born |
Valencia, Spain |
7 August 1985
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,065,172 |
Singles | |
Career record | 89–163 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 48 (18 March 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 156 (17 July 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2013) |
French Open | 2R (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2009) |
US Open | 3R (2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 42–79 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 63 (6 February 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 382 (1 February 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2011) |
French Open | 3R (2013) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2013, 2015) |
US Open | 3R (2010) |
Last updated on: 3 February 2016. |
Daniel Gimeno Traver (born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013.
Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.
Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.
As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win/loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final place at Roland Garros, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: QF (2003)
Wimbledon: 1R (2003)
US Open: 3R (2003)
Gimeno Traver reached ATP World Tour semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010, St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oeiras in 2014. His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open, when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.